You don't see that many antiwar protests anymore, but the US government is as busy as ever killing people. Today, however, they do it more and more with drones (robots) and less and less with human warriors who have to give some to get some.
#19: Anarchists In Revolt, From Bosnia to Peru – Our discussion of communism will have to wait… because post-socialist Bosnia is erupting in rebellion! In this episode, we share two interviews with anarchists from the Balkans reflecting on the current uprisings, along with recent updates and a Bosnian hip hop artist’s protest anthem. An Ex-Worker travels to Lima, Peru and sends back a report on a recent anarchist book and propaganda fair, including a group shout-out from a workshop about the podcast, live interviews and musical recordings. Listeners critique our treatment of market anarchism, an eco-defense prisoner explains police tactics, and news on state repression, prisoner strikes, and anti-extraction struggles round out our exploration of resistance to authority around the globe.
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This is an extraordinarily ugly report. Apparently the coup government in Egypt, the same one that shot over 600 protesters in Tahrir Square to retain power, has decided that anyone friendly to Gaza is an enemy to be assaulted. When Code Pink tried to send a team to Gaza as part of the International Delegation of Women, Medea Benjamin was assaulted and received either a broken arm and torn ligaments.
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On the 3ed of march, the NPS announced the cancellation of a planned open house on the future of Rock Creek, scheduled to be held at St. John's College High School at 6:30PM. Curiously, the event has not been rescheduled.
The February 21th, we wrote a summary of events for those who are on the outside,
oversaturated with information about Venezuela, we needed a chronology of events. It has
just 4 days of this story, but there are many new elements that an update is necessary to
suggest, that any picture of the Venezuelan reality will change in the next few hours.
---- The first element that stands out is that the manifestations of government critics
have continued to the time of this writing, and doesn't seems to stop in the coming days.
Venezuelan culture was characterized by the effort to promote short-term results, no
permanence in time, so that the sum of each new day of protest politics, contradict itself
this immediacy of "doing" in the country. That is why President Maduro uses as one of its
strategies encourage its rapid wear, increasing two more days to holiday carnival that
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On the 27th of February, over 50,00 signatures gathered by the West Virginia CARE Campaign were delivered to the US Dept of the Interior demanding intervention against West Virginia's failed coal mining/water pollution regulatory agencies.
Video of CARE's petition delivery
Chronicles of alienated labor by Aline Torterat, Occupational physician Damien, foreman
construction[1] ---- I started working very young in public works. The action, the
outdoors, a certain autonomy. I liked and I still love it. Then, by chance, I found myself
specialize in the field of sealing. Quality is the main and it requires a good
professional control issue. In addition, the sites do not abound, therefore no risk of
unemployment. I spent over 15 years in the same company. This is where I learned
everything. I was appreciated for my skills and my strength. It's true, I can say that I
have never been sick. I am a great athlete. I am strong for my 40 years. ---- Then one of
my best colleagues embarked putting himself on his own. Starting his business well, he
took me with him. Normal, we were friends, and we knew we had common values.
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The key feature of the global landscape is the continuing stagnation of the centers of the global economy, the United States and the European Union. The promise of sustained recovery from the financial implosion has eluded the United States for over three years now while most of Europe remains mired in very deep recession, with the notable exception of Germany.
On the 26th of February, posters condemning Rock Creek Park's recent shooting of deer appeared throughout the park, usually next to the signs warning people to stay out of the park while deer are being shot after dark.
Abuse, neglect, people over 90 years' trademarks emergency "for non-payment by the family.
That daily in Establishments for hosting frail elderly (nursing homes), modern name of
nursing homes or homes for the aged. ---- Nursing homes are largely properties of the
private sector itself in the hands of often very large groups (DomusVi, Dolca / Vendome
Orpea Korian, Emera ...) and sometimes very wealthy CEO. Is that old, it can pay big
dividends: the "white gold". ---- When we get information for a home there is no shortage
of luxury brochures touting the quality of reception. But quality comes at a price: on
average from 2 500 to 3 000 euros per month. Some institutions may reach 5,000 euros or
more. Obviously these are not all retirees are who can afford it! And conditions of
support (people often dependent) are not always up ....
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Two weeks ago, Nosotros los Pobres had the good fortune to host a presentation by two
members of the Federacion de Estudiantes Libertarias of Chile, with whom we had a very
productive exchange of ideas. Soon after that, I saw a statement published by the FEL,
commenting on the situation in Venezuela, in which they expressed sympathy for the
“Venezuelan people” in their resistance against a coup d’etat. As a member of Nosotros
los Pobres, I wanted to share some thoughts about Venezuela and what’s going on there,
both now and for the last 15 years, and I hope they will be useful for especifista
comrades as well as for concerned and informed people generally. ---- The first
observation, in response to the assertions of my Chilean comrades, is that there isn’t
going to be a coup de etat en Venezuela.
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1) Are the protests in Venezuela led by opposition parties on the right? ---- No. The
current wave of protests began in the city of San CristÃbal (Tachira) on Feb. 4 when
students denouncing security issues on the university campus were met with repression and
several were jailed. The consequent protests focused on liberating the detained students,
spread to other cities and were also met with repression, intensifying student unrest. It
was in this context that a faction of the opposition launched a proposal for street
demonstrations dubbed ÂLa Salida to demand President MaduroÂs resignation, while another
faction opposed the idea of street demonstrations focused on this larger, single demand.
Despite the arrest of the conservative politician Leopoldo LÃpez, the widespread protests
all over the country have overwhelmed and Âsurpassed on the left the opposition political
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Among the promises of Holland, one of which was to set up a receipt for identity check.
But like other, since it has been stored. A group mobilizes to stop the unfair practices
of the state. ---- With the promise of the receipt of identity checks, the idea was that
the police officer that controls a person to produce an official document indicating the
date, time and reason for the check, the name of the officer and ethnicity and / or
nationality of the person being checked. A few weeks after the presidential election,
Ayrault announced the imminent introduction of the famous receipt. ---- Unfulfilled
promise ---- But in September of the same year Valls bury the proposal, claiming placement
too complicated, cumbersome administrative procedures and the risk of seeing fake
receipts. Sure, from this perspective, the project appears to be impossible to implement.
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The Israeli media is nearly obsessed with the escalation of the B.D.S. as if they know
things they do not disclose. Both supporters and rejectors of the end of the occupation
start to regard it as immanent and not in the far future. A section of the Israeli
capitalist elite which is suffering from the boycott and fear its escalation start to
organize to accelerate the end of occupation. 100 of them traveled for the Dabus
conference and official organization was established. On the ground, it seems that the
efforts of the Israeli state forces escalate their repression of on going struggles and
make more efforts to transfer villagers from strategic locations. Bil'in will celebrate
the ninth anniversary of the ongoing struggle on the 28th of February.
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On the 24th of February, 46 days after they were last seen in Rock Creek Park, the USDA's "wildlife services" snipers were found in the park shooting deer or attempting to do so.
Video including stuck WS golf cart
Drag marks found in woods in next-day recon
The super rich will help pay for single payer health insurance.
Horizontalism is an emerging term used to describe the key common characteristics of the
waves of rebellion of the last decade. Occupy in 2011 was the peak to date but the term
Horizontalism itself appears to originate the rebellion in Argentina after the 2001
banking crisis there. Marina Sitrin in her book on that rebellion says the term (in
Spanish obviously) was used to describe the neighborhood, workplace & unemployed
assemblies that emerged to form "social movements seeking self-management, autonomy and
direct democracy." ---- Horizontalism is a practice rather than a theory, which is to say
in the various writings that use the term it has been described in practice rather than
theorised as an ideal. It's easiest to see the practice in the context of the
assembly-based movements that have come and gone since the rebellion in Argentina.
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Mobilization against the airport project is now entering a new phase. ---- On the ground,
with the active occupation of the ZAD and cultivation of land seized, with 200 local
committees throughout the hexagon, it has never been as strong and organized.
however we will not cut the showdown, even if it is difficult to predict when, where and
how ... ---- After the failures of social struggles in recent years, block this airport
and win this battle forty years (and we will win!) project would help turn the tide, to
restore confidence in collective action to unlock a whole situation, opening up
opportunities to rebuild balance of power against capitalism, austerity and the
euro-employment blackmail, to promote other social and territorial struggles and prevent
criminalization ...
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Jean-Marc Ayrault announced in November a tax revolution. Already promised by candidate
Hollande, the reform is bound to be emptied of all content to please the powerful. ---- In
an interview with newspaper Les Echos , November 18, Jean-Marc Ayrault said: "The time is
ripe for an overhaul, seamlessly, our tax system." This announcement, however, risk of
spritz. As Le Parisien wrote on 13 December, "Jean-Marc Ayrault (...) saw his big bang tax
reduced to a trickle by the Head of State." What remains to the agenda? "Side households
Elysee evokes tax loopholes and a possible broadening of the base of the CSG (general
social contribution) based on income. And business side, a possible overhaul of the
corporate tax, a cleaning scrub 150 levies on businesses, or the headache of financing
reform Medicare."
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