A specter is haunting the United States, the specter of anarchism. It lies on the edge of the political imagination as something unimaginably perverse. What could be scarier to a people whose self worth is tied to the supposed greatness of their nation-state tradition than people who question whether the state needs to exist at all? What could be more divergent from a society obsessed with partisan politics than to suggest that maybe instead of focusing our energy on getting the “right” leaders into political office we might need to abolish political leadership as a concept in order to create the world we want?
The anarchist is cast as a mad idealist or perhaps an angry disaffected youth who is always white and always male. The anarchist is always denying some fundamental facts about human nature and what we would really do when left to our own devices. The anarchist is an extremist, unreasonable, and demanding the impossible. A brick thrower. An arsonist. Egoist. The chaos he brings is all the proof we need to reject his so-called political beliefs, which are really just a license to do whatever he wants.
The Reality of Anarchism
Meanwhile, in Black neighborhoods around the country, people can’t name a single state system that is functioning how it’s supposed to. Getting by requires staying with friends or having our aunties watch our kids or borrowing our neighbor’s car.
One of the last residents of La Rambla avoids eviction due to local pressure The large Mossos d’Esquadra police presence is forced to withdraw due to the resistence of hundreds of activists in front of the building.
by Andreu Merino, at @NaciónDigital La Rambla, Barcelona, October 1, 2020 at 12:40 pm |
Maite stays home, at least for now. The eviction of one of the last remaining residents on the Rambla de Barcelona, scheduled for this Thursday morning, has been postponed after dozens of people convened by the Raval and Resistim al Gòtic Housing Union have resisted at the front door the performance of the Mossos d’Esquadra.
Neighbors in front of the property to avoid eviction ACN
LIVE The neighborhood pressure prevents the eviction of the Rambla
Dozens of activists have stopped the eviction of one of the last residents of La Rambla. The Mossos d'Esquadra had deployed nine riot control units; inform @andreumerino https://t.co/Gdce9dYn2M pic.twitter.com/JqwzSdLj2u
- NacionDigital (@naciodigital) October 1, 2020
The arrival of the judicial entourage, which is in charge of executing the evictions, was scheduled for two-thirty in the morning. The court of first instance number 21 of Barcelona had ordered the police to facilitate the entrance to the procession and the Mossos have moved nine riot police units to the building where Maite lives, at number 75 of the promenade.
Initially about twenty residents offered resistance at the door of the estate but were evicted by the Mossos d’Esquadra. In parallel, agents have accessed the roof of the building through another portal.
Meanwhile, activists have thrown paint and some objects at riot police. In addition, neighbors have alerted firefighters for a suicide alert, after a neighbor suffered from anxiety.
When officers had already entered the roof, the Mossos backed away and withdrew from the Rambla, again in the middle of a rain of objects.
Official sources from the body consulted by NaciónDigital report that it was the court that ordered the withdrawal, after officers on the ground reported that there were dozens of residents on the promenade and also on the roof.
The same sources say that the police vehicles were damaged at the time they were removed and that three officers were injured.
Now, Maite is gaining four months to find an alternative home. This is the closed agreement with the property, with the mediation of Barcelona City Council. The Councilor for Housing, Lucía Martín, and the Councilor for Ciutat Vella, Jordi Rabassa, have personally negotiated with the entourage and the property.
The agreement includes that until four months from now the property will not resume the eviction lawsuit and that the City Council will assume part of the 6,000 euros of debt accumulated by the neighbor. The council is also committed to finding an emergency home for Maite, who has been waiting for one for two years.
Una de les últimes residents de la Rambla evita el desnonament per la pressió veïnal
L’ampli dispositiu dels Mossos d’Esquadra es veu obligat a retirar-se per la presència de desenes d’activistes davant l’edifici
per Andreu Merino , La Rambla, Barcelona, 1 d’octubre de 2020 a les 12:40 |
Veïns davant l’immoble per evitar el desnonament | ACN La Maite es queda a casa, almenys de moment. El desnonament d’una de les últimes veïnes que queden a la Rambla de Barcelona, previst per aquest dijous al matí, ha quedat ajornat després que desenes de persones convocades pel Sindicat d’Habitatge del Raval i Resistim al Gòtic hagin resistit a la porta davant l’actuació dels Mossos d’Esquadra.
EN DIRECTE La pressió veïnal evita el desnonament de la Rambla
A Spanish judge’s request to probe a Las Vegas Sands staffer’s apparent role in a criminal spying operation against Julian Assange indicates the investigation is homing in on US intelligence. Tellingly, the Department of Justice is stonewalling the application.
Colombia: Indígenas recuperan tierras despojadas por la industria de la caña
Fotos y texto por Santiago Navarro F
El pueblo Nasa es uno de los 110 pueblos indígenas de Colombia que fueron desplazados hacia las montañas tras la conquista europea y posteriormente con las plantaciones masivas de caña de azúcar. Desde el año 2015 han comenzado a realizar acciones directas derribando plantaciones de caña. Después, plantan alimentos orgánicos y dejan otras partes para que se cubra de nuevo con la vegetación nativa. A esta acción le llaman “la liberación de la madre tierra”, una iniciativa que ha cobrado por lo menos ocho muertos y aproximadamente 600 desalojos por parte de los elementos de seguridad del Estado colombiano entrenados por el Comando Sur de los Estados Unidos .
“Llegan como si fueran a una guerra, con fuerzas armadas del Estado. Nos han matado a ocho compañeros. Nos han reprimido fuertemente”, denuncia…
Statement by various anarchist organisations and initiatives on the 51 anti-fascists who were arrested in Thessaloniki, Greece, on September 16, 2020. Submitted to Enough 14. International statement of solidarity with the 51 antifascists who were arrested in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 16/9/2020.
The 51 antifascists arrested were presented before the prosecutor and the investigator who made the following outrageous and untrue accusations against them: i) disobedience, because they refused to have their fingerprints and photos taken; ii) breach of the public peace (a very common charge that is pressed against the accused whenever there is a protest); iii) destruction of the public site, for antifascists painted graffiti and slogans with antifascist content to cover the fascist ones.
The “China threat” mentioned so often by U.S. officials in all quarters of Washington D.C. is a different kind of projection of power—a psychological projection of the coming end of the U.S.’ ability to dictate global affairs without any significant challenge.
The United States, unlike China, has little to offer Africa or the rest of the Global South. U.S. share in the global economy has shrunk and the economic crisis precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic will only accelerate this trend.
Many nations in the Global South, especially African nations, have experienced generation after generation of poverty and underdevelopment under the U.S.-dominated financial arrangements of the IMF and World Bank. U.S. imperialism has deployed much of its military arsenal to Africa and Asia to arrest the possibility of South-South cooperation replacing U.S. and Western domination.
The China and Africa Connection U.S. Imperialism Does Not Want You to Know About
‘The US sows hysteria about China because Washington can no longer dictate global affairs without any significant challenge’.
“AFRICOM’s growth is aligned with the ‘pivot to Asia’”
The following remarks were given by this writer at a symposium organized by the Black Alliance for Peace on September 24th entitled “Full Spectrum Dominance: From AFRICOM to the Indo-Pacific Command.”
Greetings Comrades,
It is an honor to be speaking at this symposium organized by the Black Alliance for Peace on behalf of the No Cold War campaign. I am also humbled to be a co-coordinator of BAP’s Supporter Network and to assist in whatever capacity possible to strengthen Black and African-led organizations such as BAP working toward peace and liberation.
We have a monumental problem on our hands. The issue of the U.S.’ policy of Full-spectrum Dominance is one that is connected to a host of contradictions afflicting the U.S. imperial order at this time. For nearly a decade, U.S. military power has made an enormous strategic shift to both the Asia Pacific and to Africa. At the center of the transition is the growth of China as an economic world power and the decline of the U.S. as a global hegemon.
China has much to offer Africa and the Global South at this time. China shares a common history of colonialism and imperialist humiliation with Africa. It has the experience of successfully carrying out a struggle for national liberation and defending that struggle from the challenges of a hostile global context.
And now, China is in possession of an economic miracle that it is committed to sharing with African nations as well as nations in Latin America and Asia. That miracle comes with advanced infrastructure such as high-speed rail and 5G technology , both of which are a necessity for breaking down some of the barriers to economic sovereignty that colonial underdevelopment has placed on much of the Global South, Africa included.
“U.S. military power has made an enormous strategic shift to both the Asia Pacific and to Africa.”
The “China threat” mentioned so often by U.S. officials in all quarters of Washington D.C. is a different kind of projection of power—a psychological projection of the coming end of the U.S.’ ability to dictate global affairs without any significant challenge. The United States, unlike China, has little to offer Africa or the rest of the Global South.
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The Free 