#YellowVests: A Call for Intergalactic Actions of Solidarity

ACT 5: THIS TIME IT’S INTERGALACTIC. A call out from the gilets jaunes (yellow vests), for solidarity actions everywhere. On Saturday the 15th of December 2018.

Originally published by Gilets Jaunes Intergalactiques

It began as anger against neoliberal climate policies, a revolt against unfair petrol taxes that pass on the cost to working people rather than the rich and the very multinationals most responsible for polluting our planet.

Now four weeks later, it has become a popular uprising for dignity, a rebellion against the elite and their world, a cry for equality. It has evolved into a powerful refusal of representation, of spokes people, political parties and unions.

We have all been overtaken by what has been happening, everyone hasbecome more than themselves; because we are impossible to define, the only code we have is a colour code, all the other codes are broken. We are too diverse and decentralized to be called a movement, too different to be categorized, let’s simply say we are an uprising ! Continue reading “#YellowVests: A Call for Intergalactic Actions of Solidarity”

21st Dec: Monster Stoppage in Catalonia to defy Spanish Repression

Tension is rising fast in Catalonia due to:
  • The Hunger Strike of the Republican leaders still incarcerated for calling a successful Referendum
  • The insulting anti Catalan stance of the new Spanish president and continuing racist campaign in Spain whipping up support and spawning a new rabidly fascist sexist party, VOX, and an upsurge in fascist street attacks.
  • The calling of a Spanish Council of Ministers in Barcelona on 21-D, with a mass import of special police, on the anniversary of elections which confirmed Republican support
  • The continuing High and Constitutional Court verdicts that are blatantly anti Catalan and neo-fascist.
  • Frustration that the French Yellow Vests achieve their aims in weeks by violence while Catalans are repressed, mocked and vilified while enforcing pacifism.
The AP-7 , The main North South Motorway,  was closed  by the CDRs for 15 hours at Ampolla

Huge Catalog of Actions planned already  for 21/December   Continue reading “21st Dec: Monster Stoppage in Catalonia to defy Spanish Repression”

The SDF conquer 35% of Hajin , the last big Fortress of ISIS

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The SDF conquer 35% of Hajin with heavy losses
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 The northern part of the city, including the hospital, has been conquered by the Syrian Democratic Forces, (SDF) after fighting throughout the week.

Thirty Islamists have died in the fighting. The Islamic State had been entrenched in the hospital and the mosque despite being non-combat sites. Continue reading “The SDF conquer 35% of Hajin , the last big Fortress of ISIS”

335 people Refuse to Pay Tax for Military Spending in Spain

335 people refused to pay the part of their taxes dedicated to military spending in 2018 in the Spanish State

They diverted 35.882 € to projects of peace and justice.

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According to the “Report: Fiscal Objection 2018 Survey of Alternativa 335 personas desobedientes al Gasto Militar en el 2017Antimilitarista.Moc”, 335 people, from 30 provinces of the Spanish State, refused in 2018 to contribute their taxes to finance the armies and their wars when making their tax declarations .

This action of collective disobedience was framed in the campaign of Fiscal Objection to Military Expenditure, now going since 1983, 35 years ago. A total of 35,888 euros was diverted to finance alternative projects for the defense of Peace and Social Justice. Continue reading “335 people Refuse to Pay Tax for Military Spending in Spain”

English fracking pause after earthquakes

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Fracking protesters outside energy firm Cuadrilla's site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool, England in October 2018From daily The Morning Star in Britain:

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Cuadrilla halts fracking in Blackpool after another series of tremors

Friends Of The Earth criticised the firm for urging for a relaxation of the regulations ‘instead of acknowledging that fracking needs to end’

ENERGY firm Cuadrilla has paused fracking in Lancashire again after more underground tremors were detected.

A series of “micro-seismic events” in Blackpool were recorded on the British Geological Survey website following hydraulic fracturing at the site at Preston New Road, Cuadrilla said.

The biggest of the tremors, which was felt in Blackpool, was 1.5 local magnitude, and is the largest recorded since drilling for shale gas began in Lancashire on October 15.

It occurred at about 11.20am, after fracking had finished for the day, according to Cuadrilla, which said in a statement that fracking will not continue for 18 hours as a result.

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Arab Women-centered Films Breaking Taboos

Arab Women-centered Films Are Not Just About Women
By Barbara Nimri Aziz  shared with thanks!….

Too often, we are overwhelmed with woeful tales, painful memoirs and worn analyses of Arab/Muslim women. Most depictions, whether we’re besieged in a war, or if we’re just trying to get by making small advances like women anywhere, we are invariably portrayed as hapless victims. We’re in need of succor, or reform, or rescue.

Writings by our own talented authors are popular if they reveal  exploitations or despairs or escapes. These feed enlightened sisters abroad who may feel better about themselves when they can pity others.

Four women meet in Dar Joued (a women’s prison) on the eve of Independence day. From different ages and social conditions, they are condemned to live together under the authority and injustice of their jailer: Jaida. They share memories from the outside world, and also the joy, emotions and torment of their daily lives in Dar Jouad.
A film by Salma BACCAR

Continue reading “Arab Women-centered Films Breaking Taboos”