Category: solidarity

Chicago Anti Racists expelled from WordPress

southsideara.wordpress.com  ”This blog has been archived or suspended for a violation of our Terms of Service.
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South Chicago Anti Racist Action,  has been expelled from WordPress.Com, presumably for advocating self defense against nazi attacks. Last year they blocked a fascist march in Chicago, and recently exposed the leader of a nazi organization as a known paedophile

YOU CAN STILL READ SOME OF THE POSTS BY PUTTING THE FOLLOWING IN GOOGLE AND CLICKING ‘En Caché’     southsideara.wordpress.com

I also found this email which may be old.
southsidechicagoara@hushmail.com

LAST POSTS..maybe what they were expelled for

Drive White Supremacist Eric “Scott” Kriske of Chicago Mafia Skins Out of Chicago

The violent street crews Chicago Mafia Skins(CMS) and the Chitown 77 Street Punks are well known for random beatings of homeless people, people of…

350,000 Somali refugees in Dadaab

Somali refugees arrive in Dadaab
Hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing lands in Somalia due to severe drought and arriving in what has become the world’s largest refugee camp. The Dadaab refugee camp, just over the border in Kenya, was initially setup to host some 90,000 refugees fleeing Somalia’s ongoing civil war in March, 2009. Today, the number of refugees is estimated at over 350,000 with thousands more expected in the coming weeks. UN refugee agency chief Antonion Guterres called the plight of Somali refugees “the worst humanitarian tragedy” in the world today.

EVICTED..Han desallotjat Artkatraz

English.. The Artkatraz circus and street theatre school school squat center in Barcelona has been evicted with 30 people identified by the police, no arrests. Activities have moved to two nearby places and a new occupation.
by Solidària 07 Jul 2011
Els mossos d’esquadra han començat un operatiu passades les sis de la matinada d’avui que ha acabat amb el desallotjament de la companyia d’arts escèniques alternatives Artkatraz de la nau abandonada propietat de Metrovacesa que ocupaven al número 135 del carrer Almogàvers, a Barcelona (vídeo de BTV). La policia catalana ha explicat que durant el desallotjament s’han fet una trentena d’identificacions entre un col·lectiu que en tot moment s’ha mostrat pacífic. D’aquesta manera s’ha executat l’ordre de desallotjament contra la qual el col·lectiu es va manifestar a final de maig d’enguany amb un espectacle de circ a la Ciutat de la Justícia.
Durant aquell espectacle de protesta, que es va fer el 23 de maig, els artistes asseguraven que no havien rebut mai cap notificació i que el sentit de la seva manifestació era denunciar el desallotjament ‘incorrecte’ d’un centre social obert a tothom que funcionava ‘com una escola alternativa d’arts escèniques’. En concret el col·lectiu ocupava tres naus propietat de Metrovacesa des de l’octubre del 2009.

Greece blocks Gaza Flotilla for Israel.

Greece has banned all ships in the Gaza-bound “freedom flotilla” from leaving port, dealing a further blow to activists trying to break Israel‘s blockade on the Palestinian territory.

Greek authorities said an international group of vessels planning to sail from its ports and deliver aid to the Gazan population would be stopped, a move that lends the support of the Prime Minister, George Papandreou’s administration to Israel’s contentious four-year naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.

An American boat participating in the flotilla was forced to return to shore after it tried to defy the ban and set sail from Athens on Friday. The Audacity of Hope was turned back by the Greek coastguard. Passengers claim Greek commandos pointed machine guns at those on board to stop the boat reaching open water.

Campaigners accused Israel of “outsourcing” its blockade to Greece. “Greece sold its body to the banks and its soul to Israel and the United States,” flotilla activist Dror Feiler told Israeli news outlet Ynet. “I don’t think – I know – that Israel and US pressure caused this.” Hamas also condemned the Greek decision, describing it as “inhumane” and “contrary to international regulations and norms”.

The Greek announcement is the latest in a series of setbacks for the organisers of this summer’s flotilla, which comes just over a year after a similar mission ended in the deaths of nine activists following the boarding of their boat by Israeli military forces. Participants claim that two of the 10 ships in the flotilla had been sabotaged by Israeli agents – a claim Israel dismissed as “ridiculous”.

The Israeli government has described the flotilla as an act of anti-Israeli provocation rather than an attempt to convey much-needed aid to Gaza’s 1.6 million inhabitants, who have lived under an economic blockade since Hamas took control of the territory in June 2007.

However, Israel has been embarrassed by the release of an anti-flotilla video which was later exposed as an elaborate hoax.

Strauss-Kahn’s Accuser Doubly Vicitimised

By Portia Crowe
NEW YORK, Jul 1, 2011 (IPS) – Despite questions about her credibility, the Sofitel maid who is accusing former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault is still a victim and should be treated as one, according to her attorney.

“The victim here made some mistakes, but that doesn’t mean she’s not a rape victim,” her attorney, Kenneth Thompson, told reporters on Friday.

He claimed that District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. was trying to drop the case in order to save face, and stressed that the 32-year-old alleged victim still deserved justice.

On Friday, Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest in New York without bail, after prosecutors brought documents before the court challenging his accuser’s credibility.

Strauss-Khan’s lawyers say the accuser confessed to fabricating the details of her asylum application. They also claim that she lied on income tax documents, and fudged the specifics of her whereabouts after the alleged attack.

But many are questioning the relevance of those confessions to the trial.

READ MORE HERE  http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56337

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
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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).

People fight back again in Syntagma square

#648 | …and this is how the people fight back: Syntagma square flooded with demonstrators once again, after two days of unrecedented police violence in Athens

The waves after waves of police violence during the General Strike of June 28-29 (full coverage) deterred no-one. Once again, thousands took to the streets and gathered in Syntagma to protest against the memorandum, the troika, the government but also, this time, the police.

The change in the atmosphere was quite stunning, with anti-police slogans chanting through the air. The rage of the previous days was there, but the fear was gone. Tonight’s assembly was one of the largest Syntagma has seen.

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10 Comments

  1. Charlie Cairoli wrote:

    Beautiful!

    Today we had a mass strike in Britain too. And it was much bigger, and better supported, than anybody had expected.

    From this we are hoping to move to a general strike in October.

    Friday, July 1, 2011 at 2:29 am | Permalink