Today's Topics:
1. [Mexico] In solidarity with the Chilean and Ecuadorian
people, anarchists block avenue By ANA (pt) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. [Chile] Santiago: 7th day of social upheaval By ANA on
October 25, 2019 (pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. anarkismo.net: Catalunya and the libertarians. Conversation
with Embat about the Catalan crisis. by José Antonio Gutiérrez
D. (ca, it, pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. anarkismo.net: The emperor is naked. Catalunya reveals the
intrinsic authoritarianism of the Spanish state by BlackSpartak -
ALB News(ca, it, pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. France, Union Communiste Libertaire - Youth Secretariat:
What tools to improve our lives ? (fr, it, pt)[machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. ait russia: Chilean protesters reject concessions from
authorities [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
7. Libertarian Assembly of Santiago | Communiqué on the
climate of social tension and recent events in the Chilean
territory By ANA on October 25 (pt) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
8. Britain, Class War:VOTE NOBODY - A TACTIC WHO'S TIME HAS
COME (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
A group of hooded anarchists stirred up Avenida Insurgentes in both directions, near
Ciudad Universitaria (CU), during a protest in support of Chile and Ecuador on Thursday
(10/24). ---- For more than an hour the protesters, who sprayed and showed banners in
support of the social movements carried out by the people of Chile and Ecuador, blocked
the passage of vehicles and units from the Metrobús transport system south of Mexico City.
---- Through videos that have been shared on social networks, you can see the moment when
the rebels, mostly dressed in black and with their faces covered, seized a Coca-Cola soda
delivery truck and crossed it along one of the most popular avenues. capital in order to
prevent circulation near the CU.
anarchist news agency-ana
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Message: 2
Thursday, October 24, 2019 - SEVEN DAYS IN FLAMES! ---- Impressive strength of the
Uprising, complete a dream week. There is tiredness, we sleep very little because of the
mixture of worry and anxiety. But there is no doubt that we still have a lot of strength
to keep fighting. ---- Another day of protests in which massiveness was the focus, the
focus of clashes between rebels and police and militias continues. Anarchists and
antifascists alert to publications by members of ultra-right groups calling for street
mobilization. ---- Disturbances outside a police station in Peñalolen commune, where
residents say police officers crucified detainees in the antennae of the station's
coverage. In the city center, hooded men attack the Baquedano subway, a place designated
as a macabre torture center.
Drivers of the public transport company "SuBus" on lines 200 and 300 paralyze their duties
in solidarity with a colleague shot in unclear circumstances.
Truck drivers, taxi drivers, bus drivers and vehicle owners join the protests. Requiring
road toll prices to fall. The call is to travel very slowly on the highways.
Bolsonaro's friend and far-right presidential candidate[José Antonio]Kast is trying to
take political advantage of a movement called "yellow vests", a paranoid group of citizens
who look after their homes and patrol their neighborhoods, protecting them. imaginary
enemies and looting (none so far to a house). The truth is that they are functional people
in the system who protect "their" supermarkets and criticize the use of violence. Fascist
Kast calls a march for Sunday.
Political and parliamentary parties "shield" Chile's president from the people's demands
for his head, deflect anger at psychopathic Interior Minister Andrés Chadwick Piñera (the
president's cousin) by blaming him for the killings and demanding his resignation.
At the congress, they approve the idea of legislating to reduce to 40 hours of work per
week. A week ago, this idea was very much resisted by the government, the right wing and
businessmen.
In neighborhoods, residents recognize each other again, have time to play with children
and share with one another. Open councils and assemblies are created to discuss the future
of rebellion, to talk about their desires, and to organize themselves autonomously.
Smiles and love form among the rebels, gestures of solidarity, like the road blocked
somewhere in Mexico.
The biggest march in history is called for this Friday, the 25th, at 5 pm, in Praça Itália
(downtown Santiago).
We follow irreducible!
The streets are ours!
NT
Related Content:
https://noticiasanarquistas.noblogs.org/post/2019/10/23/chile-santiago-5o-dia-de-revolta-social/
anarchist news agency-ana
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Message: 3
The past few weeks have been hard in Catalonia. The images of the crowds protesting the
sentences for "sedition" to former members of the Generalitat, and the subsequent
repression, have gone around the world. That the wave of protests that travels around the
world reaches a corner of Europe and exposes the system in its violence, stripped of its
democratic pretensions, is a remarkable fact. With its own modalities, with its
limitations, and with its specificity, Catalonia is also demonstrating the crisis faced by
capitalist democracies in the supposed "end of history." To understand this moment a
little better, we talked with members of the Catalan libertarian organization Embat. ----
1. What does the "procés" judgment issued by the Supreme Court mean?
The sentence condemns between 9 and 13 years to various politicians who in 2017 were part
of the government of the Catalan Generalitat. They are condemned for "sedition", although
the penalty of "rebellion" has fallen which, according to the Spanish Constitution, would
require a violent uprising against the state. The sentence has wanted to be exemplary so
that it is not repeated again. As an anecdote, it appears written in the sentence that a
counselor of the Generalitat was in charge of the Department of Education when it was not,
so it should be an invalid resolution. In addition, the president of the Catalan
parliament is condemned for allowing the debate where the independence resolution was
voted. This limits the autonomy that any parliament could have within Spain to discuss the
issues you want.
Finally, the leaders of the civil entities Assemble Nacional Catalana (ANC) and Òmnium
Cultural are sentenced to a sentence of 9 years in prison. This conviction is for getting
into a police car to call off the demonstration that was warming at that time. They sent
people to their house and condemned them. This raises a jurisprudence towards social and
trade union movements, since any concentration, however peaceful and calm, could be
considered seditious by the authorities. And if there is violence, it can be treated as a
crime of rebellion, with sentences from 10 (to mere participants) to 30 (to inductors or
leaders) years in jail, depending on the degree of responsibility or involvement of each.
It can be seen that in order to condemn these political and social leaders, the Supreme
Court passes over justice to take revenge.
2. How was the protest of the Catalan population? What sectors have been mobilizing and
who have organized or called the protest?
The protest actually takes many years with ups and downs. In this specific case, civil
organizations and many grassroots independent organizations, such as the CoR (or Defense
Committees of the Republic) were preparing some response. Due to internal struggles
between Catalan political parties, the mood was low and it was not clear what response
there would be. However, since the summer a new platform has appeared apart from all of
the above - although surely with components from all areas - called Tsunami Democràtic. In
the month of September they activated their Telegram channel that in a few weeks reached
350,000 people. Therefore you could see that there was interest, and more when a week
before it was already known that the sentence would be condemnatory. Even so, if the
sentence came out on Monday 14, two or three days before the sentence had been leaked
between politicians of the hard right and the media right and they hinted at it from the
media. This greatly irritated the mood.
In this way when the sentence was known, in the morning of the 14th, the spirits were
already very hot. The students quickly called a strike and emptied the classes. Some
blockages were made on roads or concentrations in front of public buildings. In the
afternoon, the Democratic Tsunami called to block the Barcelona-El Prat airport, emulating
Hong Kong's protests. And the situation escalated exponentially. As we know, more than 100
flights were canceled, although it was not possible to close the airport but the entry and
exit of passengers was blocked. The police had to cut all accesses and the train company
canceled the line. Still people came walking from Barcelona, sometimes crossing the
orchards for thousands of people. For the first time he loaded the Catalan police (called
Mossos d ' Esquadra) against the people and did not back down - something that was not
seen here since the riots produced by evictions of social centers or by general strikes.
There were scenes of strong combativity that are not common in the Spanish state.
But it is that this did not stay in Barcelona, in the most important towns and cities of
Catalonia such as Girona, Lleida, Tarragona, Mataró, Manresa, Igualada, Vic, Reus ... the
concentrations and manifestations were enormous. They are usually called by the CDRs but
sometimes not even that, they were summoned alone by the Telegram groups. Road cuts were
announced as a drip. And every day throughout the week (and some still last) new cuts are
being convened.
To sum up the summoners are: Tsunami Democràtic, CDRs, student movement and the General
Strike on October 18, in particular, the Intersindical CSC and Intersindical Alternativa,
IAC. I would point out that many people called themselves and that as mobilizations and
riots grew, many new people joined.
3. Specifically, what role have workers and their class organizations played in these
protests?
The world of work has become very uneven. For example, the education sector and the public
or civil service sector have seconded - in general - the atmosphere of protests and
followed the strike. But the other sectors do not. This is due to the strong influence of
the CCOO and UGT unions that refuse to summon anything in Catalonia for fear of losing
strength in the rest of the state, which usually sees Catalonia as a "problem" in line
with the bombing of the media Communication against this land.
The 18O strike was followed by quite a few people in the services sector and in commerce,
a sector that is usually poorly mobilized. This is due to the independence sympathies of
not a few employers who closed doors without more. But it was also combined with workers
asking for a strike. Where the strike was least noticed is in the industrial sector where
the calling unions have less weight.
It must be said that they are small unions for Catalonia but they have managed to place
their calls in times of great turmoil. Therefore its calls serve as an excuse for the
popular independence movement to stop everything.
4. How libertarians, how do they evaluate their position and their contribution to this
protest?
The libertarian sector has tried to mark distances from both the repression of the central
government and the Catalan political parties. In fact, one part has even lived it from a
distance. We know that nothing binds us to any side. But many calls have been made from
our ranks to participate in street demonstrations and blockades. We know that there have
been hundreds or thousands (nor do we know how many we are) of comrades and companions of
the libertarian movement who have been in the events of these days. But the libertarian
organizations do not convene more than a demonstration against repression on Saturday 19
in the afternoon. The General Strike was not supported by the anarcho-syndicalist trade
union organizations and we could see how several local unions and union sections of these
organizations went,
And it is that in the midst of a popular revolt there were not a few libertarians (most
are from the rest of the state, although there were natives of Catalonia as well) calling
on the internet against the mobilizations because they were from a "nationalist" and
"racist" movement and because They wanted to build a new state. They are examples of
conservatism in which the European anarchist movement lives, which is easily overcome by
events. It also demonstrates the centralism or unionism that permeates much of the Spanish
libertarian movement, which presumes to be a federalist and then prevents the parties from
having real autonomy (much less independent).
And we want to clarify that at the grassroots level there is a very important percentage
of people who want independence from Catalonia do so because they are not reflected in the
social and political project that represents Spain, linked to the most aggressive
neoliberal project on the one hand and with authoritarianism on the other. Independence is
taken as a political space to achieve greater social justice. However, this does not mean
that there are no neo-liberals among the independence that wish to implement their thesis.
It is your greatest risk and at the same time your greatest burden, in fact.
5. Are these protests part of the open 1-O process? What are the lines of continuity and
rupture between these two moments of rebellion?
The current independence process comes from 2006. It has ups and downs but it is latent in
a part of society - and not in everything, since many people who feel Spanish live in
Catalonia. Then this movement seems to be activated suddenly in a matter of weeks, makes
some spectacular actions and then returns to the routine and life of political parties
with their fights for power. Over time the parties, given the social pressure mobilized
through the civil entities ANC and Òmniun Cultural, had to position themselves clearly in
favor of independence. They had splits of who disagreed. The masses forced them to convene
a consultation in 2014. And then again in 2017. We want to say that every two or three
years there is a high period of strong mobilization like the current one. But there are
examples in 2010,
In fact, he has gone further than ever to question the legitimacy of the violence and
self-defense of protesters in the face of police brutality. People who showed off pacifism
have been put in jail. The streets have exploded when they have imprisoned the pacifists
who used to make a stopper or a barrier so that emotions do not get too hot. Now there has
been a break. All the actors try to return the waters to their channel and strongly
condemn the violence of the protests playing the same game as the state. The important
thing is that there have been many people who have seen other tactics in action.
6. What perspectives do you see to these manifestations? Are they only an expression of a
cyclical phenomenon or are they expressing a deeper malaise and a potential of greater scope?
You can see that there is much discomfort against the authoritarianism of the Spanish
state. Demonstrations in other cities in Spain such as Madrid, Vitoria, Valencia or
Granada have also ended with police charges, races and arrests. You will not be allowed in
any way to connect with Catalonia. That scenario gives the oligarchy panic. Pablo
Iglesias, Íñigo Errejón and Alberto Garzón, who are the leaders of the supposed new left,
are also playing this game of isolating and criminalizing Catalonia. You should never
forget your role in this conflict: they gave their support to the state and the security
forces when there was a revolt in the street. It is clear that the Spanish left prefers a
Spain in the hands of the extreme right than a broken Spain. They do not offer any
alternative territorial proposal that can convince the Catalans to stay in Spain. Perhaps
because everything happens to abolish an untouchable monarchy or to expel the entire
Spanish ultranationalist sector from the judiciary, the army and the police. That is why
the doors of dialogue close. The Catalans, on the one hand, think about leaving Spain,
while the Spaniards believe that the Catalans are unsupportive and selfish and choose to
the right. As you can see, it is a conflict that goes on for a long time and that nobody
wants to resolve. The anti-capitalist and libertarian left has to take sides in this
matter because it is central today in Spanish public life. from the army and the police to
the entire Spanish ultranationalist sector. That is why the doors of dialogue close. The
Catalans, on the one hand, think about leaving Spain, while the Spaniards believe that the
Catalans are unsupportive and selfish and choose to the right. As you can see, it is a
conflict that goes on for a long time and that nobody wants to resolve. The
anti-capitalist and libertarian left has to take sides in this matter because it is
central today in Spanish public life. from the army and the police to the entire Spanish
ultranationalist sector. That is why the doors of dialogue close. The Catalans, on the one
hand, think about leaving Spain, while the Spaniards believe that the Catalans are
unsupportive and selfish and choose to the right. As you can see, it is a conflict that
goes on for a long time and that nobody wants to resolve. The anti-capitalist and
libertarian left has to take sides in this matter because it is central today in Spanish
public life.
https://www.anarkismo.net/article/31628
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Message: 4
Monday was a curious scene. Pedro Sánchez arrives in Catalonia, refuses to meet with the
government of the Generalitat and staged his support for the repressive forces visiting
the police station of Via Laietana and then goes to the Hospital de Sant Pau to greet the
policeman injured by the events of these days. Behold, as Catalonia is full of
"uncontrolled" the hospital staff itself makes a escrache. Sanchez is booed and they must
go out to the garage so that this awkward situation does not reach the press. His
bodyguards enter the presidential car, and when he starts he can see one of them through
the ajar glass, wielding a submachine gun. Just as if Pedro Sánchez had gone to
Afghanistan to pull the troops! ---- This is the graphic summary of what is happening. A
Spain that gives them democratic that always ends up showing the teeth to which a little
clenches. And every time he shows them before.
In this Catalan revolt there are about 600 people injured, 4 will lose an eye, more than
100 processed and 28 of them in jail. These days the mossos d'esquadra are beginning to
detain people for their alleged involvement in criminal acts during the riots of these
days. For example, a boy who accuses him of launching a rocket at the police helicopter is
being accused of attempted murder.
But this is not in Catalonia. Demonstrations in solidarity with Catalonia in other
territories are under attack. There were 19 people arrested in Vitoria, 2 in Madrid, 2 in
Valencia ... In Madrid the right-wing government wants to ban demonstrations of support
for Catalonia. In short, we are facing an authoritarian drift to which all levels of the
state, the media and most political parties contribute. In fact in the social networks and
comments of the newspapers there is a legion of commentators supporters of the hard hand
that act as "public opinion".
The truth is that Catalonia has become the great structural problem of Spain. Contrary to
what the Barcelona movement said or wanted at the end of 2017, the Catalan question proves
to be a latent conflict that will never be resolved without a large-scale understanding
between state leaders and Catalan leaders. Or it will be resolved by force. "Why are we
going to talk if we have tanks?" Pedro Sánchez must have thought.
We have reached a point where much of the Catalan population shows their disaffection by
betting on independence. If there were a federal Republican party, perhaps it would be
channeled there. The downside is that there is no federalist project in Spain. Even the
"new" (and not so new) left bets on the unity of the country and is surrounded by a
centralism that denies the plurality of the periphery. That way they won't seduce the
Catalans. Guaranteed.
Changing third, in the Procés trial it was revealed that the so-called independence
leaders did not want to force independence. According to his own statements, everything
was a staging that got out of hand. They recognized that they were overwhelmed by the
events of October 2017. The people surpassed them, although they managed to return it to
the fold with the elections of 21D. The people of order who led the Procés always wanted
an orderly independence, without fright, civic, to be accepted by Europe. Therefore,
self-determination with the people organizing grassroots committees and cutting roads
should not have seemed like a favorable situation. People were serious.
On October 14, people were already with the fly behind their ears. Condemnation seemed
inevitable. The question was how many years independence politicians would fall. Seeing
how disproportionate the sentences the people have gone out into the street with rage.
Such was the case that the Democratic Tsunami that was assembled to convene a massive but
peaceful response (following the traditions of the indepe movement) was overwhelmed in its
first call of the airport. The pacifist consensus collapsed like a house of cards, at
last, and in the streets a new active subject was born: that youth born after the year
2000 (I have seen that it is called "Generation Z" in sociology, which comes after the
Millennials). Youth has grown with Procés. He has seen politicians try everything, and he
has seen the elders make manifestations of a million people with choreographies and "not a
paper on the ground." That is, civic and exemplary mobilizations. But ineffective to
achieve independence. The referral to violence was natural. What legitimacy does anyone
have to say that dump containers is useless? And yours? Therefore now there is a diversity
of real tactics.
He has also engaged with other young people who should not belong to the same sociological
substrate. Spanish was also spoken on the barricades. There are three young non-EU
citizens pending expulsion from the Spanish state. The lawyers speak of the hardships that
a racialized person has to go through who is detained in the altercations or following
them. In short, this goes beyond what the press says.
Finally, I want to comment on the role of the second person that the anti-capitalist and
libertarian left has played in these events. Without the ability to react quickly, it has
again been overtaken by events. In the barricades and in the cuts many people of the
movements that go by free have been seen. However, groups and organizations have been
ambiguous or cold - with exceptions - until they have seen that the thing lasted longer
than normal. It has not participated in the strike of the 18O in the same way that they
were summoners of the strike of the 3O (of 2017). Curiously as the strike date approached,
support was announced for local unions and union sections, evidencing an internal division
that will take its toll sooner or later.
The riots show a lack of widespread project. Independence does not want to declare
independence, or it may, but it does not know how. Assembly of elected offices? A new
declaration of self-determination in the Parlament (another groundhog day)? From a town
hall? Puigdemont from Brussels? While anti-capitalist movements are only encouraged to
come together in the fight against repression and against the authoritarianism of the
state. To defend the main cause of this conflict, which is nothing other than the
self-determination of Catalonia, generates frictions and disagreements between the actors
and also at the internal level of each one (Catalonia is still a mixture of populations
each with frames different nationals in the head and in the heart).
However, the conflict is structural and will accompany us for a while since nobody does
anything to resolve it. So either a position is taken or a subsidiary role will continue
to be played. Let us understand that the conflict has been going on for more than a decade
with periods that last a few weeks every two or three years followed by an apparent stop.
When he reappears, he does it with more force than before and this displaces party
leaders, who must rearrange themselves so as not to lose their bases. So far they have
been able to control it, but there comes a time when messages of an anti-capitalist,
libertarian or revolutionary character are heard and shared by the mobilized population.
That can remain in a sympathetic sympathy (while the usual ones return to vote) or from
our side proposals can be made, As some groups are trying. What is not functional is the
amendment to the whole without getting involved.
If Procés votes for Vox, it is not a problem for Catalonia, but for what kind of ideas
make up the Spanish national conscience that hegemony currently has. The confederate
proposals do not fit more than on the periphery of the state and even the republic is
still a minority against the monarchy as a form of government (although majority in
Euskalherria and Catalonia). Every blow that Catalan society takes at the table places
Spanish society more to the right (well controlled by the mass media), but that happens
due to lack of alternatives. The social movements and the anti-capitalist and libertarian
left would have much to say in this regard and lead the territorial proposal. The lack of
these proposals means that the only option for Media Catalunya is to leave Spain that is
already left impossible.
All this happens in a context of permanent political crisis in the great European
countries like Italy, Great Britain, German or France. They seem to compete to see which
one sinks before. And this occurs in a curious international context of insurgent
struggles such as those that have taken place in Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, Ecuador or now
take place in Chile or Lebanon. Given how quickly the 15M of 2011 was infected (which in
turn had taken elements from the Arab spring and the Icelandic revolt) it is not
unreasonable to think that the Catalan revolt will also influence other parts of Europe.
It is seen that when the crisis that opened in 2008 did not close, there is now a second
phase of rebound. Interesting scenarios open.
Related Link: https://www.alasbarricadas.org/noticias/node/42370
https://www.anarkismo.net/article/31626
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Message: 5
It's easy to criticize unions when you see the lifestyle of some of their leaders or the
orientations of certain organizations ! But unionism is above all a collective strategy of
struggle for our rights as employees or workers in training. Here are some past and
current elements to understand unionism. ---- Where does it come from ? ---- During the
XIX th century working class people are organizing to defend themselves to work towards
their boss. Trade unions are beginning to appear, they are illegal, and it is through
struggles that trade union rights and the right to strike are achieved. ---- There is a
revolutionary union current that developed in France in the early XX th century with the
CGT, it combines the defense of our immediate interests with a project of social
transformation, the Revolution.
Other models exist and dominate historically. For example, that of co-management: the
union supports the wishes of the bosses, to prevent it overflowing, which sometimes gives
a few crumbs. Or unionism as a simple relay of what a party says, to the detriment of its
autonomy to animate struggles and its development of another model of society.
Recently, strikes by hotel maids or undocumented migrants show that unions are still a
reality.
What's the point ?
Defend the rights won by our elders, fight to win new ones, organize the discussion and
solidarity between the workers: with unionism we have everything to gain.
Through collective organization, the blocking or the strike, unionism makes it possible to
set up power relations in favor of the workers in order to obtain concrete progress. We
only win what we take by the fight.
Without unions, no rights ! The state has understood this, and forbids young people in
civic service to organize, even if they are exploited for a ridiculous remuneration.
Trade unionism also deals with the living conditions of workers, and can therefore
stimulate feminist or ecological struggles in the workplace.
Revolutionary syndicalism can lead to a general political strike, and eventually to the
reappropriation of economic power by the workers, thus finally putting into question the
dictatorship of the big bosses and shareholders.
And on my place of study ?
The syndicalism of struggle is first to organize with other high school students, other
students to defend themselves together.
This self-organization improves its study conditions. For example, fighting to enroll in
university, to maintain a university restaurant, or to get better student housing, or
against sexist and sexual violence.
Organizing is also giving oneself the collective means to build and animate a movement in
one's place of study. In a self-management way, without a leader, to train in the fight a
large part of the students or students.
Connecting with the employees who work there, as well as those in other sectors, is a
decisive weapon to break the isolation and win common demands !
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Quels-outils-pour-ameliorer-nos-vies
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Message: 6
Despite the fact that the President of Chile Pignera apologized to the people for ignoring
social needs and promised a number of concessions, the protests of the Chileans do not
subside. People are outraged by the hypocrisy of the authorities, the ongoing repression
and the actual establishment of a military dictatorship. ---- On Monday, October 21,
violent protests erupted again in Santiago and other cities, prompting the government to
extend curfews for the third day in a row. Protesters against economic inequality, high
cost and rising debts held demonstrations and "pan marches", fought with the police,
burned and smashed shops and administrative buildings. Many thousands gathered again in
the central metropolitan area of Italy, rattling into drums and pans and demanding the
departure of President Pinhera. Clashes between protesters and the police have already
killed at least 15 people, of which 8 died on Sunday. Among them are 2 Colombians and 1
Ecuadorian.
Pinhera said at a press conference on October 21 that he had heard the demands of the
people for a better life and invited the opposition to negotiate
(https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/22/americas/chile-protests-inequality-curfew-intl-hnk/index.html
On October 22, by noon, protesters gathered again in the central squares of Santiago and
other cities in the country. The police again began to disperse them using tear gas and
water cannons. Martial law was operating in 10 cities, and curfew in the evening and at
night; troops patrolled the streets. The technology developed reminded Chileans of the
gloomy times of the Pinochet dictatorship. More and more loudly heard demands for the
implementation of reforms in the tax system, medical care, labor and pension legislation.
Pinhera invited opposition parties to negotiate a "new social contract," but part of the
opposition rejected the call, accusing the authorities of a massive violation of human
rights and refusing to give clear explanations in connection with those who died during
the unrest. Concern over the repression and actions of the military expressed and "
The military command promised to investigate cases of violence by the military and the
police. It stated that of the 15 dead since Friday, 11 lost their lives during arson,
routs and riots in Santiago, 2 from gunshot wounds and 2 during an accident. At the same
time, the Chilean Institute for Human Rights reported that by the evening of October 20,
there were 84 victims of gunshot wounds (first of all, as a result of the fact that
repressive bodies opened fire to kill). The prosecutor's office reported 5400 arrests.
Throughout Santiago and in several other cities, traces of destruction and street battles
were visible on the streets. The janitors and volunteers on October 22 tried to put in
order the central square of Italy, the epicenter of the unrest of previous days. It was
all strewn with glass, stones and bonfires; graffiti painted on the walls. But by the
middle of the day on October 22, protests resumed there.
Many of the streets in the city center smelled of tear gas; most schools remained closed
on October 22. The traffic in the morning somewhat revived. On Tuesday morning, workers at
the Escondida largest copper mine began a 10-hour strike. Over the past days, hundreds of
flights had to be canceled at Santiago Airport
(https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-president-pinera-to-meet-with-opposition-leaders-as-protests-snarl/).
Prior to this, on Sunday, dock workers interrupted work at 20 ports so that workers could
take part in peaceful protest demonstrations. Among them were Iquique, Tocopiglia,
Antofagasta, Ventanas and San Antonio, through which copper is exported. The CTMIN miners
trade union center called for a general strike in the industry on October 23
(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/copper-king-chile-faces-mine-stoppages-as-workers-join-protests)
More than 100 social organizations and trade unions united in Social Unity have appointed
a general strike on October 23 and 24 under the motto "Chile has awakened, Chile is
mobilizing." A central demonstration of the strike was scheduled to march from Italy
Square on October 23 at 10.30; similar mass demonstrations were scheduled in all regions,
and territorial demonstrations and "pan marches" and local assemblies across the country
were scheduled for October 24.
The organizers of the strike called the following requirements and tasks:
1. The abolition of the state of emergency and the return of the military to the barracks.
2. Demand parliamentarians to start a strike and not to pass any laws or treaties until
the state of emergency has been lifted.
3. Taking back draft laws that infringe on the social, economic and cultural rights of the
people, including laws on pensions and taxes.
4. Development and application of a package of urgent economic measures in favor of the
working people of Chile.
5. Convening a Constituent Assembly, which will have to develop a new constitution. It
will open the way to a new development model that will end the current unjust neoliberal
model.
6. To reject Pinier's harsh statements that "there is a war" against the people of Chile.
The president, as guilty of confrontation, must resign
(http://www.colegiodeprofesores.cl/2019/10/22/se-convoca-a-huelga-general-en-todo-chile-el-23-y-24-de-octubre/)
ASSIGNMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT
Under pressure from protests, President Pinhera announced a series of social reforms. In
an address to the nation, he said that the Chilean government will send a number of bills
to the Congress that provide for measures to provide social support to the population. "We
will submit to the Congress for consideration the social agenda in accordance with the law
and begin implementation when the government gets this opportunity," he said. The measures
include raising pensions, lowering the cost of electricity, partially covering medical
expenses, lowering medication prices and setting a minimum income for working people in
the country. In addition, the Chilean government intends to send a bill to increase taxes
for high-income citizens. It is due to this that it is planned to implement a social
program
(https://korrespondent.net/world/4152313-pobeda-protestov-prezydent-chyly-obiavyl-o-sotsyalnykh-reformakh).
Pinhera asked the Chileans to "apologize" for not understanding the severity of social
problems. Within the framework of the proposed measures: 20% increase in the "basic joint
pension" for 590 thousand pensioners; 20% increase in special pension supplements for 945
thousand low-income pensioners; a gradual increase in pension payments and supplements for
pensioners over 75 years of age in 2021-2022; improving pension opportunities for the
middle class, working women and disabled people; the introduction of catastrophic disease
insurance; the creation of an insurance system for the purchase of medicines by families
(partial payment); lower drug prices; minimum guaranteed income for 12 million Chileans
aged 15-65 years in the amount of 350 thousand pesos for all employees; cancellation of
increase in electricity charges in the amount of 9.2%; introduction of an additional tax
of 40% on incomes exceeding 8 million pesos per month; greater equality of opportunity
between municipalities; reduction of salaries to parliamentarians, etc.
(https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2019/10/22/pinera-pide-perdon-y-anuncia-agenda-social-alza-de-pensiones-seguros-de-salud-e-impuesto-a-ricos.shtml)
REPRESSIONS
Chilean military and police repression figures vary. The Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights said on October 22 that, in reality, 42 people had already died in the
country, 12 women had been raped, 121 people had gone completely naked and thousands of
detainees were tortured. Against this background, the president publicly thanked the armed
forces for participating in the suppression of protests
(https://www.lavozdemisiones.com/2019/10/23/chile-42-muertos-12-mujeres-violadas-y-121-desaparecidos-tras-la-represion-de-pinera/)
Authorities recognize the deaths of 17 people. A car rammed a convoy of demonstrators in
the city of San Pedro de la Paz in southern Chile, 2 people were killed and at least eight
were injured. This was stated by the representative of the authorities of the Bio-bio
region. According to a representative of local authorities, law enforcement officers
detained the driver of the car. In total, the number of people killed during the protests
in Chile reached 17 people, including five who died from the actions of the armed forces
(https://www.mk.ru/incident/2019/10/23/chelovek-pogib-pri-naezde-avtomobilya-na-tolpu-protestuyushhikh-v-chili.html;
https://news.ru/world/dva-cheloveka-pogibli-vo-vremya-naezda-mashiny-na-demonstrantov-v-chili/)
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Message: 7
The last facts of October set a milestone in the history of this territory. The oppressed
class, after decades of contempt and abuse, rioted against the imposed order, showing
dignity and courage in their confrontation with the state. In view of this, theLibertarian
Assembly of Santiago (ALS) expresses the following: ---- We repudiate the action and
procedure of the authorities, in responding to this situation by decreing a state of
emergency in various regions of the country, and putting the military in the streets,
demonstrating once again the disinterest and historical abandonment of the political class
to the demands and social needs. We already have a long list of disappearances, mortxs and
feridxs in demonstrations throughout Chile. Before the murder we responded with
organization and not giving way to the state terrorism that criminalizes the protest
infusing panic in the population.
We encourage and promote the creation, in various spheres and in various spaces,
assemblies of a libertarian character that function on the basis of horizontality,
autonomy, direct action and self-management. And if possible, with federative coordination
they can radically transform society.
These assemblies would serve as a meeting point for the generation of proposals and
strategies for the establishment of a better society, as well as a tool for the direct
resolution of the common problems of each space and the self-management of the resources
available for it. . In this way, it would contribute not only to the development of ideas,
but also to the establishment of practices based on freedom and horizontality.
Although, probably, the formations of these assemblies will not be able to solve the
current conjuncture alone, they will serve to generate community bonds that can last over
time and provide a political alternative for those who are oppressed.
Anarchists from across the territory are also urged to be part of this movement, actively
participating and collaborating both in the dimensions of struggle and in the organization
and formulation of projects and proposals.
Self-organization, self-management, and mutual support in revolt dxs oprimidxs!
Revocation of emergency and curfew!
Out of militias and police from our territories!
Solidarity and direct action in the fight!
Libertarian Assembly of Santiago
October 22, 2019
Translation> Sol de Abril
anarchist news agency-ana
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Message: 8
tried before for a laugh on a local level but the level of disillusionment with
politicians is so high that a national VOTE NOBODY campaign may be worth a go.
write nobody on your ballot paper and they are counted as spoilt votes
NOBODY CARES NOBODY WILL HRLP YOU VOTE NOBODY
COULD A DISPARATE LOAD OF ANARCHISTS GET ANATIONAL VOTE NOBODY CAMPAIGN TOGETHER
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