At the G20 in Brazil, they had a closed-door session (no press present) so that ministers could be more open, in what they said to speak their minds about a situation. Unfortunately or fortunately – by mistake or design, the organizers failed to turn off the headsets so the press – including the Washington Post, […]
What happened to Freedom of the Press?
By Drago Bosnic | March 11, 2024 NATO’s never-ending encroachment on Russia’s borders is breaking world records in mere days. Just last week, a new major airbase was opened in Albania, despite the fact that Tirana effectively has no air force. NATO was also given full exterritoriality rights, meaning that Albania officially gave up on its already […]
Missiles near Russia, F-35s with thermonuclear bombs… Is NATO ready for war?
RT | March 11, 2024 A Ukrainian tank crew got their UK-donated Challenger 2 stuck in a bog during a special demonstration for a British tabloid, the newspaper has reported. The incident happened during an exercise The Sun described as being “close to the front line” and within view of plumes of smoke emanating from […]
UK-made tank mired during Ukrainian demo for media
By Peter Koenig Source: The 4th Media “Who Owns the World” is the title of an extraordinary documentary, describing how Big-Big Money controls not only every aspect of your life, but has a stranglehold on every government, the political UN body, as well as every UN agency, and all industries and services of this globe. […]
“WHO OWNS THE WORLD?” A SMALL GROUP OF BIG MONEY
from thefreeonline 10 Mar, 2024 14:09 by @evakbartlett
Recent massacre of civilians lined up for food aid highlights deliberate nature of humanitarian catastrophe inflicted on Palestine
Palestinian children collect food at a donation point provided by a charity group in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on November 30, 2023 © MOHAMMED ABED / AFP
Following the February 29 Israeli slaughter of at least 115 starving Palestinians lined up for food aid, there was little or no outrage by the same Western media which would have howled if the perpetrator were Russia or Syria.
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, early morning on Thursday, February 29, Israeli forces opened fire on unarmed Palestinians waiting just southwest of Gaza City for desperately needed food aid. As a result, 115 civilians were killed and over 750 wounded.
Feb 18: A starved Gazan shot in the head by the IDF at the Rasheed street as he came looking for food.
Popular US commenter Judge Andrew Napolitano said in a recent interview with award-winning analyst Professor Jeffery Sachs, “Innocent Gaza civilians were lined up to receive flour and water from an aid truck, and more than 100 were slaughtered, mowed down, by Israeli troops. This has got to be one of the most reprehensible and public slaughterings that they’ve engaged in.”
Continue reading “The hunger killing Gaza’s children has a clear cause that few are willing to name out loud – Eva Bartlett”from thefreeonline on 10th March 2024 by HEVALE- English
Hevale: The Revolution in Kurdistan is a research and media project that since its inception in 2015 has been exploring the topics of direct democracy, gender and cooperative economy in the Middle East.
Today the local citizens in the West Kurdistan (Rojava) are trying to build the system of popular assemblies, to achieve social justice and gender equality, to establish accountability and electivity of military commanders.
These efforts remind us of the best intentions of the anarchists during the Spanish Civil War, or cooperatives’ members after the Russian Revolution, when people attempted rebuilding their lives in a new way.
Our goal is to inform you about Rojava (which in Kurdish means “the place where the Sun sets” or “the West”). The place where communities of Kurds, Assyrians and Arabs are reorganizing the society in the midst of a war of all against all.
Above all we want to speak not about an armed resistance to hordes of fanatics but about the social ideals for which people of Rojava took up arms. Sharing their principles — liberty, equality and fraternity – we named our project “Hevale” which means “Comrade”.
Since 2015 Hevale have translated into Russian a number of articles about Rojava, published two books: “Life Without a State: The Revolution in Kurdistan” (Common Place Publishing, 2017) and “Kurdistan: The Real Democracy Amidst a War” (Radical Theory and Practice, 2016), and held a dozen of events.
Hevale co-organized events with these speakers: Meike Nack (Free Women of Rojava Foundation), Feleknaz Uca (The Peoples’ Democratic Party), Selahattin Soro (Kurdistan National Congress), Janet Biehl (The Institute for Social Ecology), Ferhat Patiyev (Federal National-Cultural Autonomy of Kurds of the Russian Federation), Ercan Ayboga (TATORT Kurdistan), Joe Taylor (Cooperative Economy in Rojava web-portal).
We have also conducted lectures about the education system of the Makhmur camp, presentations of Abdullah Ocalan’s book “Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization”, translated and dubbed a documentary about defence of Kobane, run presentations about our trip to Iraqi Kurdistan, at the The Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Youth University for Modern Socialism and Dostoevsky Library.
An important disclaimer: we are thankful to Nihilist for hosting, but our views on the ways of achieving self-government may differ.
Our email: heval_rusi@riseup.net
To comrades in Russia. The letter from Tekoşîna Anarşîst We watched the «Network» case process until the end. We wish comrades to be strong, and use the time in prison to learn, educate, maintain and develop
Between two Kurdistans: a Russian anthropologist’s journey in search of self-government
Big talk with Tekoşîna Anarşîst. Pt1: Rojava complexityAnarchist Struggle (Kurdish: Tekoşîna Anarşîst) is the organized structure of libertarian revolutionaries who actively participate in ongoing revolution in Rojava. We took a chance to make an interview…
.Rojava and libertarians: let’s learn from those who are aliveThis is the story of comradehood, fatalism and contradictions within the revolution. Hannes Dove is an anarchist from Germany
Anarchist Class War News & Views for Aotearoa
from thefreeonline on by Wyatt E Jones at The Polar Bl@st
Tuesday, March 19 · 8 – 10am NZDT
We are going through an unprecedented time of human history, in which even the future of the planet is at stake.
This was not inevitable. It is the result of the systems that have been brutally imposed by a ruling elite, including colonial expansion and imperialism, which gave rise to global capitalism.
This system as spread to ever corner of the world, bringing with it exploitation, oppression, wars and environmental disaster.
We believe that only anarchist communism can save the day. The ruling class is desperate to make us think that the serious issues we are facing can be resolved within capitalism, with continual growth and profits for a few.
Too many in the trade unions, reformist parties and environmental believe the same. Demands for a ‘Just Transition’ or a ‘green economy’ are still all within the logic of capitalism.
Other options are being put forward by Communists of the Leninist tradition. Though they call for revolution, theirs would be a top-down one, sacrificing our freedom in the process.
Anarchism, without the communism, is also an inadequate solution. Focusing on individual freedom and being anti-authority does not address the big changes that need to take place in our economic and social systems.
Instead we propose anarchist communism. As Malatesta said:
“We too aspire to communism as the most perfect achievement of human solidarity, but it must be anarchist communism, that is, freely desired and accepted, and the means by which the freedom of everyone is guaranteed and can expand; for these reasons we maintain that State communism, which is authoritarian and imposed, is the most hateful tyranny that has ever afflicted, tormented and handicapped mankind.”
Free tickets foir the Meeting from Eventbrite through https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2024/03/06/the-beautiful-idea-why-we-need-anarchist-communism-now/
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