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

Desenes d’activistes han aturat el desnonament d’una de les últimes veïnes de la Rambla. Els Mossos d’Esquadra havien desplegat nou unitats antiavalots; informa @andreumerino https://t.co/Gdce9dYn2M pic.twitter.com/JqwzSdLj2u — NacióDigital (@naciodigital) October 1, 2020

The China and Africa Connection U.S. Imperialism Does Not Want You to Know About Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor

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.

Eternal Debt Trap. Trump gives two fingers to the poor…generation after generation of poverty and underdevelopment under the U.S.-dominated financial arrangements of the IMF and World Bank .

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. 

The Big Problem With That Big Air Force

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.”

Pompeo’s surreal speech on China China Accuses Pompeo of Lying

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.

Continue reading “‘Full-Spectrum Dominance’ Perilous US Policy applied to China and Africa. – Black Agenda Report”

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By Bandido | September 2020

I met Pong in 2004. I saw him at a punk show all dressed up in punk battle attire alongside his friends Tonton and other Makati Punks. I visited him at his meeting place in Makati, and then I learned that Pong lived in a jeepney [a sort of crossover between a jeep and bus] and sometimes stayed in university rooms or at a friend’s house in Makati.

When his family moved to the relocation site in Cavite, Pong and his older brother still remained in Makati. Pong was literally a nomad, moving from place to place. When I worked as a tricycle driver, Pong and others visited me at our terminal and ate together after I finished my job. If we wanted to visit the anarchist space in Cubão, we would sleep together on the streets at night.

Pong did not finish his study of graphic design and instead lived as a street punk and artist. He was the one who intensely made posters, pamphlets for concerts and events, banners for any political activity such as demonstrations, hanging banners, etc. Its fort was black and white drawings with a ballpoint pen. The images of his works were related to anti-war (Food Not Bombs), anti-civilization, counterculture punk and anarchism.

He was inspired by the Black Bloc, anarchist and zapatista personalities. You would see this in your sketchbook, zines or recycled bond paper. Pong kept up to date with the socio-political events that were taking place globally, and you could see that with his drawings. I can say that he was an internationalist because of his concern for the situation around the world.

Continue reading “Philippines: RIP Pong (Gutson Heyres): A passionate and dedicated anarchist street artist, activist and poet English/Portuguese”

Agence France-PresseSep 16, 2020 16:16:13 IST

A China-developed coronavirus vaccine could be ready for the public as early as November, a Chinese official has told state television, as the global race to clear the final round of trials heats up..

Chinese manufacturers have been bullish about development, with companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm even putting their vaccine candidates on display at a trade fair in Beijing this month.

Representatives of the firms told AFP that they hope their vaccines will be approved after phase 3 trials as early as year-end.

And on late Monday, the chief biosafety expert at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control told state broadcaster CCTV that a vaccine would be available to the general public “around November or December.”

In June, China’s 2,035,000 strong military approved a vaccine for use within its ranks developed by its research unit and a biotech firm.

Wu Guizhen did not specify which vaccine she was referring to but said,”based on phase 3 clinical results, the current progress is very smooth.”

China Injects Hundreds of Thousands With Covid 19 vaccine

Wu added that she had taken a vaccine in April and has felt good over the past few months, although she did not specify which candidate she had taken.

September 29 – China reported 12 newly confirmed cases, all of which were imported cases (5 cases in Shanghai, 3 cases in Sichuan, 3 cases in Shaanxi, and 1 case in Fujian); no new deaths;

There are currently nine vaccine candidates in late-stage human trials, although some have hit recent obstacles — pharma giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University momentarily paused clinical trials last week after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness.

Some of China’s vaccine candidates have already been offered to essential workers under an emergency use programme.

A Sinovac spokesman told AFP this month that “tens of thousands” of people had voluntarily taken its vaccine, including 90 percent of its employees and their families — between 2,000 and 3,000 people.