It’s always been a no no. Until total Climate chaos is upon us its impossible to imagine a majority of people agreeing to the hardship of a fast conversion to a simpler cooperative lifestyle.Not to mention the rich and powerful who imagine surviving in their luxury bunkers and paradise islands..In the ‘rich’ west we are totally dependent on our jobs in the capitalist mashine, with our CO2 spewing cars and plastic gadgets …… of all types.By the time necessity makes us say YES to real measures it will be far too late, with tipping points long passed and the climate dominoes inevitably falling to make Earth uninhabitable by humans for millions of years.Track Blockades and Sabotage Continue in Hambach Forest .In this scenario, which becomes more obvious every year, we can assert a moral justification and even an obligation to take Direct Action which hurts people as little as possible.This has already begun to happen in various court cases where activists have successfully cited the moral necessity of breaking the law for the greater good.Imagine you are on a sinking ship holed by an iceberg. You know about ships and how to seal off the burst hold. But an official commands you to wait on deck.. .. Now you are morally justified in punching the official on the nose if necessary and closing the bulkheads.Greta Thunberg alludes to the same moral imperative with her magnificent call to youth action ..”I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE.”We all live in a thin and fragile layer of breathable gas, no thicker than the skin of an apple, relative to the size of the Earth, with just the right mix of gases to make our lives possible and kept in a miraculous balance by the water and vegetation. The only one of trillions of space rocks that we know has life.so.. Direct Action is JustifiedThe burned hulks of heavy trucks sit on Highway 1806 near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Friday, Oct. 28, near the spot where protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline were evicted from private property a day earlier. Authorities say protesters burned several pieces of construction equipment Thursday during a chaotic confrontation with law enforcement.
The following text was produced by anarchists in so-called Canada with the intention of being distributed to young people taking part in Friday’s climate strike actions on March 15th. It was originally published on North Shore Counter-Info.
First of all, thank you. Thank you for giving a shit. For deciding that there are futures worth fighting for, even when the future being imposed on us looks increasingly bleak.
The good news is that you are here, with your body, along with so many others around the world.
Today we have a chance to acknowledge that we are connected to each other and to the living and non-living beings on this planet, in ways that are far more complex and beautiful than any #hashtag could express.
Every few days, another horror story, or another prediction, reminds us that we’re facing an existential threat.
Experts no longer study how to prevent climate change, instead they discuss how we might mitigateits effects.
We already know that everything is going to change. The question for 2019, for this generation, is: change towards what?
The vultures are already circling.
Corporations ask, “How can we profit?” Whether it’s tapping new oil reserves under the melting glaciers or marketing a ‘green’ product to make us feel comforted, their goal is always profit.Governments ask, “How do we stay in control?” Whether it’s expanding surveillance programs, or encouraging ‘democratic dialogue’ so long as nothing gets out of hand, their goal is always to consolidate power.
The most advanced governments today will do this in the name of combatting climate change. Here in Canada, the government isn’t quite so sophisticated, and still pushes for massive expansions of fossil fuel infrastructure and mining projects, forcing them on indigenous people at the barrel of a gun if they can’t be bought.
Politicians, including some aspiring ones who call themselves ‘activists,’ ask how the growing fear and discontent might be exploited for personal gain.
History clearly demonstrates that if we allow these people to lead our movements, they will pull the plug at precisely the moment that we become a real threat to the existing order.
Those in power rely on funneling our rage towards dead ends. Let’s get organized, but not behind politicians trying to sell us the latest Hope™.
We don’t know exactly what a ‘better world’ could look like. But like you, we feel that we have to try. We don’t want to just feel like we’re on “the right side of history,” a narcissistic trap.
We want to be effective, within an ethical framework that values freedom, autonomy and solidarity. Let’s start taking seriously the idea we might actually have an impact.
To that end, we propose a joyful, strategic, and fierce resistance that might include these ingredients:
Transformation, not reform.Capitalism is killing the planet. It is a system based on endless growth, and only serves the rich and powerful.
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No lifestyle change or government reform is going to touch that. It’s gotta go.
Those in power will not simply be persuaded to change their ways and give up the wealth and power they have accumulated through centuries of patriarchy, colonial plunder, and mass exploitation.
The police stand in our way. Maybe you already hold your breath when a cop drives by. If not, remember that even the friendliest cops have to follow orders or get fired. Police are the violent defenders of this rotten system.
To even make a dent, many people will have to break a lot of laws, and not just in the “arrest me for the cameras” kind of way.
Let’s build lives worth living. We’re cynical, but we are not hopeless. When we refuse to resign and instead build lives worth living now, we see glimpses of a different future, and start to feel compelled to defend ourselves.
We want collective lives rife with empathy, creativity, and openness.
Thank you, again, for showing up. This is the beginning of a long road, or maybe a tightrope. Let’s walk it together, trying to avoid the traps that lay ahead.
Bristol Antifascists are joining with other radical groups and comrades in Bristol for a demonstration on 16th March to remember our amazing and inspiring comrade Anna Campbell.
We also want to show our shared commitment to all that she stood for and towards the better world she fought so hard for.
Here’s some of the struggles Anna gave so much to and which we carry on:
Anarchism, Anti capitalism, Feminism, Anti Patriarchy, Queer struggle, Antifascism, Animal liberation, Hunt sabotage, Prison abolition, Defendant solidarity, Ecological struggle, Eviction resistance, Direct action…Join us! Meet 2pm near the International Brigades plaque in Castle Park, between the church and the river.
15th March 2019 marks the first anniversary of when we lost Anna Campbell. Anna went out to Rojava, the Kurdish region of Syria, to join the Kurdish struggle against fascism.
She was inspired by the revolution because of the politics of direct democracy, feminism and environmentalism and fought with the YPJ (Women’s Protection Units), who have been at the forefront in the fight against ISIS.
Anna was killed by a Turkish airstrike whilst defending the city of Afrin.
Police clash with women’s day marchers in Turkey (VIDEO)
UPDATED 9th March..
Using rubber bullets and tear gas, Turkish police have dispersed a crowd of several thousand marchers who gathered outside Istanbul’s Taksim Square on International Women’s Day, local media reported, with videos from the scene.
The “Feminist Night March” in Istanbul was one of the many demonstrations held on Friday across Turkey, demanding equality and an end to the historic oppression of women.
Police has started intervention with rubber bullets & tear gas against 17th Feminist Night March on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue on International Women’s Day.
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The streets will be dyed violet again on March 8. We collect all the calls of that day, and of the previous afternoon, on this map that will be constantly updated all week.
[Mapa] Más de 1.200 convocatorias para la huelga feminista de 2019
La calles volverán a teñirse de morado el día 8 de marzo. Recogemos todas las convocatorias de ese día, y de la tarde anterior, en este mapa que estará en constante actualización toda la semana.
Mass pickets, demonstrations, demands, vigils … the feminist strike reaches all corners. The 8M Commission began to warm up on March 1, calling for a week of revolt that culminates Friday with the day of strike of care, consumption, study and work.
Concentraciones, manifestaciones, reclamas, vigilias… la huelga feminista llega a todos los rincones. La Comisión 8M empezó a calentar motores el 1 de marzo, llamando a una semana de revuelta que culminará el próximo viernes con la jornada de huelga de cuidados, consumo, estudiantil y laboral.
In this map we collect all the announcements of the night of Thursday 7 and until March 8, when the streets will be dyed violet with demonstrations throughout the State. The work of our maps is extremely comprehensive so that we can offer a huge amount of information, beyond the points themselves, so we recommend you go through our guide to understand the maps of El Salto.
En este mapa iremos recogiendo todas las convocatorias del la noche del jueves 7 y hasta el 8 de marzo, cuando las calles se volverán a teñir de morado con manifestaciones en todo el Estado. El trabajo de nuestros mapas es sumamente exhaustivo para que podamos ofrecer una enorme cantidad de información, más allá de los propios puntos, por eso te recomendamos pasarte por nuestra guía para entender los mapas de El Salto.
Something is missing? You can add the call in the comments of this news so we can add it. Do not forget to send us a link with all the information.
¿Falta algo? Puedes añadir la convocatoria en los comentarios de esta noticia para que podamos añadirla. No te olvides de hacernos llegar un link con toda la información.
Tomorrow, for the third year running, the International Women’s Day will be marked by strikes and street actions around the world.
In just a short few years the international women’s movement has grown in strength and confidence as women join in this global movement against the destitution, overwork and violence women face daily.
Women will strike from all the work they do: from offices and factories, from care work and unpaid domestic work, from community work to the bedroom – organising and unionising with some of the most exploited migrant workers in the service industries.
As part of tomorrow’s actions, sex workers will strike to demand the full decriminalisation, and Women’s Strike Assembly will protest against current plans to move trans women to male prisons and for prison abolition.
Eight cities across Britain and Ireland will see women and non-binary people take to the streets, alongside millions of women worldwide. Here is the summary of tomorrow’s events planned for the UK:
Let’s fight against isolation. Let’s put an end to fascism. Let’s liberate Kurdistan.
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During the week of 11 to 16 February a hundred internationalists have been marching from Luxembourg to Strasbourg for the “Long March internationalist”, a march that has been organized for three years and has as its main objective to demand the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.The long marches are one of the fighting tools that have been applied for many years in the points where there is a large Kurdish population in the diaspora.
For three years, this tool has been internationalized and has become a meeting point for people from different parts of the world who support the Kurdish cause, a meeting point to share experiences and training, a meeting point and confluence between different tendencies and ideologies of the left, united under the slogan “Let’s fight against isolation. Continue reading “Planting Freedom; CNT Backs Rojava Revolution”
Track Blockades and Sabotage Continue in Hambach Forest .
This has already begun to happen in various court cases where activists have successfully cited the moral necessity of breaking the law for the greater good.Imagine you are on a sinking ship holed by an iceberg. You know about ships and how to seal off the burst hold. But an official commands you to wait on deck.. .. Now you are morally justified in punching the official on the nose if necessary and closing the bulkheads.Greta Thunberg alludes to the same moral imperative with her magnificent call to youth action ..”I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE.”
We all live in a thin and fragile layer of breathable gas, no thicker than the skin of an apple, relative to the size of the Earth, with just the right mix of gases to make our lives possible and kept in a miraculous balance by the water and vegetation. The only one of trillions of space rocks that we know has life.
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