Month: Sep 2016

Peru: Mass Feminist Victory Confronts Embedded Patriarchy..Ni Una Menos

not-one-lessArlette was dragged by the hair and strangled by her boyfriend on camera as he screamed.”You’re mine or you’re nobody’s”.

But yet again the Judge refused to convict for ”lack of evidence”.

That was one of a string of horrific attacks on women that swept social media and provoked the massive 500,000 strong feminist demo last August 13th in Peru, supported by cities worldwide.ni_una_menos_5-1

Peru has finally joined the tidal wave of ‘Not One Woman Less’ protests that have inundated Latin and South America. Finally women are confronting the ingrained social license to treat them as sex slaves, private property, servants and veritable punch-bags in the service of runaway macho hubris. Continue reading “Peru: Mass Feminist Victory Confronts Embedded Patriarchy..Ni Una Menos”

Gaza-bound flotilla with 22 Women sets sail from Barcelona to Defy Israeli Blockade

International activists on two boats carrying food and medicine aim to break Israeli siege on Palestinian territory.
International activists on two boats carrying food and medicine aim to break Israeli siege on Palestinian territory.

Two sailing boats, Amal and Zaytouna, with 11 women on board each, sailed off on Wednesday evening under the banner “The Women’s Boat to Gaza”.

The passengers, including Swedish European Parliament Member Malin Bjork and Dr Fouzia Hassan of Malaysia, aim to reach Gaza by early October.

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“We are carrying food and medicine on the boat that will be distributed to Gazans upon arrival,” Zohar Chamberlain Regev, a spokeswoman of the initiative, told Al Jazeera.57da48c0e8383

“But mainly we are carrying a message of hope and solidarity, because we think Gazans want that most of all.”

She said she had high hopes that the flotilla would not be stopped by the Israeli navy and reach the destination. Continue reading “Gaza-bound flotilla with 22 Women sets sail from Barcelona to Defy Israeli Blockade”

Turkey-US Annex Syrian Territory… despite Crimea Double Think

TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER REFUGEES
TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER REFUGEES
by  • September 13, 2016
Syria (SCF) – How could we so easily forget the A-word? For over two years, Russia has been berated non-stop by Western states over its alleged «annexation» of Ukrainian territory. Over and over, we have been browbeaten with a media mantra deploring the crime of foreign annexation, supposedly perpetrated by Russia when the Ukrainian southern peninsula of Crimea seceded in March 2014.
 

Cold War Is Back as NATO Confronts Russia …Never mind the fact that the people of Crimea voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to re-join their historic motherland in the Russian Federation. Western focus instead has sought to define that development as an illegal annexation. Reading any Western media news outlet today one will be informed as a seeming matter of unerring fact that Russia «annexed» Crimea. Other credible perspectives over Crimea are airbrushed from discussion.

The occupying Turkish army continues attacking villages to the north of the Sajur River in northern Manbij. Turkish military forces and affiliated militias targeted dozens of villages in this area with artillery fire killing 35 civilians, torturing 3 SDF prisoners. 3 children and two other civilians lost their lives as a result of the artillery attacks targeting the village of Dandania.
The occupying Turkish army continues attacking villages to the north of the Sajur River in northern Manbij. Turkish military forces and affiliated militias targeted dozens of villages in this area with artillery fire killing 35 civilians, torturing 3 SDF prisoners. 3 children and two other civilians lost their lives as a result of the artillery attacks targeting the village of Dandania.

Continue reading “Turkey-US Annex Syrian Territory… despite Crimea Double Think”

Venezuelans organise Barter 2.0 to Survive the Economic War, avoid Inflation and Tax.

barter-takes-off-in-venezuelaby Nazareth Balbás via RT

Social networks have become the ally of the family economy of Venezuelans against rising prices. Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp work groups work as exchange sites for necessities: no money, no speculation.

The first surprise is the offer: varied, uneven, abundant. Second, the number of groups in the world. The third thing is that escapes public or private control.

Barter has become the new alternative for Venezuelans suffering the ravages of the economic war. The system, which has existed since time immemorial, gaining strength in the South American country with unique features is strongly mediated by social networks.porteo

Falling oil prices since last year has resulted in shortages of foreign exchange for the mono-exporting country. This along with the long campaign of boycott and sabotage from the USA, and the determined resistance of the deposed oligarchy articulated through the upper middle class, has led to hyperinflation and economic disaster. Continue reading “Venezuelans organise Barter 2.0 to Survive the Economic War, avoid Inflation and Tax.”

PRISONER STRIKES AND SUPPORTER PROTESTS SWEEP THE NATION – from IWOC

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iwwredPRESS RELEASE Monday Sept 12th, 2016

Contact: Azzurra Crispino Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) Media Co-Chair 512-300-5559, iwoc@riseup.net

PRISONER STRIKES AND SUPPORTER PROTESTS SWEEP THE NATION

ATMORE, AL – Over the weekend more than 50 protests erupted across the country and around the world in solidarity with the September 9th nation-wide prisoner work stoppage and protest. Mothers and Families, the outside support organization for the Free Alabama Movement (FAM) rallied with drums and noisemakers outside of Holman Prison while workers kicked off their strike inside. “Officers are performing all tasks” a prisoner texted outside supporters indicating the prisoner work stoppage was successful.

Although the full extent of facilities participating in the strike will not be known for another two weeks, we have received early reports of work stoppage and resistance from Holmes, Gulf and Mayo units in FL, Fluvanna prison in Troy VA, and unnamed units in North Carolina and…

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Reported Death Of TTIP – An Abhorrent Political Deception

Reported Death Of TTIP Is Nothing More Than Political Deception Tactic

By Graham Vanbergen | TruePublica | September 9, 2016

The global mainstream media have loudly hailed the stunning success of the peoples uprising against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership or TTIP in the light of its demise. In the last few years protests broke out all over Europe as the unelected bureaucrats steamed ahead with this unpopular trade deal, even after the results of the largest ever consultation study in the EU Commission’s history resulted in a 97% negative response of 150,000 people.

The emerging movement spawned enormous online activism never seen before, culminating in the largest petition in Europe’s history with a staggering collective of over 3.2 million signatures delivered by passionate foot-soldiers right to the epicentre of where the political elite inhabit in the EU. The beating heart of TTIP activism was Berlin, Paris and London. This is not to forget the huge protest effort made by citizens across almost all of the EU’s major cities.

Infographic: Corporate Europe Observatory

Infographic: Corporate Europe Observatory

When preparing for TTIP negotiations, 560 meetings took place between 2012 and 2013. Just 4% were represented by public interest and civil society. Unashamedly, the Commission allowed 92% of all TTIP meetings to be dominated by lobbyists and corporate trade associations  Today, these shadowy agitators amount to over 30,000 grey suits stalking the halls of the Commission HQ in the de facto capital of the European Union in Brussels. Continue reading “Reported Death Of TTIP – An Abhorrent Political Deception”

ESPAÑA: GOBIERNO EN FUNCIONES AUMENTA GASTO MILITAR EN 1.000 MILLONES DE EUROS

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Antimilitaristas se encadenaron para bloquear tanques en los últimos Juegos de Guerra de la OTAN en España.
Antimilitaristas se encadenaron para bloquear tanques en los últimos Juegos de Guerra de la OTAN en España.

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El presupuesto de Defensa era de 5.788 millones y a 31 de julio ya está en los 6.950 millones. Todo sin el tradicional crédito extraordinario de verano que en 2015 fue de 856 millones.

PEDRO MORENÉS, MINISTRO DE DEFENSA EN FUNCIONES, FUE CONSEJERO DE LA EMPRESA "INSTALAZA", EXPERTA EN FABRICACIÓN DE BOMBAS RACIMO PEDRO MORENÉS, MINISTRO DE DEFENSA EN FUNCIONES, FUE CONSEJERO DE LA EMPRESA “INSTALAZA”, EXPERTA EN FABRICACIÓN DE BOMBAS RACIMO, HASTA EL AÑO 2008 Y SIGUE MANTENIENDO BUENAS RELACIONES CON EL SECTOR

El Gobierno de Mariano Rajoy, a pesar de estar en funciones, continúa con su tendencia de engordar el gasto en Defensa.

Tal y como recoge el portal web El BOE nuestro de cada día’, el Ejecutivo ha destinado en lo que llevamos de año (hasta el 31 de julio que es la última fecha de la que se tienen datos) 1.162 millones de euros más de lo que se acordó en el presupuesto inicial y que aprobó el Congreso de los Diputados con la mayoría…

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