50 Mass demos as Mortgage Eviction Suicides mount up

The mass demonstration in Barcelona for the right to housing ends in front of the ruling PP headquarters
Saturday, 16 February 2013 . “The right to housing and financial genocide against us ” has also mobilized thousands of people during this Saturday, not only Barcelona but also in more than fifty other cities such as Madrid, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Granada, Logroño, Arrecife, Palma de Mallorca, Murcia, Santander, Valencia, Valladolid, Zamora Zaragoza, Albacete, Alicante, Seville, Huelva, among others.

This is not a crisis, it’s a robbery.” Among the banners that read “Stop evictions”, “Too many thieves” or “genocide bank.”They also honored with banners the memory of the suicide victims of evictions, now running at 500 a day.. Continue reading “50 Mass demos as Mortgage Eviction Suicides mount up”

Spain: 600,000 Reject the privatization of Health

Sunday 17th A Tsunami of angry people is flooding the country as citizens and health professionals refuse the selloff of basic public services such as health into the hands of commercial interests of companies concerned about their benefits not the health of the population.

More than 600,000 people have participated in the demonstrations in Madrid and 15 cities across the country to reject the privatization and dismantling which is undergoing Public Health, which is a great success of organizations that reject the commodification of health. Continue reading

Leak of Police attack plan saves Youth Squat Center

A leak thwarts the eviction of the Gracia youth squatters center
A leak has frustrated this morning eviction attempt o The Catalan police had planned the assault on the building located in Ros de Olano 39 at quarter to seven, when it was still dark in the town of Gracia (Barcelona City). The intentions of the police, however, reached the ears of the youth who for 11 years have been managing this social center.

From six in the morning a concentration of about a hundred people at the doors of the building and several containers with fences and barricades in the streets adjacent commands surprised police and politicians in the district. Undercover officers have visited the area and reported back. The intendant of Police, Richard Fernandez, accompanied by another person has control of the police Avenue Vallcarca and announced the suspension of the action during the day. TV3 cameras have recorded the moment. Continue reading “Leak of Police attack plan saves Youth Squat Center”

please help STOP Gendercide of Indian Women !

In December 2012, the Delhi Gang Rape public uprising sent a furious message to the the government of India! That message was: ” We are not going to tolerate government apathy and corruption in face of the intolerable violence on girls and women in India.”

There’s an increase of 873% in India’s rape crime rate. Moreover, in 20 years, 20% of women will have been exterminated from India subject to all forms of gender specific violence. [Also browse our newspaper log]

The government’s first response was — stony silence! It pretended it didn’t hear!

As the uprising gathered momentum and all of India came on board, the government decided it to use brutal force to clamp down on the protestors. Continue reading “please help STOP Gendercide of Indian Women !”

FOR A EUROPEAN SPRING / POR UNA PRIMAVERA EUROPEA

Our democracy against their austerity! – A call for action against the EU Spring Summit

Posted on February 3, 2013 by OrsanSenalp en español abajo

‘For a European Spring’ is a call for actions, strikes and demonstrations all over Europe on the 13th of March, and for a pan-European demonstration and creative actions in the city of Brussels on the 14th of March.

It is targeted at the EU Spring Summit, where leaders from across the continent will assemble on the 14th and 15 to strengthen the European Council’s response to the crisis.
The response to date from economic and political elites in the European Union amounts to a massive attack on welfare, social rights and democracy. This has been achieved by undermining democracy, reflected in EU policies including the imposition of austerity, demands for deep cuts in social spending, attempts to weaken labour laws and the roll back of hard earned labour rights…. Continue reading

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”