UK’s Largest Ever Anti-Fracking Gathering

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 An estimated two thousand people marched through the center of Manchester today in what was probably the largest anti-fracking gathering ever seen in the United Kingdom. Activist converged on the city from Lancashire, Yorkshire, London, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, claiming Manchester was today the “capital of the so-called bleak and desolate north“.
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The march was led by Bianca Jagger, who addressed the crowd at the Castlefield Arena by saying “I’m here not only as the founder and president of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, but as a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother because I feel fracking is a real threat to our way of life, it’s a threat to our environment, it’s a threat to our water sources, it’s a threat to the air we breathe, it’s a threat to everything we think is important in our lives.”

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Exhibition of 81 Anti-Police T-Shirts..’Lotta Coppers..Little Fun’..

A Madrid  exhibition showed 81 photos of T-shirts with slogans and drawings against the police.

--Danger.. Police At Work--
–Danger.. Police At Work–
–Photos from the exhibition ‘La guerra de las camisetas’. .. (T-Shirt Wars)  by SANTI OCHOA

by Jose Durán Rodríguez        via Diagonal          translation The Free      original en castellano abajo           You have seen him many times with his camera on his shoulder in demos of recent years on the streets of Madrid. What’s more, if you wore a striking T-shirt with a  witty phrase or suggestive drawing, it’s likely you’ve been photographed yourself. His name is Santi Ochoa and he’s been doing it since 2003. In his file there are now more than 20,000 images of T-shirts.

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From all of them, he selected 81 for this exhibition ‘La guerra de las camiseta’, (T-Shirt Wars),now finished, in the ABM Confecciones space, on Calle Encarnación González in Madrid. The idea occurred to him last year – “to make the exhibition just before the approval of the Gag Law,” explains Ochoa to Diagonal – but it is only now it has been carried out, motivated by ‘The Last Straw’..

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‘We Are Not Afraid’

“After recent events, with the police storming a clothing store with slogans that incited, according to them, hatred or contempt for the Agents, I felt it in my own flesh and I decided to give a minimal response to that,” he recalls. He refers to the police Raid and seizure of abundant material (shirts, sweatshirts, caps) from the Bestiario Shop in Vallecas by the police in early October. Continue reading “Exhibition of 81 Anti-Police T-Shirts..’Lotta Coppers..Little Fun’..”

SDF will halt Raqqa operation if Turkey does not stop attacking Manbij

November 23, 2016 KDN Breaking, Kurdistan, Syria, Turkey
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RAQQA – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Leadership has told the International Coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS/ISIS/ISIL) that it will halt its operation on Raqqa if Turkey doesn’t cease attacks on Manbij according to claims.

Kurdish forces heading to Raqqa frontline

In a statement via Telegram seen by KQ.com, the SDF, which recently launched the Wrath of Euphrates operation to liberate Raqqa from the IS, said it had told the anti-IS International Coalition it will halt its campaign on Raqqa and move its forces, which number 40,000, to Manbij if it does not stop the Turkish army’s attacks on liberated areas in and around Manbij in northern Syria.

Syrian-Kurdish women carry the coffin of a female fighter in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on July 21, 2016 during the funeral of sixteen fighters killed battling the Islamic State (IS) group in Manbij. Thousands of IS soldiers were reported killed in the Manbij battles along with about 150 SDF volunteers, including six from the International Brigade.(William Savage, from the US was killed rescuing civilians).
Syrian-Kurdish women carry the coffin of a female fighter in Syria’s northeastern city of Qamishli on July 21, 2016 during the funeral of sixteen fighters killed battling the Islamic State (IS) group in Manbij.Thousands of IS soldiers were reported killed in the Manbij battles along with about 150 SDF volunteers, including six from the International Brigade.(William Savage, from the US was killed rescuing civilians).
Turkey and Free Syrian Army groups backed by Ankara have been attacking areas north of Manbij for the past two days.

Six civilians, including children, were killed tonight in Turkish airstrikes.

The SDF has accused Turkey of damaging the fight against IS in Syria.

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Class Struggle Anarchist Conference 2017.

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In response to an invitation from Wales AFed / FfA Cymru, we attended a preliminary planning meeting for this event, which is expected to take place in the South West U.K. next year. It will be open to delegates of Class Struggle organisations, and individuals who identify as anarchists. Some groups have already pledged funds and we are open to volunteers to help with logistics

Our Class is under siege on all sides, yet the response has been haphazard. Large sections of it are pursuing narrow and contradictory agendas, many have returned to archaic ideas: state socialism, corporatism, nationalism and worse. Others cling forlornly to political structures that are inherently anti-Working Class. Those at the sharp end who understand the situation best are struggling just to survive.

Yet there are opportunities too. For the first time in living memory the bourgeoisie is also divided on how to pursue its common…

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Madrid: In defence of Squatting, against the State and Private Property …”

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Communiqué (by  Contra Madriz )

 from   The Rebellion of Words, translation The Free
We received the following statement, written by the compañerxs of   Contra Madriz in response to the attacks that are being suffered by some squatter social centers in Madrid by the new city council of Madrid, which presumes to be “the change”, of “Alternative” and “rebel”, “belligerent” with the market logic that nevertheless defends in practice the interests and properties of gangsters, speculators and bankers who increase their privileges through evictions, corruption and deception, and repress people who do not conform to their norms in increasingly gentrified neighborhoods.suat-the-lot

”Against the metropolis of the rich and speculation, against false critics and their blackmail from left or right, for self-management and recovery of our lives. Our squatting will never be legalized …rmqhvodt

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In defense of squatting, against the state and private property …

We are witnessing a time when, in several cities of so called Kingdom of Spain, mainly in Madrid, the different regional or municipal governments  are unleashing offensives against the squatting of empty buildings. This offensive is more specifically against political occupation, that is to say against occupied political spaces that not only seek to combat in one way or another the economic regime and private property, but also also want to confront the established powers and refuse to negotiate with them. Continue reading “Madrid: In defence of Squatting, against the State and Private Property …””

Stop Nicaragua Canal: a Mega-Crime against People and Planet

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(Paris, Manuagua) The Nicaraguan government must revoke the interoceanic canal concession and other mega-projects granted to companies belonging to the Chinese investor Wang Jing, declared today FIDH and CENIDH in Managua on the occasion of the presentation of the report “Nicaragua : Impact of Interoceanic canal concession on human rights. The resistance of rural communities”._76116406_9de31d00-5482-4800-a6cb-15de6cabb563

“Respecting nature and the rights of rural communities is not a luxury. It’s a duty. These projects will have a dramatic impact on the environment and on human rights. It is unimaginable to sell off territory as such. The government must back out.” Continue reading “Stop Nicaragua Canal: a Mega-Crime against People and Planet”

#GrabYourWallet movement Boycotts Business of Racist, Rapist Nazi: President Trump


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Digital mastermind Shannon Coulter made major waves when she started the #GrabYourWallet hashtag last October.

Her tweets have been encouraging shoppers to stop supporting businesses affiliated with Donald or Ivanka Trump, and the results have been outstanding. Continue reading “#GrabYourWallet movement Boycotts Business of Racist, Rapist Nazi: President Trump”