by anticapitalista on Mon, 05/09/2011 – 19:56.
Second issue of Red River Radical http://redriverradical.wordpress.com
Cynicism, hope, and experimentation in genre fiction has always been an important part of Leftist culture.
Taking a look at anarchism, feminism, and anti-colonialism in sci fi and contemporary sci fi’s lack of living up to much of any standards.
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Its first pledge was to b
reak all its promises, making the party almost impossible to attack, then it promised a polar bear to the zoo and a drug-free parliament within 10 years.
The party’s only advertisement was in a newspaper personal column, saying: “The Best Party wishes to meet good people aged between 18 and 90.” Its 10-point plan had 13 points. And the party’s campaign video featured 
candidates singing Tina Turner’s Simply the Best, with the chorus: “We are the best, the bestest of parties, best for Reykjavik, best city of every week.” It works in Icelandic.
Iceland was ripe for change, having effectively gone bust thanks to the cronyism of a cluster of politicians and bankers who thought that they could turn an island of fishermen with a population of 318,000 into a financial superpower.
In less than four years, the most rapid expansion of a banking system in history saw three privatised banks develop assets 10 times the size of the country’s GDP. It was the Icarus economy. Property prices tripled, the stock market multiplied nine times, and people borrowed heavily – often in foreign curre
ncies – to cash in on the boom. The crash was fast, hard and painful, worsened by the collapse of the krona as the state, unable to bail out the banks, refused to pay foreign creditors.
The strategy looks smart now, compared with events in Greece and Ireland, but the country was angry and frightened. Voters wanted change, and the Best Party caught the mood, capturing Reykjavik with 34.7% of the vote. “No one has to be afraid of the Best Party,” said Jón in his acceptance speech. “Because it is the best party. If it wasn’t, it would be called the Worst Party or the Bad Party. We would never work with a party like that.”
read lots more HERE…
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20110620010932192
#19j,#worldrevolution,#spanishrevolution,#acampadabcn ,#acampdasol,
TODAS LAS MANIFESTACIONES A LAS 17:00 VER HASTAG:
Acampada Barcelona Lugar: Plaça CatalunyaHashtag: #acampadabcn
Acampada A Coruña Lugar: Obelisco de los Cantones, frente a Jardines de Méndez NúñezHashtag: #acampadacoruna
Acampada AlicanteLugar: Plaza de la MontanyetaHashtag: #acampadaalicante
Acampada BurgosLugar: Plaza Mayor Hashtag: #acampadabu
Acampada CáceresLugar: Plaza MayorHashtag: #acampadacaceres
Acampada CádizLugar: — Hashtag: #regaloteofila
Acampada CórdobaLugar: El BulevarHashtag: #acampadacdb
Acampada GranadaLugar: Paseo del SalónHashtag: #acampadagranada
Acampada GijónLugar: Plaza del AyuntamientoHashtag: #acampadagijon
Acampada HuelvaLugar: Plaza Antiguo ColombinoHashtag: #acampadahuelva
Acampada Las PalmasLugar: Parque de San Telmo Hashtag: #acampadalaspalmas
Acampada LleidaLugar: Plaza Ricard VinyesHashtag: #acampadalleida
Acampada LeónLugar: Plaza Botines Hashtag: #acampadaleon
Acampada LogroñoLugar: Plaza del MercadoHashtag: #acampadalgño
Acampada MálagaLugar: Plaza de la ConstituciónHashtag: #acampadamalaga
Acampada MurciaLugar: La GlorietaHashtag: #acampadamurcia
Acampada OviedoLugar: Plaza EscandaleraHashtag: #acampadaoviedo
Acampada Palma MallorcaLugar: Plaza de España Hashtag: #acampadapalma
Acampada PamplonaLugar: Plaza del AyuntamientoHashtag: #acampadapamplona
Acampada TenerifeLugar: Plaza de la CandelariaHashtag: #acampadatenerife
Acampada ToledoLugar: Plaza de ZocodóverHashtag: #acampadatoledo
Acampada SantiagoLugar: Plaza del ObradoiroHashtag: #acampadaobradoiro
Acampada San SebastiánLugar: Kiosko del Boulevard Hashtag: #acampadadonostia
Acampada SevillaLugar: Plaza de la encarnaciónHashtag: #acampadasevilla
Acampada SegoviaLugar: Plaza Acueducto Hashtag: —
Acampada ValenciaLugar: Plaza AyuntamientoHashtag: #acampadavalencia
Acampada ValladolidLugar: Plaza Fuente DoradaHashtag: #asambleavalladolid
Acampada VigoLugar: Calle del Príncipe, frente a MARCOHashtag: #acampadavigo
Acampada ZaragozaLugar: Plaza del PilarHashtag: #acampadazaragoza
Acampada GuadalajaraLugar: Plaza Mayor Hashtag: #acampadaguada
Acampada Ciudad RealLugar: Plaza Mayor Hashtag: #acampadaciudadreal
Acampada ElcheLugar: Plaça de Baix (Ayuntamiento)Hashtag: #acampadaelche
Acampada PalenciaLugar: Plaza MayorHashtag: #acampadapalencia
GironaLugar: Plaça del Vi Hashtag: #acampadagirona
CastellónLugar: Plaza María AgustinaHashtag: #acampadacastellon A partir del 18 a las 20.00
AlmeríaLugar: Plaza del Educador (Juan Cassinello)Hashtag: #acampadaalmeria
PontevedraLugar: Praza da Peregrina Hashtag: #acampadaPonte #acampadaPontevedra
SalamancaLugar: Plaza Constitución Hashtag: #acampadasalamanca
CádizLugar: Plaza del PalilleroHashtag: #regaloteofila #acampadacadiz
SantanderLugar: Plaza de la PorticadaHashtag: #acampadasantander
TeruelLugar: Plaza de San Juan / Torico (por confirmar)Hashtag: #acampadateruel Desde el viernes a las 20h
| Carga de los mossos d’esquadra. 15/6/2011. Parc de la Ciutadella. | |
| per indignada | 17 jun 2011 |
| Qui són els violents? Que no et despistin! |
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| La unió fa la força. Que no ens divideixin, ho estan intentant i volen que criminalitzem a una part del nostre moviment.Rebut per email:Buenas,este es un vídeo que hice el domingo 15 a las 15:50 h.http://ahref= En el puedes ver como los mossos agreden a un grupo de personas, entre ellas mi hermana, un amigo y personas de la acampada de Badalona. Te pido que hagas el máximo de difusión posible. Gracias, |
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| Mira també: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILO8oMVDE2s |
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On Tuesday a series of marches from barrios and towns converged on the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona.
The now decentralised Take The Streets movement blocked all access to the city park where the Parliament is due to debete the social cuts ordered by central gov. and the IMF.
The brave blockaders continued all night with all gates sealed. On Wed morning however politicians did manage to enter, with heavy riot police escort. Some got sprayed with paint, other leaders entered by helicopter.
There were limited incidents, with a strong pacific majority, the police caused some injuries and arrests. The blockade continues with the debate now beginning.
Next big event the International Demo on Sunday 19th
Live streaming of Parliament blockade HERE http://www.ustream.tv/channel/acampadosbcn
September 29, 2010: The major labor unions, CCOO and UGT, along with the anticapitalist CGT, the anarcho-syndicalist CNT (which has multiple splits), and other small unions, hold a general strike to protest the bank bailouts and proposed austerity measures included in the Labor Reform. In many city centers and industrial zones, participation in the strike is massive. In Barcelona, the streets erupt in heavy, day-long rioting. CCOO and UGT pickets, on t
he contrary, tend to be symbolic and spectacular. Both organizations subsequently sign on to the Labor Reform. Before or shortly after the strike, half a dozen neighborhoods in Barcelona form neighborhood “social assemblies.”
November 28, 2010: Elections in Catalunya replace the governing Socialist Party with the rightwing Convergencia i Unió, which adopts a hardline, pro-police rhetoric.
January 27, 2011: Acting apart from the major unions, the CGT, CNTs, and COS (a left Catalan coordination of syndicates) hold a general strike in Catalunya, which is a
lso called for in Euskadi and other parts of the Spanish state. The strike coincides with the approval of the Labor Reform, supported by the major unions and the Socialist Party (which has led the government in Madrid since 2004). In certain cities, the strike receives substantial support in the transport and manufacturing sectors, but generally achieves little participation. In Barcelona, burning barricades, sabotages, pickets, and contentious protests win a combative visibility for the strike.
May 1, 2011: In Barcelona, the anticapitalist Mayday protest, supported by the CNTs, CGT, COS, socialist indepes (Catalan independence activists), and informal or “black bloc” anarchists, leads thousands of people into the emblematic rich neighborhood, Sarrià, where protestors burn dumpsters and luxury cars, smash up approximately a hundred banks, fashion stores, and car dealerships, cover the walls in spray-painted slogans, and throw bottles and paint bombs at police before being dispersed in a heavy charge. The mood is exultant. The weeks before and after are marked by especially high quantities of sabotage and attacks.
Sunday, May 15: A recently formed platform centered in Madrid, Democracia Real Ya or “Real Democracy Now” (DRY), holds simultaneous protests in dozens of cities throughout the Spanish state, convened via Facebook, Twitter, Indymedia and various activist listservs. That night, the idea is spread via Twitter to camp out in Puerta del Sol, a central Madrid plaza, modeling on the Tahrir Square occupation in Egypt. In other cities, occupations also begin in central plazas that night or the next night.
Monday, May 16: In the evening, eighty to a hundred people begin an encampment in Plaça Catalunya, the symbolic center of Barcelona, which in the last decade has become almost exclusively a tourist zone. As in other cities, the occupation organizes itself with a general assembly. A small number of anarchists are participating. In the meeting, they argue down the proposal to sign on to the Real Democracy Now manifesto from Madrid. Many other people also express the need for the Barcelona encampment to develop independently. It is decided the encampment
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