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Catalan alternative unionism unites against precariousness on an Anti-Capitalist May Day Eng/Esp

Alternative trade unionism and social movements blocked the Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona on May 1 with a concentration denouncing the capitalist system as “irrational” and the cause of social crises and ecological catastrophes, underlining the “absolute failure” of the capitalism to solve the crisis derived from the pandemic.

By Kaos. Class Struggle Posted on May 1, 2021/ Source: ANC, CGT and Kaos

The trade union organizations that are alternatives to bureaucratic trade unionism organized in the Taula Sindical de Catalunya (CGT, IAC, CNT, COS, Co.bas) together with anti-capitalist political organizations and social groups have denounced that the pandemic has highlighted the precariousness it causes… the current capitalist economic model.

The action consisted of cutting Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona with a concentration of activists against the current economic model. Participants denounce the capitalist system as “irrational” and the cause of social crises and ecological catastrophes, pointing to the “absolute failure” of capitalism to resolve the crisis derived from the pandemic.

El sindicalisme alternatiu (@COSnacional, @la_IAC, @CGTCatalunya, @CNT_Barcelona) clama contra la precarietat que ha deixat la Covid-19 en un Primer de Maig anticapitalista #1demaig2021 https://t.co/1vEkMES9aG
— Públic (@Diari_Public) May 1, 2021

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In 2018 the US Was at War With Uyghur Terrorists. Now It Claims They Don’t Even Exist

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Cultivated by the US government as human rights activists, Uyghur American Association leaders partner with far-right lawmakers and operate a militia-style gun club that trains with ex-US special forces

UPROOTED PALESTINIANS: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM

By Alan Macleod

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With China now in the U.S. crosshairs, the ETIM has moved from being an adversary to being a potential asset.

WASHINGTON —In the dying months of his administration, President Donald Trump removed from the United States terrorist list a little-known paramilitary organization called ETIM, an acronym that stands for either the East Turkestan Independence Movement or the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, depending on whom one asks. The group is also sometimes known as the [East] Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP or ETIP).

Explaining the decision, the State Department said that “ETIM was removed from the list because, for more than a decade, there has been no credible evidence that ETIM continues to exist.” The move was hailed by a wide range of Uyghur groups in the United States, who saw it as a step towards blocking China’s actions against Uyghurs in Xinjiang Province.

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Colombian General Strike Day 5 .. Up to 20 dead as police and army attack.. Bloodbath in curfewed Cali.. Duque backing down! Eng/Esp

Plan for sales levy on public services and food sparked a renewal of a General Uprising with huge demonstrations resisting police violence.,

The Dictator Duque ordered massive deployment of the right wing police and army with up to 20 now dead and suspect death squad killings.

Thousands of Colombians took to the streets for International Workers’ Day marches and protests against a government tax reform proposal, in a fourth day of demonstrations that have resulted in at least six deaths.

#ColombiaEnAlertaRoja #ParoNacional1Mayo #Cacerolazo1Mayo #CaliResiste #GolpeDeEstadoColombia Que hermoso ver el pueblo unido en una sola voz #CaliEsResistencia #CALIRESISTENCIA #Medellín pic.twitter.com/Ng9PF2ZDek
— 👁️👐Andrés Felipe SoftCano 👁️👐 (@SoftCano) May 2, 2021

video translation: How beautiful to see the people united in one voice

”Unions and other groups kicked off marches on Wednesday to demand the government of president Ivan Duque withdraw the proposal, which originally imposed sales tax on public services and some food..

Cali, the country’s third-largest city, has seen the most vociferous marches, some looting and the burning of multiple city buses.

”Death counts were inconsistent. National human rights ombudsman Carlos Camargo said that three protesters died in Cali and another three deaths there were being investigated.

The rights organization Human Rights Watch said it had received reports of possible police abuse in Cali, and local human rights groups alleged up to 14 deaths occurred. Right wing US sponsored death squads are cooperating with the police..

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”One death each occurred in Bogotá and the city of Neiva, Camargo said. A police officer in the city of Soacha died of injuries sustained on Wednesday. A further 179 civilians and 216 police officers have been injured nationally.

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