3 Anarchist Victims of Spanish Repression freed : There’s no Evidence

The National Court has ordered the release without bail bond for three of the five people who were until now in custody, detained under the ‘Operation Piñata’, anti anarchist raids, on 31 March.

As explained Daniel Amelang to the paper Diagonal, one of the lawyers representing the defendants in Operation Piñata, they are now waiting for the Court to rule on the freedom of the other two people who are still in custody.

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Dilar Dirik promotes Women’s Revolution in Rojava

The Women’s Revolution in Rojava: Defeating Fascism by Constructing an Alternative Society

by Dilar Dirik

This piece is a book chapter in “A Small Key Can Open A Large Door: The Rojava Revolution” by Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness (Ed.), March 2015 (Combustion Books).The resistance against the Islamic State in Kobanê has woken the world to the cause of Kurdish women. Typical of the media’s myopia, instead of considering the radical implications of women taking up arms in a patriarchal society – especially against a group that systematically rapes and sells women as sex-slaves – even fashion magazines appropriate the struggle of Kurdish women for their own sensationalist purposes today. Continue reading “Dilar Dirik promotes Women’s Revolution in Rojava”

Spain’s Citizen Candidates to “Lead by Obeying your Orders” ?

…the new wave of local politicians arrive with anarchist methods of direct democracy… but how long before they are sucked int the mashine?…

Spain’s ‘citizen candidates’ shake up politics

At municipal elections, grassroots politicians are gaining support with pledges to fight corruption and austerity.

Katharine Ainger

*A man gestures with his mouth gagged as dozens of protesters shout slogans before local elections [AP]*

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Brazilian Anarcha Feminist Revolutionary: Maria Lacerda de Moura, 1887-1944

Here is the story of Maria Lacerda de Moura, brave pioneer of progressive anarcha feminism on Brasil. It is thanks to the efforts of Maria and her comrades a century ago that today we have a diverse and vibrant anarchist movement.

Maria Lacerda de Moura was a teacher, journalist, writer, lecturer and poet and in everything she did her anarchist beliefs in human emancipation shone through, even when she never explicitly used the word ‘anarchism’.

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Contrainfos 103.. Barcelona based video mag

1. Ayotzinapa Support Convoy

2. Evictions in Ciutat Meridiana

3. Anarchist Film Festival

4. Victims awaiting prison for Parlament demo 3 yrs ago

5. Operation Spider 3

6. Operation Piñata

7. Strike and squatting of Telefónica Headquarters

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TTIP Corporate Power Grab BLOCKED …then allowed through as Senators SELL OUT !

LATE NEWS UPDATE

Only 2 days later in a new vote 14 Senators changed their mind after MASSIVE GRAFT AND POLITICAL PRESSURE.

Not only are they now in favour but have voted away their power to delay the ‘fast tracking’ of the Corporate Coup d’Etat by the 1%.

So much for printing good news.. the article below is CANCELLED

http://riseuptimes.org/2015/05/14/reversing-grassroots-win-us-senate-approves-fast-track-trade-measure/

Are the Wheels Starting to Fall Off TTIP?

by Nick Dearden 14 Comments

‘The battle isn’t over,’ writes Dearden, ‘but yesterday’s vote should give campaigners everywhere real hope.’ (Image: Global Justice Now)

In a shock vote for President Obama yesterday, the Senate blocked a bill that would have allowed him to ‘fast track’ trade agreements like TTIP. Although only a procedural vote, the fact that Democrats in the Senate united to dismiss the motion makes it significantly less likely that Obama will succeed, with commentators saying Obama’s trade strategy is now ‘in tatters’.

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