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#June30 – towards a real Revolution in Egypt!

#June30 – time for a second revolution in Egypt!

EGYPT will once again take centre stage in the dramatic global uprising against neoliberal tyranny this weekend.

Opponents of the US-backed Morsi regime will be taking to the streets on Sunday #June30 to call for a second revolution – a year after the increasingly unpopular and despotic leader came to power.

There were already chaotic scenes in Alexandria on Friday, as revolutionaries were attacked by government supporters, with reports of at least three deaths and many injured. Continue reading “#June30 – towards a real Revolution in Egypt!”

In Praise of Pirates. Hurrah for Ned Snowden! Pirate Utopias

The Rarely Told Story: Pirates as Radical Commoners

Tue, 06/25/2013 – 17:02

Kester Brewin, a teacher of mathematics in South East London, was wondering why his son has been invited to countless pirate-themed birthday parties, but not any aggravated robbery themed parties. What’s the reason for our fascination with pirates?

Brewin’s answer is an amazing 13-minute video talk for TEDx Exeter (UK) based on his 2012 book, Mutiny! Why We Love Pirates and How they Can Save Us. The talk is a powerful account of 18th century piracy and a plea for all of us to become pirates as acts of radical emancipation. Continue reading “In Praise of Pirates. Hurrah for Ned Snowden! Pirate Utopias”

victory! Tunisia frees Femen activists: Now Free AMINA!

FEMEN will tell the truth about the horrors of the Tunisian captivity

Jun 27, 2013

Dear friends!

We are happy to inform you that our Tunisian prisoners are finally free after the month in jail. Josephine, Marguerite and Pauline have arrived to Paris to the head quarter of FEMEN in France.

Today at 4 pm local time it will be press conference with FEMEN sextremists in the training center of extremism in Paris by the address Rue Leon 35.

Contact person is Sarah +33 6 64 23 57 66

Thank you for your support! more HERE: http://femen.org

Arrivée en France des trois Femen libérées dans… por BFMTV

We pulled out our activists from the clutches of the Islamists! Continue reading “victory! Tunisia frees Femen activists: Now Free AMINA!”

Autonomy in Barcelona: the Mount Zion community

by Carlos Delclós on June 26, 2013

Echoing the area’s inspiring history of autonomous self-organization, a community of migrant workers in Barcelona now risks being thrown onto the street. Continue reading “Autonomy in Barcelona: the Mount Zion community”

Taksim is everywhere..Back to Taksim

Back to Taksim

By @JFernandezLayos

[Greek translation here and in comments] Istanbul, June 23

Dear people,

It has been an extraordinary week of revolutionary assemblies in all parts of the city. But I have to admit, I kind of missed the tear gas.

Yesterday at last we were bound to have some. Continue reading “Taksim is everywhere..Back to Taksim”

”Snowden a patriot. Obama biggest terrorist ever” Noam Chomsky

UPDATE HERE: 1oJuly Freedom Flight: save hero Snowden from Obama, stop 1984
How can Snowden escape Obama’s net? Freedom Flight!
Noam Chomsky: Obama Is ‘Running Biggest Terrorist Operation That Exists‘ (dprogram.net)
Scholar Noam Chomsky told GRITtv this week that Obama is “running the biggest terrorist operation that exists, maybe in history,” and that this is “understood at the highest level.”

The Obama administration is “dedicated to increasing terrorism throughout the world,” Chomsky said, agreeing with an article last week by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky.

Chossudovsky said last Friday in an article about Obama and Syria, “Obama is a liar and a terrorist.”