Category: Stop State and Capitalist criminals

Barcelona City Council sues for Fascist War Crimes

The city council has been won by ‘Barcelona in Common’ a radical new group stemming from the ‘Indignant’ occupiers, the feminist and the anti eviction movements.

00-intro-pla-xoc-castLed by a young activist mother Ada Colau the activists have not yet been corrupted, promising like the Zapatistas to ‘govern obeying’, ordering police to stop evictions of mortgage defaulters, paralysing the plague of luxury hotel building and the rightwing liberal  cuts offensive., etc.. and…

Barcelona City Council supports two Court Cases for crimes in the Civil War and Francoism

By Kaos   The City Council will support institutional criminal complaints by Italian bombing of Barcelona during the Civil War and the alleged crimes committed by the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. The deputy mayor of Citizen Rights, Participation and Transparency, Jaume Asens, announced that the city of Barcelona will take part in the process of the criminal complaint filed in the bombardeos-de-barcelonaCourt of Barcelona by the anti-fascist association AltraItalia condemning the bombing of Barcelona they made the Italian troops between 1937 and 1939, in which nearly 5,000 people died.

“We are in times of bombings and we have to remember what happened in Barcelona. Time does not erase the responsibility for what has been committed, “Asens said at a press conference . Continue reading “Barcelona City Council sues for Fascist War Crimes”

David Graeber – American Anarchist – See Part 1 here

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From LondonReal.com:

When I say the word anarchist you probably have an image of a bomb-throwing skinhead shouting slogans and facing down riot police.This week’s London Real guest David Graeber is going to change that image forever.A self-proclaimed anarchist, David is far more the picture of the soft-spoken, thoughtful academic than a combative activist.

 the interview starts around minute  7.

FULL EPISODE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episode…

But David’s credentials as a campaigner and anti-capitalist thinker speak volumes. In the first part of our enlightening discussion David recounts his intrinsic role in the 2011 Occupy Wall Street campaign. These protests saw THOUSANDS of people descend on New York City’s Zuccotti Park to create a political alternative to debt culture and corruption. Continue reading “David Graeber – American Anarchist – See Part 1 here”

sTOP kING cOAL: Oakland Fossil Fuel Resistance

 

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Coaltastrophe Threatens Oakland

The current focus of this campaign is to stop the threat of coal being transported into Oakland by rail for export overseas.  Despite the opposition of the City Council, the Mayor, and numerous other politicians “saying” they don’t want this new threat, the proposal remains on the table

Coal Rally picturesWe need a massive uprising of concerned residents, not only but mainly in Oakland, to “buck up” our political representatives to effectively challenge the coal terminal developer.  If they cannot use their political muscle to stop the coal, then going to court, backed by the overwhelming majority of Oakland residents, will be the inevitable next step. Continue reading “sTOP kING cOAL: Oakland Fossil Fuel Resistance”

Cherán K’eri:: Building a party-free Autonomy

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Cherán K’eri: Political parties are dead to us in this town

Cherán, Michoacán By Niñx Salvaje
In April of this year, the Purépecha municipality of Cherán K’eri, Michoacán is celebrating four years of its uprising to end the presence of organized crime in its territory.
Following the uprising, indigenous women and men not only managed to throw out to the narco cartel, but also expelled all authorities (police, local government and political parties) that supported the illegal activities in the community. cherán hThey decided to retake their traditional forms of self government to start a long process of building their autonomy. A few months back they inaugurated a new weapon to continue defending their traditions and reaffirm their rejection of the institutional political method: a communal

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The 1% own half the World: Property is theft: here’s why…

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After an illegal eviction on Phibsborough Rd. in June much debate arose surrounding the legitimacy of the squatters and their rights to take over empty and unused properties and put them to use. This piece looking at the issue of squatting and property rights was written by a WSM member and an An Spreach member who were evicted on that day from the property.

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—Personal Possessions & Communal Property v Private Property—

While one’s immediate reaction to using and living in an empty home or putting workplaces/land to use that is legally owned by another individual or company may immediately be that it is illegitimate or morally wrong, this article aims to deconstruct the argument that individuals, legal or real should be able to dominate and/or control property for their exclusive use, or to leave it rot at the expense of others.

see also: Richest one per cent owns more than half the world’s wealth ..

The ideas and justifications for private property go to the heart of the capitalist/statist system and its ability to control resources and the means to life to the exclusion, exploitation and detriment of the majority of the planet’s population.

What is private property?—’property is theft!’

Within the capitalist world, capitalist ideologues use the word ‘property’ to mean anything from a toothbrush to a workplace, this understanding of the word property has filtered into everyday use—however this is a false use of the word property. Its use in this context convinces people to associate their personal possessions with the monopolization of the means of life (private property). Wealthy-YachtEssentially, private property is the domination and control of resources (land/workplaces/food ect .) by individuals, which is backed up overwhelming by force (the state). Take, for example, Irish water. Denis O’brien and his cohorts control (dominate) the company to their own ends and profits and the state uses the gardai to back it up when their operations are disrupted by legitimate protestors fighting for their rights and livelihoods. This the how the relationship between private property and the state operates.london-live

The quote above, ‘property is theft’, which is taken from the French anarchist Proudhon forms the basis of the anti-capitalist attack on private property. The reasoning behind the statement that property is theft is that the Earth and all of the things produced by humans are the cumulative products of thousands of years and generations of work, science, innovation and production. Continue reading “The 1% own half the World: Property is theft: here’s why…”

Now 5 vegan anti drug activists seized for ”terrorism” in Madrid

anarquistas-detenidos-Madrid-Straight-Edge_EDIIMA20151105_0363_4(update: photo..the pathetic ”evidence of terrorism” for arrest of 6 ‘straight edge’ vegans. 2 are still incarcerated and 4 are out on 10000 euro bail.//)straight edge

The police broken into the house of 5 comrades from the Straight Edge Madrid collective this morning (04.11.15) and seized collective materials then arrested all 5 comrades.

The 5 comrades are being held at the Moratalaz police station  and have not been allowed to see a lawyer. Coming straight after the Pandora raids (with no evidence) the arrest of vegan anti drug activists on terrorist charges is one more cynical far right election ploy to put the word TERRORISTS all over the tame subsidised media. The first I knew of it, for example was a headline  saying ”anarchist terrorists seized for bombs in Madrid”.. but there have been no bombings!

The Madrid police have no qualms in destroying the lives of five young idealists with this evidence... a flag and some nais.
The Madrid police have no qualms in destroying the lives of five young idealists with this evidence… a flag and some nails.

In fact the Madrid police especially hate the Straight Edge vegans and last March severely beat up and arrested 2 of them ((see here  http://theferalspacecollectivexvx.blogspot.com.es/2015/03/support-needed-for-straight-edge-madrid.html)) Continue reading “Now 5 vegan anti drug activists seized for ”terrorism” in Madrid”

Iceland jails 26 Bankers and plans Windfall Gifts to Citizens

First They Jailed the Bankers, Now Every Icelander to Get Paid in Bank Sale

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Iceland — First, Iceland jailed its crooked bankers for their direct involvement in the financial crisis of 2008. Now, every Icelander will receive a payout for the sale of one of its three largest banks, Íslandsbanki.

If Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has his way — and he likely will — Icelanders will be paid kr 30,000 ( 212 euros)  after the government takes over ownership of the bank. Íslandsbanki would be second of the three largest banks under State proprietorship.

GLOBAL ELITES THROWN OUT OF ICELAND: Iceland Dismantles Corrupt Gov't Then Arrests All Rothschild Bankers

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