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(en) What does the Palestinian left do? by anarchist alternative libertair [machine translation]

ВС, 14/03/2010 - 17:18
A special report from the February 2010 issue of the monthly libertarian Alternative: One year after the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip and its 1,400 victims, the situation of the Palestinian population is dramatic. While a UN report confirms that the IDF has engaged in war crimes in January 2009, Israeli leaders are not low profile. Netanyahu continued to refuse a freeze on settlements, Barack Obama gives a free hand to the Zionist state, and the prospect of another war, even a reoccupation of Gaza are not excluded. Solidarity needed. At the invitation of Palestinian society, the anti-colonial world are mobilized in the campaign Boycott Divestment and Sanction (BDS). ...

(en) Britain, WHITECHAPEL ANARCHIST GROUP – NEW PAPER OUT

ВС, 14/03/2010 - 16:59
There’s an absoutely storming new issue out of the WAG newspaper – the best yet – how do they do it! Each issue come with a free match to burn your ballot paper with and a print run of 6,000. Take a look at the paper here or pick up from Fredom Bookshop; ---- WAG Issue 6 Election Special March 9, 2010 · 3 Comments ---- Brand spanking new WAG Paper being launched on Brick Lane this Sunday 14th from 12 Noon and also available from Freedom Bookshop off Whitechapel High Street. One A2 sheet folded, we’ve produced 6,000 copies each with a free match! Grab a copy while you still can!! www.whitechapelanarchistgroup.wordpress.com _________________________________________ ...

(en) Russia, Anarchists and the Second Chechen War* - Anarchist resistance against the Second Chechen War (2/2)

ВС, 14/03/2010 - 13:55
Most likely, even without the explosions of 1999, the anti-war movement would have been miserable, but afterwards it did barely existed. It took 3 months after the beginning of the war for the anti-war movement to gather enough courage to get out in the streets. The first people to demonstrate in Moscow in December of 1999 were Anarchists. Apparently some sorry pickets had already taken place in other cities. Soon after other groups appeared as well (liberals and Trotskists), and the question of cooperation became an issue.---In this respect, the movements in Moscow and St. Petersburg developed in different directions.--In St. Petersburg, all anti-war groups (anarchists, liberals and Trotskists) agreed upon a common anti-war picket, in which everyone was to participate with their own political symbols. In Moscow liberals did not want political symbols present in the pickets, but due ...

(en) Russia, Anarchists and the Second Chechen War* - Anarchist resistance against the Second Chechen War (2/2)

ВС, 14/03/2010 - 13:43
Most likely, even without the explosions of 1999, the anti-war movement would have been miserable, but afterwards it did barely existed. It took 3 months after the beginning of the war for the anti-war movement to gather enough courage to get out in the streets. The first people to demonstrate in Moscow in December of 1999 were Anarchists. Apparently some sorry pickets had already taken place in other cities. Soon after other groups appeared as well (liberals and Trotskists), and the question of cooperation became an issue.---In this respect, the movements in Moscow and St. Petersburg developed in different directions.--In St. Petersburg, all anti-war groups (anarchists, liberals and Trotskists) agreed upon a common anti-war picket, in which everyone was to participate with their own political symbols. In Moscow liberals did not want political symbols present in the pickets, but due ...

(en) Russia, Anarchists and the Second Chechen War* - Situation in Northern Caucasus and Libertarian reaction (1/2)

ВС, 14/03/2010 - 12:56
It is of little doubt that the total failure of any attempts to oppose the Second Chechen War was the most bitter defeat of the Russian anarchist movement during the past decade. A feeling of total powerlesness in front of the brutal realities of the Chechenyan meat-grinder was pressing so heavily on the imagination of anti-authoritarians during the first half of the decade, that the movement was onlyable to recovere slightly when the intensity of the war gradually calmed down. ---- One may say, that the Second Chechen war started the 26th of August 1999, when the air force of the Russian Federation bombed Grozny and other parts of Ichkeria, and ended the 31st of October 2007, when pro-separatist websites published the announcement of Dokku Umarov, that the Ichkerian Republic had been dissolved and replaced by the Caucasus Emirate. Of course, the war still ...

(en) Ireland, Anarchist Workers Solidarity 114 is now online

СБ, 13/03/2010 - 22:45
March - April 2010 Edition of the Workers Solidarity freesheet. ---- PDF of Workers Solidarity 114 Southern Web Edition http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire/linktopdf --- Public Service Work-To-Rule http://www.wsm.ie/story/6355 ---- Haiti: Intervention and Imperialism http://www.wsm.ie/story/6356 ---- Transformation Agenda http://www.wsm.ie/story/6357 Solidarity Books opens its doors in Cork http://www.wsm.ie/story/6358 -- That's Capitalism http://www.wsm.ie/story/6359 European anarchists meet in Parishttp://www.wsm.ie/story/6360 ---- Keep Water Free http://www.wsm.ie/story/6361 ---- Review of An Anarchist FAQ http://www.wsm.ie/story/6362 ---- Thinking About Anarchism http://www.wsm.ie/story/6363 ...

(en) Ukraine, Kiev, Second international tournament in mixed martial arts among anti-fascists of Europe "No surrender! II."*

СБ, 13/03/2010 - 13:52
On April , the 17, 2010 in Kiev will be held the second international tournament of mixed martial arts among the anti-fascists of Europe "No surrender!! II." The tournament is intended to continue the tradition of learning and use of fighting arts not only in the ring or mat, but also in real life situations. Invited to apply are all the caring people who refuse to be reconciled with the dominance of the Nazi terror in the streets of their own cities. --- By participating, you could get experience and teach your opponent not to be afraid of difficulties! ---- Fighting fascism are not only words but also fights in the streets, which dictate its conditions to win. There is no place for weakness and sorrow there. Compassion not only to the enemy but also to themselves. We should work on our physical training, skills, real street fighting. Anyone who does ...

(en) Ecuador: "El Amigo del Pueblo", No. 2 now out! [ca]

СБ, 13/03/2010 - 01:04
The 2nd issue of "El Amigo del Pueblo" is now available."El Amigo del Pueblo" is the free, bi-monthly newspaper of the Hijos del Pueblo, a mouthpiece for our ideas and Anarchist Communist (or Revolutionary Anarchist) tendency. ---- This month's issue is aimed at our comrades both in the countryside and the towns. Neither our gender nor our class will ever allow us to falter along our path to the Proletarian Social Revolution. ---- If you wish to receive this publication in your workplace, place of study or community, write to us at the address below.-- "El Amigo del Pueblo" is distributed in Atuntaqui-Ibarra, Portoviejo, Ambato, Machala and Guayaquil. If you live in one of these areas, write to us to find out where you can get your copy. ---- In this month's issue: ...

(en) Britain, Anarchist Federation Resistance 120, March 2010 - page 8

ЧТ, 11/03/2010 - 18:02
Celebrating cultures of resistance ---- Edinburgh AFed are curating a one-day free film festival on Saturday 20th March at the Banshee Labyrinth on Niddrie Street (formerly Nicholl Edwards). Celebrating “cultures of resistance” across the world, the diverse films share the theme of collective action against political or economic injustice. A conscious shift away from the documentary-heavy format of most activist film festivals sees the screening of new and old class-conscious classics. ---- They include John Sayles’ Matewan, featuring the screen debut of indie singer Will Oldham as a teenage preacher in a mining town standing together in the teeth of state and capitalist siege, and last year’s Army of Crime, which makes Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds look like a cartoon. The Group Manouchian, refugees and ...

(en) Canada, Vancouver, Media, During the Olympics, two young activists learn the finer points of militant action, , Printer-Friendly Version

ЧТ, 11/03/2010 - 17:22
In monumental buildings in Vancouver, people gathered to bear witness to the strength of the human body and the spectacle of the recent Olympic games. On the streets, thousands gathered to mourn and protest to its current and future cost: the mountains and trees removed to build lodges and ski trails on un-ceded indigenous territory; the eviction of low-income people from homes designated for Olympics inspired renovation and demolition; the homelessness beyond “Project Civil City,” an initiative that criminalized aggressive panhandling and sleeping outdoors. ---- Beneath the surveillance cameras recently installed on public streets, two Seattle residents, Michelle Woo and Stephen Clark, raised their voices in protest. ---- When did you decide to go and why? ---- Michelle: We decided a month or two before the Olympics, but I had been thinking about it for a long ...

(en) US, Alt. Media, NY Activists Protest Israeli Military Chief

ЧТ, 11/03/2010 - 17:07
Meanwhile, here in New York, hundreds of people rallied outside a Manhattan hotel Tuesday to protest a fundraiser held by the group Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. The head of the Israeli military, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, was a featured speaker. Israeli activist Matan Cohen of the group Anarchists Against the Wall called for ending US aid to Israel. Matan Cohen: “We’re protesting here today at a fundraiser dinner for the Israeli army. We’re here to send a clear message to the Israeli government that its impunity has ended, that the world is watching, and that we’ll no longer stand idle as its policies of apartheid and occupation continue. We’re here to say clearly that the aid to Israel should be stopped and that the United States should no longer fund Israel’s crimes. Enough is enough.” ...

(en) US, Pasadena, Media, Anarchist Picnic at Memorial Park on Saturday March 13, 2010

ЧТ, 11/03/2010 - 16:35
Anarchist Picnics are events for local and not-so-local anarchists and the anarcho-curious or friendly to convene, hang out, and make friends. Our hope is for monthly or periodic anarchist events to pop up in as many different cities and regions as possible. ---- There will be workshops, discussions, food, fun, literature, and performances. Please bring a dish to share as well as any picnic-ware you think necessary. This is open to those who do not identify specifically with Anarchism. As long as you’re respectful of the event, its guests, and topics then you’re more than welcome to be a part of the event. _________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E ...

(en) US, Proposals Deadline for NYC Anarchist Bookfair and Next Meeting

ЧТ, 11/03/2010 - 11:21
The next planning meeting for the 2010 NYC Anarchist Book Fair will be held on Thursday, March 18, 7pm at EarthMatters located at 177 Ludlow Street (between Stanton St & Houston St). ---- We are still accepting proposals for workshops/skillshares and encourage people to apply. PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOP/SKILLSHARE PROPOSALS IS FRIDAY MARCH 12, THOUGH APPLICATIONS COMING IN BEFORE THE MARCH 18TH MEETING MAY BE CONSIDERED. For the application form and further questions see http://anarchistbookfair.net/workshops ---- We also encourage the organizing of autonomous events and actions throughout the week and can lend a hand in coordinating and announcing these in conjunction with celebrations such as the art and film festivals. For inquiries write to info [at] anarchistbookfair [dot] net ...

(en) Britain, Anarchist Federation Resistance 120, March 2010 - page 7 - Remembering three workingclass heroes - Colin Ward, John Rety, Howard Zinn.

СР, 10/03/2010 - 13:02
It’s always a sad thing to have to write an obituary, an even sadder thing to have to write three. In this issue of Resistance we pay tribute to three thinkers and activists who have inspired us in their contribution to the struggle for a sane society: Colin Ward, John Rety and Howard Zinn. ---- Colin Ward, best known for his book Anarchy in Action, passed away on February the 11th. Colin became an anarchist whilst serving as a soldier in the Second World War and spoke as a witness at the sedition trial of the editors of War Commentary, an anarchist anti-war publication of the time. After the war he went on to edit the, still running, anarchist paper Freedom between 1947 and 1960. In the 1960s he also founded and edited the monthly journal Anarchy. ...

(en) Poland, 37 anarchists arrested in Poznan after clashes with cops

СР, 10/03/2010 - 01:35
http://www.rozbrat.org/news-in-english/657-city-is-not-a-company-37-anarchists-arrested-in-poznan-after-clashes-with-cops On Monday, 8th March, about 50 people from Rozbrat squat Collective made a demonstration in front of the gate of Poznan International Fair Center, where a congress of local councils from all over Poland was taking place. ---- Shouting slogans “City is not a company. Rozbrat stays!”, the anarchists blockaded the gate. Many cars with the officials were forced to turn back. ---- After a while, the protesters decided to walk inside the premises of the Fair, they were not stopped by anyone. Then, they tried to go inside the building where the congress was taking places. They were attacked by the police. Some of the anarchists were heavily beaten up, 37 were arrested and driven to three different police stations. Most of them ...

(en) US, NYC Anarchist Book Fair - Sat, April 17 - last update

СР, 10/03/2010 - 01:29
NYC Anarchist Book Fair, now in 4th year, to be held Sat., April 17; Anarchist Film Festival, Art Festival also scheduled ---- What: 4th Annual New York City Anarchist Book Fair ---- When: Book Fair and art show, Sat., April 17; speakers, panels, and workshops, Sat.-Sun., April 17-18; ---- 4th Annual NYC Anarchist Film Festival in Honor of Brad Will, Fri., April 16, times TBA; 2nd Annual NYC Anarchist Art Festival, Thurs. -Sat., April 15-17, 8pm-2am; Book Fair After-Party, Sat., April 17, 11pm- 4am ---- Where: Book Fair, art show, speakers, panels, workshops: Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, Manhattan; Film Festival: location TBA; Anarchist Art Festival and Book Fair After-Party, Living Theater, 21 Clinton Street, Manhattan ...

(en) Poland, ZSP* Protest at Green Way Restaurant in Wroclaw

ВТ, 09/03/2010 - 22:07
March 6, members of ZSP protested at the Green Way Restaurant on Kuznica St. in Wroclaw. This is the place where we were contacted about violation of workers rights and went into a conflict with the management. A few former workers took part in this action. ---- People protested both inside and outside the restaurant, essentially blocking its business. ZSP demands, among other things, that the owners of the restaurant cease their threats of repression against A., who this week recently a letter from their lawyer threatening her with criminal charges that face up to 14 years in jail. (!) Green Way's lawyers claim that fighting for wages owed amounts to "blackmail" and also try to scare A. with other crimes. They also threaten to informed A.'s unversity of her alleged "anarchist activity". ...

(en) Britain, Media, Colin Ward obituary

ВТ, 09/03/2010 - 22:02
Writer, social theorist and anarchist who believed in self-sufficiency, allotments and better town planning ---- Colin Ward ---- Colin Ward was a mentor to younger activists. Colin Ward, who has died aged 85, lived with the title of Britain's most famous anarchist for nearly half a ­century, bemused by this ambivalent soubriquet. In Anarchy in Action (1973), he set out his belief that an anarchist society was not an end goal. Following Alexander Herzen, the writer and thinker known as the "father of ­Russian socialism", Colin saw all distant goals as a form of tyranny and believed that anarchist principles could be ­discerned in everyday human relations and impulses. Within this perspective, politics was about strengthening ­co-operative ­relations and supporting human ingenuity in its myriad vernacular and everyday forms. ...

(en) US, Mobile protest against Israeli chief of army staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi

ВТ, 09/03/2010 - 19:05
On March 9th 2010, The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces[1], a registered 501-(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that provides support and services to members of Israel’s national army, will be holding a gala $1,000 a plate fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria. The keynote speaker will be Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, IDF Chief of General Staff, who was responsible for the prosecution of last year’s Operation Cast Lead against the people of Gaza. At the same time as the dinner, a broad coalition of local groups will stage a mobile protest outside the hotel to highlight the crimes committed by the IDF during Operation Cast Lead and Israel’s ongoing illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip. ---- WHO: A broad and diverse tri-state coalition, including peace and Palestine solidarity groups as well as grassroots community organizations and religious institutions. (Complete list below) ...

(en) Canada, Anarchist journal of Union communiste libertaire Cause commune no 27 [machine translation]

ВТ, 09/03/2010 - 15:20
The number 27 of Common Cause, the newspaper of the Communist Union libertarian (UCL), is now available on the web. 3500 paper copies of this newspaper are distributed free of militant activists and libertarians, whether or not members of the organization. Common Cause wants to be a springboard for anarchist ideas, in support of resistance movements against the bosses, the owners and their allies in government. You can submit a text or send us your comments by writing to journal@causecommune.net. If the paper you like and you want to help distribute in your community, contact the group at UCL the nearest you (see list on http://www.causecommune.net). ---- In the number 27: ---- ...