‘Our Arrests are another Frame-Up’..District 14 Collective:

District 14: “Our arrest is a montage due to our struggle against forced evictions” #YoTambiénSoyD14

6 members of Distrito 14 Collective being detained

adaptted from diagonal en castellano abajo The six youths were arrested by the Information Brigade accused of participating in a fight but at the time of the events they were working in a stall at the Moratalaz Fiestas.

That same afternoon the press published that the detainees were accused of threatening and assaulting members of Citizens (Ciutadanos Party) during the Grand Fiestas of the Moratalaz neighborhood and that during election campaign activities, they had gone “Hunting Pijos”(preppies)

Last Wednesday, at 8 am, the Information Brigade arrested at their homes the six members of the collective District 14. “Some were preparing to attend a Stop Evictions Action convened in Parla and others to go to their jobs” said the group in a statement, in which they explain that the Information Brigade accused them of being involved in a fight, nothing more. Continue reading “‘Our Arrests are another Frame-Up’..District 14 Collective:”

‘Women Creating’: interview with Bolivian Anarcha-feminist and Lesbian activist, Maria Galindo

UPDATE, comment : ”I am Maria Galindo , I disagree with the result of this interview. it is too superficial. It doesn t really reflect my work, my policy, my dreams. que pena. we lose time and space ..”

Maria Galindo, Bolivian anarchist, feminist and lesbian activist

By: Dimitri O’Donnell In an interview with teleSUR, Maria Galindo explains why she is one of Bolivia’s most vocal opponents of the Catholic church

`'You have to be Brave to be Queer'.. Maria Galindo — `’You have to be Brave to be Queer’.. Maria Galindo

Maria Galindo attracts a lot of attention wherever she goes. With her knee-high, leather-studded boots, chunky goth jewelry, heavy, dark eyeliner and half-shaved head, you can’t miss the self-proclaimed rebel as she makes her way around La Paz.

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“I suppose you could say some people are afraid of me,” admits the 52-year-old anarchist, feminist and lesbian activist. “But I really don’t care what the public thinks, I’m not running for mayor and I don’t work to be applauded by them,” she says. “I was the first publicly ‘out’ lesbian in Bolivia and I’m proud of that, I’ve never not spoken about my sexuality,” says Galindo. Continue reading “‘Women Creating’: interview with Bolivian Anarcha-feminist and Lesbian activist, Maria Galindo”

Suicide Attempt?? Chelsea Manning Reportedly Taken to Hospital

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE #ChelseaManning rushed to hospital after suicide attempt.

Military whistleblower hero serving a 35-year sentence

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Chelsea Manning…life in jail for telling the terrible truth

Whistleblower Chelsea Manning was reportedly taken to the hospital on Wednesday. (Photo: Alicia Neal, in cooperation with Chelsea Manning, commissioned by the Chelsea Manning Support Network)

U.S. military whistleblower Chelsea Manning was taken to the hospital on Wednesday. Though one reporter tweeted that it was a suspected suicide attempt, the reason for the medical visit is still unconfirmed.

Manning, who released a trove of government and military documents to WikiLeaks, is currently serving a 35-year sentence at the military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Continue reading “Suicide Attempt?? Chelsea Manning Reportedly Taken to Hospital”