Barcelona City Council sues for Fascist War Crimes

The city council has been won by ‘Barcelona in Common’ a radical new group stemming from the ‘Indignant’ occupiers, the feminist and the anti eviction movements.

00-intro-pla-xoc-castLed by a young activist mother Ada Colau the activists have not yet been corrupted, promising like the Zapatistas to ‘govern obeying’, ordering police to stop evictions of mortgage defaulters, paralysing the plague of luxury hotel building and the rightwing liberal  cuts offensive., etc.. and…

Barcelona City Council supports two Court Cases for crimes in the Civil War and Francoism

By Kaos   The City Council will support institutional criminal complaints by Italian bombing of Barcelona during the Civil War and the alleged crimes committed by the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. The deputy mayor of Citizen Rights, Participation and Transparency, Jaume Asens, announced that the city of Barcelona will take part in the process of the criminal complaint filed in the bombardeos-de-barcelonaCourt of Barcelona by the anti-fascist association AltraItalia condemning the bombing of Barcelona they made the Italian troops between 1937 and 1939, in which nearly 5,000 people died.

“We are in times of bombings and we have to remember what happened in Barcelona. Time does not erase the responsibility for what has been committed, “Asens said at a press conference . Continue reading “Barcelona City Council sues for Fascist War Crimes”

10 more arrests in Italy and Greece for May Day resistance

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Via Insurrection News.

Police in Italy and Greece launched a repressive operation  against activists who participated in the #NoExpo May Day 2015 mobilizations in Milan.

10 comrades have been detained – 5 in Italy (all in Milan) and 5 in Greece on charges of ‘destruction and looting’, aggravated resisting of the police and misrepresentation. Continue reading “10 more arrests in Italy and Greece for May Day resistance”

David Graeber – American Anarchist – See Part 1 here

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From LondonReal.com:

When I say the word anarchist you probably have an image of a bomb-throwing skinhead shouting slogans and facing down riot police.This week’s London Real guest David Graeber is going to change that image forever.A self-proclaimed anarchist, David is far more the picture of the soft-spoken, thoughtful academic than a combative activist.

 the interview starts around minute  7.

FULL EPISODE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episode…

But David’s credentials as a campaigner and anti-capitalist thinker speak volumes. In the first part of our enlightening discussion David recounts his intrinsic role in the 2011 Occupy Wall Street campaign. These protests saw THOUSANDS of people descend on New York City’s Zuccotti Park to create a political alternative to debt culture and corruption. Continue reading “David Graeber – American Anarchist – See Part 1 here”

Cherán K’eri:: Building a party-free Autonomy

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Cherán K’eri: Political parties are dead to us in this town

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DESTROY BORDERS DESTROY SLAVERY!

 SOLIDARITY POSTER FROM UK

by actforfreedom

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DESTROY BORDERS, DESTROY SLAVERY!
Xenophobia, hierarchy and racism cannot be fought with fratricidal
wars sworn on bibles or patriotic flags.
In breaking the silence and indifference of the civilized we want to
widen the space for revolt, increase the possibilities for direct
attack on the pillars of this world.

Continue reading “DESTROY BORDERS DESTROY SLAVERY!”

Guerillas In Şengal City Center

12 Nov 15. Revolutionary Kurdish Guerilla groups have aready infiltrated Sinjar and are attacking the far right Islamic IS occupiers, while the Peshmerga conservative Kurdish army are still deploying.

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A new operation to liberate Şengal (Sinjar) from ISIS control began this morning and is continuing with all a speed, reports an article Özgür Gündem compiled by ANHA.

The operation, which has been organized under the Ezidi Joint command, is being led by HGP and YJA Star guerillas and fighters with the YBŞ-YBJ Şengal, with peshmerga forces also taking part.

HGP, YPJ, and YBŞ-YBJ fighters have entered the city center and are currently in the Hayr Nasir, Berbi Roj and Sitî Zeynep neighborhoods where they are taking part in heavy clashes with ISIS forces. Although reliable information is difficult to come by there are reports that certain ISIS elements are pulling back from the city center. Forces attached to the Ezidi joint command now control the eastern part of the city and plan to advance from this flank.

Peshmerga Have Also Joined The Operation

Peshmerga forces attached to the KDP…

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The Empire of Chaos: An Interview With Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky reflects on the dynamics of US foreign policy in the 21st century and the implications of the policy of raining down destruction for world order. Chomsky also assesses the role of Russia’s involvement in Syria, the rise of the Islamic State and the apparent attraction it holds for many young Muslims from Europe, and offers a grim view about the future of US foreign policy in this exclusive interview for Truthout.

 By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout | Interview  truthout.org  November 5, 2015   

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US foreign policy in the 21st century has little to offer other than massive military power. Indeed, gone are the days when military might was used in order to “recreate the world in America’s image.” In the post-Cold War era, US military interventions take place in the absence of an overall strategic vision and with ideological justifications…

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