Category: collapse capitalism

UK State Terror: ‘Fracksurfers’ jailed for opposing climate meltdown

The British Government has overruled local councils to promote fracking and its right wing courts have begun to give prison sentences to anti fracking protestors despite firm evidence that it is climate and environmental dynamite.

Blackpool Activists Jailed for Anti-Fracking Protest

by Frances Perraudin    ..  shared with thanks

Three environmental activists are believed to be the first people to receive jail sentences for an anti-fracking protest in the UK.DoARqKKXsAA8vrAFreedom for the #FrackFree4  

Simon Roscoe Blevins, 26, and Richard Roberts, 36, were given 16 months in prison and Richard Loizou, 31, got 15 months on Wednesday after being convicted of causing a public nuisance by a jury at Preston crown court in August. Continue reading “UK State Terror: ‘Fracksurfers’ jailed for opposing climate meltdown”

100 New Books available free on The Anarchist Library

Here we have copied the links with notes to over a hundred books now included in The Anarchist Library in the past 2 months. ALL ARE FREE TO READ AND DOWNLOAD Image result for Post-Scarcity Anarchism — Author: Murray Bookchin
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An Invitation to Desertion — Author: Bellamy FitzpatrickTitle: An Invitation to DesertionDate: Spring 2018Notes: Backwoods is Edited by Bellamy Fitzpatrick, Fera Sylvain, and Thuggy Whiskers, PhD. Backwoods is published twice a year by Enemy Combatant, publishers of anarchist books and pamphlets, with and eye to small scale, low-tech, and natural materials, as much as is possible within the bowels of leviathan.Source: Backwoods: a journal of anarchy and wortcunning, No. 1, Spring 2018. Retrieved on September 22, 2018 from https://viscerapvd.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/bellamyfitzpatrick-aninvitationtodesertion.pdfSep 22

Deconstructing Myths Surrounding Veganism & People of Color — Author: SarambiTitle: Deconstructing Myths Surrounding Veganism & People of ColorSource: Retrieved from https://warzonedistro.noblogs.org/files/2017/09/My-Vegan-Edge-is- Anything-but-White.pdfSep 22

The Law Don’t Mean Shit — Author: Dr. BonesTitle: The Law Don’t Mean ShitDate: 9/12/18Source: Retrieved on 9/15/2018 from https://godsandradicals.org/2018/09/13/the-law-dont-mean-shit/Sep 22

Spiritual Ecology, Psychogeography, and Poltergasmic Politics — Author: Dr. BonesTitle: Spiritual Ecology, Psychogeography, and Poltergasmic PoliticsDate: 8/31/18Source: Retrieved on 9/15/18 from https://godsandradicals.org/2018/08/31/the-endless-cycle/Sep 22

Actually Yes, the Left Can Defeat The United States Militarily — Author: Dr. BonesTitle: Actually Yes, the Left Can Defeat The United States MilitarilyDate: 8/09/18Source: Retrieved on 9/15/18 from https://godsandradicals.org/2018/08/09/actually-yes-the-left-can-defeat-the-united-states-militarily/Sep 22

Continue reading “100 New Books available free on The Anarchist Library”

Hambach Forest: Journalist Dies in ongoing Evictions for Coal Mine. Solidarity Appeal

Journalist Dies During German Police Sweep of Hambach Forest

Hambach Forest, Germany – One person has been confirmed to have died during police operations to clear the Hambach Forest to make way for a coal mine. The injury leading to the man’s death took place Wednesday afternoon as officers were attempting to remove protesters from trees, which they had climbed to prevent them from being cut down.

The deceased was a journalist who fell to his death while police were making arrests in the immediate area.Image result for Journalist Dies During German Police Sweep of Hambach Forest

 

Update September 19, 2018 8:00 pm: Today’s tragic events will change everything. The action will not take place as planned. At the moment we do not know if something else will be done instead. We express our condolences to the relatives and friends of the journalist who died in Hambacher Forst today.

Forest activists from “Hambi Bleibt” (Hambi Lives) quickly released a statement regarding the tragic incident:

“A friend who has accompanied us journalistically for a long time in the forest today fell from a plank bridge over 20 meters high in Beechtown and died. At the time police and RWE tried to clear the tree house village. The SEK [SWAT] was in the process of arresting an activist near the plank bridge. The man was apparently on the way there when he fell.

We are deeply shocked. All our thoughts and wishes are with him. Our compassion goes to all the relatives, friends and people who feel affected. We urge the police and RWE to leave the forest immediately and stop this dangerous operation. No further lives may be endangered. What is needed now is a moment of calmness.

–Hambi Bleibt, September 19, 2018“

German police told the newspaper Der Speigel that they are investigating the area as a crime scene. Police have also reportedly stopped their eviction operations against the climate justice activists in the wake of the deadly incident.

For days, German state police have been attempting to clear tree-sits and other blockades to facilitate clear-cutting the Hambach Forest so the area can be strip-mined.

Activists have been recently joined by many additional supporters looking to defend the forest, and police have made several arrests before today’s incident.

Coal company RWE plans to destroy all of what remains of the ancient Hambach Forest in order to access the lignite coal deposits that lie underneath.

Title image credit: Aktion Unterholz

 

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Update September 19, 2018 8:00 pm: Today’s tragic events will change everything. The action will not take place as planned. At the moment we do not know what will be done instead.

We express our condolences to the relatives and friends of the journalist who died in Hambacher Forst today.

On Saturday we want to give the forest a voice again. The sounds of the chants on the forest walk are still in our memories.

The “Rebuild” action is another attempt to give our protest a structure, to give the push of solidarity one more platform, to save the forest and to stop the uprooting. Therefore we nee massive support! Get creative and start to build. Nothing is over yet, Hambi stays!

Come to the Hambacher forest vigil on Saturday. Wait for further announcements.

Rise for Climate On 7 continents, in 95 countries, with 900+ actions..JOIN HERE

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On 7 continents, in 95 countries, with 900+ actions, people worldwide demanded real climate action from their local leaders.

People worldwide displayed the growing strength and diversity of the climate movement.

Together they showed the world what real climate leadership looks like. People everywhere are turning away from the age of fossil fuels and it’s time for politicians to follow. There’s no time to lose.https://riseforclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2018/09/29624211387_5f6bd4beb5_o.jpg

In 2018 the world experienced unprecedented climate impacts. From catastrophic heatwaves and devastating droughts to deadly wildfires and extreme storms — the world saw the first glimpses of what the future could be without urgent action to solve the climate crisis. ….

Stay involved

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Bayer Beware: Lawyers Claim To Have “Explosive” Monsanto Documents

source: Zero Hedge          Lawyers involved in a California lawsuit against Monsantoclaim to have “explosive” documents concerning the Bayer-owned agrochemical giant’s activities in Europe, according to Euronews.

“What we have is the tip of the iceberg. And in fact we have documents now in our possession, several hundreds documents, that have not been declassified and some of those are explosive,” said US lawyer Robert Kennedy Jr, adding

“And many of them are pertinent to what Monsanto did here in Europe. And that’s just the beginning.” Continue reading “Bayer Beware: Lawyers Claim To Have “Explosive” Monsanto Documents”

FIRST EVICTIONS BEGIN! Climate Solidarity Alert: occupied #Hambacher Forest

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT 06.09.18

TREEHOUSES BEING EVICTED, TREES CUT,

TODAY MARKS DAY X

https://hambachforest.org/blog/        The polices forces of NRW have currently begun the eviction of treehouses in the Hambach Forest occupation. They will now be violently removing activists and destroying the infrastructure of the occupation, in order to prepare for RWEs continued clearing of the 12.000 year old Hambach Forest.

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In this way Herbert Reul (CDU), interior minister of the state of Northrhine-Westphalia, is actively attacking climate justice and democratic civil rights, in support of fossil-fuel giant RWE and the coal-lobby, clearly showing the corruption inherent in the capitalist system.

With the eviction of the first tree houses, the Hambach Forest occupation, alongside several action-alliances (including Ende Gelände, Aktion Unterholz, and Buirer Für Buir) are calling out: Day X is here, and a new phase of the struggle has begun.

In the next days, while RWE employees, with support from the hired soldiers of the German state, attempt to evict the occupation, hundreds of people will join the forest struggle, in order to protect the climate justice protest-camp, and there are many ways to take part. See the text “How do I become active?” for more information. Continue reading “FIRST EVICTIONS BEGIN! Climate Solidarity Alert: occupied #Hambacher Forest”

free downloads .. New Zines and Anarchist Pamphlets in Aug.’18..

via    Originally published by Sprout Distro.

     Here’s our (Sprout Distro) monthly round-up of anarchist zines and pamphlets published over the past month. If you have suggestions for titles to include next month, please get in touch. Previous months of these posts are available here.

All previously featured zines are available on Archive.org. As usual, we encourage folks to print these out, share them with friends or random people on the street, and have face-to-face conversations..

Zines Published in August 2018 Continue reading “free downloads .. New Zines and Anarchist Pamphlets in Aug.’18..”