CNT Badalona: arrests of 6 more fellow general strikers

Press release..CNT Badalona on the arrests of 6 more fellow strikers
Yesterday we lived another episode of this long history of repression, now there have been over a hundred prisoners, nearly fifty defendants, in addition to the thousands of identified and monitored after the last general strike.
This time once again it was the turn in Badalona ( a large working class Barcelona suburb), where the morning began with groups of Police in plain clothes waiting at the door of the houses of several friends to stop them, with all the paraphernalia and staging designed to frighten and said to colleagues facing the neighborhood. Balaclavas, handcuffs, runs, screams, sirens … were common ingredients in four arrests that could have been simplified with a citation in an envelope, …
But the intimidating task did not end here, throughout the day many people remained supportive picketing the door of the police station demanding the release of detainees, and at the same concentration were kidnapped two more companions. Also throughout the day there was the constant presence of police in plain clothes around our local CNT union and other organizations in the city, around the homes of other companies, and even openly following comrades cars.
Six detainees were accused of public disorder caused by cutting the C-31 with burning tires, and later participating in the picket of the shopping area in Badalona on the day general strike on 29 march.On that date were already arrested five people accused of similar charges, and the days before and after several people were identified and some fined for their work in broadcasting, information and propaganda……

see full release here ( in catalan) http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/448334/index.php

Solidarity and mutual support

Citizens! Let’s arrest Politicians.

Nowhere safe for Tony Blair as yet another attempt to arrest him for war crimes

Peter Walker Tony Blair Watch

Anti-war protester David Lawley-Wakelin interrupted Tony Blair as he was giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into Press Ethics on 28 May 2012: “This man is a war criminal, he should be arrested.”

Grace McCann attempted a citizen’s arrest on Tony Blair when he appeared at the Iraq Inquiry in January 2010.

Kate O’Sullivan made a citizen’s arrest on Tony Blair in September 2010, at a book signing in Dublin, Ireland.

The list of places where Tony Blair must look over his shoulder for protesters during his endless carousel around the global lecture circuit now includes Hong Kong, after a speech on faith and globalisation was interrupted by an activist seeking to make a citizen’s arrest on the former prime minister.
Such protests have become an increasingly common feature of Blair’s agenda since he left office. Last month, his testimony to the Leveson inquiry into the media was interrupted by an activist who shouted that the former PM should be arrested for war crimes. David Lawley-Wakelin, 49, gained entry to the room at the Royal Courts of Justice via an unguarded rear staircase.

SEE: Arrest Blair for crimes against peace – the website offering a reward for people attempting a peaceful citizen’s arrest of Tony Blair: www.arrestblair.org.

Anonymous leaks details of Greek Nazi MPs

Posted by anonymous ⋅ June 1, 2012 ⋅

The hactivist network, Anonymous, has posted personal details, via a video (see below, includes music by UK Anarchist band, Chumbawamba) of the leading Nazis in Golden Dawn, the party that won seats in the last Greek election. Information is provided in Greek and English. See also article on Greek Nazis attacking immigrants .

metana — Fears of far-right rise in crisis-hit Greece
A young man attacked in central Athens last May. Gangs of far-right youths attacked dark-skinned immigrants, leaving at least 25 people injured.

Video with English commentary

Le gouvernement grec poursuit la campagne de pré-élection contre les migrants et les réfugiés. Les opérations de coup de balai dans le centre d’Athénes contre les immigrés ne sont que l’expression d’un programme raciste. Ces mesures racistes sont utilisées autant que l’ouverture du nouveau centre de détention près par Athènes pour gagner des votes pour les élections.

Three migrants stabbed in overnight attacks in Athens (ekathimerini.com)
Greek Neo-Nazi party leader warns ‘traitors’ to run (dokmz.wordpress.com)
Neo-Nazi political party thrives in Greek turmoil (dokmz.wordpress.com)
Greek neo-Nazi party expels journalists (newstatesman.com)
Antifascism „Here” and „There”: Anti Nazi Mobilizations Hamburg / Greece (fireandflames.blogsport.de)

HUELGA DE CONSUMO DEL 29 DE MAYO

SOBRE LA HUELGA DE CONSUMO DEL 29 DE MAYO

El próximo 29 de mayo puedes participar de forma activa en la protesta por el tremendo recorte de derechos laborales, sociales y de libertades colectivas e individuales que conlleva la nu

eva REFORMA LABORAL.

¿Quién se atreve ahora a quedarse embarazada, a guardar cama cuando llega el inevitable gripazo, quién le dirá a su jefatura un “no puedo”, quién denunciará un abuso, un trato vejatorio, unas condiciones laborales insalubres o mezquinas?

Además de la participación activa en las movilizaciones, también podemos incidir en esta jornada de lucha, evidenciando el rechazo a esta situación que nos traslada a una época casi medieval de señores y vasall@s.

DEMOSTREMOS QUE QUIÉN SOSTIENE LA ECONOMÍA Y CREA LA RIQUEZA DE UN PAÍS SOMOS: LAS PERSONAS

HUELGA DE CONSUMO:

DESENCHUFA ABSOLUTAMENTE TODO AQUELLO QUE NO SEA IMPRESCINDIBLE, baja a mínimos vitales el uso del agua o los combustibles. ¡SE PUEDE!

NO COMPRES NADA, no gastes. Prevé tus necesidades esas 24 horas… y baja el consumo siempre!

DEJA TRANQUILO AL BANCO, no utilices tarjetas ni cajeros automáticos.

DESEMPOLVA LA BICI, ESTIRA LAS PIERNAS, CAMINA. Si no tienes más remedio que usar tu vehículo, compártelo y no pongas gasolina el 29. Cuélate y no pagues en los medios de transporte.

http://www.kaosenlared.net/secciones/s2/laboraleconomia/item/19605-29-de-mayo-jornada-de-lucha-y-huelga-de-consumo.html

OLVIDA LA TELE y el ordenador, sal a la calle y lucha!!! USA EL MÓVIL SÓLO EN CASO DE EMERGENCIA.

¡ORGANÍZATE Y DESCONECTA TU CONSUMO!

Québec: “we didn’t know it was impossible, so we did it!”

by Malav Kanuga on May 28, 2012

Post image for Québec: “we didn’t know it was impossible, so we did it!” Over the past 3,5 months, a student strike against tuition hikes in Québec has evolved into one of the biggest anti-capitalist movements in North America.

Originally published by Occupy Theory

Origins of an unlimited general strike (“grève générale illimitée”)

Students in Quebec marked their hundredth day of an unlimited general strike on Tuesday, 22 May, the culmination of the most stunning mass protest movement of recent months and North America’s largest student movement in years. In fact, the mobilizations in Quebec might just be Canada’s Arab Spring.

Red Square Revolt | Quebec Students on Strike from nate on Vimeo.

Students have been organizing against tuition hikes for nearly one and a half years, when the Quebec government first proposed to raise tuition fees by seventy-five percent over five years (amended to eighty-two percent over seven years by the government at the end of April). Before the general strike began in February, protests, demos, trainings, letter writing campaigns, and attempts to negotiate in good faith with the government were consistently met with obstinate silence from the Charest administration. For the students there has been a growing sense of urgency and a shared recognition that increased tuition means a heavier student debt burden, hundreds of more hours a year spent working instead of studying, less access for working class and lower class students, and a shift in university culture toward the market, the commodification of education, the financialization of student life, and the privatization of the university……. READ MUCH MORE………….

Reblogged with thanks from http://roarmag.org/2012

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