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The Black Gulag in USA: State owned Slavery is STILL LEGAL in Prisons

Part II: Campaign to Redistribute the Pain 2018

by Bennu Hannibal Ra-Sun, formerly known as Melvin Ray, Free Alabama Movement As I write this article, I am not sure what day the Civil War began or what day it ended. The facts that I do know about the Civil War are not worth repeating here, as that story already occupies plenty of space in American text.

On Dec. 6, 1865, Black bodies were nationalized – and our prison movement was born The official launch date to announce our Campaign to Redistribute the Pain 2018 is Dec. 6, 2017.

My muse, instead, is about the particular vestige of slavery that the Civil War bequeathed to us on Dec. 6, 1865, that now forms the basis of our struggle to end mass incarceration and prison slavery in 2017.On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. This is the date that the struggle to end slavery repositioned itself, by virtue of the 13th Amendment, to the prison systems of America.

As we all now know or should know, the 13th Amendment did not abolish slavery; it nationalized it. We must keep in mind that the great deception and myth that the 13th Amendment abolished slavery was aided by the fact that in 1865, very few Black people in this country were allowed to see a copy of the Constitution. Textbooks in Black schools post-Civil War either didn’t have the Constitution in them to begin with, or it was removed before the books were passed to Black schools.

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Pussy Riot Members Detained After Protest In Siberia

They were protesting Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov’s 20-year prison sentence.

Maria Alyokhina, right, was reportedly detained in Russia on Monday.

By Katherine Brooks Two members of the Russian punk activist group Pussy Riot were detained in Russia on Monday after participating in a protest outside of a Siberian prison, The Associated Press reports.

Maria Alyokhina, one of three Pussy Riot members famously arrested after performing in a Moscow cathedral in 2012, tweeted that she and Olga Borisova were taken into custody by police after protesting the imprisonment of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov in Yakutsk, a remote city in Siberia located approximately 3,000 miles east of Moscow. Continue reading “Pussy Riot Members Detained After Protest In Siberia”

Hooded Grebe courtship dance, rare footage from “Tango in the Wind”

The Hooded Grebe is a Critically Endangered bird that breeds on a few basaltic lakes in the interior of Santa Cruz, extreme south-west Argentina.

Film by Michael and Paula Webster featuring the Hooded Grebe and it’s spectacular courting ritual. Full movie to be released soon.

To save birds’ habitats and breeding grounds, please visit http://www.birdlife.org/nest-quest

ECONOMIC TERRORISM AGAINST CATALONIA: THE BLACK HAND OF THE SPANISH STATE?

The Security Guards at the Barcelona airport continue their partial strike into shocking oppression. Although today the situation has improved thousands of people have had to wait more than two hours to be searched in line this week.

25% of Barcelona’s income comes from tourists and there are suspicions that the state is behind a wave of attempts to sabotage the industry (among others) that coincides with the referendum on independence.

Striking workers have been negotiating with Eulen‘s leadership which has shown little interest in meeting workers’ resistance to wage cuts, fueling rumors in Catalonia that something more sinister is going on.

The Generalitat has always unsuccessfully demanded that the management of Barcelona Airport be passed from Madrid to Catalonia ..Strangely, Eulen is in charge of private security at more than 30 airports throughout Spain, however, El Prat de Barcelona is the only airport that experiences an industrial action involving its workers this summer.

In addition, the company has very close ties with the governing People’s Party (PP): Eulen’s major shareholders include the brothers of former Spain’s defense minister, Jaime Mayor Oreja, and have even been accused of paying ‘illegal ‘commissions’ To the Partido Popular’.

The PP has repeatedly threatened to punish Catalonia financially for its separatist aspirations.

Attack on a tire of a Tourist Bus highlighted in Headlines around the whole World

Last week young people from ARRAN slightly damaged a tourist bus in Barcelona as part of the campaign against the saturation of tourists in the city .. The news went viral in blazing headlines all over the world, promoted by the far-right Spanish media. But is it mere coincidence that this dangerous anti-tourist revolt finally erupts just before the Independence Referendum, after so many years of enduring them? Or could the rumors of the ‘Media GAL’ of the State be relevant, with a police ‘Un-limited Budget Available’ which includes possible ‘Infiltracions en … entitats sobiranistes’.? (Infiltrations into Independentist Circles) Tourism is unpopular but brings in 25% of local income . see below.

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Terrorismo Económico contra Cataluña: la mano negra del Estado Español

Los Guardias de Seguridad en el aeropuerto de Barcelona siguen su huelga parcial. Aunque hoy la situación ha mejorada bastante miles de personas han tenido que esperar más de dos horas en línea esta semana.

El 25% de los ingresos de Barcelona vienen de los turistas y hay sospechas que el Estado está detrás de una ola de intentos por sabotear la indústria (entre otras) que coinciden con el referéndum de la independencia.

Los trabajadores en huelga han tenido negociaciones con la dirección de Eulen que ha mostrado poco interés en satisfacer las demandas de salario de los trabajadores, alimentando rumores en Cataluña, que algo más siniestro puede estar en marcha.

La Generalitat siempre ha reclamado sin éxito que la gestión de El Prat pase de Madrid a Cataluña..

Después de todo, Eulen está a cargo de la seguridad privada en más de 30 aeropuertos de toda España, sin embargo, El Prat de Barcelona es el único aeropuerto que experimenta una acción industrial que involucra a sus trabajadores este verano.

Además, la compañía tiene lazos muy estrechos con el gobernante Partido Popular (PP): los mayores accionistas de Eulen incluyen a los hermanos del ex ministro de Defensa de España, Jaime Mayor Oreja, e incluso se le ha acusado de pagar ‘comisiones’ ilegales al Partido Popular’.

El PP ha amenazado reiteradamente con castigar financieramente a Cataluña por sus aspiraciones separatistas.

Ataque a un neumático de un Bus Turístico destacado en Titulares por Todo el Mundo

La semana pasada jóvenes de ARRAN dañaron ligeramente un autobús turístico en Barcelona como parte de la campaña contra la saturación de turistas en la ciudad.. La noticia daba vuelto de todo el mundo, promovida por los medios españoles. ¿Pero es mera casualidad que la peligrosa revuelta anti turistas estalla justo antes que el Referéndum, después de tantos años de soportarlos? ¿O puede ser relevante los rumores del ‘GAL mediàtic’ del Estado con un ´Pressupost il-limitada’ policial que incluye ‘Infiltracions en … entitats sobiranistes’.? ver abajo.