Pussy Riot and Madonna, branded sluts and therefore liars!

Do women who have had sex always tell lies? (Pussy Riot and Madonna)

Every now and again the rhetoric of patriarchal power reveals itself in a specially pernicious way .

Last week in Moscow, Madonna lent her voice to the growing international condemnation of the trial of members of the feminist  performance art group, Pussy Riot.

During a concert she stripped off her shirt to reveal the group’s name emblazoned on her back, before donning a version of their trademark balaclava for a slow rendition of Like A Virgin. Continue reading “Pussy Riot and Madonna, branded sluts and therefore liars!”

1000’s of Anarchists in Celebration

Global anarchists return to Swiss birthplace of Anarchist International

by WW4. Anarchists from all over the world gathered Aug. 8-12 in the town of Saint-Imier in the Jura region of Switzerland to mark the 140th anniversary of a congress which saw the anarchists break with the workers’ movement dominated by Karl Marx. The International Anarchism Gathering called for public protests and strikes to oppose austerity measures imposed in response to the European debt crisis. “Capitalism goes from crisis to crisis, so this is an opportunity for us,” said Aristides Pedraza, one of the event organizers. Continue reading “1000’s of Anarchists in Celebration”

free Pussy Riot support demos..

Un matón de la burguesía amenaza de muerte a Sánchez Gordillo

Los matones de la burguesía, la extrema derecha, sale, como siempre, en defensa de sus amos. Un ciberterrorista amenaza de muerte al dirigente sindical Sánchez Gordillo, amenazándolo con pegarle un tiro. E

English: Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, dirigen...
English: Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, dirigente del Colectivo de Unidad de los Trabajadores – Bloque Andaluz de Izquierdas (CUT-BAI), Sindicato de Obreros del Campo (SOC) e Izquierda Unida (IU). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

l ministro, con toda seguridad, lo mandará identificar y detener…

El líder sindical andaluz y parlamentario de la CUT, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, ha denunciado esta mañana a través de su cuenta de twitter las amenazas de muerte que ha recibido por parte de algún ciberterrorista de extrema derecha, que, con todo lo que está pasando, ha salido raudo en defensa de los intereses de sus amos burgueses.

“Me he comprado una pistola del calibre 22 para matarte”, ha sido la amenaza recibida por el diputado andaluz. Continue reading “Un matón de la burguesía amenaza de muerte a Sánchez Gordillo”

Five Robin Hood unionists arrested after shop looting

Miltary police have arrested five new SAT union members in Andalusia, at the call of far-right politicians, for their participation in the actions of supermarkets Continue reading “Five Robin Hood unionists arrested after shop looting”

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Maan News Agency | Aug 9, 2012

JENIN (Ma’an) — Former hunger striker Bilal Diab was released from Israeli jail to his home in the northern West Bank on Thursday, as part of an agreement to end his 77-day strike.

Diab, 27, told reporters he carried a message from Palestinians in Israeli jails to immediately end the factional division between Hamas and Fatah.

He also called for political leaders to work to free all prisoners, in particular those held before the 1993 Oslo Accords.

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered at the al-Jalama crossing in the northern West Bank to greet the released prisoner.

Diab, from Kafr Rai village near Jenin, said his delight at being released was diminished because of thousands of prisoners left behind.

He was detained in August 2011 given a six month administrative detention order, which was renewed in February.

Two weeks later, he began an open hunger…

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