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Right now, police are attempting to evict Kasa Invisivel, an occupied social center and housing collective in Belo Horizonte, Brazil that has served for many years as a hub for mutual aid.
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The three formerly abandoned houses now occupied by this autonomous, anti-capitalist collective serve as a home for people in need.
While there are hundreds of building and land occupations in Minas Gerais alone, Kasa is one of only a few squats in the region that explicitly exist to support struggles against the state and capitalism.
While they aim to be a reference and inspiration for similar projects throughout Brazil for a long time to come, recent circumstances have put the future of their occupation in question, prompting them to call for solidarity from the international community to keep this vital center of resistance active.
URGENT CALL –
VIGIL AT KasaInvisivel
The Invisible HouseKasaInvisivel is currently facing its most serious threat of despair.
Due to the gravity of the situation, we inform you that the eviction order against the Invisible House HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED and could be carried out AT ANY MOMENT starting today, August 17th!
We ask that you pay attention to the call for support on our social media and come in person to the door of the House! This message calling for supporters can be sent any day, starting tomorrow (Tuesday, August 18th). Evictions usually happen in the morning and you need to be mobilized.
It is very important that we have the support of the community that has built up around the House over its 13 years of existence.
We count on your support!
COME!
Invisible House KasaInvisivelCollective
kasainvisivel3 díasCHAMADO URGENTE –
VIGILIA NA KASA INVISIVEL
A Kasa Invisivel passa, nesse momento, por sua mais grave ameaça de despejo.
Devido a gravidade da situação, informamos que a ordem de despejo contra a Kasa Invisivel JÁ FOI EMITIDA, podendo ser executada A QUALQUER MOMENTO a partir de hoje, dia 17 de agosto!
Pedimos para que estejam atentes para o chamado de apoio em nossas redes e venham presencialmente para a porta da Kasa! Essa mensagem convocando apoiadores pode ser enviada em qualquer dia, a partir de amanhã (terça-feira, 18 de agosto). Os despejos costumam acontecer no turno da manhã e precisamos estar mobilizados.
É muito importante contarmos, nesse momento, com o apoio da comunidade que se construiu em torno da Kasa ao longo de seus 13 anos de existencia.
Contamos com seu apoio!
VENHAM!
Coletivo Kasa Invisivel
by Eva Bartlett, at World News 21/Aug/26 thefreeonline at wp.me/pIJl9-I9s..Telegram https://t.me/thefreeonline/6325
HRW reports 300% rise in miscarriages during Israel’s …
Eva Bartlett, an American/Canadian journalist who has spent years on the ground covering conflict zones in the Middle East, Venezuela and the Donbass, recipient of the 2017 International Journalism Award for International Reporting, granted by the Mexican Journalists’ Press Club and first recipient of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism @evakbartlettIn Gaza@EvaKarene_Bartlett
Shocking news of a sudden over-threefold year-on-year increase of the number of miscarriages and stillbirths should be front page on global media.
But because it is one of the latest consequences of the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, it will probably go ignored by most Western corporate media.
see also.. Poll Shows The Majority Of Israelis Support Genocide In Gaza
In fact, since a ‘ceasefire’ supposedly came into effect in October 2025, media coverage of Gaza has decreased dramatically.
Menstrual Cycles – A Silent Nightmare for Displaced Women in Gaza Shaimaa Marwan
But – as with ceasefires prior – Israel has continued to kill Palestinians in Gaza on a near-daily basis, by bombing, machinegun fire, drone strikes, and by (continuing its near twenty-year siege on Gaza) not allowing in adequate amounts of humanitarian aid, medical supplies, and other things needed to just sustain life at the very basic level.
As of August 19, the Gaza Health Ministry reports 1,273 Palestinians have been killed, 4,223 wounded since October 11, 2025.
Israel admits killing five-year-old Hind Rajab but clears troops over aid worker deaths
In mid-July, Ahmad Abu Foul, a Palestinian medic who I’ve known since I lived in Gaza, told me of the sudden increase in miscarriages, primarily among women living in displacement tents across the Gaza Strip.
He cited Dr. Mohammed Al-Bashiti, an obstetrics and gynecology specialist at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, as warning of this disturbing increase and attributing it to various environmental and physical factors, notably, severe malnutrition and anemia, and “extreme physical fatigue due to repeated displacement from one place to another.
Many are forced to carry heavy loads beyond their physical capacity, putting their pregnancies at greater risk.”
But it’s also caused by exposure to toxic chemicals – explosive residues, TNT-related materials, smoke – which put the baby at risk. Ahmad said that his sister just had a miscarriage at four months pregnant, and his niece had a stillbirth at eight months.
The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on July 30 published an article highlighting the dramatic rise in miscarriages. It cited a recent UN report stating from January to June 2026, 3,950 miscarriages had been reported.
This is over triple the 1,197 miscarriages reported from July to December 2025. The miscarriage rate, it notes, is one-sixth of all pregnancies.
Haaretz cited Dr. Ahmed al-Farra, head of the pediatric department at Nasser Hospital as likewise saying the contributing factors to the increase in miscarriages are malnutrition and stress and also water shortages:
“We have reached a point where each person has three liters of water a day, far below the minimum required. Ninety percent of the water is not fit for drinking. The water shortage leads to infections, weakening the immune system and worsening malnutrition.”
With the complete destruction of the Gaza Strip by Israel, and with Palestinians constantly forced to suddenly move their inadequate tents elsewhere, the lack of clean drinking water, and the near-complete dependence on financial and humanitarian aid from the outside world set the stage for a host of food-, water-, and hygiene-related illnesses, and now this dramatic increase in miscarriages.
Although it was stipulated in the ‘ceasefire’, Israel hasn’t been allowing sufficient food, water and medicines to enter Gaza.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported on August 9, 2026, that, “Israel enforces a comprehensive policy that disrupts the entire supply chain, starting from the entry of goods and aid through crossings until they reach the population.”
It notes the dearth of aid trucks entering Gaza in the first place, and that those which are permitted entry are not guaranteed to reach those in need, “due to the destruction or impairment of the transportation, storage, and distribution infrastructure.”
It also notes that delays in shipping “cause frozen food, medicine, and other vital materials to spoil before reaching those in need.”
Euro-Med points out that Israel, “as the occupying power, has an obligation under Articles 55 and 59 of the Fourth Geneva Convention to guarantee that the population receives food and medical supplies when local resources are insufficient.”
From a logistical perspective, many of the illnesses plaguing Gaza could be eradicated were Israel to adhere to international law and allow in sufficient food, water and medical aid.
Israel is of course aware of this, as it has been since enforcing a full siege on Gaza in 2007. But the Israeli authorities know no international body or state – certainly not its biggest backer, the US – will force it to stop its genocide and allow in aid.
Israel has been expanding its control of Gaza via a constantly-expanding, mostly-invisible, ‘Yellow Line’ – a demarcation line set out in the Israeli-US ‘peace plan’ of 2025.
The Palestinians can mainly only guess at where it lies, aside from some yellow cement blocks which are periodically moved still further into Gaza, to claim more land.
Palestinians report being fired upon by Israeli forces even if nowhere near where the Yellow Line might be.
This is reminiscent of the Israeli ‘Buffer Zone’ imposed inside the Gaza Strip in the 90s and widened in the 2000s, expanding from 50 meters to 300 meters to much further. It was imposed in the name of “security” but was, in reality, another landgrab device.
Having accompanied Palestinian farmers for years when I lived in Gaza, I’m acutely aware of how Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition on any – elderly to child – Palestinian civilians, whether near what Israel deemed off limits, or hundreds of meters or even a kilometer away.
We routinely came under this fire, bullets whizzing close by our heads and bodies, Israel maiming or killing Palestinians who were simply trying to work their farmland.
WATCH beaming Israeli security minister unveil execution facility for Palestinians
TRT World noted in a July 27 article that since October, “the so-called Yellow Line has expanded from covering roughly half of Gaza to nearly 65 percent of the territory by June, and more than 23 kilometers of berms have gone up alongside it.”
Many Palestinians, including Ahmad, the medic mentioned above, report being told suddenly one morning to move west as the Israeli occupying forces shift the Yellow Line still further.
Continue reading “The unborn are dying in the siege of Gaza”
A REVOLUCIÓN QUE SE PUSO EN MARCHA a partir del 19 de julio de 1936 atendió muchas necesidades poco conocidas y que forman parte de lo que hoy denominamos «cuidados» colectivos. Tiempo habrá para hablar de las colonias que la CNT-FAI y Mujeres Libres pusieron en marcha y lo que estas colonias supusieron desde el […]
Como resolvía la Revolución el tema de los menores no acompañados
16 August 26.. Vía thefreeonline by.. https://t.me/ConvocatoriesBCN/21806 via https://t.me/thefreeonline/6311
🪇💥🌻 The big celebration at Ca La Trava has begun! 🌻💥🪇
As every year, we celebrate the Gràcia Festival at the community garden with concerts, poetry, singer-songwriters, cabaret, and much more throughout the week! 🕺🏽🪩
This year is particularly significant because this vibrant space is under threat, so we hope to see you there to keep fighting for it! 🧨🔥
📍Travessera de Gràcia, 154.
🙃Positive attitude🙂
Wish Nikita a Happy Birthday!
by Autonom. at https://t.me/abc_moscow_en/112 on 16 August 26. Vía thefreeonline at https://t.me/thefreeonline/6313
On August 17, Nikita Uvarov will turn 21. It’s hard to believe, because when we began the campaign in support of Nikita and the other defendants in the “Kansk teenagers case”, he was 15 years old — and he was only 14 when he was detained. In 2022, a court sentenced Nikita to five years in prison, and he was supposed to be released at the age of 20. But Nikita is now turning 21, and he is still behind bars. How did this happen?
In the summer of 2020, in the city of Kansk in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region, Nikita Uvarov and his friends, who shared anarchist ideals, put up leaflets supporting political prisoners and criticizing the state. One of the leaflets was posted on the building of the local FSB office.
Some time later, the teenagers were detained. Security officials put pressure on the young people and their parents and forced them to unlock their phones. Later, based on messages found on the phones and statements obtained under pressure from Denis Mikhaylenko and Bogdan Andreyev, the authorities fabricated a case accusing them of “training for terrorism” — alleging that the teenagers had been preparing to blow up the FSB building in Kansk.
On February 10, 2022, Nikita was sentenced to five years in prison, while Mikhaylenko and Andreyev received suspended sentences. By then, Nikita had already spent almost a year in pretrial detention and was due to be released in the spring of 2026.
A month before his release, a new case was fabricated against Nikita, accusing him of participating in the “AUE movement,” which has been designated extremist in Russia. Investigators claim that while in the penal colony, Nikita allegedly spread the “laws of the criminal world” among other prisoners. Yet Penal Colony No. 31, where he was serving his sentence, is a tightly controlled, or “red,” colony, where prison subculture exists only to the extent that the administration finds it useful.
PorAlasbarricadas via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-I8B on 09/08/2026
On Friday night, vandals set fire to a van belonging to the Gregal Soup Kitchen, which was parked outside the premises.
According to sources at the organization, the van was completely destroyed and is beyond repair.
Having to cover the cost of a new van could jeopardize this community project in the Besòs i Maresme neighborhood of Barcelona. To avoid this, they will soon launch a fundraising campaign to purchase a new vehicle. So stay tuned.
This is not the only fascist attack this organization has suffered recently. First, there was graffiti on the walls of the premises targeting the organization and immigration.
Later, the situation escalated, with slashed tires, damage to the fence, and attacks on the facade, as reported by the organization.
This has occurred in parallel with a social media campaign against this project, where it is routinely defamed and targeted. Therefore, the van burning fits into this escalation of events.
[See other news about the attack //ver otras noticias sobre los ataques]
![[Barcelona] El comedor solidario Gregal sufre un ataque fascista](https://www.briega.org/wp-content/uploads/imgbriega/gregal.jpeg "[Barcelona] El comedor solidario Gregal sufre un ataque fascista")
‘Gregal is a Wind that keeps on Blowing’ ( Gregal is NE wind )
Menjador Solidari Gregal is a non-profit cooperative. It distributes food on a solidarity basis and provides around 300 meals a day.
So much so that Barcelona’s social services routinely send them homeless or impoverished people whom they cannot accommodate in municipal facilities.
However, Gregal is a project set up by people from the Besòs neighborhood who ran the soup kitchen. This soup kitchen was located in the Ateneo Libertario del Besòs, which was headquartered in this building.
When that project closed, some people kept the soup kitchen going, and it became the main activity of the space. Therefore, the connection between the two projects is clear, as this article shows.
We’re leaving you the contact information for Comedor Gregal, so that when they announce a support campaign, you can keep it in mind.
La noche del viernes al sábado unos desaprensivos le prendieron fuego a una furgoneta del Menjador Solidari Gregal, que estaba aparcada en la puerta del local. Según fuentes del espacio, la furgoneta quedó completamente calcinada y es irrecuperable.
Tener que hacer frente a los gastos de una nueva furgoneta puede hacer peligrar este proyecto solidario del barrio barcelonès del Besòs i Maresme. Para evitarlo iniciarán prontamente una campaña de recogida de fondos para adquirir un vehículo nuevo. Así que estad atentas.
Este no es el único ataque de carácter fascista que este espacio ha recibido en los últimos tiempos. Primero hubo pintadas en las paredes del local contra el espacio y contra la inmigración.
Más adelante la cosa escaló, con ruedas pinchadas, daños contra la verja y algún ataque contra la fachada, como denuncia la entidad. Esto ha ocurrido en paralelo a una campaña en redes sociales contra este proyecto, en donde se difama de forma habitual y se lo señala. Por lo tanto la quema de la furgoneta se encuadra en esta escalada de hechos. [ver otras noticias sobre los ataques]
El Menjador Solidari Gregal es una cooperativa sin ánimo de lucro. Se dedica a repartir alimentos de forma solidaria y llega a proporcionar unas 300 comidas al día. Tal es así que los servicios sociales de Barcelona les envían rutinariamente a las personas sin hogar o sin recursos, que no pueden acoger en los espacios municipales.
Ahora bien, Gregal es un proyecto montado por personas del barrio del Besòs que se hacían cargo del comedor social. Este comedor estaba en el Ateneo Libertario del Besòs, que tenía su sede en este edificio. Cuando ese proyecto cerró, algunas personas mantuvieron el comedor, que se convirtió en la actividad principal del espacio. Por tanto, la vinculación entre ambos proyectos es evidente, como recoge este artículo.
Os dejamos el contacto del Comedor Gregal, para que cuando anuncien una campaña de apoyo, podáis tenerlo presente.
“The Ritz, once accessible only to the wealthy, has become a welcoming refuge for ordinary people. Its large kitchens prepare meals for all who come to the hotel to satisfy their appetites. The spacious dining rooms, formerly occupied by elegantly made-up and frivolous ladies, wealthy financiers, captains of industry, idle aristocrats, and international adventurers of every stripe, are now crammed with humble men and women keeping pace with the emerging society.”
Cuando los anarquistas convirtieron el Ritz de Barcelona en un comedor …El Gastronomic apenas duró dos temporadas: 1936 y 1937, cuando los comunistas a las órdenes de Moscú aplastaron la comuna anarquista de Barcelona y allanaron el camino a la victoria de los sublevados.
Campaign byDaniel Tatlow at petitions/support-ireland- on 1st August 26 via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-I8q
Who’s really on trial here: The Ulm 5 – or German justice?
Family and loved ones of the Ulm 5 ask you to bring attention to this trial.
Please sign the petition!
If you care about genocide, this is something to pay attention to.
Five young people – including Irish citizen, Daniel Tatlow-Devally,- are on trial in Stuttgart, Germany for aiming to prevent genocide.
They are now known as the ‘Ulm 5’.
Aiming to uphold international law, they caused damage to an Elbit Systems Germany site (Elbit Systems is responsible for over 80% of arms in the genocide in Gaza). Germany is second only to the United States in providing arms to Israel.
The five had no previous convictions and waited for their arrest without resistance. Throughout pretrial detention, the defendants have been peaceful and pose no risk to any persons.
Four of the five are citizens of Germany’s EU and Council of Europe (CoE) partners – EU and CoE membership is defined by upholding all citizens’ fundamental rights. The promise of European human rights is meaningless if governments do not hold each other to account when breaches and injustices take place.
The Ulm 5’s defence counsel say their constitutional and human rights are being breached by the court. Every trial day the Ulm5 are brought in handcuffed behind two meter high bullet proof glass separating them from their lawyers.This paints a picture of dangerous criminals, contradicting their charges and, furthermore, their EU right to presumption of innocence, while Germany continues to provide material support to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Germany’s trusted EU/CoE partners must not fear holding them accountable where CoE/EU rights are being violated particularly when one of their own citizens is being affected.
Monitoring this trial by government representatives is legally permitted.
Constitutional and human rights to a fair trial are being breached by the court such as:
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