toma la calle. triunfa la acampada Barcelona. Camp triumphs..

Barcelona 22-05-2011. ¡Ni entienden ni quieren entender! Como si no fuera con ellos, como autistas, tras “adherirse” dicen a la queja, piden el voto de los ya decenas de miles y millones en toda España que sumándose a las acampadas o paseando entre tenderetes y “jaimas” muestran no solo su simpatía y adhesión sino la total entrega a unos postulados que más allá de las utopías están clarísimos; “así no”.

Entre la desfachatez del superministro Rubalcaba cifrando en 60.000 los manifestantes en toda España, y sus poses de comprensión o “perdonavidas”, y los sonrientes candidatos apropiándose de las reivindicaciones… por el momento, si no enviarán los antidisturbios ¿¿??, que a las seis de la tarde en la Plaza de Cataluña quizá aun podrían “desalojarla”, pero imposible ya al atardecer y más por la noche… también parece que “no harán ni caso”.

La Tele, su Tele, nos inunda de cifras sobre la excelente Democracia que votará este domingo, y en cuanto a Barcelona continúa la duda de si Trias podrá desbancar a los socialistas tras 32 años de gobierno de la Ciudad más corrupta de España. Y no lo digo por los casos con sumarios “abiertos” ¡abiertos hacia la eternidad y la prescripción! sino por su aun esplendor basado en la “economía sumergida” alimentada por los restos y “acumulación en negro” de la Gran Burbuja Inmobiliaria, el turismo, y su principal industria la “droga, prostitución y delincuencia” al mayor y menor, que además de las mafias locales alberga y alimenta selectos y violentos grupos de todas las nacionalidades.

La corrupta e hipócrita Barcelona donde el dinero negro circula y se lava a través de una infinidad de “pequeños negocios” que no tienen otra razón de existir, bien coordinados por la perfecta red de “bufetes y bancarios con miles de sociedades instrumentales” en conexión con todos los paraísos fiscales del Mundo. ¡Un excelente caldo de cultivo y polo de atracción!

Ayer por la tarde para mi gusto había en la plaza demasiado golgorio, pero si a la gente mayor nos sobraba folclore, el río humano demostraba sobradamente su entrega.

via Indymedia Barcelona: publicació oberta.

#spanishrevolution. Extenem la revolta! We widen Revolt.

Extenem la revolta pels barris! A sants ja tenim acampada.

Plaza Sants occupied in bid to widen revolt

Aquesta nit ja hem ocupat plaça de sants, avui a les 12h hi ha assemblea, després dinar popular a les 2:30, casserolada a la mateixa hora que a plaça Catalunya i no sé si hem deixo alguna cosa més.

Apropeu-vos,veniu a dormir, participeu, debateu, difoneu!

Extenem la revolta pels barris!

La lluita continua!

via Indymedia Barcelona: Extenem la revolta pels barris! A sants ja tenim acampada..

URGENT AMAZON FOREST ALERT

URGENT AMAZON FOREST ALERT

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[UPDATE 20 May 2011: The Guardian UK reports, “Brazil forms ‘crisis cabinet’ following unexpected deforestation surge”.]

Events are moving quickly in Brazil’s epic battle over a new national Forest Code. The struggle has has reached a critical stage full of both danger and opportunity. Please take action.

EMERGENCY — BRAZIL’S NATIONAL MONITORING AGENCY JUST CONFIRMED THAT RECENT DEFORESTATION HAS JUMPED 473 PERCENT. THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL.

[Reuters reportagem em Português]

Sign the international petition to defend Brazil’s forests.

If you would rather sign a petition in Portuguese, here is one from avaaz.

The recent monitoring reports of both the government and the environmental NGOs showed prelimary data of a huge surge in deforestation as agribusiness and the ruralist coalition push to deforest and create a new code of amnesty for the forest destroyers. Today’s release of frightening new data shows how aggressive the large farmers and agribusiness are. PLEASE ACT NOW.

The Dilma government has been caught between its desire for for rapid economic development and its desire to maintain its green image to the international community where it has pledged to reduce emissions from deforestation and to maintain biodiversity. Additionally, it wants to showcase its “greenness” at the upcoming 2012 “Rio+20” world environment conference. Indeed, on the advice of its Foreign Ministry, the Dilma leadership delayed the recent Forest Code debate (google translation from Portuguese) in Congress in order to revise its position.

The good news it that IBAMA (the national environment protection agency) has just announced a new policy of zero deforestation. The future of the forest hangs between this positive initiative and the reckless campaign of ruralista deforestation. This is the defining moment!

[Update: Here are the latest reports on deforestation and the new IBAMA policy.]

ACT NOW. Sign the petition in English or in Portuguese to defend Brazil’s forests.

with thanks via:

http://lougold.blogspot.com/2011/05/urgent-amazon-forest-alert-events-are.html

BRAZIL’S NEW OIL PARTNER IS…GUESS WHO?

BRAZIL’S NEW OIL PARTNER IS.

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GUESS WHO?

BP recently announced that the Brazilian National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) has approved its bid to purchase 10 exploration and production blocks in Brazil from Devon Energy. BP had declared its decision to buy the assets from Devon in March 2010, and had been waiting for the regulatory approvals from ANP since then.

However, the ANP put the deal in Brazil on hold — admittedly to see how BP contains the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — and finally cleared it now seeing BP’s response to the world’s largest accidental oil spill.

With the Brazilian deepwaters showing a lot of promise in terms of oil and gas reserves, BP’s exploration in the area is expected to primarily add to the company’s oil production capacity in the years to come.

More from Forbes

Beef industry destroying Amazon

Brazilian beef industry blamed for Amazon deforestation

McDonalds top list of world criminals

Boots and training shoes are not the first things that spring to mind when you think about the causes of rainforest destruction and climate change, but just because the connection isn’t obvious doesn’t mean it isn’t realm, says Greenpeace in a new report, “Slaughtering the Amazon”


SLAUGHTERING THE AMAZON

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Greenpeace fingers out Lula da Silva’s complacency with the industry and ranchers Greenpeace fingers out Lula da Silva’s complacency with the industry and ranchers illegal deforestation and in some cases slavery, via giant processing facilities to the supply chains of some of the best known global brands. Shoe companies like Adidas, Reebok, Nike, Timberland and even Clarks are sourcing a significant proportion of their leather from the Amazon – and its big business.

via Brazilian beef industry blamed for Amazon deforestation — MercoPress.

Amazon destruction..6 fold increase..- 593,000,000 m2 in 2 months

BRASILIA (AFP) – A sharp increase in forest destruction in March and April in the Amazon has led Brazil to announce the creation of an emergency task force to fight against deforestation.

The two-month total of 593 square kilometers (368 square miles) deforested represents a six-fold increase compared to the same period last year, according to official statistics. The office will be comprised of government experts and representatives of states badly impacted by recent deforestation, according to Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira, who announced the office at a press conference. “Our goal is to stifle deforestation,” Teixeira said. “And we are going to do it by July.”

In the Amazon state of Mato Grosso alone, 480 square kilometers (298 square miles) of forest were destroyed in two months, according to official statistics based on satellite images.

The land is used for cattle and soybean farming. Teixeira said those responsible for illegal deforesting will have their cattle seized. Officials in Mato Grosso are investigating how so much land was destroyed in their central-western state, Teixeira added. Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country by area, has 5.3 million square kilometers of jungle and

PARÁ, BrazilThe Amazon jungle is metaphorically referred to as the lungs of the world: CO2 in, O2 out, transformed through a dense emerald mass. It’s an irreplaceable treasure, in many spots still unmapped, and a biological preserve filled with species that we likely haven’t even seen.http://theamazonforest.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html

forests — mostly in the Amazon river basin — of which only 1.7 million are under state protection. The rest is in private hands, or its ownership is undefined.

Massive deforestation has made Brazil one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters. But the pace of deforestation peaked in 2004 at 27,000 square kilometers a year, and in 2010 it dropped to 6,500 square kilometers. The announcement comes as Brazil’s Congress debates a bill that has sparked clashes between environmentalists and supporters of farmers and ranchers over how to regulate the country’s vast but vulnerable wilderness. At issue is a reform of the 1965 law regulating forestry.

The current law forces land owners that have forest on their property to keep part of it intact. A reform is being pushed by Brazil’s powerful agribusiness sector, which is chafing under the country’s strict environmental rules.

Brazil is a major world exporter of grains — including wheat, rice and corn — as well as soybeans, coffee and beef, and posted record exports worth $80 billion over the past 12 months, according to recent government figures. The government hopes the proposed reform would force private owners to re-forest land they have already destroyed. Debate has created splits across the political spectrum, and President Dilma Rousseff’s control over her party on the issue appears in question.

Rousseff pledged during her campaign to make no concessions that would result in further deforestation or threaten Brazil’s international environmental commitments.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110519/sc_afp/environmentbrazilpolitics_20110519013854

Anti-Fascist Oi! (‘n’ Ska ‘n’ Punk ‘n’ Dub …

Anti-Fascist Oi! (‘n’ Ska ‘n’ Punk ‘n’ Dub ‘n’ Rockabilly…)

Antifa gig in LeedsHere’s plenty of advanced warning to all punks, skins and herberts to get saving and make a date in their Filofaxes for an upcoming anti-fascist fundraiser featuring Cardiff legends The Oppressed and a load of their mates. The gig will be an absolute stormer, trust me. Roddy and the boys have lost none of their edge over the years and, like a fine wine, have just got better with age. So polish your boots, iron your sharpest togs and get along for a proper ol’ moonstomping session.

Read more: http://www.oldpunksneverdie.com/2011/04/03/anti-fascist-oi-n-ska-n-punk-n-dub-n-rockabilly/#ixzz1N1gwnN5v
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