Editor of anarchist paper in Turkey jailed for 15 months

The wave of repression unleashed by the Turkish state against the left and the Kurdish freedom movement that has seen tens of thousands fired from their jobs and thousands jailed, including many HDP MPs,has also hit the anarchist movement there. We heard last night that Hüseyin Civan has been sentenced to 15 months for editing the anarchist paper Meydan Gazetesi.

They have reported the sentencing as below;

Turkey: Editor of Meydan Gazetesi anarchist newspaper Hüseyin Civan sentenced to 1 year, 3 months imprisonment
“An investigation was started by Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s office about our newspaper related to articles “Both Arrival and Departure of State is From Fear”, “Banned Until Further Order”, and “Recreating Life” in issue 30 of our newspaper published on December 2015 with the caption “Banning Everything”. The lawsuit following the investigation ended after almost a year of trials. Continue reading “Editor of anarchist paper in Turkey jailed for 15 months”

Towards Womens’ Freedom: collective manifesto of the WSM (Ireland)

UPDATED: The Workers Solidarity Movement’s collectively agreed position on women’s freedom.

1. We recognise that women are specially oppressed as a gender, that they face oppression as women. We call this oppression sexism. As anarchists we oppose sexism wherever it exists on principle and in practice.

2.1 The nature of women’s oppression has changed as societies have developed. For example, the oppression of women that might have existed in some pre-class societies assumed a fundamentally new character with the development of class society. Just as the oppression of women in feudal societies changed its character with the development of capitalism.

2.2 We reject the idea that women are in any way inferior to men or that women are biologically predisposed to assume certain roles in society. Sexism, racism etc are not genetic traits but, rather, are formed by social existence, upbringing and education.

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Germany: Letter from anarchist comrade Siao, Hambach Forest defender released from jail

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*UPDATE* via Enough Is Enough!

We publish the letter of anarchist activist Siao. They were imprisoned on December 1, but released today. The letter was written during the time they were in prison.

Although cops evicted activists at Hambacher forest several times, parts of the forest are still occupied. The massive repression against activists did not stop the actions. The resistance against the destruction of the forest near Cologne, Germany continues.

Hi!

Thank you very much for writing (and for write to Hodei also).
I am really happy to hear about deathtrap tree, because I am totally in love with it. The cops made laught about me when I climbed down and kissed it before get arrested.

I am mostly fine, but about the stuff of moving down by our own… I was Feeling like strongly betraying myself (and the treehouse, and specially the hazelmouse living in there) and still…

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Ecuador: Denuncian cierre eminente de Acción Ecológica

QUITO. La activista Esperanza Martínez (c), de Acción Ecológica, se solidarizó con la fundación Pachamama. Estuardo Vera

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Urgente! COMUNICADO POR EL CIERRE INMINENTE DE ACCIÓN ECOLÓGICA

20 Dic 2016

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URGENTE COMUNICADO

POR EL CIERRE DE ACCIÓN ECOLÓGICA

Acción Ecológica denuncia la solicitud de procedimiento administrativo de cierre (extinción y disolución) de nuestra organización solicitada por Diego Torres Saldaña, Vice-Ministro de Seguridad Interna, al Ministro del Ambiente, por desviarnos de los fines y objetivos para los cuales fuimos constituidas.

Esta decisión administrativa, de acuerdo a la notificación del Ministerio del Interior al Ministerio del Ambiente (MDI-VSI-2016-00033), fue tomada por difundir “los graves impactos ambientales y al ecosistema que resultarían de la actividad extractivista” en la Cordillera del Cóndor y por alertar sobre la violación de derechos humanos de las comunidades que viven en esta zona. Debemos decir, que son precisamente estos objetivos por los cuales se constituyó Acción Ecológica, como lo señala el artículo 2 de nuestro estatuto: “Promover la defensa de los…

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URGENT: Ecuador Shuar Warriors in desperate fight for Mother Earth

The Shuar warriors fight police in an earlier confrontation

BY EMIL SIRÉN·MARTES, “The military came with thirty trucks and two helicopters that shot at us. I’ve been told one of us is injured but I don’t know anything about the others. Everyone ran off to the forest”, says an indigenous person who was a target of the helicopter shooting [1]

On the 15th of December, the Ecuadorian government sent troops, tanks, and helicopters against an indigenous community in Ecuador. The civilians got shot at from two helicopters with automatic weapons while fire bombs were dropped on houses and crops that the indigenous people feed on. The president of Ecuador refused to have a dialogue, in contrary, he threatened with even more violence.

Background:

The indigenous people in Ecuador have a long history of conflict with the government, which mercilessly has invaded their territories to exploit natural resources, violating their constitutional rights. For example, the heavily criticized company Lundin Gold operates large scale mining operations in areas nearby to the current conflicts.