Category: social revolution

France: GZero Occupation Village

France: GZero Occupation Camp

July 9, 2011 at 5:12 pm (Land Occupations) (,

Communiqué: This is an occupation!!

The ZAD, July 9, 2011,

We are a hundred, we just occupied the land in order to make a autonomous village, to overcome the fight against g8 we gathered together to start to build up a concrete moment of alternatives and struggles.

It’s been a while that we think about the idea to change the way of protest against g8 summits, against pressure, the expected appointment, police traps and event hopping.

By preparing this long term “Camp” which we want to call village here on La ZAD ( Zone to defend ) we want to expand this mobilization, take our time for reflection and exchange, linking the global and local struggle…. Our rage is intact: our energy too!…..

The map to join us and further information you find on: www.gzero.info

Mexico: More Rights Activists in Danger

By Emilio Godoy

MEXICO CITY, Jul 8, 2011 (IPS) – Reports of extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances, kidnappings and assaults are some of the heavy baggage that U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is taking home from Mexico.

In late June, the CDHM closed down its Mexican Northern Border Initiative due to threats and intimidation. The Initiative ran several shelters in border areas, providing assistance to Central American migrants attempting to reach the United States and to Mexicans deported from that country.
Since 2005, 27 activists have been killed, according to the governmental National Human Rights Commission (CNDH)

So far this year there have been at least seven cases of assault on migrant rights activists, compared to two cases between October 2009 and October 2010, according to human rights groups.

Since 2000, 73 reporters have been killed, and 12 are still missing, according to the CNDH – making Mexico the most dangerous country in Latin America for journalists.

“A large number of attacks committed by agents of the state have not been investigated, because there is complete impunity,” Juan Gutiérrez, director of the non-governmental Mexican Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights (CMDPDH), told IPS. The activist met this week with Pillay, a South African judge who was appointed U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in July 2008.

After taking office in December 2006, Calderón dispatched military troops to fight the powerful drug cartels disputing the smuggling routes to the lucrative U.S. market. Since he declared his “war on drugs”, more than 40,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence, according to government figures.

The CNDH has received 5,055 complaints against the defence ministry for abuses committed since 2006.

Read more HERE     http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56420

Inauguración de local de CNT

[Jornadas] Inauguración de local de CNT en Elx

JUEVES 14 DE JULIO: 21,30 h. Fiesta inauguración. Exposición+Audiovisual del colectivo gráfico Komikelx.

VIERNES 15 DE JULIO: 21,30 h. Proyección de la película “La hora de los valientes”.

SÁBADO 16 DE JULIO: 20,00 h. Charla-debate: La CNT, del centenario hacia un futuro anarcosindicalista. Pase del DVD “La furia libertaria”.

VIERNES 22 DE JULIO: 22,00 h. Concierto del cantautor Pito Karcoma.

SÁBADO 23 DE JULIO: 21,00 h. Charla-debate: El movimiento libertario en Elche.

DOMINGO 24 DE JULIO: 20,00 h. Proyección del documental “Un pueblo en armas”.

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Jam Session por Free Shop

english..come to the party and Jam session Sat in aid of the new FREE SHOP in the Squatted Socialcenter – -The Fattest One-

Jam Session i Festa per la inauguració de la Tenda Gratis “La Regaleria” al CSO La Gordíssima
by Assemblea del CSO la Gordíssima
Email: lagordissima (nospam) gmail.com (verified)
Address: CSO la Gordíssima (C/Pons i Gallarza, 10 )		 08 Jul 2011
JAM SESSION + FESTÍSSIMA a La Gordíssima !!!
INAGURACIÓ DE LA TENDA GRATIS “LA REGALERIA”
Porta el teu instrument, les teves palmes, la teva veu… i fem uns bailoteos fins que el cos aguanti.
Hi haurà birres i begudes a preus populars, sopar de pintxos i molt de cachondeo.

Dia: Dissabte 09 de juliol
Hora: a partir de les 20h.

Tots els beneficis de la festa van al Centre Social Okupat La Gordíssima, per rehabilitar el segon pis.

T’hi esperem!
See also:
http://lagordissima.tk
http://lagordissima.wordpress.com/

Desalojo plaza Catalunya…Final eviction.

Desalojo acampada plaza Cataluny 30-06-2011 Comunicado comisión internacional
by Esplugui 30 Jun 2011
A las 2:00 de la madrugada un imponente dispositivo de los Mossos d’Esquadra rodea Plaza Catalunya para desalojar los acampados con la excusa de ayudar a BCNeta a limpiar la plaza. Los acampados en realidad ya se habían mostrado dispuestos a colaborar con los trabajadores en más de una ocasión, pero no estaban dispuestos a desmantelar todo el campamento, verdadera intención del ayuntamiento, ni estaban dispuestos a sustituirlo por un único modulo de 4mx2m, como había intentado negociar el ayuntamiento durante el día, por ser absolutamente insuficiente para ser el lugar de trabajo de todos los activistas que se siguen reuniendo en la plaza.

La excusa fue la misma del 27-M pero muy diferente fue la respuesta de los acampados. No hubo ningún intento de resistencia, ni hubo llamada al movimiento para recuperar la plaza. Para nosotros nunca ha cabido la fuerza como método de resistencia debido a la confianza que ya tenemos en el proceso revolucionario comenzado el 15-M. Para Jordi Hereu quizá, después del fracaso de su ridículo intento de negociación que llevaba ya más de una semana, era necesario desalojar por las malas para intentar no perder toda credibilidad frente al traspaso de poderes a su rival Xavier Trías que ocurrirá mañana 01-07-2011, como demuestran las múltiples y injustificadas agresiones contra algunos acampados cometida por los Mossos, especialmente contra aquellos que estaban intentando documentar el evento y que no estaban oponiendo la mínima resistencia ni siquiera de tipo pasivo frente al desalojo.

UK Strike Escalates Resistance

Icon_article Star Published: June 30, 2011 08:48 by imc-london | Share

Tagged as: critical_mass cuts demo2011 j30 peoples_assembly social_struggles solidarity strike ukuncut workers_struggles
Neighbourhoods: london london_wide uk uk_wide
Published by group: GroupImc London Features

Across the capital most schools, colleges, local authority staff and civil service joined 750.000 UK workers on a one day strike to warn the govenment and capital to stay away from their pensions and wages. Pickets were established early in the morning in every corner of London being fed with home made food by UK Uncut’s ‘Big Society breakfast‘ [pics] Across the UK over 12,000 state schools were closed. Everyone out to show solidarity.

The Critical Mass toured the picket lines in support since early in the morning starting out at Burgess Park near Elephant and Castle [report | pics | live broadcasts] The mass trade union march (one of 80 in the country) started at Lincoln Inn Fields, and it was reported to be 20-30,000 strong at its destination Westminster Hall where speeches took place. There was a call for a People’s Assembly at the same spot at 2pm coordinated by the J30 Strikers’ Assembly Bloc. UK Uncut also had a set of challenges starting at 3pm with Banker City vs. Public Sector United outside QE Hall. The police were reported to be heavy handed in stopping people from leaving the prescribed route, with many reports coming in of many young people being stopped and searched [more] along the route. Plain clothes police snatch squads were deployed in the late afternoon around Pariment Square and Whitehall and became vety active arresting people whilst kettles were being formed [report] Reports of a total of 31 people were arrested during the day [Green & Black Cross Legal support: 07946541511]

A flavour of the pickets: outside of Lambeth Town Hall, Hackney Community College, The British Museum, Peckham Job Centre, HMRC Euston, Parliament, The British Library, London College of Communication, as well as a cultural workers strike… Plus a demonstration outside the ATOS building in Euston. The Traflagar Square anti-cuts Camp set up the night prior to the strike was evicted in the early morning. See also Elephant reports on the day.

Updates from the streets: IMC London Tumblewire | Tumble pics: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Tumble video | Video | Further info: June 30th website | UK Uncut | Afed statement on the strikes | The Commune on the march.
Other Union statements of action: NUT (National Union of Teachers) | UCU (Universitiy and College Union) | PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union) | ATL (Association of Teachers and Lecturers).

NIGERIA: Daily disasters dwarf Gulf oil spill.

NIGERIA: Nigeria’s agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it

by John Vidal, The Guardian (UK)
May 30th, 2010
The Deepwater Horizon disaster caused headlines around the world, yet the people who live in the Niger delta have had to live with environmental catastrophes for decades.

 
A ruptured pipeline burns in a Lagos suburb after an explosion in 2008 which killed at least 100 people. Photograph: George Esiri/Reuters

We reached the edge of the oil spill near the Nigerian village of Otuegwe after a long hike through cassava plantations. Ahead of us lay swamp. We waded into the warm tropical water and began swimming, cameras and notebooks held above our heads. We could smell the oil long before we saw it – the stench of garage forecourts and rotting vegetation hanging thickly in the air.

The farther we travelled, the more nauseous it became. Soon we were swimming in pools of light Nigerian crude, the best-quality oil in the world. One of the many hundreds of 40-year-old pipelines that crisscross the Niger delta had corroded and spewed oil for several months.

Forest and farmland were now covered in a sheen of greasy oil. Drinking wells were polluted and people were distraught. No one knew how much oil had leaked. “We lost our nets, huts and fishing pots,” said Chief Promise, village leader of Otuegwe and our guide. “This is where we fished and farmed. We have lost our forest. We told Shell of the spill within days, but they did nothing for six months.”

That was the Niger delta a few years ago, where, according to Nigerian academics, writers and environment groups, oil companies have acted with such impunity and recklessness that much of the region hBurning pipeline, Lagosas been devastated by leaks.

In fact, more oil is spilled from the delta’s network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico, the site of a major ecological catastrophe caused by oil that has poured from a leak triggered by the explosion that wrecked BP‘s Deepwater Horizon rig last month.

READ on HERE

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15592