Today's Topics:
1. Canada, Collectif Emma Goldman - Abolish the police: why and
how? (fr, it, pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. France, Union Communiste Libertaire AL #306 - Syndicalism,
Commerce: resting on Sunday is a right, not a privilege ! (fr,
it, pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. Britain, solfed: Your Rights And Working Part-time Under The
Goverment's Furlough Job Scheme (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. anarchist communist ACG: Mine occupation in Lugansk
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. A-Radio Berlin: B(A)D NEWS - Angry voices from around the
world - Episode 35 (06/2020) (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. Britain, Class War Daily FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2020
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
7. Czech, AFED, In the mouth of the monster - LGBTQ (not only)
in Poland [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
8. glasgow anarchists: Glasgow Events TONIGHT Asylum seeker
solidarity and glasgow mutual aid (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
In the United States, the idea of ending and abolishing defund the police has grown in popularity with the revolt against racist crimes
committed by them. These reflections deserve their place here too. Yes, here too, police abuse has led to the deaths of dozens of people in
recent years. Racial profiling remains a constant and we remember the disappearance without real police investigation of these thousands of
Aboriginal women in Canada. As at their foundations, the police forces of this country remain linked to the functions of repression of the
groups of the population which mobilize and rebel against the colonial State and Capital. How can we reduce our officers who commit blunders
to "rotten apples" (normal that there will always be a few per bag we are told ironically) when the police force is conditioned to maintain
an unequal order by using strength. The RCMP, which was formed in the context of the Indigenous and Métis rebellions on the Prairies in
order to quell them, speaks today of "reconciliation" ... and yet the news of Indigenous people murdered by its agents continues to reach
us. Certainly, the police in this system has the social function of keeping the relations of domination in place. We are not moving forward,
we even have the impression of regressing! We saw this clearly during the Wet'suwet'en struggle where the state unhesitatingly pointed its
guns at the heads of demonstrators seeking to defend their territory and assert their ancestral rights. With similar abuse on the other side
of the border, protesters in the United States have widely understood that it will not be enough to put cameras on the police for the
situation to change. On both sides of this border, we can already observe the behavior of police officers who mask their identification
number during police violence and police ethics are on their side. The cameras are the jujube of politicians' speeches. protesters in the
united states understood that it would not be enough to put cameras on the police for the situation to change. On both sides of this border,
we can already observe the behavior of police officers who mask their identification number during police violence and police ethics are on
their side. The cameras are the jujube of politicians' speeches. protesters in the united states understood that it would not be enough to
put cameras on the police for the situation to change. On both sides of this border, we can already observe the behavior of police officers
who mask their identification number during police violence and police ethics are on their side. The cameras are the jujube of politicians'
speeches.
The idea of abolishing the police is not raised without an alternative to the current model. There is talk of ending funding for police
services to instead support public services like schools, community groups, the social safety net, and putting in place an alternative
community-based model to protect and serve the community. For and by it. The idea is not as new as it seems. More than a century ago, Victor
Hugo already wrote: "to open a school is to close a prison". At a time when police budgets are increasing almost at the same rate as cuts to
the social safety net, we condemn the most disadvantaged to be crammed into prisons while the wealthiest receive preferential treatment, say
- honestly, from the courts. These sentences do not change the accused and incarcerated individuals and do not change the social conditions
at the root of social problems. Abolishing the police, instead granting more viable funding to community organizations and public services
in particular, will certainly not radically transform the living conditions of the most vulnerable and marginalized people. On the other
hand, I believe that it would be a step in the right direction with the reduction of abuses, more resources for the community and the
assumption by communities of their own protection. Abolishing the police, instead granting more viable funding to community organizations
and public services in particular, will certainly not radically transform the living conditions of the most vulnerable and marginalized
people. On the other hand, I believe that it would be a step in the right direction with the reduction of abuses, more resources for the
community and the assumption by communities of their own protection. Abolishing the police, instead granting more viable funding to
community organizations and public services in particular, will certainly not radically transform the living conditions of the most
vulnerable and marginalized people. On the other hand, I believe that it would be a step in the right direction with the reduction of
abuses, more resources for the community and the assumption by communities of their own protection.
One thing is certain, it has to change! What do you think?
Gaston Valin
by Collectif Emma Goldman
http://ucl-saguenay.blogspot.com/2020/06/abolir-la-police-pourquoi-et-comment.html
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Message: 2
Clic-P has been moving the lines for ten years, both in trade unionism and in the trade sector. A book tells of his battles, the trials and
the contradictions he had to overcome. ---- Trade is a particularly tough professional sector: standing all day, sometimes in drafts or the
smell of food, serving the customer (always with a smile) with the eyes of a little chef behind your back, working Saturdays, sometimes
Sundays and holidays... ---- Since the Macron law of 2015, food businesses are allowed to open on Sundays until 1 p.m., and all day for DIY
and furniture stores. Finally, in areas classified as "commercial" or "tourist" by prefectural decree, all shops can be opened. ---- The
employers of the sector are lobbying hell to constantly push the limits. With two immediate results: sink small local shops, which cannot
afford to open 7 days a week ; spin employees who agree to exhaust themselves in overtime to make ends meet.
This abolition of the Sunday rest, this nibbling of the time of private life strikes in the first place the employees · es of the trade. But
not only. Mechanically, the opening of department stores on Sundays has repercussions on other professions, among the most precarious:
security employees, cleaning ladies, delivery men... By trivializing Sunday work, we will come to be gradually considered as "Privileged"
those who are not yet subject to it !
It will be understood, this fight against the opening on Sunday and the extension of the schedules is capital. It is the workhorse of
Clic-P, the inter-union liaison committee for Parisian trade, founded in 2010, and which still brings together four trade unions in the
sector: CGT, SCID (ex-CFDT), SUD and Unsa.
In a sector where unionism has to do with thin numbers, this unitary approach has produced unprecedented energy. Demonstrations, legal
actions ... the Clic-P was quick to be talked about. In 2015, he ordered Monoprix to pay a penalty of 750,000 euros for having opened his
stores after 9 p.m. In the press, it has become quite commonly "the collective that shakes commerce".
But the Clic-P also had to deal with cruel contradictions. Thus, part of the staff of the Sephora des Champs-Élysées strongly resented the
Clic-P for having obtained, in court, the closure of their sign at 21 hours maximum. They believed that their "freedom" to pocket overtime
was violated in the name of "archaic" union rigidity .
It was not the least of the tests that the Clic-P activists had to overcome, including the well-known Karl Ghazi (CGT) and Laurent Degousée
(SUD). But the role of unionism is to aim at the general interest of the employees, even at the expense of certain particular desires.
Guillaume Davranche (UCL Montreuil)
Bruno Deporcq, Clic-P, the intersyndicale qui shakes the signs, Syllepse, 2019, 152 pages, 8 euros.
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Commerce-se-reposer-le-dimanche-c-est-un-droit-pas-un-privilege
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Message: 3
From 1 July onwards the government will be introducing a flexible furlough scheme which will apply to all those who were placed on the
existing scheme on or before June 10th. ---- Under the scheme, employers will be able to bring in workers already on furlough on a part-time
basis. It will be up to the employer to decide the hours and shift patterns they want people to work to suit the needs of their business.
Your employer will pay your full wages for the time you are in work and the government will pay 80% of your wages for the hours where you
are not needed. ---- For example, if you are currently on furlough and being paid for 35 hours and your employer asks you to work part-time
for 20 hours, you will receive full pay from your employer for the 20 hours and be paid 80% of your wages by the government, for the 15
hours you are not working. If your employer does not require you to work part-time, you can still remain on the full furlough scheme and
still receive 80% of your wages.
Under the government's flexible furlough scheme, your employer must get your agreement to return to work on a part-time basis and keep a
written copy of the agreement. As part of that written agreement, you should make it clear that you are only agreeing to reduce your hours,
and any changes to your normal working patterns, for the duration of the furlough scheme and that once the scheme is withdrawn, you wish to
return to the original terms and conditions of your contract of employment.
If your employer asks you to return to work part-time, and you are unable to work due to childcare or other caring commitments, you can
request to remain on full furlough. It is also worth noting that discrimination laws still apply to the government's furlough scheme.
Finally, remember the furlough scheme is voluntary and you can take redundancy as an alternative.From 1 July onwards the government will be
introducing a flexible furlough scheme which will apply to all those who were placed on the existing scheme on or before June 10th.
Under the scheme, employers will be able to bring in workers already on furlough on a part-time basis. It will be up to the employer to
decide the hours and shift patterns they want people to work to suit the needs of their business. Your employer will pay your full wages for
the time you are in work and the government will pay 80% of your wages for the hours where you are not needed.
For example, if you are currently on furlough and being paid for 35 hours and your employer asks you to work part-time for 20 hours, you
will receive full pay from your employer for the 20 hours and be paid 80% of your wages by the government, for the 15 hours you are not
working. If your employer does not require you to work part-time, you can still remain on the full furlough scheme and still receive 80% of
your wages.
Under the government's flexible furlough scheme, your employer must get your agreement to return to work on a part-time basis and keep a
written copy of the agreement. As part of that written agreement, you should make it clear that you are only agreeing to reduce your hours,
and any changes to your normal working patterns, for the duration of the furlough scheme and that once the scheme is withdrawn, you wish to
return to the original terms and conditions of your contract of employment.
If your employer asks you to return to work part-time, and you are unable to work due to childcare or other caring commitments, you can
request to remain on full furlough. It is also worth noting that discrimination laws still apply to the government's furlough scheme.
Finally, remember the furlough scheme is voluntary and you can take redundancy as an alternative.
http://www.solfed.org.uk/manchester/your-rights-and-working-part-time-under-the-goverments-furlough-job-scheme
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Message: 4
Miners in the separatist territory of Lugansk in Ukraine ended their occupation of the mine at Antratsit on Saturday June 13th. The bosses
paid most of their outstanding wages. 119 miners had taken part in the occupation which started on June 5th. ---- On Friday June 12th, one
hundred local people gathered in the main square at Antratsit to support the miners. ---- The sit-in by 119 mineworkers at the Komsomolskaya
mine in the city of Antratsit, which started on Friday 5 June, ended in the early hours of Saturday 13 June. They were paid a large part of
the wages they were owed, promised the rest by this week, and assured that there would be no more arrests. The separatist region is
supported by the Putin regime and it was clearly worried that the unrest could spread to other mines. Those detained have been charged under
article 252 of the Lugansk "republic" criminal code that outlaws "repeated breach of established order, organisation or conduct of
assemblies, meetings, demonstrations, marches or pickets". There are penalties of up to five years in prison.
The mines in Lugansk were nationalised in 2017, but were in fact controlled by a company run by Sergei Kurchenko, a capitalist with links to
the former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich, an ally of Putin. After this, wages stopped being paid to miners, setting off the occupation.
More on the occupation here:
peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/lugansk-authorities-cough-up-miners-unpaid-wages-but-activists-still-under-arrest/
https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2020/06/18/mine-occupation-in-lugansk/
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Message: 5
Dear all, Episode number 35 (06/2020) of "B(A)D NEWS - Angry voices from around the world", a monthly news program from the international
network of anarchist and antiauthoritarian radios, consisting of short news segments from different parts of the world, is now online. ----
Length: 52 min ---- You'll find the audio on A-Radio Berlin's new website: https://www.aradio-berlin.org/bad-news-episode-35/. ---- Or
directly on the networks website: https://www.a-radio-network.org/bad-news-angry-voices-from-around-the-world/bad-news-episodes/episode-35/.
---- In this episode you will hear contributions from: ---- 1. The Final Straw Radio show in occupied Tsalagi land in Southern Appalachia,
US, got to connect with Rosemary, who is an organizer in Minneapolis, about the liberation of a former Sheraton Hotel in that city and its
slow but steady transformation into something that is becoming so much more than a housing cooperative. They speak about how
this resocialization came to happen, some of the circumstances involved,
about how this is a very deep collaboration between un-housed folks in
Minneapolis and people involved in doing care work, the power of George
Floyd who was profoundly involved in doing that same kind of care work
with un-housed people, and many many more topics.
2. A-Radio Berlin interviewing on a new feminist campaign in Germany to
raise awareness to the abortion topic.
3. Radiofragmata (Athens) with updates on the general situation, the
movement and the struggles in greek territory.
4. Invisible Radio (Greece) with some news by the voices of the
voiceless (refugees/migrants).
5. R.O.S.E. (Athens) with news from Greece.
Other audios from A-Radio Berlin in English here:
https://www.aradio-berlin.org/en/audios-2/.
Or visit the anarchist 24/7 online stream from the Channel Zero Network:
http://channelzeronetwork.com/
Enjoy!
A-Radio Berlin
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Message: 6
Today in Class War Daily: ---- Vera Lynn: an Antifascist ---- Interview with Eddie Daffarn: the anarchist of Grenfell still battling after 3
years ---- Class War Daily 19/06/2020 https://classwar.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CW-Daily-53-200619.pdf ---- interview with Eddie
Daffarn the anarchist of Grenfell still battling after 3 years ---- Three years ago, as fire raged in a building all around him, Ed Daffarn
collapsed in a black, smoke-logged corridor high up on the 16th floor of Grenfell Tower and believed he was taking his last breaths. The
horror of that night - not only his own miraculous escape from the tower, but the unimaginable sights he witnessed after reaching fresh air
outside - is still desperately raw for the 57-year-old.
As the third anniversary of
Grenfell is marked on Sunday,
Daffarn has struggled to move
forward with his life and
criticises the "abject failure" of
politicians to deliver a lasting
legacy for the atrocities that
occurred.
The former mental health social
worker still lives with only a
handful of possessions, just
two pairs of jeans, experiencing
a kind of paralysis that has
stopped him from creating a new
home to replace the one he lost
so suddenly and so violently in
the fire.
"I lost everything and I haven't
really been able to start that
rebuilding process," Daffarn
told HuffPost UK. "So I don't
really have any possessions still
three years after Grenfell.
"It's definitely had some
profound impact on my life. I'm
finding it difficult to reimagine
a life where I'm going to be
surrounded by lots of nice
homely possessions. I think I'm
going to live a very Spartan life
from now on."
A searing sense of injustice
about what he witnessed that
night continues to drive Daffarn
to talk about it, to fight for truth,
for prosecutions, for change.
He says it will have a profound
effect on his own mental
wellbeing if there is no legacy
from Grenfell, but fears as time
passes that justice is slipping
further away.
"As every month and every year
goes on now I begin to fear that
the legacy that needs to come
from Grenfell is not going to
happen," he said. "And that
fills me with anger, rage and
sadness."
The story of Grenfell is now
notorious.
In the early hours of a warm
summer's night on June 14,
2017, a social housing block in
one of London's most affluent
boroughs was rapidly consumed
by fire, killing 72 people
and leaving hundreds more
homeless.
In the two years before, the
1970s concrete block had been
refurbished and covered with
flammable cladding that spread
the blaze at lightning speed
around the outside walls, filling
the inside with toxic smoke and
leaving many people trapped.
A public inquiry concluded
last year that the tower was
"non-compliant with building
regulations".
Daffarn had moved into the
block 16 years before and
says he loved his home and
the vibrant community on the
Lancaster West Estate in North
Kensington, where the tower
stands.
He had, over many years,
gathered the possessions that
come to symbolise a life - a
record collection of more than
1,000 vinyls, a picture his father
had painted when Daffarn was
a child, family photographs, a
little book his mother had given
him, cricket caps from his youth.
But he says others lost so much
more.
"I only lost possessions, people
lost far, far more than I did and
I would never, ever complain
about losing what I lost, because
I lost friends but I didn't lose
family," he said.
His own escape from the tower
was sheer luck. He had been up
late listening to a radio show and
just gone to bed when he heard
his neighbour's smoke alarm
going off shortly after 1am.
He went to investigate and on
opening the front door of his flat
was confronted by a thick layer
of black smoke in the corridor.
He realised instantly this was
something much more serious
than "his neighbour burning his
supper".
Another chance occurrence,
a friend calling and urging
Daffarn to "get out, get the fuck
out" prompted him to defy the
"stay-put" advice and try to
make his escape wearing just
shorts, a t-shirt and holding a
damp towel around his face.
"I went out of my flat into this
complete and utter darkness in
the hallway, where I couldn't
even see the end of my nose,"
he said.
"I headed for where I thought
the fire exit was. I had to cross
about 20 feet without seeing
where I was going and instead
of getting to where the fire door
was, I hit this wall that had been
built as part of the regeneration
work and actually impeded my
direct access to the door. And
then instead of moving for
where the door was, I started
panicking.
"I let go of the towel, the towel
fell off my mouth and I started
breathing in the smoke. Then
I started pawing at the wall
with both my hands and at that
minute, I'm like: ‘Shit, I'm not
going to get out'. I just assumed
that I would find the door and
now, five seconds later, I'm in a
situation where I'm taking my
last breaths."
It was at this moment that a
firefighter found him, and saved
his life.
"At that moment, literally, a
firefighter came through the
door and bumped into me
and he pulled me out into the
emergency stairwell," Daffarn
added. "There was some
confusion around how they
found me but the firefighter said
it was a miracle, that I'm a very,
very lucky man.
"Of course, the saddest part of
all of this is that there was only
one reason that the firefighter
was on my landing at that time,
and that was that he'd come to
rescue my neighbour in the flat
next door to me.
"And I'm very sad that my
neighbour never got rescued
and he passed away in his flat.
So I'm very grateful that I was
rescued, but it's very upsetting
as well."
He described what happened
that night as an "act of almost
incomprehensible violence"
and still cannot speak about
the sights he witnessed after
escaping the tower when he saw
people at windows, trapped.
"You know there are some
things I can't really talk about,"
he said. "There were people at
the windows who couldn't..."
At this point, Daffarn was unable
to finish his sentence.
He no longer lives in North
Kensington, finding it too
overwhelming "to spend too
much time in the shadow of the
tower". But he believes it should
not be pulled down and should
"stand as a symbol of injustice
until that injustice is righted".
Daffarn, who actively campaigns
and advocates with Grenfell
United, is angry that the second
phase of the public inquiry into
the disaster will not resume until
July 6, following its temporary
pause due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
He says the delay is not just
frustrating but directly impacts
on the wellbeing of survivors
because they have been told there
can be no criminal prosecutions
until the end of the inquiry.
"Many people would sacrifice
the inquiry for criminal
prosecutions because they see
it as almost a diametric choice
between truth and justice," he
said. "And for many people,
they're willing to sacrifice truth
for justice, i.e. seeing those
perpetrators in court facing long
jail terms. That's what we want
to see."
This year, the Covid-19
pandemic will radically alter
the way the anniversary of the
Grenfell Tower fire is marked.
Instead of holding a
commemoration service or
gathering at the site of the tower
in North Kensington, events will
instead take place on YouTube
and social media.
It was a tough decision for
those affected by the tragedy
to abandon the act of physical
remembrance, but with the
risks still posed by coronavirus
they felt it was the only course
of action.
Daffarn says he particularly
struggles with the idea that he
will not be able to mark the
anniversary at friends' homes
and with the human contact of
a hug.
"It's going to be a very, very
strange and difficult year for
everyone, not only because it's
the third year of Grenfell and
so little has changed in terms
of meaningful response, but on
just a very pure human level,
we're not going to be able to
hug each other and that's
going to be very difficult," he
said.
He passionately hopes that
despite the pandemic, people
will not forget the atrocity
of that night three years ago,
saying it is vital that people
"stick with us".
"I think we very much
understand that at the moment
there is something else that
people are focusing on, but
that doesn't mean that Grenfell
doesn't matter anymore," said
Daffarn.
"Grenfell matters. It matters.
It's so relevant because there
are still so many people
living in buildings that are
covered with ACM cladding.
As every day goes by, as long
as this cladding remains on
buildings, another Grenfell
will happen."
The government responded to
his concerns.
A spokesperson for the Ministry
of Housing, Communities
and Local Government said:
"The Grenfell Tower fire was
a devastating tragedy and we
are as determined as ever to
ensure this can never happen
again.
"That's why we're providing
£1.6 billion to ensure unsafe
cladding is removed from
high-rise buildings as soon as
possible, while also bringing
forward the biggest legislative
changes to building safety in a
generation. We'll also shortly
announce new measures to
drive up standards in social
housing and give tenants the
stronger voice they deserve.
"We will ensure everyone
affected by the Grenfell Tower
tragedy continues to receive
the support they need with
over £158 million committed
to supporting the community
so far."
Interview by Emma Youle
originally posted on
Huffington Post
https://classwar.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CW-Daily-53-200619.pdf
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Message: 7
Commentary on the pre-election hunt for homosexuals in Poland + invitation to a demonstration ---- From time to time, ultraconservatives and
homophobes intensify their attacks against sexual minorities. In addition to their frustration and hatred, it is also affected by their
strategic interests, such as diverting attention from political causes or the upcoming elections. This is exactly what is happening in
Poland now, where sexual minorities are once again looking for intolerants to serve their low interests. ---- The current Polish president,
Andrzej Duda, who wants to be president in the next election period, seems to be losing his breath in a duel with his opponent Rafal
Trzaskowski. That's why Duda bet on a proven way to mobilize ultra-conservative forces, namely humiliation and digging into minorities.
Together with his allies, they claim that LGBTs are not humans, but ideologies.
It is paradoxical that it is often pointed out that homosexual people are too self-centered, draw attention to themselves without reason,
and behave eccentrically and defiantly in their "useless" processions. After all, heterosexuals do not march for their rights and do not
impose anything on anyone, we can hear a frequent reaction to GayPride parades, for example. Based on his own life in the book Return to
Reims , Didier Eribon describes how difficult it is to live your "uniqueness" in society:
"What is the fate of a desire that must be silent about itself, it must hide, it must be publicly denied, which lives in constant fear that
it will be the target of ridicule, that it will be stigmatized or at least professionally psychologized? And which, once one day overcomes
this fear, must constantly proclaim, repeat and emphasize, sometimes even in a very theatrical way, vehemently, aggressively, 'offensively',
'hysterically' and 'militant', the simple fact that she too has the right for life? A desire that is quite fragile, vulnerable and
well-known within itself and can be put to the test anywhere, anytime: it is a desire that is constantly worried (on the street, at
work...). All the more so because swearing, which is, among other things, a set of pejorative, derogatory sarcastic, degrading expressions
full of contempt, which you hear, even if you are not their direct addressee:
If we realize this, it is really understandable that some members of (sexual) minorities behave "tensely" and "eccentrically". However, the
game of ultraconservatives is diametrically different. These are people who boast of high moral principles, but unlike their noble
proclamations, they have absolutely no respect for individuals unless they fit into their limited moral box. They do not respect the
intimacy of others, they preach and curse. Their often exaggerated interest in sexuality, especially in the sexuality of others, would be
rather curious if it were not so devastating for so many people.
The Catholic Church is a powerful ally of conservative forces in Poland. Homosexuality is, according to the absolute majority perception
within the Catholic establishment, a sin. They offer homosexuals various alternatives to approach "guilt", such as "abstaining", ie not
practicing homosexual practices. And regret their sins, or at least regret not regretting it. Then perhaps these people will be able to
remain part of the Catholic Church if the priest is willing to be "forgiving."
I think that Andrzej Duda is a "weaker" conservative who has been pushed into the Polish ultra-conservative scene as a conciliatory face for
Western liberals. It would probably be enough for him if the homosexuals did not "only" admit to their orientation and conceal it, and
ideally they would still be ashamed of it. However, even such an approach is completely shameful and undignified, even for its wearer. In
the battle for power, however, Duda is now going over the corpses, literally, because it is precisely because of the attacks of
ultra-conservative intolerants that many people convinced of their "huge guilt" commit suicide.
It is largely incomprehensible to an atheist to think that God should favor or even condemn someone on the basis of their sexual
orientation. Likewise, it is a somewhat disturbing for an atheist that the "Catholic God" should prefer Dominic Duke to MC Putna, for
example. Homosexual believers must fight not only with their surroundings, but also with their religious beliefs, because of the dogmas to
which he has been and is constantly exposed. The internal struggle is up to him alone, it is his essential right, but it must be emphasized
that the Catholic leaders do not facilitate this struggle in any way, rather the opposite.
The distinction between "LGBT ideology" on the one hand and "people" on the other is in the spirit of the Christian tradition - some
Christians like to hypocritically claim that they and their God hate sin but love the sinner. The sad thing about the whole "problem" with
sexual minorities is that it is not the idea of LGBT that is humiliated and disgraced, but individual people. He is a man with his desires,
fears and insecurities, who is torn by the teeth of a ruthless monster, due to selfish and low interests. He is chewed, undigested and spit
out. The monster that does this to him is an intolerant society.
* * *
Demonstration in support of LGBTQ people in Poland
on June 20, 2020, from 2 pm in Prague in Klárov
Come and support the fight for equality, an end to violence and discriminatory tendencies and laws that are passed under the guise of the
coronary crisis. Come with us to express solidarity with the LGBTQ + community in Poland and other European countries!
More in the event on FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1143941979318855/
https://www.afed.cz/text/7192/v-tlame-nestvury-lgbtq-nejen-v-polsku
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First off, apologies for the lack of updates in the past couple of years. Your humble list compiler had some burnout, and the others who had
been involved took a step back as well. However when I found out about the horrific ways covid has been twisted to attack asylum seekers in
our city, I got the list reinstated and will endeavour to publicise events (particularly Black Lives Matter protests) again on a (semi)
regular basis. In addition I know there are many of us frustrated that facebook is becoming the sole way that protests are being publicised,
when for many reasons (including political, self care, real name/dead name issues) lots of folks aren't on facebook, and we have many
reasons to not trust that mega corporation. Therefore it seemed important to restart an easy way folks can keep aware of protests, actions,
support, etc happening.
Please email glasgowautonomyupdates@lists.riseup.net with anything you want publicised.
Subscription and unsubscription information at the end of this email.
Tonight there is a demo to show solidarity with asylum seekers who are organising against the disgraceful, inhumane, opportunistic treatment
they have suffered from Mears, an asylum accommodation contractor working on behalf of the Home Office. They have been forced out of their
flats into crowded conditions, had money taken off them, denied medical care, and given substandard food, including mouldy and undercooked.
More details
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/06/16/asylum-seekers-in-hotels-in-glasgow-denied-health-care-by-mears/
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End Hotel Detention
Wednesday 17th June (TONIGHT!), 6pm George Square
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Join us for a peaceful demonstration at George Square on Wednesday 17th June. This demonstration is organised by people who have been
refusing food in hotels they have been forced into by Mears.
The No Evictions Network fully supports their three key demands:
* AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE TO FOOD IN THE HOTEL
* REINSTATEMENT OF WEEKLY FINANCIAL SUPPORT
* END HOTEL DETENTION - PROVIDE SAFE ACCOMMODATION
People seeking asylum have been forcefully removed from their homes into cramped, degrading and unsafe hotels. They have had their financial
support withdrawn. The food provided is substandard in quality, low in nutritional value and culturally inappropriate.
There are now over 20 people refusing food in the Ibis Hotel, McLays Guest House and Park Inn.
Adnan Olbeh, a young man seeking refuge from Syria died in one of the hotels in May 2020.
Despite this, pleas for change made by both individuals and
organisations have been ignored. Mears have continually tried to deny, silence and cover up the situation in the hotels.
COVID-19 SAFETY
*If you are showing any symptoms of COVID-19 or are more at risk to the virus please do not attend. If you do plan on attending, please wear
a mask. Masks will be handed out to those who do not have one already. Social distancing rules will apply and there will be markings on the
ground to adhere to the 2 metre apart guideline*
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Glasgow Mutual Aid has been organising since the beginning of lockdown to help coordinate requests and offers of support for those
quantining.
To get involved and to request and/or offer support, go to
http://glasgowmutualaid.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page
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