Today's Topics:
1. Brazil, CAB Note to Lesbian Visibility Month (it, pt)
[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. federacao anarquista gaucha: In case of fire burn the
landlord and imperialism: in defense of the Amazon! -- Note from
the Brazilian Anarchist Coordination, August / 2019 (it, pt)
[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. [Greece] Exarchia, Neighborhood of Resistance and Solidarity
Will Win By ANA (pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. London Anarchist Communists Group ACG: Let Us Not Talk
Falsely Now (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. France, unautrefutur, CGA - Calling all women to come
together against gender-based violence (fr, it, pt)[machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. The Anvil Volume 8 No 4: Newsletter of the Melbourne
Anarchist Communist Group macg (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
Currently, in Brazil, one LGBT person is murdered every 16 hours, under different
circumstances and without data accuracy. Most of the time, black and peripheral bodies
make up the main victims. Also daily, these people are verbally, psychologically and
symbolically assaulted. Thrown out of the house, led to exorcism rituals, or early
prostitution. Forced, to compulsorily assume a heterosexuality that could not question.
Having humanity denied, with few references of a full life and dignity. ---- Because of
this reality, Cisheterosexism can no longer be ignored in its ideological condition upon
which the state is dependent and emanating from it social engineering technologies. Behind
the elimination of full citizenship of subjects extends from a control of reproductive
rights to the capture of agendas by the capitalist traps of individual rights (marriage,
adoption and inheritance), repaid with "airing" democracy, at the expense of discipline
and docility of bodies. Reflected identities must then take into account the relevance of
social class as well as race, gender and sexuality in the formulation of imbricated
identities (Combahee River Collective, 1979) and denounce that the binary and heterosexual
norm is an intrinsic part. of State. Thus, they are no longer restricted to the so-called
"identity guidelines", but integrate the militant commitment to be recognized in the
diversity of subjects and in the shoulder-to-shoulder fight. Darkening taboos, thinking
strategies, exercising listening and sharing reports. In defense of an emancipating
education of gender and sexuality as a fundamental part in combating LGBT phobic violence.
With this intention, we integrated and welcomed the Brazilian construction around the
August Lesbian Visibility and, more especially, the 6th Feminist and Anti-Racist Lesbian
Day. In the month that marks the first SENALESBI, such as Ferro's Bar's Historical
Uprising, to focus attention and evidence on lesbian art, literature, film, health,
depictions and history, we attach importance to psychological and physical resistance
through solidarity for a time. difficult. It is time to fight against all discrimination
and prejudice! To fight against conservative progress and to defend the right to full
existence of all bodies.
Not forgetting the mourning converted by Luana Barbosa, Iasmym Nascimento de Souza da
Silva and Juliana Dantas Monteiro. With a thirst for justice, we reorient our steps and
together and together in commitment.
https://federacaoanarquistagaucha.wordpress.com/2019/08/30/nota-da-cab-ao-mes-da-visibilidade-lesbica/
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Message: 2
In August, Brazilian and international society were surprised by the 50% increase in
deforestation and 70% in the burning of the Legal Amazon. The Minister of Agriculture of
the Bolsonaro Government, Tereza Cristina, nicknamed the muse of poison, rushed to justify
the phenomenon by immediately placing the blame on climatic conditions in the region. Fast
was chosen the main villain, nature itself: the summer and the beginning of the dry period
in the Amazonian hilea. ---- However, one thing caught the attention of the social
movements and the environmental inspection agencies on the last 10th. A call that
circulated through the social networks and was published by a newspaper of the
municipality of Novo Progresso, in the west of Pará, called "Day of the Fire". It is a
campaign orchestrated by the landowner in Pará and that quickly spread throughout the
Amazon biome. In an interview with Folha do Progresso, the farmer who mobilized
shamelessly to set fire to the forest announced the objective of "showing willingness to
work for President Bolsonaro". "We need to show the president that we want to work and the
only way is to knock it down. And to form and clean our pastures, it is with fire,
"starting what agribusiness called" burning ".
Data from the National Research Institute (Inpe) showed a significant increase in the
burning on August 10 and later, mainly in the municipalities of Novo Progresso and
Altamira, both cut by BR-163 and deforestation champions in the Amazon region. According
to Inpe, Novo Progresso had 124 records of fire outbreaks on "fire day", a 300% increase
over the previous day. The next day there were 203 outbreaks. In Altamira, satellites
detected 194 fire outbreaks on August 10 and 237 the next day, an impressive 743% increase
in fire outbreaks. It is clear then the effective participation of the so-called
"productive sector" in environmental crime and the government's participation, which by
its neoliberal policies of precarious social services, neutralized and suffocated IBAMA,
INPE and ICMBIO,
However, we cannot exempt the State (in all spheres) in the consent of such actions
provoked by the capitalist agents in the Amazonian frontier. We from the Brazilian
Anarchist Coordination (CAB) systematically denounce the selective and class action of the
Brazilian state. Contrary to what is commonly claimed, the state is not absent in the
region, it only chooses where to act and which side to act on. Since 2012, all the
mechanisms that have been taken to defend nature and the territories of traditional and
peasant peoples have changed. It began with the Forest Code whose rapporteur belongs to
the electoral and institutional left, Mr. Aldo Rebelo (at the time of the PCdoB, today of
Solidarity) still in the Dilma Government (PT), was involved with the reform of the Mining
Code opening up possibilities for mining , including in indigenous territories under the
Temer Government (PMDB) and is materialized by the policy of total dismantling of
environmental control through Environment Minister Ricardo Salles in the Bolsonaro
Government (PSL). Such actions ban any mechanism for demarcation and recognition of
indigenous and quilombola territories and completely paralyze any land reform policy in
this country.
It should be said that the opposition between the government of France and Brazil on this
issue only expresses occasional differences and disputes within the ruling class and the
bourgeoisie, how to deal with the environmental issue and geopolitical alignment on our
continent. On the one hand, Bolsonaro's reactionary, surrender, agribusiness-based
government. On the other, an international industrial and financial bourgeoisie, which
with its neoliberal discourse of "green capitalism" (supported by Rede Globo here) seeks
only to create conditions to privatize the Amazon region. In addition, European
geopolitical interests to consolidate zones of influence in the face of this intense
global trade dispute, which has in Latin America, the target of imperialism and its local
partners, their backyard. Sounds like a bad theater, declarations of sovereignty by the
high-ranking Brazilian army and members of the Bolsonaro government, pretending that they
are now outraged by international bravado. The only "sovereignty" that Bolsonaro's
delivery government and its lackeys want is to be able to dilapidate and burn - literally
- the natural resources of our territory (such as oil) and hand them over to their boss,
the US government. Bolsonaro's "sovereignty" only serves to choose an imperialism that
allows it to burn, privatize and cut, while destroying the rights of rural and city
workers. There is no way out for the peoples of the world and nature in green capitalism
or in the brutal agrarian-export project represented by Bolsonaro. they are outraged by
the international bravado. The only "sovereignty" that Bolsonaro's delivery government and
its lackeys want is to be able to dilapidate and burn - literally - the natural resources
of our territory (such as oil) and hand them over to their boss, the US government.
Bolsonaro's "sovereignty" only serves to choose an imperialism that allows it to burn,
privatize and cut, while destroying the rights of rural and city workers. There is no way
out for the peoples of the world and nature in green capitalism or in the brutal
agrarian-export project represented by Bolsonaro. they are outraged by the international
bravado. The only "sovereignty" that Bolsonaro's delivery government and its lackeys want
is to be able to dilapidate and burn - literally - the natural resources of our territory
(such as oil) and hand them over to their boss, the US government. Bolsonaro's
"sovereignty" only serves to choose an imperialism that allows it to burn, privatize and
cut, while destroying the rights of rural and city workers. There is no way out for the
peoples of the world and nature in green capitalism or in the brutal agrarian-export
project represented by Bolsonaro. the US government. Bolsonaro's "sovereignty" only serves
to choose an imperialism that allows it to burn, privatize and cut, while destroying the
rights of rural and city workers. There is no way out for the peoples of the world and
nature in green capitalism or in the brutal agrarian-export project represented by
Bolsonaro. the US government. Bolsonaro's "sovereignty" only serves to choose an
imperialism that allows it to burn, privatize and cut, while destroying the rights of
rural and city workers. There is no way out for the peoples of the world and nature in
green capitalism or in the brutal agrarian-export project represented by Bolsonaro.
CAB stands head-to-head against these perverse policies for our people and reverberates
the voices of the forest like the Ka'apor People in Maranhão who say that "forest is our
mother. The territory is our home. They are our life. We who defend! "It stands shoulder
to shoulder with the rubber tappers who, since Chico Mendes, have developed the tactics of
fighting the draw to stop the advance of cattle ranching over the forest in Acre. It
sympathizes with the people of Cajueiro, in Maranhão, who were brutally evicted from their
ancestral quilombola territory by the Flávio Dino Government (PCdoB) and its developmental
sanha. It supports hand in hand the self-demarcation built very strongly by the Munduruku
People in Western Pará. Navigating alongside the riverine in their fight against waterways
at the Capim River Hole in Abaetetuba in Pará that only serve the large grain producers,
especially soybeans, coming from the north of Mato Grosso. We support and reinforce that
the only way out is the direct action of the people of the countryside, the forest and the
city, in the fight against the ecocidal and anti-people project of capital and the state.
Finally, taking the teachings of anarchist geographer Elisée Reclus, who said that
humanity is nature becoming aware of itself, we then claim that nature is a subject of
rights and as such must be respected and protected. The mechanisms for this will not come
out of the G-7 with its millionaire imperialist aid. Only through the self-organization of
the peoples of the Amazon by building and controlling their organized territories in
horizontal and autonomous political and social relations. In this way we will be able to
stop the advance of the destruction of the region and not submit to either the ruralists
or the opportunist settlers.
Long live the people of the forest!
Out Bolsonaro and his killer landlord!
Out Macron and his green capitalism!
Live an Amazon free from the clutches of Capitalism and the State!
https://federacaoanarquistagaucha.wordpress.com/2019/08/29/em-caso-de-incendio-queime-o-latifundio-e-o-imperialismo-em-defesa-da-amazonia/
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Message: 3
The Assassin Greek State continues its attacks on anarchists and the oppressed. The
government that previously took the first step in attacking the anarchists by releasing
the police officer who murdered Alexis today attacked the Okupas with his army in
Exarchia. Exarchia is a resistance district and was built by anarchists in Athens. New
Democracy (Nea Dimokratia) party chairman Kiriakos Micotakis, elected in the Greek General
Elections, is threatening anarchists and making it clear that he will work to make
Exarchia free of anarchists and make it a friendly neighborhood of the state and
capitalism. ---- Around 6 am, 4 Okupas from Exarchia, where thousands of anarchists and
immigrants lived, were evacuated by police. Hundreds of anarchists and immigrants were
detained and sent to concentration camps following this attack on the anarchist and
oppressed areas of solidarity and resistance. In Exarchia, when the state attacks, the
culture of rebellion and solidarity continues to grow, even as the homes of the oppressed
are being destroyed by the state and its police forces. We, as the Anarch Revolutionary
Action (Devrimci Anarsist Faaliyet), welcome the struggle and resistance of our
Neighborhood compañas where the self-organization and political activities of the
oppressed in Greece are concentrated. It is this solidarity and resistance of the
oppressed that will make the fascists retreat and lose.
Long Live Anarchism! Long Live the Revolution!
Revolutionary Anarchist Action-DAF
Monday, August 26, 2019
anarsistfaaliyet.org
Translation> POAEF
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Message: 4
Boris Johnson's proroguing of Parliament throws light on a number of subjects. It
indicates that the British ruling class is bitterly divided like never before. It points
towards the pressures that Farage and the Brexit Party are putting on the Conservatives.
Johnson knows that he must be seen to act in a decisive way if he wants to avoid the
rupturing of the Conservative Party. Unfortunately for him, this ploy opens up other
possibilities of disintegration of the Tories and indeed the United Kingdom. ---- The
British ruling class was once much admired by its international peers for its cohesiveness
and solidarity. It acted decisively and intelligently over the years to preserve class
rule. Unlike the French ruling class, with the Revolution of 1789 carried out by the
emerging bourgeoisie, and which resulted in the mass slaughter of the aristocracy, the
British ruling class was able to ally with the old aristocracy and gentry, to the point of
intermarrying with them. It preserved the monarchy as part of class rule, and loyalty to
the Crown was seen as an essential part of preserving the status quo, the Empire and then
the Commonwealth. "The myth of ‘national unity' is built around the role of the Queen,
with all that that entails like privilege and deference, and ‘continuity'" (see our
Abolish the Monarchy article). It developed parliamentary democracy to disguise its class
dictatorship, its control of all assets including the land, and its tight grip on the
State, the "Establishment". The Labour Party acted within this system of democracy to
implement the demands of the IMF, to launch austerity measures against the working class
and to support various imperialist adventures, often in league with its US ally.
However those days are long gone. The loss of Empire seriously diminished the British
ruling class. At first the majority of the ruling class oriented towards the markets of
the EU, although there were always stresses there, sometimes seen in quarrels among the
Tories. In fact it was differences over Europe, combined with the Poll Tax rebellion that
led to the fall of Thatcher. Those tensions have continued to this day and have now
erupted in a spectacular fashion.
The random card of the EU referendum results changed everything. The unity of the boss
class was torn asunder as different factions within it frantically searched for solutions.
Johnson's politics are primarily about himself, about him becoming a "great British
leader" but they also involve a tack towards closer ties with Trump's United States, with
the UK turning itself into a tax haven and an increasing opening to market forces, started
under the Labour leader Callaghan, and then partially enacted by Thatcher. Johnson wants
to increase the tempo of privatisation and the dismantling of what little remains of the
welfare state. Closely allied to him is the coldly calculating and devious Jacob Rees-Mogg
and his clique, who control the think tank Policy Exchange. Their opposition to the EU is
rigidly ideological. The old style "liberal" pro-Europe Tories in direct descent from
Macmillan and Heath, include "grandees" like Heseltine, Major and Clarke. This Tory
faction, once dominant within the Party, have seen their influence wane. They are
frightened that a split will take place with the hard-line Brexiteers lining up with
Farage's outfit, or on the other hand, a wholesale capture of the Party by the no-dealers
much in line with Trump's takeover of the Republican Party in the USA. The last important
"liberal" Tory, the leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, Ruth Davidson, has now
resigned, and this indicates the increasing control over the Party by the
Johnson/Rees-Mogg faction.
Neither of these factions, pro- or anti- Europe is a friend to the working class. This
includes the various nationalist parties like the SNP and Plaid Cymru, the Liberal
Democrats and the Green Party, various splinter groups like Change and the Independents,
and the Labour Party on one side and Farage and the Tories on the other. Whether Britain
leaves or remains in the EU, there will be further austerity measures.
The various mobilisations by the different opposing factions - marches and rallies - are
attempts to draw the working class more fully into the sham of parliamentary democracy,
whether it be the defence of the referendum decision or one side or the defence of
parliamentary democracy and against the proroguing, described exaggeratedly as a "coup" on
the other. Very soon, another general election will add to the fun and games.
Some sections of the ruling class are pinning their hopes on Corbyn, The Financial Times,
which speaks for the City bankers, recently wrote: "Those opposed to a no-deal Brexit must
then cast aside their differences and pass a motion of no confidence in the government.
This is unpalatable for even the most ardent Tory Remainers, and others such as the
Liberal Democrats, since ousting Mr Johnson in time to affect the Brexit process may also
require the creation of a caretaker government under Labour's Jeremy Corbyn-an outcome
they rightly fear. The overriding priority, however, must be to safeguard British
democracy." This was echoed in opinion pieces in other papers. Corbyn has met with five
other opposition parties so that he can head a caretaker government if Johnson goes for a
tumble. This caretaker government would be in reality a government of national unity
pledged to find its way out of the bosses' crisis, a government formed of a coalition of
right, centrist and leftist parties and individuals. Once again the Labour Party would be
acting as the social fire brigade.
Hard though it may be, the only real choice is to reject the siren calls of both Remain
and Leave factions of the boss class and turn towards creating an independent working
class movement. The rulers of Britain have been paralysed by this crisis over the last few
years, and as we said earlier, divided like never before. There has to be a revolutionary
alternative to these false choices. It doesn't exist but must be built as an imperative.
https://londonacg.blogspot.com/2019/08/let-us-not-talk-falsely-now.html
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Message: 5
Domestic violence is the most violent crime committed in France. It is also the crime
where impunity is the most total. While the state is relentlessly repressing the poor,
foreigners, and those who demonstrate, women who are victims of gender-based violence are
invisible, ignored or even abused by an institution that challenges their word. ---- Faced
with the protest that rages on the part of women who demand concrete measures of
protection, Marlene Schiappa, Minister for equality between men and women announced the
holding of a grenelle on domestic violence September 3. For several months now, all the
measures taken by the Macron government have only gone in one direction: to accentuate the
inequalities, to destroy the dearly won social conquests, to repress harshly those who
oppose it.
At the Yellow Wool Women's Call, everywhere in France, rallies and demonstrations will be
held in front of the police stations to denounce the institutions' inaction in the face of
gender-based violence, on 3 and 8 September.
In Montpellier, UCL calls on all women, organizations and support groups to mobilize for a
first rally on September 3rd at 18:30 in front of the police station at Place de la Comédie.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2421771378042260/
http://unautrefutur.org/appel-a-toutes-les-femmes-a-se-rassembler-contre-les-violences-sexistes/
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Message: 6
Dear Comrades,
The Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group is pleased to announce that Vol 8 No 4 of The
Anvil is now published:
https://melbacg.wordpress.com/the-anvil/
Contents:
The Struggle Continues (MACG's Election Analysis)
Fascism & its Cure.
In Solidarity,
Ablokeimet
for MACG
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