Today's Topics:
1. Greece, Eleftherios Initiative of Thessaloniki: BIO.ME. will
remain in the hands of workers Concentrations in the courts of
Thessaloniki: Thursday 13, 20 & 27/6 at 09:00 [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. Poland, ozzip WORKERS' INITIATIVE: How was the new IP
committee in Avon Distribution Polska sp. Z o. O [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. France, Alternative Libertaire AL #295 - Anti-racist union
forum: A first step to reflect and act together (fr, it,
pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. AWSM: Yellow Vests and Black Raincoats (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. el miliciano cnt-ait chiclana: Canada - the State, complicit
in the genocide of indigenous women and girls (ca, it) [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. sicilia libertaria: After the elections (it) [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
7. Poland, rozbrat: Does Rozbrat have problems? Rozbrat has
friends! Rozbrat stays! [we need your help] [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
8. US, black rose fed: GROW OUR ROOTS: MEET OUR COMRADES
TRAVELING TO SOUTH AMERICA (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
In August 2011, Philippe Johnson's Philippe Johnson, a subsidiary of Philippe Johnson, is
charged by its parent company with a 1.9 million-euro loan in an attempt by Philkeram
Johnson to present a fictitious , thus balancing the negative balance sheet of the company
with this combination. However, the employees remained unpaid and after 18 months of work
retention, the BIO.ME corporation, operating under horizontal procedures, decided at its
general meeting the self-management of BIO.ME, proceeding to the occupation of the
factory. Today BIO.ME. operates with self-management of production with labor control,
without bosses, with the workers themselves co-deciding on its operation, directly and
democratically.
On 25/10/2018 the trial of the attempted auction of the whole factory site and not only of
the Philkeram Johnson division was re-launched in the courts of Thessaloniki as suggested
by the BIO.ME workers. Coordinated by their own interests, state and bosses are seeking to
put an end to the self-management labor of BIO.ME. and to push its workers to poverty and
unemployment. Noteworthy, Philkeram Johnson's employees, who have adopted a reactive
attitude of cannibalism within the working class, stand at the side of the employers.
Belated and consensual to employers' indecision, they have chosen to turn to the employees
of BIO.ME,
SYRIZA. pre-election attempted to approach the employees of BIO.ME. promising that once it
becomes a government, it will resolve the issue. These false promises aimed at redeeming
ballots in the polls collapsed in the most outrageous way when, in July 2016, the LAs
attacked the workers of BIO.ME. and solidarity by carrying out two solidarity
demonstrations and injuring protesters (the 2 adherents, 2 BOM.ME workers and one
solidarity). The state has continued. Whether it is managed right or left, its role is to
perpetuate political freedom and economic exploitation from the bottom, repression being a
fixed means of enforcement. The state ensures the reproduction and widening of the
privileged interests at the expense of the untouchables.
State and capital exterminate daily the social base by exacerbating poverty and
exploitation through the neoliberal policies of class burdens demanded by capital
restructuring due to the capitalist overaccumulation crisis. In order for our classroom to
stay out of sight, it is imperative that we go into the counter-attack. Organize in base
societies and fight the impudence of the bosses, whether large or small, the sold
bureaucratic-trade unionist parties and paternalist unions. We do not need leadership or
representatives. We know our own interests well as our class, our needs and our desires.
For us, BIO.ME. is a libertarian example of class self-organization and self-management of
production. The struggle of her employees is fair. It is an advanced and radical response
of the workers to the capitalists who live by the labor of the former through the
abstraction of surplus value, relying on the abusive occupation of private property. The
struggle for self-management is part of the struggle for the social revolution and as such
we are called upon to defend it. The employees of BIO.ME. they realize that no
institutional or legal entity can guarantee their dignity. Only their unbeaten matches can
give a winning outcome. We stand beside them, with our weapon the classical solidarity,
FACTORIES IN THE WORKERS
BIO.ME. I WOULD LIKE HANDLING LABORATORY
TO BLOCK THE BUSINESS OPENING OF BIOM.ME.
SOCIAL AND CLASSICAL CONDUCT INTO COUNTRY AND CAPITAL
ORGANIZATION AND GAME FOR ANARCHY AND COMMUNICATION
CONCENTRATIONS IN THE THESSALONIKI COURTS:
THURSDAY 13, 20 & 27 JUNE, ON 09:00
Eleftherial Initiative of Thessaloniki - member of the Anarchist Federation
lib_thess@hotmail.com
libertasalonica.wordpress.com
https://libertasalonica.wordpress.com/2019/06/06
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Message: 2
Distribution center Avon in Garwolin (Mazowieckie voivodeship) ---- The Employee
Initiative Commission at Avon Distribution Polska sp. Z o. O. Under Garwolin in Mazovia
was established at the beginning of April this year. In the first week 45 people have
already joined the union, out of 359 employees. They also immediately expanded to the
Randstad Temporary Employment Agency, which employs around 50 people (in the spring - in
winter this number increases many times). ---- We met with new activists at the beginning
of May, came in four, were prepared and had many questions about formal matters, strategy
and next steps. First Ania - a longtime employee of Avon Distribution, drew her card with
questions, then Krystian began to ask her questions.
In total, around 1,700 people work at Avon Distribution and Avon Operation (2 separate
companies). A dozen or so years ago, 3,000 people worked there, but as a result of work
automation, the company cut the crew down. There are several departments in Avon
Distribution, the largest is the operating department, where most of them work women.
Permanent employees have work contracts for an indefinite period. The work is two shifts
in the equivalent system, which, with the annual settlement period and the increased
amount of work, causes that there are such weeks in which several so-called twelves.
Avon recognized the union, the representatives of the employer did not make any new
obstacles to the new trade unionists in formal matters. The management immediately wanted
to meet the newly formed organization. At the same time, however, they forbade activists
from giving out declarations, leaflets and newspapers, allegedly under the pretext of
littering. They offered them union boards.
Krystian: They do not tell us no, but they do not allow us too much.
So they block you?
K: You could say that, for example, when Ania tried to give away declarations during the
break, the manager went out and categorically forbade her. In turn, when I asked for a
clear attitude of the employer and the determination of what is allowed and what we are
not entitled to on paper, they refused. But we already know what we will do.
How did your relationship arise?
K: The employer once again wanted to "screw the bolt" to the employees, but they did not
take into account that sometimes as it is done too much, the screw breaks off.
And you broke up?
K: You could say that the employer allowed too much for the employees, and finally, thanks
to us, it exists and functions.
So how did they tighten the bolt?
K: The first repressions affected the girls on the line, but the guys also talked to each
other, that it will also move on to us, how they will end up with the girls. From day to
day we saw how everything changes, that the norm is not made. We still heard: "why do not
you make the norm?" I would like to add that Avon Distribution employees are the best of
the best. Systematically, from year to year, the employer left the best and most
accurately packaged women. He chose them from people he accumulated for the fourth quarter
(then the most work is done and the plant employs the second lot of the crew by the agency).
So Avon gave permanent contracts to the best employees from the agency?
K: That's right. And then they began to demand more from these women. Only norms were
counted, changed and improved year by year. The employer was cutting the bonuses very hard
for not complying with the standards, which nobody has been making for some two years.
Anna: We all had to work like machines, every day brought new orders and the employer
began to use the so-called. business notes. You receive a service note for talking to
yourself on the line; for using the telephone - a business note, for not performing daily
productivity - a business note.
And that was the moment when you formed a trade union?
K: Yes, although we started to organize earlier.
A: When I wanted to talk to the new manager about the situation in the company, that
people do not like graphics, and talk about the changes taking place, I got the answer
that "I do not want pilgrimages to myself, in such matters." me names of people who do not
like changes, then Krystian came in, we talked about a moment and we started to act.It
turned out that a lot of people shared our opinions and that's how we all sit together and
plan what's next.
Has anything changed since the union was formed?
K: Right after the union appeared, the girls were asked to return their memos and they
were asked to pay for them. We know that the employer may, at best, not give a bonus for
not complying with the norm, in accordance with the Labor Code. But the employer is smart,
notes are not according to representatives of Avon any form of punishment, but only
"information on paper" that the employee had a conversation and is aware of the failure to
comply with the daily norm.
So these memos, was there such an emphasis on the employees?
K: Yes. We did a crew survey on how the notes were received by them, the result is
devastating for the employer. I think that more will no longer touch the standards in the
way he intended.
What attracted you to the Employee Initiative?
K: At the beginning we wanted to establish a relationship, but it turned out that it was
long and difficult to grasp independently, we were afraid that the process of registering
a new relationship in court would threaten its formation and we started to look for a
relationship in the network. We saw that the IP is active, multi-branch and the
contributions are not that big. Ania also suggested that it would be better to have the
support of older colleagues, whoever you can deal with on various issues.
And we have met your expectations?
K: Definitely yes.
Activists of the new committee in Avon declared their participation in regional meetings
of the IP commissions in Mazovia, they want to work to improve working conditions, train
and develop the strength of their commission.
http://ozzip.pl/teksty/informacje/mazowieckie/item/2492-jak-powstala-i-o-co-chce-walczyc-komisja-w-avon-distribution
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Message: 3
On Saturday 18 May, the first edition of the Anti-Racism Trade Union Forum was held at the
Paris Labor Exchange. It talked about discrimination at work and how to fight against it.
Back on this day and a little overview of its exchanges by one of its organizers. ----
Nearly 90 participants on the whole day ; diversity too, with trade unionists from various
sectors and organizations, racialized and non-racialized, men and women; rich,stimulating,
intense exchanges too. Although there may have been some crafts, the first antiracist
trade union forum on Saturday, May 18 is a success. ---- Initially, there is a group of
unionists from SUD-Solidaires, the CGT and the FSU who have been in anti-racist
mobilizations for several years, and who have decided to tackle a common concern: the
trade union movement is taking the reality of racism right now and fighting it
accordingly. And in particular everything that makes the workplace system and contributes
to producing and reproducing inequalities, stigmas and discrimination.
For a common advocacy platform
Opened by the interventions of Saïd Bouamama, sociologist and member of FUIQP, and Sabina
Issehnane, labor economist, enriched exchanges with the room, the morning was an
opportunity to paint a picture of the springs of racism at work.
The afternoon began with three parallel workshops: the struggle of the undocumented;
self-organization of racialized people against discrimination; drafting of union demands.
In the latter, the question has arisen to develop a common platform of demands to be made
within our structures: the search for tools to quantify in an incontestable way racist
discriminations in business, the defense of subsidized holidays for ultramarines , the
abolition of the nationality clause in the civil service, the regularization of all and
all undocumented ...
And it emerged the overall challenge of having a "resource center and assistance to the
organization, which is also campaign support, monitoring group and legal support, analysis
and development of demands, space of collective solidarity and coordination"to use the
terms of the final declaration. [1]
The last plenary wanted to question the links between the anti-racist movement and the
trade unions: differences, sometimes disputes, on the way to consider these links testify
to the stake that there is precisely to invest them more.
A lack perhaps (just waiting to be filled in a future edition): there was finally little
discussion on concrete anti-racism mobilization in the workplace by union teams ... while
these past exist indeed ! [2]
Be that as it may, this first forum has brought to light a necessity: that articulate more
and better trade union action and anti-racism.
Théo Roumier (Solidarity unionist)
[1] To consult on the Mediapart Blog of the Anti-Racism Trade Union Forum .
[2] See "Anti-racism and social issues" in The Utopics , Summer 2018.
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Forum-syndical-antiraciste-Un-premier-jalon-pour-reflechir-et-agir-ensemble
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Message: 4
AWSM Note: The following is an article about the Yellow Vest movement in France which was
written for AWSM by Morgan, a French Anarchist currently living in Aotearoa. ---- First of
all I should state that this is a personal account of the situation, it is my take on a
very diverse and complex social movement. The Yellow Vests movement was sparked by a
government increase of oil prices in October 2018 though it is far from being the only
reason: a generalized speed reduction on the roads was also seen as a way for the
government to disguise a new tax by increasing the number of speeding tickets. However
these reasons are only the tip of the iceberg. The real origins of this explosion of anger
can be found in the policies of president Emmanuel Macron and the French political and
social situation. Emmanuel Macron was elected with only few people ever voting for him;
his opponent being the far right candidate Marine Le Pen. A number of voters refused to
chose between a racist and a former banker. Unsurprisingly Macron is now conducting a
right-wing style of governance; reducing taxes on the rich, continuing his predecessor's
attacks on workers' rights, repression of social movements, harassment and deportation of
migrants etc. In this context the Yellow Vests movement appears as a true popular revolt
which has more to do with the fact that people are fed up with the whole situation.
However this anger is taking many forms and has not always been directed at the origins of
the problem. I will try and explain the movement's evolution and shed a light on its class
composition, then I'll try to explain the anarchists and revolutionaries' response to the
situation and I will then conclude on the movement's perspectives and current situation.
In the beginning the movement was launched by a mobilization on social media platforms,
especially Facebook. In a few videos seen by millions of people and shared by thousands,
individuals were calling on people to oppose the government's fuel prices increase, new
speed limits and taxes. At that time the symbol of the yellow vest appeared; in France
every car owner is bound by law to have one in their vehicle. The videos also called on
people to rally in the roundabouts and to wear this vest or display it in their cars.
These roundabouts soon became quite central in the mobilization. This gives us a hint on
the class composition of the movement in its early stages. The roundabout is typical of
France's industrial and commercial centers, suburbs in-between the countryside and cities,
rural areas and small towns. As opposed to the typical movements centered on big urban
centers this one took hold in more rural parts of the country. At one point people started
occupying these roundabouts, day and night in some places; tents were erected, shacks
constructed and campfires were lit. One has to remember that it was still winter time and
the nights could be quite cold. From time to time the roundabouts were blocked and
skirmishes with drivers happened here and there. A few people even died because they were
hit by cars. However most of the occupations consisted in distributing leaflets to passing
cars and debating with other Yellow Vests. The occupations are the place were people who
had never participated in any mobilization were starting to learn, make friends and
comrades etc. At that time only a few of them were union members or had been militants of
any political party.
Politically speaking the movement always has been, and is, very diverse. The focus on
taxes, and fuel prices were quite foreign to leftwing activists. On the roundabouts you
could also find a number of petit-bourgeois, small business owners, racist and fascist
figureheads etc. Depending on the place some racists attacks took place and on one
occasion people arrested migrants and gave them up to the police. This is far from being
the core of what was happening, but this explains why many leftists and anarchists did not
know how to react. However as the movement grew and was met with police repression the
situation started to evolve. People started to converge on weekly demonstrations called
"Acts" and were faced with police brutality. Occupations on roundabouts were more and more
violent because of police repression and not only because of other car owners. At one
point the movement decided to regroup for demonstrations in Paris. One cannot stress
enough how politically young the Yellow Vests are as a whole. For example, in France one
has to declare intended demonstrations to the police. The problem is that although the
movement had figureheads, there was no leader and no central decision making process. What
happened is that people decided to show up in Paris just by announcing it and they chose a
symbolic place that has always been off limit to social movements; the Arc de Triomphe and
the upper class neighborhoods surrounding it. This led to heavy clashes with the police
and a part of the movement started radicalizing. From people who wanted the police to join
them and treat them as fellow workers they started to become more and more angry at what
was perceived as unjust and unfair violence and repression. In the meantime, business
owners and right-wing elements started to distance themselves from the violence, however
the core of the movement did not. Demands started to include more and more things like
minimum wage increase, taxes for the rich and democratic reforms. More anarchists and
leftists started to join, sympathize and organize within the movement as it appeared for
what it was - a working class movement, unaffiliated to political parties and unions. For
some anarchists and revolutionaries the fact that these people were capable of rioting in
the most upper class neighborhoods of Paris has also been a wake up call. These
demonstrations did not always take place in Paris; some cities emerged as political hubs
although they did not have a tradition of participation in social movements and riots
sparked by police repression started in a lot of them.
The shift between a mainly non-violent and peaceful movement to a more determined one was
also accompanied by the media. In the beginning the bourgeois media found that the
movement was quite positive. It seemed like a dream come true for right-wingers; a
peaceful popular movement against taxes, government involvement in the market etc. However
as the movement became more radical the media started to describe them as irresponsible
persons, and called on people to distance themselves from rioters and vandals etc. In the
meantime police repression kept on growing and the media did not say anything about it. At
this day at least 30 people have lost an eye because of the LB-40 (flashball), 5 lost a
hand because of grenades and one person was killed. The number of wounded are in the
thousands and a lot of people are being condemned to jail time after each demonstrations.
Most of them were not even directly involved in the riots. The role of the media in not
reporting police brutality and the distortion of facts explains why a lot of Yellow Vests
are now considering them as liars and enemies. A few journalists were even attacked during
demonstrations even though most of the violence they face has been coming from the police.
We also have something to say about the role of public figures within the movement. Most
of them refuse to be considered as leaders and a lot of them do not hesitate to call on
people to act outside the law. For now the ones who tried to recuperate the movement for
their own political gain or tried to distance themselves from rioters were met with a loss
of popularity, death threats and attacks, even during the demonstrations or at their
homes. This is also the case for government ministers and political figures opposing the
movement.
As always the revolutionary movement (anarchists and autonomists) did not agree on the
situation and the response we should have. Especially in the beginning, a lot of people
considered the movement to be a right-wing and even far-right movement. It is true that
some of the early leaders in the Yellow Vests had a right-wing background. However for me
a lot of the rejection from parts of the revolutionary movement came from the disconnect
between the revolutionaries and the working class. This is of course a greater problem
that should be adressed elsewhere. Because of the problems that I mentioned before, and
especially racism and antisemitism, some comrades are convinced that this movement is
nothing more than a fascist movement. However there has been a shift in the face of police
repression and riots. To their credit most autonomists groups like the "appelistes" (Lundi
Matin, the invisible committee, Julien Coupat) were very enthusiastic from the very
beginning. But we also have to note that their enthusiasm is also based on the fact that
they reject traditional class analysis.
As people were criticizing the movement for its racism, a lot of comrades took it upon
themselves to try and expel the fascists from the movement. It mainly came in the form of
street brawls during demonstration, doxxing and attacks against fascists' headquarters. At
one point and time the situation was tense for left wing organization and groups. Some
attacks were really violent and a number of comrades were wounded. The fascists even
attacked mainstream left-wing groups, not only revolutionaries and antifascists. They are
still a threat but it seems that the tide has turned for them. They lost a number of
brawls and recently they were beaten so badly that they ended up in the hospital. Some of
them decided to go to the police which is unusual for those groups who pride themselves on
their strength and who are culturally close to the ultras and hooligans. However for me
these street groups are not the main threat; the intellectual figureheads of the movement
are sometime far more problematic. A number of them support conspiracy theories and/or low
key antisemitic views. For the time being there seems to be no solutions for that other
than pointing out the problem.
The riots in the streets are at level not seen in Paris since 1968. The upper class
neighborhoods have been attacked and even a ministry was broken into with a forklift
during a demonstration. The Yellow Vests are getting more and more radicalized because of
the repression; as a result they are starting to view the tactics of what they see as "the
black bloc" as more and more justified. Most of the people active in the riots are first
timers. This alliance between Yellow Vests and the "black bloc" also called "Kway noir" in
french or "Black raincoats" is an issue of great concern for the government. They have not
succeeded in creating a rejection of the more radical elements by the movement. Even
worse, a lot of people are starting to consider that black bloc tactics are justified in
term of self defense and that they have sometimes defended them from police violence. On
the other hand the increase in police violence means that a lot of people are now
justifiably scared to go to demonstrations and that has provoked a drop in participation
if not in popularity.
Concerning the mainstream unions their attitude toward the movement has often been quite
hostile but an hostility towards them can also be felt within the Yellow Vests. The reason
being that the section of the working class active in the movement is not the same as the
one that is unionized. The unions in France are overwhelmingly members of the public
sector, have a higher pay and/or work in companies with more than 500 employees. On the
other hand a lot of the Yellow Vests come from the private sector, and more precarious
situations - self employment, temp jobs etc. However on the ground the rank and file of
the unions has been participating in the movement from the very beginning. What is new for
France is that this kind of social movement has never been further from the unions and can
be seen as an other sign of their loss of power. However unions are not opposing the
movement; for the 1st of may Yellow Vests and unions were demonstrating together.
The government has attempted other means of destroying the movement using methods other
than sheer repression. The main attempt was "the great debate" a type of national
consultation supposed to inform the president of the request and demands of the people. It
took the form of local groups of randomly selected people tasked with debating and coming
up with requests. However at the end of this the president declared basically that he
understood the demands but was not going to do anything about it, therefore showing what
the attempt was all about; destroying the movement and gaining time hoping people would
get tired. It was even more absurd to try and start the "great debate" because the
movement already had more or less clear demands; things like the "RIC"; Popular Initiative
Referendum. This would basically permit people to vote on policies and propose new ones.
Raising minimum wage and taxing the rich are the two other big demands on the part of the
Yellow Vests.
Recently the demonstration of the 1st of May has seen much violence coming from the
police. The government had given orders not to let the more radical groups time to gather.
This took the form of a lot of charges and attacks on the demonstration and even on
mainstream unions, which is quite new. The representative of the main french union, The
CGT, even had to leave the demonstration because of police violence. The government
succeeded in limiting this demonstration but failed miserably in the eyes of the public.
For example they were caught lying about demonstrators attacking a hospital-it turned out
people were just trying to flee police violence. More and more videos show special police
groups attacking people randomly, even in their own buildings. Police repression has had
the effect of radicalizing and bringing revolutionaries and Yellow Vests closer together.
More and more the common denominator of this diverse movement is a hatred for the police
and calls for a revolution.
It is difficult to see what the future will bring. However this movement is like no other
we have seen in the past years. Personally I think that even though this movement has a
lot of problems and things that need to be addressed it is still the most encouraging
thing to appear in a long time; an autonomous, working class, social movement.
Morgan, a french anarchist
https://awsm.nz/?p=2815
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Message: 5
Since the 1970s, the number of indigenous women and girls murdered and disappeared is
estimated at between 1,000 and 4,000. The report argues that the genocide is a consequence
of colonialist structures such as the Indian law of 1876, the sterilization of indigenous
women or boarding schools for indigenous children, which operated until the 1990s. Also in
2015 the commission for Truth and Reconciliation spoke of cultural genocide, to refer to
these practices. ---- The disproportionate rates of violence suffered by indigenous women
in Canada are the result of a genocide based on race, identity and gender resulting from
colonialism that permeates state structures, according to the final report of the National
Research commissioned by the Government. Canadian, which calls for a total change of
paradigm to end this scourge. According to the chief investigating commissioner, Marion
Buller, during the presentation of the report , "Their circumstances are different but all
the stories of disappearances and murders of indigenous women are related to economic,
social and political marginalization, racism and misogyny that form the fabric of Canadian
society. "
The 1,200-page document advises taking 231 different measures to "do justice." "They are
not recommendations, they are legal imperatives". This "is not what Canada is supposed to
be. This is not what we represent, "he insisted.
The research has brought to light the high rates of violence suffered by indigenous women
and girls, a blurry phenomenon also detected in the United States. Between 1980 and 2012,
1,017 natives were killed in Canada. Currently, 25% of the victims of homicides are
indigenous women, although they are only 4% of the population. Their chances of being
killed or disappearing are 16 times greater than those of a white woman, says the report,
which also evokes the high rates of poverty and marginalization they suffer.
The statistics
To this day, the lack of solid data means that no one knows exactly how many indigenous
women and girls have been murdered or have disappeared in recent decades. But some
statistics have been compiled.
10% of all women reported missing are indigenous and represent 21% of homicide victims.
Native Canadians represent around 4% of the population.
Half of the homicides were committed by a family member, but indigenous women are also 1.4
times more likely to be killed by someone with whom they have no close relationship.
In 2014, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police identified almost 1,200 cases that occurred
between 1980 and 2012.
Indigenous women are at greater risk of physical and sexual aggression, even when other
risk factors are taken into account, and experience more violence from their partners.
http://elmilicianocnt-aitchiclana.blogspot.com/2019/06/canada-el-estado-complice-del-genocidio.html
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Message: 6
From the election results of May 26, a Europe shifted to the right emerges; even if the
supranist-fascist front maintains limited numbers, its arguments have by now conditioned
the other parties and have led them to increasingly deferential policies in order to try
to recover consensus. ---- In Italy, the transfer of 5-star votes to the League has
strengthened the center-right and its looting and attack policies on freedoms in every
respect, predicting whether or not the current Fasciostellato government will fall, a
resurgence of racist, homophobic policies , militarist, liberal and nationalist. The
security decree bis, for example, which announces high fines for those who save migrants
at sea and lands them in Italy, greater powers to the Minister of the Interior, years in
prison for those who use firecrackers, flares, smoke etc. in processions and for those who
destroy movable and immovable things, it could be one of the first measures to be thrown
against those who disobey and protest.
However we would fall into error if we confused the shift to the right of parties and
institutions, with a widespread feeling of right. And this for some considerations that we
consider essential:
First: every government is always on the right, and consequently the governmental parties
or aspiring ones are right wing, for the sole fact of being authoritarian, statist,
defenders of parasitic interests, of the equilibrium of exploitation , of the status quo;
regardless of color, they are always ready to move from reformism to totalitarianism and
vice versa in order to maintain power. History is a teacher in this sense, in every
latitude both geographical and political-ideological.
Second: the mass of people who went to vote, especially in Italy, has been declining and
in the South and the islands it has reached very low levels; even if the abstention of
millions and millions of individuals cannot be considered a mere contestation of parties
and governments, it is nevertheless a subtraction of consent and a protest to the larval
state, which can - that is, in power - become opposition.
We anarchists are aware that there is a strong difference between social democracies and
fascisms, but we also know that these arose from the degenerations of the first or, in any
case, of democratic regimes, when the reformist promises of parties and governments proved
false, betraying the expectations of the population. But corruption, mafia, arrogance,
servility to the strategies of international finance, which could and should have given
impetus to increasingly harsh anti-state and anti-capitalist struggles, thanks to the
betraying and compromising nature of the reformist and democratic parties, have become
instead fuel for authoritarian movements and for projects based on class, sex,
geographical origin, etc., in a word fascist discrimination.
This is why the appeal to vote against Salvini launched by areas that have made enough
social disasters (and have not yet finished), has taken a few people, and has seen us
strangers and critics. The Salvinian ideas and intentions are all written in the liberal,
racist, xenophobic, pro-capitalist policies of the parties that oppose it, which have
contributed to creating this monster that the 5 Stars have finally managed to bring to the
political-electoral triumph. Opponents of Salvini were not credible even to their
electorate, let alone us who tasted the batons, the repression, the starving policies of
their governments.
Having said that, we are certainly not underestimating how the reactionary climate that is
being imposed is on the one hand constructing forcaioli and fascistid commonplaces and on
the other increasingly pushing out squads of squads launched to attack, rape, incite the
people against Roma and migrants of the suburbs, provoking, spreading the culture of
hatred, strengthened by the coverage and complicity of the institutions. And this, without
falling into the clashing practice, must lead us to shed light on the anti-fascist front,
between those who have democratically tolerated the right-wing swerving imposed by the PD
and its governments on society, and today, driven by pure right-thinking sentiment, he
appears indignant, and who, on the other hand, believes that squads are fought also by
responding blow by blow, contending for the spaces he tries to occupy, building
self-defense of struggle movements. Also. Because the resumption of a true and serious
emancipation movement passes from the spread of new awareness on the close connection
between capitalism-fascism-sovereignism; between militarism and the state; between
machismo-clericalism-squads; and one of these factors is not fought without fighting all
the others; that is, without a libertarian and revolutionary dimension.
Pippo Gurrieri
http://www.sicilialibertaria.it/2019/06/06/dopo-le-elezioni/
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Message: 7
Since Rozbrat's land is about to be auctioned off we've started a support campaign which
coincides with the 25th birthday of our squat coming later this year. In May the debt
collector Bartosz Guzik estimated the value of Rozbrat at 6m zlotys (1,5m euro). The
auction might be announced at any given moment. Poznan authorities haven't made any
statements altough they would be able to take over the land which was nationalised after
World War 2, then it was illegally appropriated during reprivatisation. But we know we're
not alone and many people can't imagine Poznan without Rozbrat! We will regularly be
posting pictures of our friends! What can you do? Write down "Rozbrat Zostaje!" or
"Rozbrat Stays!" on a piece of paper or say why Rozbrat is important to you and why it
should stay, take a picture or make a video, send it to us and post it on your pgae. We
need your support! THANK YOU: Rozbrat - we were here, we are here and we will be here! Use
#rozbratzostaje #rozbratstays #rozbratbleibt
Threat of eviction of Rozbrat after 25 years of existence
http://www.rozbrat.org/informacje/poznan/4670-brozbrat-bylimy-jestemy-bdziemy-grec-eksmisji-brozbratu-po-25-latach-istienia
Dzika reprivatization of the green wedge? Jaskowiak - enough PR!
http://www.rozbrat.org/informacje/poznan/4671-zielone-miasta-przyszoci-dialog-obywatelski-relacja
Petition I support Rozbrat!
We appeal to bailiff Bartosz Guzik to stop the auction of Rozbrat area, because there are
legal grounds for it.
We appeal to the city of Poznan authorities to intervene, because Rozbrat should be
presented by the President of Poznan formally securing the plot before the auction,
because it was wildly reprivatized in the 90s.
Why is this matter important?
Rozbrat has been a place where thousands of events have been organized for 25 years:
concerts, exhibitions, theater performances, lectures, seminars and workshops. Activists
and activists from Rozbrat have been supporting workers', condominiums, ecological and
other protests for years. Rozbrat provides organizational and legal support to social
movements and people with lower material status, different skin color, and other views. He
builds a solidary movement, which instead of the rat race puts on mutual help, instead of
hierarchy and exploitation - on grassroots self-organization.
The bailiff strives for bidding irrespective of complaints filed by the allotment
gardeners and residents of Rozbrat. The bailiff dismissed the application for the release
of the real estate from the execution, not taking into account that the case of
acquisitive prescription is pending. The plotters lodged a complaint about the description
and estimation of the real estate, pointing to omissions related to incorrect measurements
of buildings, incorrect valuation and conducting proceedings without the participation of
the State Treasury, as a person holding a legal title to this area.
This place can not be missing from the map of Poznan! Its liquidation also means further
felling of the western wedge of greenery. We support the campaign carried out in defense
of Rozbrat!
The delivery method
On June 17, 2019 (Monday) at 15:00 a demonstration will take place in front of the
bailiff's office, at ul. Kochanowskiego 4/6 in Poznan, under the slogan: "MAKEUP, DO NOT
BID!" . The bailiff has duty at that time - if the letters sent to him did not work, let
him hear our voice from the street!
We will personally hand over the collected signatures also to the Mayor of Poznan.
http://www.rozbrat.org/informacje/poznan/4674-petycja-popieram-rozbrat-akcja-rozbratzostaje
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Message: 8
Joe, center with blue beanie, at a Graduate Employees Organization union rally. ---- As
part of our "Grow Our Roots" fundraiser to support our international and media work, we
wanted to introduce you to two of our comrades headed to South American this summer. They
will be participating in our "militant exchange" and various international meetings with
our sister organizations in Chile and Argentina. We are more than 80% to our goal of fully
funding the travel expenses of our comrades - consider a donation to support this work!
---- Joe in Champaign-Urbana ---- My name is Joe/Jocelyne. I grew up in Pilsen, a
majority-Mexican neighborhood in Chicago, and moved to Champaign-Urbana to attend the
University of Illinois. I was the first in my family to attend college and earned my
bachelor's degree in Latina/o Studies and Political Science. I have been heavily involved
in student activism since 2013.
While in college, my interests quickly moved from emphasizing voting to direct action and
community organizing. This change was, in part, brought on during 2016 election after
seeing the popularity of socialist ideas, yet the failure/lack of desire by Democrats and
other ‘progressives' to enact policies for working class people. Additionally, during the
Fall of 2016, I witnessed firsthand the police violence in Standing Rock camp in North
Dakota and during anti-Trump demonstrations in Chicago. Since 45's primary victories and
coverage, I realized that addressing the core problems (capitalism, patriarchy, racism,
etc) would not happen through the electoral college, legislature, or any other government
body.
Soon after I became a student activist, I began to see how as individuals and
organizations we part of a larger struggle both within the United States and
internationally. All struggles are inherently interconnected and intrinsically inseparable
from one another. Since graduating college, I have stayed in Champaign-Urbana and have
been working at the local high schools in a college adviser position. Currently, I am
working on forming connections within Central Illinois and Chicago to fight against a
proposed ICE Detention Center for 1200 people in Dwight, IL (halfway between Champaign and
Chicago). Since working in a campus town, but outside of campus, how I view organizing has
changed drastically.
I've realized that developing analysis and strategy for our situation rather than
approaching issues from a detached concept (e.g. address issues based on the need of the
community not just the idea) is severely lacking in student activism and other activist
spaces. Therefore, my personal goal within the militant exchange is to better understand
the background and context of the current movements in Chile, especially how the feminist
movement in Latin America operates. I am also interested in better understanding
reproduction and abortion access between the U.S. and Latin America. I look forward to
connecting with comrades in Chile and Argentina.
Support our work by donating to the Grow Our Roots fundraiser.
You can also purchase one of our shirt designs through Teespring - only available for the
length of the fundraiser! - to support our efforts as well. Click Here.
F.C. in Los Angeles
My name is FC and I have been a member of Black Rose/Rosa Negra since 2015. I've lived my
whole life in the East Los Angeles & Boyle Heights area, two neighboring predominantly
Mexican working class neighborhoods. I began to identify as an anarchist in my early teens
when I began to learn about the ideology through a certain subgenre of punk, however
growing up I was always defiant towards authority & Mexican Catholic traditions.
I had only been active occasionally attending rallies with friends until in my early
twenties I began working in the entertainment industry - staging productions for movie
premieres, studios and private events - and my interest began to grow in syndicalist and
anarchist politics. Seeing how the industry operated gave me a better view of how politics
and power worked and made me want to join an organization. Later that year I became a
member of the IWW came into close contact with members of what is now Black Rose/Rose
Negra - at the time the organization was still in its founding process. Once the
organization was formed and had a basic integration process I was approached about joining
and helped found the Los Angeles local.
It was also at this time that I had already began building relationships with Chilean
comrades who I connected with through a speaking tour of three comrades who came to the
U.S. in 2014. The sames comrades also participated in several our organization's annual
conventions. Over time their organization "Solidaridad" became one of our sister
organizations as we built relationships and saw the similarities between our politics and
strategy. Recently we also began forming an international project where members of our
organizations spend time in each others countries of origin for some time, not only
learning each others politics but also putting them into practice through becoming
involved in the projects and organizing work of the group during that period of time.
Although I have traveled in the past many times, my participation in the militant exchange
for three weeks will be the longest trip I've done. During the trip I will attend a
meeting of the international organization we are working to build, discussing our
strategic plans for each country, and relating our respective struggles. I will also
attend a territorial (neighborhood based organizing) popular assembly, meeting with our
Solidaridad comrades, with members of SINTEC construction workers union. My goal will
seeing how they put politics into practice - getting an in depth look into the culture of
each group and their respective goals and obstacles so that I can bring this back to our
work in the U.S.
http://blackrosefed.org/grow-our-roots-meet-our-comrades-traveling-to-south-america/
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