A viral video purportedly showing a partial collapse of the border fence between the United States and Mexico was widely shared online on Sunday. While it was not immediately clear where it was recorded and which segment of the fence was affected, several local journalists and media reports indicated the incident happened somewhere between Texas and the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas as the storm battered the region.

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A section of the US-Mexico border wall in Texas allegedly failed to withstand the power of nature, according to a viral video.

Tómala. El paso de Hanna derriba parte del muro fronterizo entre Texas y Tamaulipas. Detalles: https://bit.ly/2OZwavy

Originally tweeted by Joaquín López-Dóriga (@lopezdoriga) on July 26, 2020.

El #Muro se derrumba. La tormenta tropical “Hanna” y sus fuertes vientos derriban una parte del muro fronterizo entre Tamaulipas y Texas. pic.twitter.com/Ruezueg6sl— Jenaro Villamil (@jenarovillamil) July 26, 2020

The original source of the video is unclear. One of the early posts by Yadith Valdez, featuring a 39-second clip, got thousands of shares and ironic responses, but was deleted without explanation. However, many other users, including verified journalists, shared longer 44- and 59-second versions.

How climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous

Stronger wind speeds, more rain, and worsened storm surge add up to more potential destruction.

Major hurricanes are by far the world’s costliest natural weather disasters, in some cases causing well over $100 billion in damage. There’s now evidence that the unnatural effects of human-caused global warming are already making hurricanes stronger and more destructive. The latest research shows the trend is likely to continue as long as the climate continues to warm.https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/07/how-climate-change-is-making-hurricanes-more-dangerous/

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In 1936 for a brief moment in Spanish history, the reactionary grip and the real and mental Inquisition of the Catholic Church was broken in large areas of the country and the mystique of religion shattered by the cathartic violence of anticlerical militants.

As one aspect of the Social Revolution hundreds of churches were destroyed and priests killed, followed by at least 100,000 arbitrary executions in revenge, often with the aid of the church, by the conquering fascist rebels, backed by Hitler and Mussolini.

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The Catholic church regained power, property and riches, and the Spanish Inquisition returned, joining the Franco regime in persecuting gays, women, leftists and anyone suspected or denounced, even stealing and selling tens of thousands of ‘red’ babies and controlling every aspect of daily life.

When ”democracy” finally returned in the 70’s, 40 years later, it was only with an amnesty for all crimes and looting committed, with the church exonerated and exalted with tax free status, and the far right oligarchy retaining ultimate control.

Though the church is still in decline in Iberia today it retains huge wealth and influence in the legal, security and political institutions and a staggering and now exponentially growing portfolio of tax free property.

The Catholic Church has registered 3,722 properties in its name in Catalonia, without any title proving its ownership, as reported today by the Catalan Government.

By PostDigital, shared with thanks (see original in Spanish below)

These data appear in the set of property records for all of Catalonia, according to inscriptions made between 1946 and 2015, much of it in Lleida (58%).

These are the so-called ”inmatriculations” of rustic properties (41%) and buildings dedicated to worship (50%), such as temples, hermitages, cemeteries, chapels, ecclesiastical groups and sanctuaries. The rest of inscriptions are from buildings (9%) such as rectories, garages or palaces.

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A new law in 1998 made it simple for the Church to quietly claim the huge amount of property that was traditionally built and maintained by the public in common, with nobody listed as the owner. By 1998 the church business of selling babies had finally ended and a new way was found to update the practice of diverting vast sums of cash and power to the coffers of the dwindling institution.

‘During the Franco dictatorship and later with the Aznar government, the Catholic Church found in the act of registering the perfect instrument to increase its real estate assets based on cemeteries, flats, orchards, parishes and other types of properties that until then belonged to the people or to individuals. Until now, the Government has always refused to offer data on these ”registrations”… https://raizdiario.es/iglesia-catolica-inmuebles oct 17, 2019

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AntifaschismusFeminismus – AntisexismusAntirassismus – Migrationespagñolenglish 21.07. 2020

Faschismus und Patriarchat gehen Hand in Hand, Feminismus und Antifaschismus auch!!!

In einem globalen Kontext, in dem uns ein Virus als Krieg verkauft wird, nutzen auch die faschistischen Apparate die Gelegenheit, ihre repressive Offensive weiter brutal umzusetzen. So ist es kein Zufall, dass das faschistische türkische Militär die drei Aktivistinnen Şehîd Zehra, Şehîd Hebûn und Şehîd Mutter Emîne ermordete. Das waren gezielte patriarchale Morde!!!

Am 14. Juli wurden Dutzende Frauen in Amed verhaftet, darunter Ayşe Gökkan als Sprecherin der TJA (Tevgera Jinên Azad / Bewegung Freier Frauen), die Journalistin Ayşe Güney, die siebzigjährige Friedensmutter Hayriye Demir und Elif Haran, die Ko-Vorsitzende der Gefangenenhilfsorganisation MED TUHAD-FED. Die Repression gegen die kurdische Frauenbewegung in der Türkei hat sich seit der Kriminalisierung des Frauenvereins Rosa im Mai verschärft und ist Teil des Vernichtungsfeldzugs gegen die kurdische Zivilgesellschaft.

Die feministischen Kämpfe und in diesem Fall der Kampf der kurdischen Frauen gegen die patriarchalen Herrscher macht Angst und wird mit sexistischer Repression beantwortet!!

Wegen der Pandemie, im Krieg, in politische Konflikten werden unsere Frauen*Körper zu einem patriarchalen Kampffeld. Das misogyne Herrschaftssystem will uns gehorsam erziehen und für unseren Kampf, unsere Organisierung bestrafen!!! Deshalb verbreiten wir heute mit diesen Zeilen folgende Botschaft an alle Faschisten und Patriarchen!

Wir werden auf alle Angriffe feministisch und internationalistisch antworten!!! Wir werden unsere Wut organisieren!!! Unsere Solidarität kennt keine Grenzen!!! Si tocan a unx respondemos todxs!!!

Wie ein Regenschirm, sind wir ein feministischer Schirm gegen den patriarchalen und faschistischen Regen!! Wir verbinden Kämpfe von und nach Zürich mit Kurdistan, Kolumbien, Oaxaca, Wien, Brasilien, den Philippinen, den USA oder dem Baskenland!!

Wir schweigen nicht, wenn die Militärs in Kolumbien ein indigenes Mädchen vergewaltigen, wir schweigen nicht, wenn die indigenen Frauen von Oaxaca gefoltert, verbrannt und lebendig begraben werden, wir schweigen nicht, wenn LBTIQ-Aktivist*innen auf den Philippinen verhaftet werden, wir schweigen nicht, wenn Bolsonaro und seine Auftragsmörder Feministinnen wie Marielle Franco ermorden, wir sind nicht blind gegenüber strukturellem Rassismus, wir schweigen nicht, wenn die Grauen Wölfe kurdische und türkische und linke Aktivist*innen in Wien angreifen, und wir schweigen nicht angesichts der Feminizide, weder zum 13. Feminizid diesen Jahres in der Schweiz noch zu den Feminiziden in Kobane!!!

Continue reading ““If They Touch One of Us, We All Respond!”..¡Si tocan a unx respondemos todxs![deutsche/español/english/turkish]”

photo: some of our women comrades murdered by the Turkish State

July 24, 2020 by Dawn Marie Paley from Towards Freedom shared with thank. Illustrations,videos added + post below “If They Touch One of Us, We All Respond!!”

In October, a protest against an increase in metro fares by high schoolers in Santiago, Chile, escalated into a nationwide uprising that was sustained until public health concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic hit pause on most street protests.

“Nobody in Chile, and I think its really important to say this, anticipated what happened on October 18th, nobody imagined what was coming,” said Javiera Manzi, from the 8M Feminist Coordinating Committee. 

That night, the government of Sebastián Piñera had declared a state of emergency, which means the military could be used to quash demonstrations. Support for protests swelled as Chileans recalled the military dictatorship that existed until 1990, from which democratic governments had distanced themselves saying: never again (although Pinochet still headed the army until 1998, and some members of ensuing governments supported the dictatorship).

Protesters at many mass actions organized in an effort to allow those attending protests to determine their level of interaction with the police. The first line, faces covered, held shields and stave off the cops, behind them stood folks with lasers, then those ready to help with teargas and behind them, street medics. Large crowds, including, musicians and artists, created a combative and sometimes festive atmosphere. 

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During a suspended parliament without properly elected supervision, the Australian government is slashing financial protections for its own economically struggling citizens while pouring vast fortunes into supporting dangerous US cold war escalations against Australia’s number one trading partner.

In an article titled “Australian government slashes pandemic payments to workers after suspending parliament“, World Socialist Web Site reports:

Despite a worsening COVID-19 surge in Australia’s two most populous states, the Liberal-National government yesterday announced the slashing of its pandemic wage subsidies and welfare benefits, as part of its drive to “reopen the economy.”

Under conditions of mass unemployment, this will impoverish more than five million unemployed or under-employed workers and welfare recipients. The blatant purpose is to give workers no choice but to go back into unsafe workplaces regardless of the danger of infection.

“JobSeeker and JobKeeper are not do—nothing payments,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared, saying they were not designed to prevent people “from going out and seeking work.” Treasury had reported that the payments to workers “potentially blunted their incentives to work, or to take on additional hours of work.”

Got that? It’s too dangerous for our own MPs to go back to work, but everyone else needs to or face economic hardship. These cuts come at a time when 13 out of work Australians can be competing for a single job.

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