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It has been almost 12 months since the Israeli government began their most recent assault on Gaza and the West Bank. The retaliation for the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel, has escalated to what the international community has called genocide, therefore, GRIID will be providing weekly links to information and analysis that we think […]
Palestine Solidarity Information, Analysis, Local Actions and Events for the week of September 29th
Hello and welcome to THE CHILD AND ITS ENEMIES, a podcast for and about children, especially queer and neuro-divergent kids and teens, living out anarchy and youth liberation.
by Anarchist Educator Jordan on 1st Oct 2o24 at Anarchist News.org/ fromthefreeonline – https://wp.me/pIJl9-Eck (on T’gram: t.me/thefreeonline )
From The Child and Its Enemies An anarchist educator talks GEDs, queer youth organizing in schools, how to navigate academia as an anarchist, free schools, homeschooling, unschooling, and other queer insurrection .
Here at THE CHILD AND ITS ENEMIES we believe that youth autonomy is not only crucial to queer and trans liberation, but to anarchy itself. Governance is inherently based on projecting linear narratives of time and Development and gender onto our necessarily asynchronous and atemporal queer lives, and kids, teens, and everyone else affected by anti-child ageism are at the center of this form of oppression.
Our goal with the podcast is to create a space by and for kids and teens that challenges all forms of control and inspires us to create neuroqueer, feral, ageless networks of care.
I’m your host, mk zariel. My pronouns are they/them, I’m fifteen years old, and I’m the youth correspondent at the Anarchist Review of Books, author of the blog Debate Me Bruh, and organizer of some all-ages queer spaces in my city and online.
https://www.self-directed.org › tp › from-deschooling-to-unschooling
20:23|Tuesday, May 7, 2024|Ep. 4 “We were organizing and enacting mutual aid without having the words to call it that. Again, I credit my parents. They were hella organizers. Their tentacles reached way beyond our backwoods area. Without the internet.
So I actually did know at an early age that resistance was not only possible but necessary.
When the school told us asinine things like girls can’t wear pants or salute the flag or there are different rules for poor and less poor; for different colors, when we figured out that our local volunteer fire dept. was the KKK, I knew what to do. Organize and fight back.
Burn the flag, walk out of school, stand up on a desk and yell, sing, take to the woodswith your comrades. The possibilities are more numerous today, with digital media to amplify us, and youth so savvy and informed and using it to organize.”
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Thursday, September 5, 2024|Season 1, Ep. 11
Join us and Tom from Its Going Down, one of the more successful anarchist news organizations in recent years, to talk about what got them into this work, how its going now, and thoughts about what people should be doing in this moment. Music is “Wrecking Ball” by Mother Mother. Enjoy
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Friday, August 9, 2024|Ep. 10
An episode on Madeline Lane-McKinley and their work. We get into how it intersects with youth autonomy and liberation efforts. Heck we even talk about what childhood even means and where it comes from. Is children’s literature even possible? This and more on a long one, double interlude, let’s go!
The anarchist activist known as the Robin Hood of banks, on the run for 12 years, has been discovered and jailed in France since last June 12.
by La Directa / Rac1.cat Fina Giralt and thefreeonline .. https://wp.me/pIJl9-Ea2 (on Telegram: t.me/thefreeonline )
The flimsy pretext for his imprisonment is for allegedly making exchanges between the euro and cryptocurrencies with a person who allegedly gained money from an e-commerce fraud.
Enric Duran, is famous for borrowing half a million euros in bank loans in order to donate the money to alternatives to capitalism after the Great Crash of 2008. He considers his jailing an attack by the capitalist system to “criminalize the use of cryptocurrencies”
At his trial in Barcelona the State banned his witnesses who aimed to expose the multi billion frauds of the banks themselves, So Robin (Enric) ‘did a runner’…
see also Integral CoOps,15M and Occupy.. an embryo for Post Capitalism?
Enric has been imprisoned in France for more than three months and on Friday 28th Sept Friday finally testified in the courts of Nanterre, as his mother Fina Giralt explained . We hope the State will have to release him.
According to Fina, her son was arrested by the French police on June 10 in Paris, in the accommodation he had rented to sleep, and he spent two days in the police station and then was sent to prison.
Enric admitted defrauding 39 banks of 492,000 euros, but when the trial date arrived he did not appear and has lived in exile for 12 years since then.
“They must have followed him to his flat. He stopped communicating with us and the next day we learned that he had been arrested”, details Giralt, who believes that the French police “have taken advantage of the fact that he has been wanted by the Spanish justice to take him now under the false pretext of the exchange of cryptocurrencies”.
In 2008, Enric Duran became a public figure announcing that he had stolen the 492,000 euros from different banking entities, through loans that he had no intention of returning, with the aim of denouncing the capitalist and speculative financial model, and use the money “to build alternatives from social movements”.
“From 2006 to 2008, Duran took out 68 commercial and personal loans from a total of 39 banks with no guarantees or property as collateral. He had no intention of repaying the debts, and used the money to finance various anti-capitalist movements.[3] “
He was accused of defrauding 39 banks and forgery, and spent a few months in pre-trial detention, but when the trial date arrived he did not appear and went into in hiding. Anarchist Robin Hood on Trial in Barcelona
The case against Enric was finally filed in 2023 due to the statute of limitations so the French State has jailed him on suspicion of a non crime .
Enric Duran Giralt (born 23 April 1976, in Vilanova i la Geltrú) also known as Robin Banks or the Robin Hood of the Banks is a Catalan anticapitalist activist[1] and a founding member of the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC – Cooperativa Integral Catalana (CIC)12 3 ) and Faircoop.[2][3][4][5][6] and helped to fund them and many other anti.system initiatives from the funds obtained through his “solidarity scam “,5 WIKI
The activist believes that the French judiciary is “criminalizing cryptocurrency transactions, a legal but unregulated activity”.
In 2008, Enric Duran generated an intense public debate when he announced that he had “stolen” the 492,000 euros from different banking entities, with a loan that he had no intention of returning with the aim of promoting a debate around the capitalist and speculative financial model and use the money for social purposes.
“They have taken advantage of the fact that he has been wanted by the Spanish justice system to take him now under the pretext of exchanging cryptocurrencies”, denounces Fina Giralt, mother of the activist.
Continue reading “French State imprisons Catalan anarchist ‘Robin Hood’ Enric Duran after twelve years ‘underground’.”
from thefreeonline / https://wp.me/pIJl9-DUn 28/9/24 AnnnarkehMedia ( on Telegram t.me/thefreeonline )
https://anarchistnews.org/content/introducing-muntjac-anarchism-decolonised-0
Muntjac: Decolonising Anarchism– NEW MAG
The inspiration behind us getting together to at least try to make this happen comes from the militancy of racialized communities in this country standing up for themselves.
As such the first volume of the mag will be centered around these manifestations of autonomous community self defence both in recent memory and in our history and traditions.
Articles not on that topic are welcome too, you do not need to be an intellectual and there is no minimum for submissions but due to size constraints around 4 pages of A4 would be the maximum we can take.
(Though, we can help create zines of larger articles and distribute them too if you fancy) Poetry is also, of course, welcome and deeply appreciated too.
P.S. Preferred format for submissions is plain text via email so we can reformat these things quickly.
Deadline for volume 1. 30/09/24
If you want to submit content or stock the magazine once its out, you can contact us by Email: fawnarchy@grrlz.net or on the various social medias we use via inktr.ee/muntjac Source: Muntjac
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Text by Frankie Larsen
As fascists descended on Bristol, hundreds of community members gathered to protect a local hotel housing asylum seekers.
The faces of families, mostly mothers and children, peered down at us from the windows of the Mecure hotel on Redcliffe Hill, Bristol.
The residents of the hotel, which is located in the centre of the city, were no doubt bewildered and anxious.
It looks this Twitter account has been suspended.
Below them 200 of us had rushed up to the entrance of the building and linked arms across the doorway. I was one of those in the crowd and knew that the mob couldn’t be far behind.
Tense chatter of coordination broke out as we decided who would form the front lines of defence.
It looks this Twitter account has been suspended.
Moments later, 60 inebriated thugs appeared at the bottom of the hill and began shouting, marching towards us with none of the discipline but all the intention of a Nazi battalion.
We knew what would come next and stood tight together, readying ourselves for the fight…… continues. HERE https://www.huckmag.com
The symbolic and universal Peace sign was flown high and proud through the sniper-chaperoned streets of Manchester as hundreds of thousands of concerned UK citizens descended upon Oxford Road to oppose the Tory Party’s austerity measures. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) bloc arrived with hundreds of supporters to send a clear message of defiance […]
https://peacenews.info/ Peace News to close
All four PN staff have resigned in protest at bullying by Peace News Trustees
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…More than a book, it’s the serious artivists’ wikipedia… Beautiful Trouble is available FREE under a creative commons license…!عربى Español Français Italiano မြန်မာ Português Русский – –
from thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-E9D by Ann Narkeh at https://beautifultrouble.org/ ( The Free on Telegram: t.me/thefreeonline )
Beautiful Trouble is a constantly evolving web toolbox, and an international network of artist-activist trainers whose mission is to help grassroots movements be more creative and more effective.
However it has been criticized by anarchists as being ‘a handbook for western middle class pacifist ONG’s looking for grants’.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CywKdibuG1-/
The project has been ongoing since 2012, successfully sharing the accumulated wisdom of decades of creative protest with today’s generation of change-makers’ experiences on the frontlines.
Beautiful Trouble lays out the core tactics, principles and theoretical concepts that drive creative activism, offering an array of tools to help activists learn from recent successes and failures, and from the broad, rich history of our struggle(s).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CyLwlWeuW86/
There are currently five modules; Tactics, Principles, Theories, Case Studies and Practitioners, all excellently researched, brilliantly written and painstakingly cross referenced, full of insights for cynical old artist-activists and fresh faced noobs alike.
The materials are being updated and added to constantly, if you’ve got something you want to share or add, you can get involved, here.
https://beautifultrouble.org/dispatches/mid-month-monday-toolbox-jam-on-may-13th
Continue reading “BEAUTIFUL TROUBLE: Still Elegant and Incendiary [The Occupied Sun Book Review]”“We encourage readers to explore our website, beautifultrouble.org, which is more than simply an appendage to the book, but in fact stands as perhaps the fullest expression of the project. In an easily navigable form, the website includes all the book’s content as well as material that, due to constraints of both space and time, we were unable to include in this print edition.
Convocada por CGT y Solidaridad Obrera, será este 27 de septiembre. A la protesta se han adherido más de 200 colectivos y organizaciones. .
27 de sept de 2024 por Óscar F. Civieta – https://www.grupotortuga.com via The Free- https://wp.me/pIJl9-E9f
“¿Qué contestarás cuando te pregunten qué hiciste durante el genocidio?”. Es la pregunta que hace las veces de lema en la jornada de lucha y huelga general para apoyar al pueblo de Palestina, que han convocado –para el viernes 27 de septiembre de 2024– la Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) y la Confederación Sindical Solidaridad Obrera.
Más de 200 colectivos y organizaciones ciudadanas se han adherido a la convocatoria, que ha programado centenares de acciones de denuncia para ese día en diversas ciudades de España. En Madrid, habrá una concentración a las 13.00 horas, frente al Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, y una manifestación que partirá desde Atocha a las 19.00 horas y finalizará en la plaza de Callao.
“Costará 80 años volver a construir la Franja”
41.467 personas asesiandas en Gaza y más de 95.000 heridos, según los últimos datos proporcionados por las autoridades palestinas. Para los convocantes, es el momento de “redoblar el grito de rabia e indignación”.
En la rueda de prensa de presentación de esta jornada de lucha, Nadwa A., de BDS Movement, explicó que “la destrucción que se está llevando a cabo en Palestina no tiene precedentes: se ha acabado con todo el avance humano de los últimos 40 años y costará otros 80 volver a construir la Franja”.
Para ella, “sólo la unidad de la sociedad civil podrá hacer verdadera fuerza para acabar con este genocidio”.
El secretario general de la CGT, Miguel Fadrique, se mostró muy crítico con los grandes sindicatos de este país. Afirmó que, “con la gran capacidad que tienen para movilizar a más trabajadores y trabajadoras, se han puesto de perfil al conocer la petición de paro por parte de colectivos obreros de Palestina”.
Desde el sindicato dejan claro que están viendo cada día “cómo el Estado sionista de Israel continúa, con el beneplácito de la comunidad internacional, condenando a la miseria y matando de hambre a quienes no mueren bajo sus bombas”.
Más de 160 organizaciones piden la suspensión del Acuerdo Asociación UE-Israel
164 asociaciones han pedido conjuntamente la suspensión del Acuerdo de Asociación UE-Israel “a la luz de las violaciones de los derechos humanos por parte del Estado de Israel en el Territorio Palestino Ocupado (TPO)”, tal y como se apunta en la carta que han enviado a la Unión Europea (UE).
Las firmantes de la misiva indican que “estas violaciones de los derechos humanos constituyen una clara violación del artículo 2, que condiciona el Acuerdo al respeto de los derechos humanos y los principios democráticos de las partes, que constituyen un elemento esencial del mismo”
El 26 de enero de 2024, recuerdan las organizaciones, “la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) dictaminó que la conducta actual de Israel en Gaza constituía un riesgo de genocidio y ordenó a Israel que tomara medidas para evitarlo”.
El 28 de marzo, la CIJ ordenó nuevamente a Israel que implementara estas medidas provisionales. El 24 de mayo, la CIJ ordenó a Israel que detuviera inmediatamente su ofensiva militar en Rafah y abriera el cruce de Rafah para la prestación sin trabas de servicios y ayuda. “Todas estas órdenes, que son obligatorias, han sido ignoradas por Israel”, subrayan en el comunicado oficial.
“Los abusos contra los derechos humanos no comenzaron en 2023”
“Los abusos contra los derechos humanos por parte del Gobierno israelí no comenzaron en 2023 y no se limitan a la Franja de Gaza”, comentan los firmantes. Para estos, “las violaciones sistemáticas y generalizadas de los derechos humanos, como la confiscación de tierras y recursos y la discriminación racial, se han documentado durante los 57 años de ocupación del territorio palestino por Israel y los 17 años de bloqueo de Gaza”.
Y añaden: “Las pruebas de tortura y trato inhumano de los detenidos de Palestina, incluidos los abusos sexuales, están bien documentadas. La situación de los presos no ha hecho más que empeorar desde octubre de 2023, sobre todo en el caso de los detenidos en Palestina por el ejército israelí”.
La inacción de la comunidad internacional
Las “graves violaciones del derecho internacional y del derecho humanitario”, resaltan las organizaciones, “nunca habrían sido posibles si la comunidad internacional, incluida la Unión Europea, hubiera hecho que Israel rindiera cuentas de sus actos y hubiera adoptado las medidas apropiadas en respuesta”.
En la carta enviada a la UE se manifiesta que “el respeto a los derechos humanos es un elemento esencial de los Acuerdos de Asociación de la UE con los países socios”.
Las disposiciones del Acuerdo de Asociación UE-Israel señalan que las partes establecen la asociación “teniendo en cuenta la importancia que las Partes atribuyen (…) a los principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, en particular la observancia de los derechos humanos y la democracia, que constituyen la base misma de la Asociación”.
El artículo 2 establece que “las relaciones entre las Partes, así como todas las disposiciones del propio Acuerdo, se basarán en el respeto de los derechos humanos y los principios democráticos, que orientan su política interna e internacional y constituyen un elemento esencial del presente Acuerdo”.
La violación de las denominadas cláusulas de “elementos esenciales”, sostienen los firmantes, “permite a la UE poner fin o suspender total o parcialmente un Acuerdo de Asociación, de conformidad con el artículo 60 de la Convención de Viena sobre el Derecho de los Tratados”.
En la Parte I, vimos cómo los pastores de los Pirineos están derribando fronteras y recuperando viejas prácticas de pastoreo para restablecer la práctica sostenible de la migración estacional con sus rebaños. Ahora, exploremos la historia reciente de las guerrillas anarquistas que cruzaron repetidamente estas montañas en la lucha contra el fascismo, que era también […]
Presas, incendios forestales y bienes comunes ocultos – Parte II: Estas montañas luchan entre el procomún anarquista y el ambientalismo fascista (2024) – Peter Gelderloos
The Free 