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Stop the Cuts /contra les retallades / Barcelona,14 May

Indymedia Barcelona: Manifestació contra les retallades a Barcelona el 14 Maig, 11h. Plaça Urquinaona.

MANIFESTACIÓ 14-M: ATUREM LES RETALLADES SOCIALS, ALS SERVEIS PÚBLICS I A LES PENSIONS

11 h., Pça Urquinaona / Ronda Sant Pere.

La CGT de Catalunya juntament amb la CNT-AIT i la COS, moviments socials, assemblees de treballadors i de barri, crida a la ciutadania a manifestar-se el 14 de maig amb el sindicalisme que no es ven en contra les retallades socials, als serveis públics i a les pensions.

El 14 de maig ha de ser un dia de lluita, de lluita com la que des de fa setmanes els i les treballadores de la sanitat i ensenyament estan duent a terme. Per demostrar que la lluita no és patrimoni d’aquells que signen pactes socials d’esquenes als i les treballadores, el sindicalisme que no es ven i els moviments socials sortirem junts també aquest 14 de maig.

anti McDonalds.. huge resource center.

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McDonald’s spends over $2 billion a year broadcasting their glossy image to the world. This is a small space for alternatives to be heard……..

our health

Many nutritionists argue that the type of high fat, low fibre diet promoted by McDonald’s is linked to serious diseases such as cancer, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.

our fellow earthlings

Vegetarians and animal welfare campaigners aren’t too keen on McDonald’s – for obvious reasons. As the world’s largest user of beef they are responsible for the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of cows per year. In Europe alone they use half a million chickens every week, all from windowless factory farms. All such animals suffer great cruelty during their unnatural, painful and short lives, many being kept inside with no access to fresh air and sunshine, and no freedom of movement – how can such cruelty be measured?…….

I’m destroying it

One of the most well-known and sensitive questions about McDonald’s is: are they responsible for the destruction of tropical forests to make way for cattle ranching? McDonald’s say no. Many people say yes. So McDonald’s sue them. Not so many people say yes anymore, but does this mean McDonald’s aren’t responsible?

They annually produce over a million tons of packaging, used for just a few minutes before being discarded……

slave labour

Complaints from employees range from discrimination and lack of rights, to understaffing, few breaks and illegal hours, to poor safety conditions and kitchens flooded with sewage, and the sale of food that has been dropped on the floor. This type of low-paid work has even been termed ‘McJobs’…….

revolution

There is a much more fundamental problem than Big Macs and French Fries: capitalism. But what about anti-capitalist beliefs like socialism and anarchism? Is it possible to create a world run by ordinary people themselves, without multinationals and governments – a world based on sharing, freedom and respect for all life?…..

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Ban Called For McDonald’s And Coca-Cola At London Olympics (huffingtonpost.com)
McDonalds behind Amazon Slaughter https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/2628/
https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/anti-mcdonalds-website/

Glencore: Profiteering from hunger.

The rapid rise in prices for food, fuel and commodities has been disastrous for the world’s poor, including Indonesian market vendor Lia Romi. But it’s a bonanza for multinational trading firms such as Glencore.

While Romi has trouble feeding her family, Glencore – the world’s largest diversified commodities trader – is planning a US$11billion share sale, likely the largest market debut ever seen on the London Stock Exchange.

“The price for our daily food has at least doubled in the past two years,” Lia Romi told Al Jazeera through a translator. “Food costs 100 per cent of my family’s daily income [of about $3]. I have nothing saved and I owe [money] from my [market stall] business.”

While Romi, and millions like her, worry about feeding their families, the initial public offering from the commodity speculating giant will create at least four billionaires, dozens worth more than $100million and several hundred old fashioned millionaires. Chief Executive Ivan Glasenberg is set to make more than $9bn from the share sale. And speculating on food prices is an important part of his wealth.

via Glencore: Profiteering from hunger and chaos – Features – Al Jazeera English.

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Mulheres invadem fazenda da Veracel

Um grupo de mulheres militantes do MST (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra) invadiu uma fazenda em Eunápolis (671 Km de Salvador) na madrugada desta segunda-feira.

A fazenda, destinada à plantação de eucaliptos, pertence à empresa Veracel.

Segundo o MST, 1.500 pessoas –a maioria mulheres– participaram da invasão, que tem como objetivo “denunciar o uso de agrotóxicos e a monocultura em terras devolutas”. Não houve confrontos.

A ação, de acordo com o MST, faz parte da jornada de mulheres do MST e da Via Campesina que, neste ano, denuncia a violência contra a mulher.

Manifestantes ocupam Secretaria de Agricultura da Bahia

Na S�ria, mulheres protestam para pedir liberta��o de presos

S�ria: mulheres protestam para pedir liberta��o de presos

Governador da Bahia raspa a barba em troca de R$ 500 mil

Vit�ria fica no 2 a 2 contra o Bahia de Feira e est� a um empate do penta

via Mulheres do MST invadem fazenda da Veracel na Bahia – 28/02/2011.

Huelga general. Grecia.11 Mayo. General Strike.

Huelga general en Grecia el 11 de mayo contra la plutocracia y sus manejos

General strike in Greece on May 11.

Rechazamos hacer más sacrificios para la plutocracia. Exigimos medidas de protección para los desempleados, los trabajadores y sus familias….

….Trabajadora, trabajador, mujer, jóven, desempleado, jubilado, inmigrante económico,

La gravedad de la huelga del 11 de Mayo es muy alta. No es sólo una huelga más. Debemos convertir esta huelga al inicio de nuevas luchas para derrocar la politica antipopular. Las calles deben inundarse de gente del trabajo, los lugares de trabajo deben ser vacíos.

La troika y el gobierno no deben invocar el consentimiento de los trabajadores.

Rechazamos hacer más sacrificios para la plutocracia. Exigimos medidas de protección para los desempleados, los trabajadores y sus familias.

Todos en Omonia, el 11 de Mayo a las 10 a.m.

via Huelga general en Grecia el 11 de mayo contra la plutocracia y sus manejos – cinabrio blog.

One year after the IMF landed in the country, the people in Greece prepare for a fresh round of mobilisations

Tomorrow (May 6th) marks the first anniversary of the IMF, EU and ECB troika arriving in Greece. In response, base unions, the I won’t Pay movement and struggle committees in workplaces call for a demonstration today, May 5th at 7pm at the Propylea in Athens. They also call for participation to the General Strike of May 11th, and for the struggle to continue and to intensify up to May 15th, which is when the new round of cuts is to be announced.

Today, May 5th, also marks the first anniversary of the tragic death of the three bank workers at Marfin bank. In an effort to capitalise on their memory, the neonazis of Golden Dawn have called for a gathering outside the bank this evening, approximately at the same time with the base union demonstration only a few yards away.