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US forces Expensive Climate-lethal Fracked Gas on UK dependents

UPDATE UPDATE ANOTHER US FRACKED GAS CARGO DUE OCT 31st

Seems like there may be a political agreement in the UK to buy much more expensive US fracked gas and make the consumer pay.

The giant Shell-chartered 174,000-cbm LNG carrier Pan Europe is expected to arrive at the Dragon LNG facility in the Port of Milford Haven on October 31, according to the port’s shipping data.The tri-fuel diesel electric LNG carrier Pan Europe previously loaded a cargo at Cheniere’s Sabine Pass liquefaction and export facility in Louisiana, the data shows.

The UK’s Dragon LNG terminal has received a <a href=”https://www.lngworldnews.com/sabine-pass-cargo-heading-for-dragon-lng/”>LNG </aFracked Gas cargo from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass export facility in Louisiana, USA.

The gigantic new Sabine Pass plant exports nearly 100% Fracked Gas sourced by a fast growing web of dangerous pipelines to the hundreds of thousands of Fracking wells blighting the USA.

Destinations of US Fracked Gas as LNGChina was the biggest buyer of US Fracked gas after S Korea, (see chart) , with imports set to triple in the next few years in coal substitution. But in response to the 3rd round of US trade war tariffs on $200bn of goods China has slapped a 10% tax on US Fracked Gas imports, with a provision that it could rise in line with US import taxes.

Check out upcoming arrivals of US Fracked Gas from Sabine Pass and Cove Point at the Vessel Finder Site HERE …

Ironically in May 2018 China had offered to close the US trade gap with a huge increase in LNG imports. Now various reports suggest that Chinese imports of both oil and gas from the US neared zero in Sept 2018. Asia was the best market with higher prices. If the dispute continues Europe may receive even heavier pressure to import US Fracked gas.

As wide public solidarity has delayed and harassed the Fracking industry in the UK the Tory regime has bowed to US ‘Brexit blackmail’ and forced companies to accept more expensive US Fracked Gas. – “US forces EU into buying LNG – YouTube “

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Barcelona: Riot as Police Evict Occupied Center for Luxury Flats

from La Directa At 7 am, the eviction of the Ca la Trava occupied center in the Gràcia neighborhood of Barcelona began. Early on, a helicopter was flying over the area and the Mossos Police deployed ten vans of the anti-riot unit.

One of the vehicles was equipped with stairs to access the building and a panoramic camera. The squatter launched warning rockets to convene a solidarity concentration on the crossing of Gràcia with Torrent de l’Olla street, and resisted in the building.

According to Ca la Trava, two people have been detained, information that has been confirmed by the police. From the Catalan police statement, they claimed that when they had access to the building there were nine people inside, two have only been identified and have left voluntarily. Four of the remainder were seized, two were charged for Resistance against The Authority and the other two were administratively sanctioned by the so-called gag law, the citizen security law 4/2015.

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Brazil In Danger: Three ‘Time Bombs’

Brazil faces Militarized Fascism: 3 ‘time bombs’ promote Far Right Coup

By Boaventura de Sousa Santos

October 15, 2018 “Information Clearing House“ – Brazilian democracy is on the brink of the abyss. The institutional coup that was set in motion with President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment and led to the unjust imprisonment of former President Lula da Silva is all but complete.

The consummation of the coup has acquired a meaning that is quite different from what was initially intended by many of the political and social forces that promoted it or just would not disagree with it. Some of these forces either acted or reacted in the honest belief that the coup was aimed at regenerating Brazilian democracy by fighting corruption, while others saw it was a way of neutralizing the elevation of the popular classes to a standard of living that sooner or later was to be a threat not only to the elites but also to the middle classes (among whom there were many who were the product of the redistributive policies against which they were now turning). Continue reading “Brazil In Danger: Three ‘Time Bombs’”

An activist walks into a bank… Climate Actions Across Europe

Together with groups and partners, including #GasdownFrackdown, we called for action targeting banks for their role in financing fossil fuels. Here are some of the highlights:

In France, over 40 actions targeted Société Générale. People demanded that the bank “stops boiling the planet”. Société Générale finances the Rio Grande LNG pipeline, which would bring fracked gas from the US to Europe.
Geneva in Switzerland hosted a 7,000 people strong climate march. It’s most likely the biggest climate march ever in Switzerland. We were there and you can read our impressions here.
Protesters delivered the IPCC report to the Swiss National Bank and Credit Suisse. The report acts as a reminder that we need bold climate action to keep global warming below 1.5°C. Both banks fund projects like the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipeline.

55 seconds of collective energy. 7000 participants from all over Switzerland. 2 strong messages: the time has come for ambitious action on climate change. The SNB must divest from fossil fuels. #ClimateAction pic.twitter.com/tKC5at6Q8x

— Climate Alliance Switzerland (@climalliancech) October 16, 2018

Activists in Basel, Switzerland, sent a solidarity message to the defenders of the German Hambacher Forest: UBS and Credit Suisse need to stop their investment in coal giant RWE. The two banks hold a total of 2.3 billions in RWE, the company that wants to cut down the Hambach Forest to enlarge its massive lignite coal mine.

Barclays was the target in Oxford, UK, where Oxford residents protested the bank’s involvement in fracking.

Activists reading out their demands in the Barclays Oxford branch.

The European Investment Bank got a surprise visit by climate justice activists in Lisbon, Portugal. They carried a symbolic pipeline through the city, in protest of a 160 km long gas pipeline, financially supported by the European Commission. In Belgium, action was held at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Activists carrying pipeline pieces that read “Gas is as natural as mass extinction”.

An Italian customer of Intesa Sanpaolo had enough and closed his account. He protests over the bank’s investment into the Dakota Access and Trans Adriatic pipelines.

Banner drops, rallies, & conferences, from Germany to Bali to South Africa! & only the beginning of #GasdownFrackdown!
In solidarity with the struggle against gas, an ally in Italy closes his account w. @intesasanpaolo bank!
The fight is global, but so is our solidarity! pic.twitter.com/ImL60wLMDW

— Gastivists Network (@gastivists) October 12, 2018

Feel inspired by what others have been doing? It’s not too late to take action this week: Find all the information you need in our Step by Step Action Guide. Follow us on Twitter to always hear about the latest actions.

Verges Report: Only 65,000 at Franco’s Day of the Race

Verges Report: Only 65,000 at Franco’s Day of the Race in Barcelona .. /NOMÉS 65.000 AL DIA DE LA RAZA DE FRANCO

Ciutadans, PP, Vox parties and the rest of the extreme right call to ‘clean Catalonia of the yellow pestilence’ (ie. the Catalans)

Subsidised Buses from all over Spain fail to fill Barcelona for the Day of the Race, ignored by Catalans

Despite affluent ex fascist organisations subsidising fleets of buses at 10 euros return from Madrid to Barcelona (1,250 km) the ‘ historic unionist multitude’ rightwing demo was a bit of a flop, about half that of last year, though the organisers claimed ‘nearly a million took part’ the police estimated 65,000. Continue reading “Verges Report: Only 65,000 at Franco’s Day of the Race”

12 Oct Nothing To Celebrate.. Nada que Celebrar ..AntiColonial, AntiRacist, and Anti Patriarchal

16.45 h Oct 12. Barcelona.. .

About to start .. the anti-colonial march in front of the Palau de la Virreina located on the Ramblas of Barcelona, where around 500 people gathered in the Platform call October 12, nothing to celebrate.

Indigenous iconography, music and the festive atmosphere are the protagonists. Before beginning, a manifesto was read where it was claimed “to be daughters of the mix. group of women have made a dance and an invocation of Mapuche and a Brazilian representative has denounced the cultural genocide in Brazil – “with 90 languages disappeared in 100 years” – and that Bolsonaro “does not want to leave a millimeter of land to originals “.

A march with many banners: against the sexist laws, for the abolition of the Aliens Act, one in representation of the various imprisoneded migrants (Barcelona, Badalona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat and Blanes), one that asks #JusticiaparaBerta And the last one that says “they did not discover us, they invaded us”.
18.57 h. The anti-colonial march has reached the foot of the statue of Colón de Barcelona, where the demonstration ends. There, there was a theatrical representation in ironic form of the arrival in America.

During the event, songs like “Colón, Colón, asesino y violador (murderer and rapist)” or “With prisons, Internment, raids and borders .. That’s how Europe’s wealth is built. ” There have also been dances and manifestoes have been read, in which the Spanish monarchy and multinationals have been denounced and the right of self-determination of the peoples has been defended.

/ Freddy Davies

original in Catalan

16.45 h. A punt d’arrencar la marxa anticolonial davant del Palau de la Virreina situat a les Rambles de Barcelona, on s’hi han congregat al voltant de 500 persones en la convocatòria de la Plataforma 12 d’octubre, res a celebrar. La iconografia indigenista, la música i l’ambient festiu són les protagonistes. Abans de començar, s’ha llegit un manifest on s’ha reivindicat “ser filles de la mescla”. Un grup de dones han fet una dansa i una invocació maputxe i una representant brasilera ha denunciat el genocidi cultural al Brasil – “amb 90 llengües desaparegudes en 100 anys”- i que Bolsonaro “no vol deixar ni un mil·límetre de terra als originaris”. Una marxa amb moltes pancartes: contra les lleis masclistes, per l’abolició de la Llei d’estrangeria, una en representació de les diverses tancades de migrants (Barcelona, Badalona, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat i Blanes), una que demana #JusticiaparaBerta i l’última que diu “no nos descubrieron, nos invadieron“.

/ Freddy Davies”

18.57 h. La marxa anticolonial ha arribat al peu de l’estàtua de Colón de Barcelona, on finalitza la convocatòria. Allà s’ha fet una representació teatral en clau irònica de l’arribada a Amèrica. Durant la manifestació s’han escoltat càntics com “Colón, Colón, asesino y violador” o “Carceles, CIEs, redadas y fronteras. Así se construye la riqueza europea”. També s’han realitzat danses i s’han llegit parlaments, on s’han denunciat la monarquia espanyola i les multinacionals i s’ha defensat el dret d’autodeterminació dels pobles.

Barcelona: Mani. Oct 12 16.30. Nada Que Celebrar ..Nothing to celebrate!

Convocatoria:Palacio de la Virreina (rambla 99). 16.30 Plataforma Nada que celebrar Barcelona:

Resistencia AntiColonial, AntiRacista, y AntiPatriarcal

Invitamos a todxs los colectivos, vecinos, migrantes, artistas, trabajadoras y organizaciones populares a marchar este viernes 12, para denunciar el genocidio de millones de personas en estos siglos y la continuidad del neo-colonialismos Europeo, que sigue saqueando y sangrando a los pueblos del sur, mediante tratados comerciales, empresas, fronteras y guerras. Para los de arriba es el día de la hispanidad o de la raza , para los de abajo, es el día de la resistencia indígena, negra y popular. trae tu cartel , pancarta o lienzo para denunciar.

Barcelona: callout for October 12

Platform Nothing to celebrate Barcelona: Friday, October 12, at 4:30 pm, at Palacio de la Virreina (rambla 99)

We invite all groups, neighbors, migrants, artists, workers and popular organizations to march this Friday, 12, to denounce the genocide of millions of people in these centuries and the continuity of European neo-colonialism, which continues to plunder and bleed the peoples from the south, through trade agreements, companies, borders and wars.

For those on top it is the day of Hispanidad or ‘The Race’, for those below, it is the day of indigenous, black and popular resistance. Bring your poster, banner or canvas to demonstrate.