Oil Mafia insists on Tar Sands Pipe.. But Resistance Grows

Debunking Nature’s arguments for Keystone By David Roberts and Emma Cassidy

There was a bit of buzz last week when the august scientific journal Nature endorsed the Keystone XL pipeline (ironically, in the course of pleading with Obama to do

something about climate change). Despite the

In latest Keystone Pipeline protest, environmentalists storm offices of oil giant TransCanada

hubbub, it was not the first time the journal had done so. Back in September 2011, it boosted Keystone … in the context of pleading with Obama do to something about climate change. We have always been at war with Eastasia.

Neither editorial makes a fully fleshed-out case for Keystone, but together they advance three common arguments, all of which I find unconvincing…. Continue reading “Oil Mafia insists on Tar Sands Pipe.. But Resistance Grows”

Occupy the Plaza 2013.. starting already

en español abajo One hundred people have spent the night in the camp in Plaza Catalunya whiuch was decided on last night at the Plaza Sant Jaume de Barcelona, outside the headquarters of the Government, where some 600 people gathered to protest against political corruption in a call made on social networks.

One hundred of them joined the proposed overnight in Plaza Catalunya, which was emblematic of 15M movement born in 2011, and some of them have installed tents in an initiative that has the support of the “BCN Camp Plaform “. The 15M Take the Streets movement weny round the world and led to Occupy in the US.

At 11.00 am this morning a meeting was convened in the same square where the demonstrations concentrates to discuss the coming days to hold accountable politicians for corruption cases.

Most of the PP government, including the prime Minister Rajoy have been caught with their ‘hands in the till’ but refuse to resign.

This afternoon in a demonstration has been called that will start from Plaza Catalunya to the PP headquarters in Barcelona.

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Un centenar de personas han pasado la noche en la plaza Cataluña de Barcelona, que el movimiento de “indignados” tomó durante meses en 2011, en protesta por los casos de corrupción política destapados en los últimos días.

La acampada en la plaza Cataluña se decidió anoche en la plaza Sant Jaume de Barcelona, frente a la sede de la Generalitat, donde unas 600 personas se concentraron en protesta por la corrupción política, en una convocatoria lanzada desde las redes sociales.

Un centenar de los concentrados se sumaron a la propuesta de pasar la noche en la plaza Cataluña, que fue emblema del movimiento 15M nacido en 2011, y algunos de ellos han instalado tiendas de campaña en una iniciativa que cuenta con el apoyo de la plataforma “Acampada BCN”.

A las 11,00 horas de esta mañana se ha convocado una asamblea en la misma plaza en la que los concentrados debatirán las movilizaciones para los próximos días para exigir responsabilidades a los políticos por los casos de corrupción.

Se ha convocado para esta tarde en las redes sociales una manifestación que partirá desde la plaza Cataluña hacia la sede del PP en Barcelona.

Occupy Bankia.. mortgage-evicted now camped 100 days in street (thefreeonline.wordpress.com)
‘I Wont Pay’ activists block open Metro for happy Public (thefreeonline.wordpress.com)
Spain: Spain’s corruption eruption (ionglobaltrends.com)
Massive Fraud in Spain Threatens Entire Government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy; Protestors in Madrid Shout “Resignation” España, paraíso de los políticos Corruptos (globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com) PP es Corrupción : ..Delincuentes Organizados ”gobiernan” el Estado España: Empieza la fiesta de políticos corruptos Politicos corruptos reeligidos..Luz Verde para Robar Corrupt Spanish Congress surrounded during Budget ‘Debate’

Mexican revolution, resistance is fertile

by Jen Wilton

From the rise of the #YoSoy132 student movement to the resurgence of the Zapatistas, Mexico remains at the very heart of the global cycle of struggles.

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”

~ Albert Camus

The winds of change are blowing in Mexico.

A growing wave of resistance is gathering momentum and can be found in the jungles and mountains of the south and in small indigenous communities and big cities alike. It is present along the coasts and across the plateaus, up to the bastions of power in Mexico City and beyond to the regions of the north, so badly scarred by the war on drugs. Continue reading “Mexican revolution, resistance is fertile”

Serial of The Free 29/30: Lerriman’s Plan and Bye Bye Maggie

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Act Three Chapter twenty nine

Lerriman’s Plan

-‘We need them dead. Just announce they’re dead’-

General Mulcatty and Commander Bruton were ushered in without ceremony for the Emergency Rule session in Lerriman’s back office. Leaving a crowd of security men and bodyguards, chatting and smoking in the patio.

Lerriman watched coldly. His bulging eyes shot red from the sleepless night.

While Mulcatty eased himself painfully into his seat, his hemorrhoids itching like crazy.

And Bruton shuffled in his briefcase, smiling his ice cold smile. Continue reading “Serial of The Free 29/30: Lerriman’s Plan and Bye Bye Maggie”

Do we still need Feminism?..Of COURSE, it’s a Way of Life!

Do we still need feminism?

by Teresa Mollá Castells *Friday, January 25, 2013 (en español abajo)
Of course we do! For me it’s a way of life not just demanding equal rights . Because it sees that power and authority are not the same thing, because it seeks horizontal human relations . Because it treats people NOT as objects and restores integrity and dignity ...Source: Cimac, with thanks

This week someone asked me if feminism was still needed in the times in which we live. I’ve heard he arguments to justify not needing feminism in today’s society not thousands, but maybe millions of times, here are some of them: Continue reading “Do we still need Feminism?..Of COURSE, it’s a Way of Life!”