Update: anarchist news and information from all over the world - 30.11.2019

Today's Topics:

   
1.  asr anarshism; The petrol uprising; a lesson that the
      working class gave to the prosperous? [machine translation]
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
  
 2.  ait russia: Protest against neoliberal capitalism in
      Colombia [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
3.  Greece, APO: Announcement of the Open Assembly against the
      wind in Agrafa, about the police calls to its members by
      Jellyfish (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
4.  France, Union Communiste Libertaire AL #299 - Technopolice:
      Virtual borders, real controls (fr, it, pt)[machine translation]
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
5.  anarchist communist group ACG:The Royals - Time For Them To
      Go (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
6.  fau - SAC Konference 2019: Strategies and Methods in
      Organizing (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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Message: 1






 From news reports and videos and demonstrations where the demonstrations took place, it
was conjectured that the overwhelming majority of protesters were from the lower echelons
of society. ---- One of the achievements of the petrol uprising protesters was that they
clearly demonstrated to the middle class and prosperous society that they could no longer
ignore the fate and status of the lower class. The global outage of students in need,
businesses and businesses, writers and researchers, and even those who drive their
expensive cars down the street and regularly share photos and content from their belly.
They let the world know that today's world and society are more connected than they
thought. There is no longer a safe margin; the global outage is likely to hurt the
affluent and the working class far more than the toilers - both economically and
psychologically. The burning of banks and shops, the chaos and insecurity in the cities
conveyed a serious message to the affluent: Either join us to complete the task or you
will be harmed! Either for everyone or for anyone!

The working class, even without the middle class and the affluent of society, has the
power to hit the government even more. Now that this group of society is raising its
sleeves and ready to pay for its blood, it must be supported. In fact, the only thing the
working class has to do is continue the protests; it has to come back to the streets under
any pretext. Cost should be imposed on the affluent. They should also take "peace" from
them. The middle class and the affluent will have no choice in the final analysis because
this group of society is not happy about the government, but is still weighing it down.
Certainly, it will not be too late for the middle class and the affluent to continue to
work hard to continue their hard working protests against the government and finally join
the working people to dismantle disorder and insecurity and to create peace in the whole
society. The threshold for the police and repressive forces to endure is too high, and
they will not be able to live in such a situation forever; their numbers are far less than
the protesters will eventually become tired of. The ultimate victory, however, depends on
the continuation of such violent and semi-violent protests of the toiling, blood-rosy
protests!

https://asranarshism.com/1398/09/02/a-revolution-is-coming-2/

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Activists of the Libertarian Union of Students and Workers (ULET, a friendly organization
of the International Association of Workers) took part in a general strike and mass
protests against the neoliberal reforms and repressive policies of the authorities in
Colombia on November 21 and 22. ---- The call for a strike and protests was spread by
trade unions, student, peasant, women's and Native American organizations, creative
unions, and political opposition organizations. Massive indignation in the country is
caused by neoliberal reform plans of labor and pension legislation. They are aimed at
raising the retirement age, privatizing the state pension system and reducing wages for
young workers to 75% of the minimum wage. Another cause for dissatisfaction was the
authorities' actual refusal to implement the 2016 peace agreement with the rebels and the
ongoing terror against social and opposition activists. Students demand higher education
costs and university accessibility.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Bogotá, Medellin, Cali,
Barranquilla and dozens of other cities of the country on November 21. In the morning, the
march in the capital was mostly peaceful, but in the evening it grew into clashes with the
police. Collisions were noted in other cities. Three people died in the Valle de Cauca
department
(https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1129037.soziale-gerechtigkeit-generalstreik-versetzt-kolumbien-in-ausnahmezustand.html)

For 16 hours, the capital and most of the country were paralyzed. In total, more than 300
demonstrations took place in 100 cities and areas of Colombia. In total, more than a
million people took part in the actions. The protest included a partial mass strike,
demonstrations, clashes with the police and individual acts of collective expropriation in
shops and supermarkets.

In Bogota, protests began as early as 5-7 a.m. in the districts of Transmilenio de Suba,
Norte, 20 de Julio and Sur: local quarterly organizations launched street campaigns and
put up small blockades on roads. From 8.00 to 16.00, mass demonstrations were held in
which 300 thousand people took part in the capital. 5 marches from different parts of the
city merged together on Bolivar Square, not far from the presidential palace. Between 5
p.m. and 7 p.m., fierce clashes broke out between groups of youth and students, on the one
hand, and the ESMAD police special forces in various parts of the capital, especially on
Avenida-68, in the area of the National University, in Bolivar Square, and then in the
historical center of Bogotá, including Suba district with Kali Avenue, where the protests
did not stop all day.
(https://grupovialibre.org/2019/11/22/balance-preliminar-del-paro-nacional-del-21-de-noviembre/?fbclid=IwAR0gs6pPecdx1b64YWF9p0_c0AEVhD2m2eU6-DBHfMx7-PwwI83Dn5CiL64)

Authorities took draconian security measures. At least 4,000 police officers were brought
to the streets of the capital. The country's borders with Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and
Venezuela were closed. On Bolivar Square in Bogota in the evening, police dispersed gas
and brutally beat demonstrators who blocked the streets. In the densely populated Suba
district in northwestern Bogotá, police deliberately blocked several subway stations and
attacked protesters at Portal de Suba station. The protesters, chanting "The united people
will never be defeated!", Rebuffed the guards of the capitalist order, despite the tear
gas (
https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/colombian-police-attack-protesters-in-massive-strikes-marches-pot-beating/)
In Bolivar Square, protesters attacked the buildings of the National Capitol and City
Hall, trying to break inside. Stones and Molotov cocktails were used against the police.
In Kali, protesters smashed stores and real estate
(https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/latinoamerica/paro-nacional-en-colombia-manifestantes-atacan-el-edificio-del-congreso-en-el-centro-de-bogota-fotos-noticia/?fbclid=IwAR1hBxGLFImuAWTk0lRg_jeDX1LJhAkjxWCa-e14Oh8grrV4uDF-mD4tFIE)

  After the clashes in Bogota and Kali, authorities imposed a curfew in Bogota, Kali and
several other areas. The media launched a fierce campaign of harassment of radical
protesters. Only in Kali 420 were detained for violating curfew. Union bosses hastened to
disown "acts of violence" on behalf of the National Strike Committee. The chairman of the
professional center KUT Orhuela said. that protests should be "centralized, substantive,
and organized." He assured that the committee and the unions did not support the new calls
for protests. Similarly, the leader of the trade union center "General Confederation of
Labor" condemned the violent actions
(https://www.rcnradio.com/colombia/comite-del-paro-nacional-no-respalda-llamado-nuevas-movilizaciones?fbclid=IwAR30xPO_4Q7UGUNDDsgOb0ysgfI_l_W-siGgf6kkyNMYJvZFC2J8HbOPs24)
For their part, the comrades from ULET believe that although there is nothing good in the
shares of the rout of property, the damage done is hundreds of times less. than the damage
caused to the country by the neoliberal policy of the authorities.

Despite the agreement of trade union bosses and repression, protests continued on November
22. "Caserolasos", spontaneously started on calls on social networks on Thursday evening
in Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Cartagena. Bucaramanga and other cities took place at night. A
call for new peaceful protests spread around social networks at 16.30 on the main squares
of cities, including Bolivar Square in Bogota
(https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/nacional/nuevo-cacerolazo-convocado-para-este-viernes-en-las-plazas-principales-del-pais-articulo-892312).

https://aitrus.info/node/5366

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Message: 3






On Friday afternoon, 22/11/2019, police men went to the homes of three fighters (Thomas
Moustou, Fotis Moustou, Kostas Alexiou) to hand over their call for explanations,
referring to 2 charges, for mobilizing outside. the Town Hall of Karditsa on August 22nd.
In this particular mobilization, the people found in the town hall managed to block the
process of the economic commission, which would ratify the auction of 10 municipal forest
pieces to the contractors. The massive and militant mobilization at the Town Hall was a
continuation of previous similar actions aimed at highlighting the gigantic catastrophe in
Agrafa and unleashing the resistance of local societies. ---- The tactics of persecution
aimed at terrorizing and exterminating the militants are unknown to us. Dozens of other
fighters and movements have been confronted with repression and persecution.

In Karditsa as well as in the wider Agrafa area we were confronted with police, wood,
chemicals and tear gas; of those who passed by ...

For our part, we will continue our fight for the salvation of the Agrafa, the defense of
nature and the natural world from the voracious aspirations of the state and the great
contractors. Under no circumstances will our persecutions hurt us. We will continue to
walk the path of mass and militant struggle along with all those (students, students,
workers) with whom we have been and will be on the streets.

NO PERSPECTIVE IN A RACE!
SIGNS DO ANY FRAUD - ALWAYS FRAUD!
DOWN THE HANDS FROM THE AGRES!
A STRUGGLE FOR EARTH AND FREEDOM

Open assembly against "green growth" and wind in Agrafa.

https://ipposd.wordpress.com/

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As part of the Technopolice campaign on digital surveillance of our lives, what will
become of borders  ? The replacement of human controls by automatic checks based on
information gathering or facial recognition, far from eliminating bias, makes borders
particularly discriminating. ---- We have been queuing for a while now to pick up the
customs at the airport, the suitcases in one hand, the passport and the ticket in the
other. We are moving slowly toward automated gantries that have replaced controllers, and
other travelers are getting impatient. The crowd suddenly turns their attention to one of
the porticoes: it refuses to open and two police officers ask the passenger to be
repressed - an Arab man, quarantine, look as surprised as he is anxious - to kindly follow
them . The man in question has absolutely nothing to reproach himself with and one can
easily imagine his discomfort and what could have crossed the minds of most spectators.
The scene is fictional but has had to happen a thousand times in England, Australia or the
United States. In France, the thing is still marginal - not for a long time that said.

Prediction of risk
The sidelining of this passenger in an airport is a result of the digitization of borders
and the replacement of human control by algorithmic processing, thus automated. Since the
early 2000s, the United States, pioneers in surveillance of populations, have established
in airports an "  automated targeting system "(ATS), which was only revealed to the public
in 2006. Developed over time, this computer system collects data relating to each traveler
and traveler (previous trips, banking transactions, visa applications, choice of 'a
specific menu, even behavior on social networks) and analyze them to bring out signs of
potential danger and determine the response adopted by the airport authorities: impose the
passenger a thorough interview, or even prohibit boarding.

The intrusiveness of the device is obviously scandalous, but the worst is elsewhere. A
high risk score may be due for example to having ordered a halal meal on the plane and
having someone who has traveled to a war zone among his contacts, two traits that do not
constitute no case a crime but could be enough to trigger a thorough investigation. The
control system is thus systematically differentiated to target certain categories of
people, which has the consequence of imprinting these patterns on the conscience of the
suspected persons and the public ; Everything happens as if a form of preemptive justice
condemns and throws stigma on persons a priori, without a crime having been committed.

The Obama administration had to explain these practices in a court of law in 2015, when US
Muslim nationals were suddenly banned from flying after refusing to serve as FBI
indicators, and likewise when travelers or travelers who were turned away because of their
involvement with the law did not regain their right to steal after being acquitted. This
did not prevent the United Kingdom from trying to put in place a similar system, first
named "   E-border  "(Electronic frontier), then Digital Service at the Border (DSAB),
spending huge sums without reaching for the moment to implement it effectively. The French
state has not yet invested in this type of system, given the cost and the delay taken
across the Channel, but we bet that it will not delay.

Targeting and facial recognition technologies contribute to the production of stigmas,
amalgams, and dominated collective identities.
Another reason could explain the setting aside of our fictitious passenger: facial
recognition. For the past ten years, biometric recognition projects based on facial
recognition, instead of fingerprint identification, have flourished in airports in rich
countries. In 2018, in partnership with Thales, Roissy, Orly and Nice airports as well as
the Gare du Nord in Paris set up automated face-to-face gates for border control on
international flights and trains. the Schengen area - and this should be tested at gates
for all types of passengers from 2019-2020 in Orly at least. The goal is to streamline
passages and limit human errors in identity verification ; but one might fear that this
would be a simple step towards the generalization of facial recognition, which would
increase the state's capacity to monitor populations.

Again, such automated processing might stigmatize some social groups more than others.
Facial recognition algorithms are not neutral: researcher Joy Buolamwini recently
published a study [1]revealing that machines were much more difficult to identify women's
sex than men's, or that white people were significantly more likely to be correctly
identified than people of color, and that these two biases combined to achieve very high
error rates of nearly 30% in dark-skinned women - this kind of bias is due to a defect in
the training phase of the algorithm. It can be particularly violent to be stopped at the
border when everyone goes without worries. Despite treatment with emotionless algorithms,
people of color, especially women, are more likely to be victims than white men.

Facial Recognition
Whether it is the result of predictive risk assessment systems or biased facial
recognition, the digitization of the legal boundaries of states redoubles these as
symbolic boundaries that stigmatize and repress groups already dominated by the
population. It is certainly fair to point out the invasive dimension of these technologies
of targeting and facial recognition, and the reinforcement of the repressive state power
that they allow, as well as the injustice of discrimination, but the criticism must also
take into account their participation in the production of stigmas, amalgams, and more
generally dominated collective identities.

Marco (UCL Indre)

[1] Joy Adowaa Buolamwini, "   Gender Shades: Intersectional Phenotypic and Demographic
Evaluation of Data and Gender Classifiers,   " Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017.

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Technopolice-Frontieres-virtuelles-controles-bien-reels

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As we said in a previous article on the monarchy,
http://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2018/01/16/abolish-the-monarchy "the ending of the
monarchy depends on mass distaste for a parasitic institution." This is becoming more of a
reality with the recent disclosures over Prince Andrew. ---- This has proved to be a
nightmare for the Royal Family. The annus horribilis of 1992 looks like a picnic compared
to what is happening now. Disgust was already growing when it was revealed that £369
million of public money was spent on doing up the various palaces and country houses of
the royal family, in addition to the £345 million given out to them every year. There was
also concern about the £2.7 million spent on the wedding of one of Andrew's daughters,
Princess Eugenie, complete with public procession.

The Queen, under pressure from Prince Charles and his son Harry, who wishes to develop a
"people's monarchy" in order to save it, has been forced to stop the annual payment to
Andrew of £249,000. In addition, Andrew was pressurised to give up his public role, which
involves around 200 charities. Charles and his fellow modernisers in the Firm, as the
Royal racket is known among themselves, have been looking at slimming down the Monarchy
for some time, against the opposition of Andrew, who wishes to retain himself and his two
daughters. In addition, the forthcoming wedding of his other daughter, Beatrice, will not
now be a lavish affair like that of Eugenie., but will be privately funded.

In addition to this there was the concern over the unelected Head of State, the Queen,
endorsing the move by an unelected head of government, Boris Johnson, to prorogue
Parliament. This was a scenario that the Queen dreaded. If she had refused Johnson's
request, and gone along with her own pro-EU sentiments, she would have been seen as
breaking with the idea of so-called political neutrality of the Royal Family, a question
of damned if she did and damned if she didn't. By agreeing to the request, she has been
shown to be a tool of a minority in Parliament, which has disturbed leading lights in the
ruling class, who have always tried to obscure the role of the Royal Family. The Royals
are kept in reserve as a weapon of the British ruling class, with powers to dismiss an
elected government from office. As we said previously, the Queen is at the tip of class
society in Britain. She is Head of State, and indeed Crown and State are interchangeable.
The crown dominates the legislature - the system of law-making, and the judicial system
and is the employer of the civil service and the rest of State bureaucracy. It embodies
the whole hierarchical and class system. The commentator Ben Pimlott talked about the
"Queen in people's heads" meaning the important role she plays as the perceived head of
society. The myth of "national unity" is built around the role of the Queen, with all that
that entails like privilege and deference, and "continuity".

The modernisers within the Royal Family will now push ahead with their plans to save
themselves. But as public revulsion against the Royals increases, pressure must be brought
to bring down the Monarchy, a keystone in the ruling class edifice in Britain.

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2019/11/24/the-royals-time-for-them-to-go/

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Message: 6






 From 8 to 10 November our Swedish sister union, the Sveriges Arbetares
Centralorganisation (SAC), hosted the Conference "Strategies and Methods in Organizing" in
Malmö, in cooperation with the Malmö Nordiska Arbetar Filmfestivalen (Nordic Labour Film
Festival 2019). The congress invited over 80 participants who came together to watch films
about workers' struggles and trade union movements and to listen to lectures on
transnational trade union work in Europe and the USA. The SAC also invited guests from the
United Voices of the World (UVW UK), the ARK (Bulgaria) and the fau to exchange views with
syndicalist representatives of all Swedish syndicates on labour disputes, strikes,
organising, and other union strategies. Over three days, and during several workshops, we
exchanged more than only ideas, strategies, networking and mutual approaches to
transnational organising. We like to thank the SAC for the Invatation and looking forward
to collaboration and collective struggels in the future.

https://www.fau.org/artikel/bericht-von-der-sac-konferenz-2019-strategies-and-methods-in-organizing

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