Police Attack rallies Anarchists: Villa Amalias, Athens

Police stormed the iconic Villa Amalias squat center in Athens, but left and released prisoners after a huge solidaritry response

Athens: anarchist squat Villa Amalias raided by riot police

At approximately 07:00 GMT+2 on December 20th, riot police raided the anarchist squat Villa Amalias in Athens.

Eight people were detained inside the building, while the police are now searching in the presence of an ninth person who was also in the building at the time of the raid and who is acting as witness to the search. It is expected that this person will also be detained at the end of the operation.

It is still unclear whether or not the police intend to evict the squat.

People are already gathering in solidarity outside the squat in big numbers…… Continue reading “Police Attack rallies Anarchists: Villa Amalias, Athens”

Make them Leave it in The Ground: How We can Resist Climate Suicide

(extract from George Monbiot’s article with References and Comments)

”Preventing climate breakdown – the four, five or six degrees of warming now predicted for this century by green extremists like, er, the World Bank, the International Energy Agency and PriceWaterhouseCoopers (1 , 2 , 3 , ) – means confronting the oil, gas and coal industry.”

The only realistic way to do this is by making further development unprofitable. This seems impossible, even if extraction were to be limited by a world agreement, scarcity would drive prices up and make evasion eminently profitable, to companies who are anyway more powerful than many nation states.

One step forward is the movement in the US for Disvestment by Companies, Universities and Local Administrations, as it becomes ever clearer that the future of the planet really is being destroyed. (See article HERE Campaign to de-Invest from Fossil Fuel Climate Criminals ) Continue reading “Make them Leave it in The Ground: How We can Resist Climate Suicide”

Campaign to de-Invest from Fossil Fuel Climate Criminals

Fossil fuel divestment campaign: “If it’s wrong to wreck the climate then it’s wrong to profit from that wreckage.”

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Climate Science Watch

On the recent Do the Math tour, Bill McKibben, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, author Naomi Klein and other speakers and a team of organizers launched a campaign calling on churches, colleges, and others to divest their stock portfolios of investments in fossil fuel corporations Continue reading “Campaign to de-Invest from Fossil Fuel Climate Criminals”

Serial of The Free. Ch 23. Rocket Homes.. Away!

How to FIRE your boss.. Merri and Dolli outwit their rapist boss and cancel Gloria’s mortgage..

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Act Two Chapter twenty three

Rocket Homes..Away!

-‘Closing down? But how will I live?’–

Mr. Michael Princk MBA was fairly romping round his almost empty manager’s office.

-‘We’ve done it, we’ve done it Gloria. We’ve achieved our utmost goal! No no! Don’t answer the phone!’- Continue reading “Serial of The Free. Ch 23. Rocket Homes.. Away!”

Occupy Spain (25s y 15m) make anti Capitalist Constitution

The 25S Coordination group proposed in the assembly in the Plaza de Neptuno Oct. 23 organize a “Constituent Days” in principle for days 6, 7, 8 and 9 December, to start making a new anticapitalist constitution.

The aim is to achieve a minimum agreement to drive a real constituent process in which the people have the decisive voice. The agreement consists of a joint political declaration and a roadmap for the constitutional process. Continue reading “Occupy Spain (25s y 15m) make anti Capitalist Constitution”

Sao José evicted Occupy land, Build new village

150 recently evicted families have occupied land owned by the mayor of Sao José (Florianopolis), Djalma Berger, who is accused of rampant corruption. The new neighbourhood has survived all attacks so far due to strong community help.

A new neighbourhood called ‘Ocupaçäo Contestado’ has been born in San Jose! Plank by plank, canvas by canvas, recently evicted community residents in José Nitro are building their homes and their history in a space that bears the name of ‘Ocupaçäo Contestado’. Continue reading “Sao José evicted Occupy land, Build new village”

Alfon.. LIBERTAD. Freedom for General Strike comrade NOW!

On 14-N, day of the General Strike, our companion ALFON, was arrested in the neighborhood of Vallekas. After several days of confinement and interrogation in the dungeons of the Spanish State, he was sent to permanent prison, thanks to higher orders of the judiciary and the power of the government delegation, to this must be added the pressure of the mass media “communication “. Continue reading “Alfon.. LIBERTAD. Freedom for General Strike comrade NOW!”