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A group of students at the University of Sheffield have occupied the Diamond (a prominent engineering building) to protest the University’s relationship with arms companies.
The University claims to have divested from arms companies, calling investment in them irresponsible.
Despite this, they have failed to cut all ties with the arms trade by still receiving…
Sheffield, UK: Students are occupying The Diamond to protest the uni working with arms companies
A group of University of Sheffield students have occupied The Diamond in protest of the university’s partnership with Rolls Royce, Boeing and BAE Systems.
Sheffield Action Group has taken responsibility for the occupation following a tweet they published this morning. The group has called for “no war criminals on campus or in careers fairs.”
All three companies have been highlighted by the group because of their involvement in the arms manufacturing industry. Having a significant hold in the market, the companies are all leading manufacturers globally.
BAE Systems, a British based company boasted revenue of £18.52 billion in 2021 alone.
This is not the first occupation by the group. Earlier on this year in February the group occupied three university buildings in protest of cuts to funding and services as the University of Sheffield planned to close the archaeology department . The occupations took place in line with the UCU strikes nationwide disputing for more pay for union members as well as a review of working conditions for staff involved.
Following the occupations the university went back on its original plan and made sure that there would be no changes to the Department of Archaeology until September 2024.
A Q&A has been conducted by the Sheffield Action Group addressing questions from the public about the occupation.
In 2018 Bolsonaro grabbed power with a hysterical populist media campaign, planned partly by top US PR agencies, aided by the far right Pentecostal and conservative Protestants with their 24 hour TV stations, plus an army of internet bots, mainly Twitter and WhatsApp.
All it takes is to find a few Lula supporters, among tens of millions, and pay or coerce them to admit the worst crimes imaginable and flood the media with their stories 24/7.. and BINGO.. 4 more years on the Gravy Train and a new Bonanza to ‘extract’ Brazil’s resources for US corporations, enslave the workers, annihilate the Amazon, and impose forever a fascist militarized political system.
The President is elected based on majority vote through a two-turn system
LulaPT 57,173,187 48.4 %
Jair BolsonaroPL 51,051,226 43.2
Simone TebetMDB 4,913,757 4.2%
Ciro GomesPDT 3,597,503 3.0% etc
These results are based on a total of 118,117,989 valid votes. With 99.89% of vote sections accounted for.
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How false claims about Brazil’s election are spreading from far-right US circles
Bannon, who along with other Trump allies has developed close ties with Bolsonaro’s mafia style family, has long pushed the idea of election fraud in Brazil and the upcoming US elections.
Baseless claims that voting machines made by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic are being used to rig voting in Brazil are circulating online and in far-right media in the U.S. – even though neither company’s hardware or software is being used in the current election there.
The Fact Check site https://politica.estadao.com is debunking over 30 public hoaxes regarding voting procedures, while the media and 24 hour Church TV stations spew constant propaganda.
Brazil is an emerging society which suffered hundreds of years of colonialist and militarist complete poverty and semi slavery. It was the Workers Party, led by the lowly Lula, which broke the mould, and introduced basic rights.. to food, health, womens rights and education. Now US style rightwing populism is in power, and Bolsonaro has repeatedly threatened military takeover if Lula can still win.
Conspiracy theories about Brazil’s electronic voting machines, shown here, have spread online. Far-right influencers in the U.S. have seized on Brazil’s election as a way of keeping conspiratorial narratives alive ahead of the U.S. midterms in early .
This election will change Brazil and the world. It’s not just about one man or party. The major section of corrupt deputies and many parties are committed to supporting whoever is the new President.
In the balance is the key future of the Amazonia climate tipping point
In the balance is the direction of the BRICS alliance and the future of the campaign for a multipolar world future.
In the balance is the end of Bosonaro’s canpaign of extreme racism, poverty, misogyny and neo-liberalist resource looting…
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….(by Bradley Blankenship…) “Bolsonaro has been a steadfast supporter of Uncle Sam’s imperialistic ambitions in the region, even earning Brazil the designation of “non-NATO ally” from the West’s foremost military alliance.
The far-right president has been a key player in the US-led efforts to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The ‘Daisies’ Margaridas March is the largest demonstration held by organized, female rural workers in Latin America | Mídia Ninja/Collaborative Media Coverage
He has also supported US multinational corporations in their efforts to destroy and commercialize the land of the Amazon Rainforest. Lula looks set to kneecap all of this.
For the world, the return of the leftist president also has serious implications.
For example, Brazil led the global charge in rebuilding Iraq after the American invasion.
Lula also helped to found BRICS (an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in 2009, then called only BRIC before South Africa joined in 2010.
The group’s aim from the outset was to get developing countries more involved in international affairs and to reform financial institutions whilst improving the global economic situation, which at that time was marred by the financial crisis of 2007-08.
One key issue for BRICS even to this day is developing alternatives to Western-controlled and abused global finance, which was initially sparked by US mismanagement of the global economy as the world’s financial center and is now largely owed to Washington’s unilateral sanctions against many countries.
This is a hugely important discussion that, if Lula wins, would benefit greatly from Brazil’s renewed effort.
Miembros del grupo de activismo medioambiental Just Stop Oil lanzaron un pastel de chocolate a la cara de la figura de cera del rey Carlos III en el Museo Madame Tussauds de Londres, para llamar la atención sobre los problemas climáticos, informó la emisora de radio británica LBC, citando un vídeo publicado en las redes…
Amsterdam: Announcing the opening of a new anarchist space ‘De Verdieping’ at Kaboem.
Some say that we are running out of time. Some say the anarchist idea and the fight for a social revolution belong to past centuries. Some say that authority is annihilating and alienating all life on this planet to a point of no return. Some say that digital distraction and its convenient confusionism have replaced our capacity to imagine an autonomous and free life. Some say that there is no way out of the deadly logics of progress, power and profit. Some say that we live in a world of sheep and wolves, and there are no other forms of relationships possible.
Perhaps. Perhaps we are just untamable dreamers that stubbornly refuse to accept the horrors and obedience that this authoritarian world thrives on.
Or perhaps we simply cannot turn our backs on the black thread of history: as long as there have been those dominating and exploiting — upheld by those reproducing or resigning to these logics –, there have been individuals who have never stopped lusting for freedom; those who never kneeled to the tyranny of cages and categories; those who transmit their experiences of struggle for others to make their own; those who have never settled for mere survival nor for the comfort of a life built on the oppression of others; those who embrace and spread the adventure of revolt inviting anyone with a disgust for authority to find their own means to struggle against it; those who generously put into practice diverse and sublime acts of solidarity; those who, faced with the blows of repression, remain fierce and dignified; those who refuse representation, compromises, political strategies or assimilation.
We are on their side and the spreading, deepening and continuation of these ideas and practices are explicitly why we created a new anarchist space. In these times of crisis and catastrophes, repression and restructuring, virtual life and voluntary servitude, our hearts, heads and hands are determined in pursuing and pushing a tension for solidarity, direct action and self-organization.
Though it can feel overwhelming, we are refusing the path of resignation. We continue to develop ways to deepen the sense and sensibility of our ideas and the urgency to act, to seek out accomplices with whom to exchange and experience our rebellion, to give amplitude to the sparks of life and struggle that inspire us, to give access to discussions, analysis and projects that contribute to social revolt.
De verdieping is a modest contribution to giving space, strength and a surge to anarchist perspectives and proposals. So if this sparked some interest in you, feel welcome to come by and check out our space, where, next to housing a print shop, we will have weekly opening hours, a distro with older and newer anarchist publications, an archive and good coffee.
Each month AWSM produces a newsletter called SOLIDARITY which puts across our views on current events and important issues. We are always looking for new contributors. You can write about…
People tell me I’m crazy for believing the COVID vaccines are unsafe. But my list of sanity checks is objective evidence that I’m not the one who is crazy.
People tell me I’m crazy all the time for believing that the COVID vaccines are unsafe.
But all I am doing is making the obvious conclusions from all the data in plain sight, including people’s reactions when challenged.
For example, at dinner last night, I revealed that my occupation was a “myth buster” and then people asked “what myth?” and I said that the vaccines were unsafe. Later, one of the attendees told me I should be ashamed of myself for spreading misinformation. I asked, “Do you have any data to back that up?” She said, “I don’t want to talk to you.”
Does that sound familiar?
Here’s a short checklist of observations that would be very hard to explain if the vaccines are safe and effective.
Media and Govt are stacked with shareholders stuffing money from Scam Covid Vaccines, etc.. – The Pharma-linked CDC aims to proliferate diseases, not control and prevent them.
Maximum Profiteering is being linked with a Sinister Desire for mass-extermination of unwanted billions of us
On October 20, the CDC’s so-called Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) said the following:
The Pharma-controlled agencies unanimously “update(d)” its recommended use of hazardous to health vaccines — to include mass-jabbing of kids as young as 6 months old with toxic flu/covid kill shots.
Earlier I quoted noted scholar/physician, Dr. Vernon Coleman, saying:
“Anyone who tells you vaccines are safe and effective is lying.”
“The sad truth is that the enormous and rich vaccine industry and the government have bought the medical profession, lock stock and syringe barrel.”
“GPs, once members of a proud and distinguished profession, a profession which gave the world a seemingly endless series of medical giants, have been reduced to snivelling, whining needle-men (and women) for the drug industry.”
They’re “hand-maidens to an industry which cares nothing for people but everything for profits.”
Covid DePopulation terror SCAM – emerging evidence worldwide
The REAL “long covid”.
In Covid times, they actually went for “complex and wrong” over “simple and right”.
Congratulations, you win one million dollars in grant money and a lifetime guest slot on the CNN show of your choice.“Vaccinations are a constant bonanza time for doctors” and Pharma profiteers.
Today 22 oct 22 headlines in top Western media claim Russia is bombing its own dam to create a catastrophe, and the fake news repeated on the MSM worldwide.
Russian reports lead on frantic calls to evacuate cities in the path of the imminent Tsunami style flood, and detailed how Kiev’s forces are firing up to 120 missiles daily, mainly US Himars , and are nearly overwhelming defenses.
After repeated defeats of Ukraine offensives and the provocation of tit for tat Russian air attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities, Ukraine received the go-ahead to flood the whole Kherson region and destroy the capital. A few direct hits by ‘state of the art’ US artillery could potentially kill tens of thousands of mainly Russian speaking citizens to ‘liberate’ them. Meanwhile the West cries out in horror, blaming Russia and pouring in more arms.
Ukrainian reports sometimes echoed the usual blatant,US sourced, fake news, and sometimes boasted their own responsibility. see below.
Factbox-Is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine about to be blown? 2 days ago What is the Kakhovka dam, is it about to be blown and what impact would that have? * The dam, 30 metres (yards) tall and 3.2 km (2 miles) long, was built in 1956 on the Dnipro river as part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. * It holds an 18 km3 reservoir which also supplies water to the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, and to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Russia has formally asked the United Nations Security Council to prevent Ukraine from destroying the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam in Kherson Region. Such a disaster could result in the deaths of thousands of civilians, Moscow’s ambassador to the UN warned on Friday.
Speaking at a Security Council briefing, Vassily Nebenzia noted that as the West chooses to ignore “any criminal acts” committed by Ukraine, the country has been “consistently conducting strikes on civilian infrastructure in its former territories”, including the town of Novaya Kakhovka in Kherson Region, which was recently incorporated into Russia.
According to the envoy, most of the missiles are being launched from US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).
“Ukrainian forces are aiming at the Kakhovskaya dam in order to break it, causing the water level to rise and the adjacent areas to flood,” the diplomat said.
The Ukrainian military frequently shells settlements and civilian infrastructure in the Kherson Region. Aside from the Kakhovskaya plant, Kiev has been targeting the Antonovsky Bridge and a pontoon crossing over the Dnepr River in the city of Kherson, in a bid to disrupt Russian logistics in the area.
Emergency evacuation of Kherson cities continues Sunday
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin imposed martial law in Kherson Region, as well as three other former Ukrainian territories, amid reports that Kiev’s forces were preparing a large-scale offensive against the area’s capital city. A day earlier, local authorities announced the relocation of civilians from the province.
Kiev’s forces have also repeatedly targeted Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which is located in the neighboring region, with Russian authorities warning that the attacks could trigger a disaster that would eclipse the Chernobyl incident.
