Anarchic update news all over the world - 1.07.2019

Today's Topics:

   
1.  Britain, CLASS WAR PRESS STATEMENT ON BORIS 
     JOHNSON FLEEING FLAT (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  France, Alternative Libertaire AL #295 - Read: Bihr, "The
      march of Western Europe towards capitalism" (fr, it, pt)[machine
      translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
3.  [Greece] An Anarchist Festival in all cities | Report of the
      5th Festival of the Anarchist Book in Patras By ANA (pt) [machine
      translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
4.  Belgia, al bruxelles: Once a month the «Union Communistes
      Libertaires» invite you to it's Café Libertaire. (fr, nl)
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
5.  Holland, Haag, Vrije bond: Sunday the 30th of june there
      will be a vegan barbecue to raise money for AFA Den Haag. (nl)
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
6.  luta fob: CIT, FOB, RMC: Roda de Conversa com uma Militante
      da IWW (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
7.  Greece, APO: No retreat, no compromise as long as there is a
      state & capitalism Announcement of 7 July Elections and Crimes in
      Anti-Election Conferences By APO (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
8.  Britain, freedom news: Barber bosses go berserk in Brighton
      wage battle (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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CLASS WAR ARE PREPARED TO OFFER BORIS JOHNSON SAFE PASSAGE TO 32 BRUNSWICK PARK TOMORROW 
TO COLLECT HIS BELONGINGS. HE CAN HAVE THIS SAFE PASSAGE FROM 1PM - 3PM. ---- WE HAVE NO 
QUARRELL WITH CARRIE SYMONDS - OUR ONLY CONCERN WHEN WE VISITED LAST SUNDAY WAS BECAUSE OF 
ALLEGED UNWANTED PHYSICAL CONTACT OR POSSIBLE CO-ERCIVE BEHAVIOUR FROM BORIS JOHNSON 
TOWARDS MS SYMONDS. WE WILL GUARANTEE NEVER TO RETURN AS LONG AS JOHNSON STAYS AWAY. ---- 
YOURS ---- CLASS WAR COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY ---- Class War ---- KING BORIS WILL BE 
CROWNED ON JULY 24th - BUT THE LEFT AND TRADE UNIONS HAV E FLED THE FIELD ---- Where for 
example is THE PEOPLES ASSEMBLY who normally can rattle up a ready made demo at the john 
rees nod? ---- Where are the unions who's members are going to suffer grievously under 
KING BREXIT BORIS.?
the entire left has given up - abandoned any pretence of fighting for our class.
I'm reminded of the heroIc THOMAS VENNER who was astounded at the lack of opposition to 
the return of the monarchy by his former republican comrades.
OPEN LETTER TO THE LEFT
Comrades it is clear that the degenerate, enfeebled, and enervated organisations of the 
Left haver no intention of opposing tory rule over the next 4 weeks. Therbye they 
acquiesce in another 3 years of tory rule.
COMRADES JOIN WITH US IN OPPOSING ON THE STREETS ANOTHER HERDITARY OLD ETONIAN CORONATION

CLASS WAR

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In the second volume of his historical trilogy, Alain Bihr studies the slow shift of an " 
protocapitalism" still marked by feudalism to capitalism as we know it. ---- The first 
volume of the First Age of capitalism Alain Bihr, published in September 2018 (see 
Alternative Libertaire September 2018), explored methodically European commercial and 
colonial expansion which began in the XV th century. This second volume tackles, in an 
equally complete way, the transformations that make the European continent the one where 
structured societies emerge on the basis of the capitalist relations of production, 
between 1415 and 1763. ---- While waiting for Volume 3, which will conclude this First Age 
of Capitalism , Alain Bihr invites us to explore the many transformations of these 
European societies, drawing on Marx's analyzes of the origin of capitalism. Although this 
question has already been very often dealt with, the narrative is all the more 
enlightening here as the concepts are clearly defined and always related to their concrete 
manifestations in European societies. This work makes it possible to get out of the 
confusion and liberal legends that surround the origins of capitalism, such as the 
received idea that it was spontaneously built by the simple action of individuals in 
search of their particular interests. Meanwhile Volume 3, which will conclude this First 
Age of CapitalismAlain Bihr invites us to explore the many transformations of these 
European societies, drawing on Marx's analyzes of the origin of capitalism. Although this 
question has already been very often dealt with, the narrative is all the more 
enlightening here as the concepts are clearly defined and always related to their concrete 
manifestations in European societies.

Yet the European states played a significant role in this process, even though their 
economic mercantilist doctrine seemed a priori far removed from the needs of capitalism: 
the desire to reduce imports as much as possible and to promote exports to enrich 
themselves depend on neighboring countries does not particularly favor the merchant capital.

The expropriation of peasants
Paradoxically, it is this concern to ensure a surplus trade balance that will lead to 
recommending a whole series of measures to ensure the development of industrial capital, 
with the aim of improving the competitiveness of so-called national agricultural and 
industrial products: "it develops a political economy and an economic policy centered on 
the growth and the development of the productive forces, exalting the spirit of 
enterprise, attacking all forms of idleness, both noble and popular". Not only have the 
states been indispensable tools for the bourgeoisie seeking to transform old feudal 
societies, but it is also the context of quasi-permanent rivalries and clashes between 
European states that has favored the development of this capitalism. So, far from the 
liberal legend, capitalism is indebted to the state, to war and especially to the 
absolutist form of monarchies !

Similarly, the establishment of capitalist relations of production has not been made " 
naturally" by the desire of merchants enriched by colonial trade to employ their fellow 
citizens too poor to work on their own. It is rather a deliberate choice of the 
bourgeoisie to impose the detachment of the peasants from their land (which then becomes a 
good exchangeable on the market) to force them to sell their labor force. And this choice 
will pass as well by attacks on the rights of the peasants (gleaning, pastures ...) that 
by the "constraint with the salaried work" (repression of vagrancy, forced labor ...)

Capitalism is a global system
But Alain Bihr's analysis also avoids the Marxist caricature of monolithic social classes 
in struggle for the emergence of capitalism or the maintenance of feudalism. While part of 
the bourgeoisie, enriched by distant commerce, becomes part of the nobility by buying 
burdens or estates, some of the high nobility do not hesitate to invest in thriving 
commercial or industrial activities. The complex games of the various layers of the 
bourgeoisie and the nobility explain the role, more or less revolutionary or conservative, 
of both. The example of the different bourgeois revolutions of this period shows that the 
layers of the merchant bourgeoisie most integrated with the elites of monarchies will 
often make a counter-revolutionary choice, likewise the petty bourgeoisie, protected by 
the system of guilds. While the working classes (peasantries, protoproletariat ...) 
support these bourgeois revolutions hoping to reduce the weight of seigneurial rights, 
their objectives are in fact diametrically opposed to those of the merchant bourgeoisie, 
which hopes to destroy the collective rights on the land and to establish a capitalist 
market of the land. These bourgeois revolutions are, moreover, not mere applications of a 
prior bourgeois program. They have their own revolutionary logic, which allows the 
expression of popular demands far beyond bourgeois intentions, and sometimes provokes 
reversals or changes of alliance. While the working classes (peasantries, protoproletariat 
...) support these bourgeois revolutions hoping to reduce the weight of seigneurial 
rights, their objectives are in fact diametrically opposed to those of the merchant 
bourgeoisie, which hopes to destroy the collective rights on the land and to establish a 
capitalist market of the land. These bourgeois revolutions are, moreover, not mere 
applications of a prior bourgeois program. They have their own revolutionary logic, which 
allows the expression of popular demands far beyond bourgeois intentions, and sometimes 
provokes reversals or changes of alliance. While the working classes (peasantries, 
protoproletariat ...) support these bourgeois revolutions hoping to reduce the weight of 
seigneurial rights, their objectives are in fact diametrically opposed to those of the 
merchant bourgeoisie, which hopes to destroy the collective rights on the land and to 
establish a capitalist market of the land. These bourgeois revolutions are, moreover, not 
mere applications of a prior bourgeois program. They have their own revolutionary logic, 
which allows the expression of popular demands far beyond bourgeois intentions, and 
sometimes provokes reversals or changes of alliance. their objectives are in fact 
diametrically opposed to those of the merchant bourgeoisie, which hopes to destroy 
collective rights on land and to establish a capitalist market for land. These bourgeois 
revolutions are, moreover, not mere applications of a prior bourgeois program. They have 
their own revolutionary logic, which allows the expression of popular demands far beyond 
bourgeois intentions, and sometimes provokes reversals or changes of alliance. their 
objectives are in fact diametrically opposed to those of the merchant bourgeoisie, which 
hopes to destroy collective rights on land and to establish a capitalist market for land. 
These bourgeois revolutions are, moreover, not mere applications of a prior bourgeois 
program. They have their own revolutionary logic, which allows the expression of popular 
demands far beyond bourgeois intentions, and sometimes provokes reversals or changes of 
alliance.

Taking into account the complexities of religious orientations in the different European 
states, Alain Bihr relativizes the role of Protestantism in the spirit of capitalism , 
sometimes considered, after the work of Weber, as an essential condition of capitalism. In 
addition to this capitalist behavior, many chapters are devoted to the emergence of the 
figure of the "free" individual (freed from the interpersonal ties of the feudal period), 
the construction of a modern state, the rule of law where the political and legal 
organization is rationalized to allow capital to remove the obstacles and limits to its 
valuation.

This period, which Alain Bihr calls protocapitalism, is, in all fields, a transition of 
three centuries in which the conditions of existence of the new capitalist world are 
progressively imposed in an old world where feudal characteristics still remain largely.

This detailed study, which goes from the first industrial automations to the evolution of 
the account books, including those of the family structure (and many other aspects), gives 
a clearer and more subtle vision of the origins of capitalism, but also of its nature.

Bernard Gougeon (SUD-Educ 81)

Alain Bihr, The First Age of Capitalism (1415-1763). Volume 2: The march of Western Europe 
towards capitalism , Editions Page 2 & Syllepse, March 2019, 808 pages, 30 euros.

http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Lire-Bihr-La-marche-de-l-Europe-occidentale-vers-le-capitalisme

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On 30-31 May and 1 the  June took place the 5th Festival of Anarchist Book in the city 
center of Patras (in Esperos in King George Square). During these three days, many people 
passed by the Festival site, establishing contact with anarchist / radical books and 
participating in political and cultural events, in a particularly successful organization, 
both politically and logistically, as well as with regard to acceptance of the event. 
Thus, a free area of the State and the Market was formed, a public space that became a 
place for meetings and debate, interactions and criticism. ---- As we mentioned in the 
so-called event policy: ---- "The purpose of this festival is to highlight the richness of 
anarchist, libertarian and anti-authoritarian concepts and to spread these ideas in 
society, especially for young people around the city. This is particularly important at a 
time when state propaganda prevails against those who opt for self-management and 
grassroots initiatives as a means of struggle, and racism, social cannibalism, and the 
return to fascism are presented as the only alternatives to overcome current crisis. At 
the same time, even within resistance movements, political debate and the exchange of 
ideas for deeper analysis are treated with contempt; we believe, therefore, that the 
promotion of autonomous education,

In times of radical setbacks, where the individualization and fragmentation of resistance 
seem to predominate in society, we find it very important to construct such events, 
organized horizontally from their base, through which people of any age have the 
opportunity to approach wealth of anarchist ideas in a direct and unmediated way, free 
from the distortions of the ruling class.

The first day began with the presentation of the second round of the events on 
"Libertarian Ideas in Literature" (the first round took place in November 2018, as part of 
the commemorative events of the 5 years of the Self-to Proso "). The event began with the 
contribution of a companion from the " Epi ta Proso ", with the following title: "Tipping 
the myth of Superhero: The Dark Knight in the service of State Sovereignty" Batman "by the 
publisher Red'n'noir, by Thasos Theofilou. Following these events, the book "The 
Adventures of Nono" by Jean Grave and Modern School followed the presentation by Stasi 
Ekpiptondes. Both events have criticized both the role of superheroes (insofar as they are 
built by the ruling class) as well as fairy tales and libertarian education.

It was during the second day that there was a very interesting presentation of the book 
"When the Cock Cries in the Dark ...", an anthology of anarchist texts written between 
1971-1978, edited by Michael Protopsaltis of the Vivliopelagos publishing house, as well 
as a video called: "Anarchists in the 1970s. The struggle of memory against oblivion is a 
struggle against power." From the video followed a discussion of the anarchists of this 
period, their texts and their lines, and we end with a useful conclusion about the 
present. The day ended with a "rebetiko" aimed at the financial support of the Fair, which 
took place on the "stairs of Patreo", where many people participated.

The third and final day of the Festival began with the presentation of the book "The last 
flames of the Resistance. A Story of a Volante Rossa Fighter "by Diadosi, a presentation 
that was followed by a video testimonial by Paoli Finardi, whose title was" We did what we 
had to do. " The Festival ended with a hip-hop presentation aimed at providing economic 
support for the Festival, with TNT (Rationalists), Penthimos / Clown, Spira & KK, DJ Gzas 
and Hiphopathi groups present. This show was the best possible closing for the Festival, 
full of sounds, poetry, slogans and stories of the road and the struggle for revolution.

Concomitantly with the book fair, which took place during the three days of the festival, 
there was an exhibition containing political posters, a photographic gallery, political / 
radical books, texts and magazines of the anarchist / antiauthoritarian movement, as well 
as T-shirts, whose sales were destined to reconstruction of the squatter "Libertatia" in 
Thessalonica, which was burned by fascists in January 2018.

While members of the  Social self-managed center "Epi ta Proso "[1], we would like to 
thank all those who responded positively to our invitation to participate in the 5th the 
Festival of Anarchist Book (editorial collective, authors, political groups, music groups, 
comrades who supported the events with their presence and everyone who showed interest in 
the Festival). The great response that the Festival had this year is also thanks to those 
comrades who have supported us since the first year in which the Festival took place, as 
well as the new fans who learned about the Festival and recognized the importance of 
supporting it over the years . Without all these people and the projects that they form, 
such an organization would not be possible.

As far as we are concerned, we can say that we will continue to promote autonomous and 
unmediated forms of communication and expression as well as egalitarian, horizontal and 
collectivized spaces with the belief that the way we fight must be directly related to the 
world we want build with the revolution. We will continue to pursue emancipation on a 
variety of issues and issues that have a direct bearing on our lives and the impact that 
the ruling class's political and economic plans and decisions have on our lives.

Against the belief of representation, against all electoral illusion that cultivates 
submission and abdication, we recognize that this Festival was just another moment, one 
more piece in the struggle that we, as anarchists, have assumed for a society liberated 
from the shackles of the State and of the Capitalism, for a world of equity, solidarity 
and freedom.

This fight will continue ...

Self-Managed Social Center "Epi ta Proso" | Rua Patreo, 87 - Patras, Greece

epitaprosw@gmail.com / epitaprosw.espivblogs.net / anarchistbookfairpatras.wordpress.com/en/

[1] This was the name of an anarchist newspaper, published between 1896 and the early 
twentieth century in the city of Patras. The group of anarchists who published the 
newspaper had the same name; allegedly, they were the first anarchist-communist groups in 
the country. Epi ta Proso can be freely translated as  "Moving on" .

>> More photos:

https://anarchistbookfairpatras.wordpress.com/2019/06/16/an-anarchist-festival-in-every-city-correspondence-from-the-5th-anarchist-book-festival-in-patras-greece/

Translation> Noise of Nature

anarchist-ana news agency

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The Café Libertaire is a time to meet our group and to spend a convivial moment with other 
militants. You can also get updates on struggles' actuality and ongoing campaigns and/or 
to become involved in our activities. It is also the occasion to get stickers, flyers, 
posters, ... Or you can simply get a drink after classes or work in a militant, feminist 
and libertarian place.
? Practical information:
? When? Friday June 28, 2019 from 6pm to 10pm
? Where? Local Sacco & Vanzetti - 54 Chaussée de Forest, 1060 Saint Gilles
https://albruxelles.wordpress.com/2019/06/26/cafe-libertaire-vendredi-28-juin/#more-3654

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Come by for some food, drinks and music!
Where?
De Samenscholing
Entrance through the green fence on the Vier Heemskinderenstraat
Den Haag
When?
Sunday June 30th, 17:30
https://www.vrijebond.org/den-haag-vegan-barbecue-benefit-for-afa-den-haag/

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Message: 6






Em Junho, foi realizado no CEFET/RJ uma roda de conversa da FOB, núcleo Rio de Janeiro, 
com uma companheira da IWW (Industrial Workers of the World- EUA), uma das organizações 
que constroem a CIT-Confederação Internacional do Trabalho. Outras organizações locais 
também tiveram membros presentes, como a ADAF-Ação Direta Antifascista e OATL-Organização 
Anarquista Terra e Liberdade. Foi debatida a conjuntura política semelhante entre Brasil e 
EUA no que se refere ao fortalecimento da extrema direita - que se da através da eleição 
presidencial e reorganização local e nacional. A luta antifascista em ambos países se 
mostra uma importante frente de atuação, apesar de suas especificidadades. No Brasil, o 
campo eleitoreiro tentou se apropriar dessa consignia, pacificando-a e a tornando uma mera 
ferramenta de cooptação eleitoral, totalmente distanciada da prática histórica de 
combatividade. Após a eleição presidencial e com a vitória de Bolsonaro para a 
presidência, pouco se fez para organizar de fato a luta antifascista, com exceção da 
esquerda não eleitoreira, cujo alguns grupos locais dispersos tentam alavancar essa luta. 
Nos EUA, a IWW teve um grande crescimento em número de filiados após a eleição de Trump e 
esteve presente nas diversas mobilizações antifascistas pelo país, que em geral, tiveram 
como objetivo bloquear localmente a organização fascista, seja em congressos, seminários 
ou até manifestações da extrema direita, organizando importantes contra atos. A atividade 
de inteligência tem também se mostrado fundamental no combate a articulação dos grupos 
fascistas, com exemplos práticos em ambos países. Fica a tarefa por parte dos 
antifascistas de modificar esse cenário de pacificação do antifascismo no Brasil, para 
enfrentar os desafios que virão.

Na roda, experiências foram trocadas: foi de grande interesse o trabalho da IWW nos 
presidos, que recentemente, através de comitês especificos para esse campo de atuação, foi 
realizado uma expressiva greve de presidiários. Nos EUA os detentos são obrigados a 
trabalhar dentro do cárcere e geram lucro para empresas que administram os presídios. Tem 
havido tentativas de se implantar no Brasil esse modelo de penitenciárias privadas, mas 
até então sem sucesso. Esta ainda é uma grande diferença no sistema carcerário dos dois 
países.

Outro tema bastante debatido foi o desafio de organizar os trabalhadores inseridos em 
novos formatos de exploração capitalista da mão de obra, como por exemplo, os 
trabalhadores de aplicativos (entregadores de comida, motoristas, etc). Fica como saldo a 
idéia de que organizar os trabalhadores que ninguém organiza é um grande potencial de 
ação, e também uma importante tarefa, seja o camelô do sinal, o terceirizado ou o 
trabalhador de aplicativos. Organizacionalmente, ficou óbvia a necessidade de construir 
atividades conjuntas entre as organizações sindicalistas revolucionárias do mundo, 
estreitando laços e avançando na luta.

ORGANIZAR OS TRABALHADORES, DESTRUIR O FASCISMO!

AVANTE A LUTA COMBATIVA INTERNACIONALISTA!

https://lutafob.wordpress.com/2019/06/26/rmc-roda-de-conversa-com-uma-militante-da-iww/

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Announcement of the Anarchist Political Organization for the elections of 7 July 2019 ---- 
NO BORROWING, NO CONVENTION WHAT IS A COUNTRY & CAPITALIZATION ---- The depth of the plan 
of enforcing the sovereigns is to empower the peoples of their perception of their 
inevitable crash. The philosophical perspective of modern totalitarianism is centered on 
trying to make impossible, even as an idea, any plan to overthrow the existing regime for 
the benefit of the poor, the weak, the oppressed. Today's sovereigns are investing in the 
notion that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of the authoritarian 
state establishment and the exploitative capitalist production system. All political 
blocks are being attacked together, each with its own weapons, in the case of social 
liberation, in the so-called "utopia", defending the present sad sadness of poverty, war, 
transnational conflicts,

All the political plans that come down to the "palaestra" of the elections have two common 
elements, the management of the existing system, whose processes are legitimized by their 
participation and the dislike of social self-organization. Bourgeois democracy treats the 
"diversity" of electoral combinations and the impeccable freedom of choice of one of them, 
developing its most complete version. The elections, like any other process in the 
bourgeois system, is nothing more than the promotion of "market society" in politics, the 
manifestation of all projects from one end to the other as a political spectrum as 
commodities. So the election is just a supermarket where you can choose any commodity as 
long as you do not forget to pay for the exit.

On the one hand, it is rather self-evident, but on the other hand it is necessary to say 
that regardless of how the different political blocks, and especially those who claim 
power (power, center-right, left-wing, right, center-right, etc.) have no other goal than 
servicing capitalist precepts, and all their competing struggle is limited to who will 
primarily draw the privileges of the head of civilian management. It is obvious after the 
last four years of the rule of the social democratic form of modern totalitarianism - as 
it was partially renewed at the level of civilian personnel under the acronym of SYRIZA - 
that this formation, as it was absolutely expected for those who do not have delusions, 
what went through his hand for: to stabilize capitalist regularity, ie the profitability 
and exaggeration of workers, to re-literate the political and state institutions, to 
deepen the country's participation in the warlike designs of the imperialist centers, and 
especially the US, to strike the most unimaginably on the pavement with surgical precision 
pieces of contestants who never missed the "radical" tale he tried to sell. A narrative 
whose only purpose was to suppress the social and class resistance movements that had 
developed in the past. This tactic quickly adapted to their task: rescuing the bankrupt 
system that was marching under the massive protests of the oppressed, an adaptation would 
mean for SYRIZA and his own rescue,

For the exploited masses, the polls that are about to be set up in the next period have 
nothing to promise but a greater exacerbation of the conditions of slavery through the 
strengthening of the regime's re-legitimation of its representation policy. On the one 
hand, the continuation of the existing Social Democratic management approach will mean 
even greater denervation of social-class resistances and kinematic disarmament at a time 
when the recovery and widening of the collective struggles of society - and especially 
those emerging from the bottom - is constant stakes, in order to put a stop to the pursuit 
of state-capital-fascists. On the other hand, the return to the neo-liberal version will 
trigger a new war round to those currently in the political-economic system. The poor, the 
parodies, the struggling. The obvious objective is to subtract them so as to pave the way 
for the unimpeded imposition of the plans of the political and economic elites who want to 
impose social conditions on labor camps.

As long as the two protagonists are now "killed" to prove their differences in the run-up 
to elections, the big picture suggests their absolute complementarity. If it seems capable 
today that the right to impose the hegemony of neo-liberalism and to extend its policy of 
attacking the workers, the unemployed and all of them below is because the Social 
Democratic government in the name of the radical left crushed the movements, scattered 
illusions and hallucinations in large social fragments only to put another brick in the 
building of modern totalitarianism, to establish even more the notion that nothing can change.

We for our part have to admit that in fact nothing can change through the elections. But 
everything can be reversed on the road. Society has produced enormous resistances in 
recent years, and today the experience of the contestants is even greater. We know, on the 
one hand, that abstention is a prerequisite for the formation of an attitude outside and 
beyond the "solutions" and procedures, a large part of it is not recorded in a culture of 
culture but in its confirmation by another concept an established resignation of all, 
since nothing is, and can not be, changed. That is why it is a paramount bet on the way we 
will live from now on to be able to oppress, exploit, persecute and marginalized,

We know that no matter what the election outcome will eventually be, it is certain that 
the next day will be the start of a new fierce round of repression of the social and class 
movements, especially the anarchist-anti-authoritarian, against which a sweeping a 
seditionary attack that is aimed not only at limiting it, but at eliminating it 
altogether. The political presence and action of anarchists all past years, the project of 
self-organized and bottom-resistance, the vision of the Social Revolution, as the only 
realistic alternative to society in the face of the allegedly inaction of state and 
capitalist septicemia, in the darkness fascism and the deadlocks of reformist,

Suppression is a field where common state policy can manifest itself, but not the only 
one. In the next period, irrespective of the political administrator, the Greek state will 
be involved in new adventures to redistribute the region's energy resources, upgrading its 
relations with NATO and its military preparation. Nationalism is the indispensable 
reservoir from which to draw a social consensus to support the bourgeoisie projects for 
hot episodes in the chessboard of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. The new 
attack on labor rights will be overwhelming. The bosses are ready to seize the opportunity 
of retreating the social-class movement to set even tougher exploitation measures. The 
attack on the natural wealth of the country through extreme exploitation and violation of 
the natural environment is yet another strategic direction. The final liberalization of 
the Eldorado Gold mining projects in Halkidiki will be accompanied by the emergence of new 
fields of exploitation and struggle. Against the overall and frontal attack of state and 
capital, the development of the struggles, as well as their unmistakable or anti-party and 
anti-party perception, is of great importance. The conclusions from the struggle in 
Halkidiki make it clear that the local communities affected by the natural disaster 
planned by the state-capitalist cluster should not choose a candidate local ruler but 
activate new tactics such as total abstention from the polls and immediate action.

The next period is critical because, after a dense period of systemic assault and major 
mobilizations, the power block attempts to narrate a new regularity. He puts forward a 
logic of "what has happened, done" and invites us to be realistic and to accept the new 
situation with the millions of unemployed people, with hunger wages, outraged hours, 
looking back from the scenes of total depravity social pocketing, the plundering of our 
lives, and the extension of the state of exclusion to larger and larger sections of the 
population.

In the next period, we must engage even more vigorously in all the fields in which the 
primary resistances emerge, extend the influence of the anarchist resistance to the 
weakened sections, form new social alliances with the oppressed, locals and immigrants to 
put a strong embankment in the sovereign designs. Organize with consistency and 
stubbornness the days of counter-attack.

NO PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTIONS

NO LEGITIMATION OF THE STATE-CAPITAL STATUS

ANTI-CELLULAR CONCENTRATIONS
THURSDAY 2 JULY AT 19.00
ATHENS: VICTORIA SQUARE
PATRA: ESPEROS (PL GEORGIOU)
THESSALONIKI: KAMARA

http://apo.squathost.com

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The bizarre confrontation saw two men, who have been accused of ripping off one of their 
staff in a wages dispute, hold up traffic while throwing an almighty tantrum involving 
smashed furniture, shirtless pushing and rolling on the floor as they demanded that the 
Solidarity Federation (SolFed) stop picketing them. ---- The owners of CJ Barbers on St 
James Street in Kemptown, Hamid Caram and Cyrus Shabini, attacked the protest, pulled down 
banners and threw what appeared to be their own furniture around in front of a stranded 
bus while shouting "you want the cash? Fuck off. I don't pay." ---- Caram and Shabini have 
spent the last two months refusing to engage with the anarcho-syndicalist union, according 
to SolFed, claiming that the arrangement they had with their former worker was "voluntary".

https://vimeo.com/344628905
However in an article explaining why they are campaigning, the ex-staffer explains:

"Before I started working at CJ Barbers I was desperate for work, desperate to find a 
stable career and trade I could rely on long-term. I could not afford private tuition, so 
to gain experience I was giving out free haircuts for the homeless on the streets of 
Brighton. It was while I was promoting this practice on St James Street that I was 
approached by a manager at CJ Barbers. After a trial I was told that they would train me 
if I worked as an unpaid apprentice for two months and after this I would be hired 
officially and paid a full salary. This sort of arrangement is illegal but is a far too 
common practice in the barbering trade. Because of the role's illegality there could not 
possibly be a contract. I was desperate and overly-trusting, so naively I agreed.

"After beginning work I had a feeling that things weren't right. I was not receiving the 
promised education and my time was totally consumed with busy-work. I would be constantly 
cleaning the shop and would be assigned P.A. work, such as planning and booking hotels and 
flights for the boss's holiday. I mentioned to the managers that I thought that maybe I 
should find work elsewhere but I was assured, "Don't give up! Just think - after a few 
weeks you'll be on a full salary!" so I persevered.

"After two months I approached my boss and enquired about when I would be paid. I was told 
that they were pleased with my work and my first pay check would be in two weeks. It was 
after this pay day when I only received £100 that I told them I could no longer afford to 
work there. I was told there was no hard feelings but when I contacted the following week 
for a reference they refused to provide one - despite me working for two months for free 
and being told they were pleased with my work. I later found out they also lied about my 
progression and ability as a barber. I was told by CJ Barbers that I was nowhere near 
ready to cut hair. When I spoke with barbers in other shops I discovered this to be a lie 
used to keep me from leaving.

"I felt horrible about the whole situation. My trust and my vulnerable situation were 
totally exploited. I thought that these people had my best interests at heart but it was 
all a facade to use me for free labour until I caught on. This is why I approached SolFed 
who informed me of my workers' rights. CJ's did not come close to fulfilling the legal 
requirements needed to employ an apprentice or a volunteer - So I was in fact entitled to 
minimum wage for this period which would come to £2800. I have evidence to prove I worked 
for this entire period."

In a statement, Brighton SolFed said:

This was a significant escalation of a now familiar tactic of CJ Barbers, which is to 
assault and attempt to intimidate picket lines. On the Saturday previous to this, Hamid 
assaulted a female member of Brighton SolFed who was outside of the shop.

Our dispute with CJ Barbers is in relation to a former worker who was paid £100 for two 
and a half months work. CJ Barbers have tried to claim that this was a "voluntary" 
arrangement, but as the worker explains in this article, CJ Barbers did not uphold their 
end of this (exploitative) deal, reneging on the promise of training and a job at the end 
of the voluntary period.

For this reason, we are demanding that the worker is paid the national minimum wage for 
the two-and-a-half months work he did, totalling £2,800. We offered to negotiate with CJ 
Barbers before opening this dispute, and have offered them on a weekly basis the 
opportunity to make a reasonable offer to open negotiations. Their only response has been 
further intimidation, asking for ‘one-to-one' meetings with no offer of payment made.

Worker solidarity is stronger than bosses. We won't be going anywhere until this worker 
gets paid.

An injury to one is an injury to all!

The next Brighton SolFed picket will be on June 29th from 11.15am.

More information on this dispute:

1. brightonsolfed.org.uk/brighton/no-work-without-pay-boycott-cj-barbers

2. 
brightonsolfed.org.uk/brighton/cj-barbers-dispute-business-threatens-to-blacklist-solfed-member

3. 
brightonsolfed.org.uk/brighton/i-train-people-for-free-because-thats-how-it-works-cj-barbers-owner-cyrus-shabani-admits-to

4. 
brightonsolfed.org.uk/brighton/i-was-desperate-for-work-desperate-to-find-a-stable-career-and-trade-i-could-rely-on-the-cj

5. brightonsolfed.org.uk/brighton/cj-barbers-intimidation-and-histrionics-fail-to-impress

https://freedomnews.org.uk/barber-bosses-go-berserk-in-brighton-wage-battle/

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