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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).
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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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.”
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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".
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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.
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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)
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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: ----
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