ALL finally INNOCENT: 52 Indigenous accused of Bagua Massacre, Peru

52 protestors have been acquitted of charges relating to the Bagua Massacre, one of the bloodiest episodes in recent Peruvian history.

The protestors, many of whom were indigenous, were accused of killing 12 policemen in June 2009.

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“Police attack protesters on June 5th 2009″

The massacre, which began as a peaceful demonstration, ended with at least twenty-three police officers, five Indians and five civilians dead, and more than 200 people injured. Unofficial reports suggest that the death toll was much higher.

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Brazil Spring:. Who are the Boys and Girls occupying 961 Schools and Universities

By Joan Edesson de Oliveira / Portal Vermelho translation by TheFreeOnline

Students have now decided to occupy the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro against the PEC of Death Via CUCA da UNE:

: after a long assembly in the rectory building, 800 students who participated in the discussion decided to occupy the rectory building next Monday, 07 Nov. Other university campuses, such as the National Faculty of Law, Macaé and Praia Vermelha Are added to the occupation of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences, the IFCS.

Estudantes ocupam 961 escolas e universidades

They scatter through the streets, the schools, the universities. They are no longer content to wait for tomorrow, they do not just want, as Max Górki said, to have the face of tomorrow. They are thirsty for today, they are hungry for the now. Continue reading “Brazil Spring:. Who are the Boys and Girls occupying 961 Schools and Universities”

FREE Nahuel, vegan activist jailed now 1 Year without trial

Nahuel, a member of Straight Edge, now a year kidnapped by the State

Another sick joke by the neo/fascist Spanish rulers to jail indefinitely. isolate and torture a young anti/nazi and anti drugs idealist while letting without trial — Another sick joke by the neo/fascist Spanish rulers… to jail indefinitely without trial, isolate and torture a young anti fascist and anti drugs activist and vegan. The charges are nonsense, Straight Edge is the opposite of criminal or terrorist. Nahuel is incarcerated because **he was the only one to sign a complaint against police brutality to Amnesty International with his real name**. It is the police and courts that are criminal, controlled by the same old Spanish Right, wallowing in corruption with impunity and still denying their Spanish Holocaust.

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Nahuel is a member of Straight Edge in Madrid, a group that advocates anti speciesism, veganism and anti-fascism, he was charged with “belonging to a criminal organization with terrorist aims” and is still awaiting trial. by Pablo Fernández Fernández

On 4th Nov Nahuel suffered an anniversary, a year behind bars on remand. But he has not been convicted. A few days ago was his birthday and his mother was allowed to see him, without touching. Even now after a year as a ‘model prisoner’ he is held on the special the strict ‘FIES’regime. In jail within the jail. Though he has never hurt anyone.

“I was arrested with other friends for being part of Straight Edge Madrid. The government considers us a terrorist group. The reason? Being a part of the demonstrations against the government here in Spain. For being part of the people that never abandoned the ones who lost their homes. Me, like my friends, were part of the anti-eviction movement, and also the animal liberation movement. They call us terrorists. They call me a terrorist. But we were a group of friends that wanted to create a drug free space in the anarchist and antifascist hardcore punk scene in Madrid”….. Nahuel Continue reading “FREE Nahuel, vegan activist jailed now 1 Year without trial”

Prosfygika, Athens: Refugees and Squatters expel Nazis and Police

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The Squatted Prosfygika are located on Alexandras Av., within close proximity to the Athens police headquarters and the courthouse on Degleri St., where the mega-trial against the Golden Dawn is currently takes place.

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Early in the morning of October 31st, anti/riot police forces stormed the Prosfygika jointly with a large group of Nazis. Later on, comrades managed to repel the cops (in uniform and plainclothes), and heavy clashes ensued. Continue reading “Prosfygika, Athens: Refugees and Squatters expel Nazis and Police”

US Election Farce hits Climax: Both Results Herald Bleak Future.. Crimethinc/Submedia

The illusions/delusions of electoral politics:

From Crimethinc by Julius Gavroche

From the CrimethInc collective, a reflection on the pitfalls of electoral politics for radical challenges to Capital and the State

Could there be any better illustration of the shortcomings of representative democracy than this year’s Presidential campaign? For months upon tiresome months, the whole world has cringed as US voters struggled to identify the second worst of all possible evils.

As anarchists who believe in bona fide self-determination, we have critiqued and mobilized against the reduction of freedom to electoral politics in every Presidential race since 1996. This time, it just seemed redundant.

But the 2016 election is practically over. What’s coming next is worse.

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TRAP NEWS…THE FARCE AWAKENS submedia TV

History has shown us that voting on elections accomplishes next to nothing, and that real lasting revolutionary change is won through hard work, by real people self organizing, and not by elected politicians. Yet every four years, the spectacle of the Democrats VS Republicans entices millions and makes them forget these proven facts. Trap News is our friendly (and funny, we hope) reminder of this.

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…. After the Election, the Reaction

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The final Presidential debate of 2016 was a gala event in Las Vegas pitting a reality TV star against the latest representative of a political dynasty. Continue reading “US Election Farce hits Climax: Both Results Herald Bleak Future.. Crimethinc/Submedia”

Florence, Italy: Anarchists invite Public to Occupy a new Adventure

translated from Umanità Nova

Better in a Tent.. Speculation and Gentrification make finding a living space an impossible task. — Better in a Tent.. Speculation, Gentrification and mass tourism make finding a living space an impossible task.

We decided to occupy one of the many abandoned buildings in the city of Florence to make a place for socializing and sharing, to organize debates, presentations and concerts, to make room for those of us who need a place to be and do activities, to address the social disintegration and lack of opportunity that this city offers us

Florence is run by political powers and local councils for profit and is increasingly distant from the needs of the inhabitants. It is now the practice to sell everything: the health of citizens, the right to exist of migrants and refugees of war, the dignity of those who have no home, the right to education, the lives of many working men and women.

The demagogic schemes of the government continue to mystify reality; spreading the culture of resignation, of individualism and conformity, as well as denying the possibility of a social transformation and the creation of a different world.

For these reasons we reclaim spaces and revive them, experimenting with forms of social and horizontal self-organized centers, is one way to begin to build an alternative society, which does not require an authority and institutions to which we delegate the organization of our existence. Continue reading “Florence, Italy: Anarchists invite Public to Occupy a new Adventure”

Many more Prison Strike Solidarity Actions

NYC ANARCHIST ACTION: PRISON STRIKE SOLIDARITY ACTION

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The September 9th national prison strike has forged a new potentially decisive link between the black liberation struggle in the streets and the war against the American plantation system inside the penitentiaries.

Prisoners have now launched themselves to the forefront of the struggle, setting a new bar for those of us outside.

The growing rejection of the American plantation system and the call for abolition is gaining strength.

As the prison strike is about to enter its second month, the censorship of the prison rebellion and suppression of its participants has reached a critical juncture. At least three deaths have occurred and organizers are facing extreme repression. Kinetik Justice, a key organizer in Holman Prison, has gone on a hunger strike after being shipped to a new, even more barbaric unit.

At this moment, outside support becomes vital for bridging the muting division of the prison wall.

Prison organizer Keith Malik Washington incisively noted the following about the punishments doled out for participation in the prison strike: “There are elements and individuals within the Texas criminal justice system that don’t want to acknowledge the humanity of prisoners.

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Kinetik Justice of @FreeAlaMovement, a #PrisonStrike leader, goes on hunger strike as advocate decries human torture http://s.al.com/GXkfrzH

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Incarcerated Alabama prison strike leader goes on hunger strike as advocate decries ‘human torture’

Alabama prisoner Robert Earl Council – known by many as Kinetic Justice – has launched a hunger strike less than two months after he gained a level of fame as a public face of the national movement…

Many of us in NYC Anarchist Action see this period as a vital situation in a chain of activities necessary for revolutionary momentum in the United States.

The slave plantation mentality is deeply embedded in the hearts and minds of the oppressor and the oppressed.” Continue reading “Many more Prison Strike Solidarity Actions”