Nov 2015 – Page 5

sTOP kING cOAL: Oakland Fossil Fuel Resistance

Coaltastrophe Threatens Oakland

The current focus of this campaign is to stop the threat of coal being transported into Oakland by rail for export overseas. Despite the opposition of the City Council, the Mayor, and numerous other politicians “saying” they don’t want this new threat, the proposal remains on the table

Coal Rally pictures We need a massive uprising of concerned residents, not only but mainly in Oakland, to “buck up” our political representatives to effectively challenge the coal terminal developer. If they cannot use their political muscle to stop the coal, then going to court, backed by the overwhelming majority of Oakland residents, will be the inevitable next step. Continue reading “sTOP kING cOAL: Oakland Fossil Fuel Resistance”

Cherán K’eri:: Building a party-free Autonomy

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Cherán K’eri: Political parties are dead to us in this town

Cherán, Michoacán By Niñx Salvaje

In April of this year, the Purépecha municipality of Cherán K’eri, Michoacán is celebrating four years of its uprising to end the presence of organized crime in its territory.

Following the uprising, indigenous women and men not only managed to throw out to the narco cartel, but also expelled all authorities (police, local government and political parties) that supported the illegal activities in the community.

They decided to retake their traditional forms of self government to start a long process of building their autonomy. A few months back they inaugurated a new weapon to continue defending their traditions and reaffirm their rejection of the institutional political method: a communal

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Guerillas In Şengal City Center

12 Nov 15. Revolutionary Kurdish Guerilla groups have aready infiltrated Sinjar and are attacking the far right Islamic IS occupiers, while the Peshmerga conservative Kurdish army are still deploying.

The Rojava Report

A new operation to liberate Şengal (Sinjar) from ISIS control began this morning and is continuing with all a speed, reports an article Özgür Gündem compiled by ANHA.

The operation, which has been organized under the Ezidi Joint command, is being led by HGP and YJA Star guerillas and fighters with the YBŞ-YBJ Şengal, with peshmerga forces also taking part.

HGP, YPJ, and YBŞ-YBJ fighters have entered the city center and are currently in the Hayr Nasir, Berbi Roj and Sitî Zeynep neighborhoods where they are taking part in heavy clashes with ISIS forces. Although reliable information is difficult to come by there are reports that certain ISIS elements are pulling back from the city center. Forces attached to the Ezidi joint command now control the eastern part of the city and plan to advance from this flank.

Peshmerga Have Also Joined The Operation

Peshmerga forces attached to the KDP…

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200,000 Feminists March in Madrid against Male Violence

GR156. MADRID, 07/11/2015.- Las calles de Madrid han acogido hoy a miles de personas que se manifestan en la primera gran movilización nacional contra las "violencias machistas", una marcha del movimiento feminista a la que se han sumado todos los grandes partidos, sindicatos y distintos colectivos sociales con la que se pide que esta lacra sea considerada una cuestión de Estado y que se reforme la ley de 2004 para contemplar en ella todas las formas de violencia contra las mujeres, no sólo las que se dan en el entorno de las parejas o exparejas. EFE/J. J. Guillén — HISTORIC RALLY

The March against sexist violence overflows Madrid

The organization puts attendance at least at 200,000…..byEliezer Sanchez / Diso Press

The newly elcted feminist mayors of Madrid and Barcelona at the demo.

At least 200,000 people, according to the organization, collapsed the center of Madrid, in an unprecedented historic march to demand that the fight against gender violence is a matter of State, as was the motto of the protest. The demonstration, called by more than 400 feminist groups around the state, walked the streets of the capital from the Ministry of Health to the entrance of the square of Spain, where the final communiqué was read. Continue reading “200,000 Feminists March in Madrid against Male Violence”