(Kobanê) In a new interview with journalist Gulan Botan for JINHA, two YPJ commanders shared their thoughts on the recent push by the Forces of Democratic Syria (HSD) – of which the YPJ is a founding member – into the town of Tishrin west of the Euphrates. Both women, Aryen Efrîn and Berwar Şervin, emphasized how the recent victories against ISIS were not only a blow against this criminal gang but a victory for all women against the entrenched forces of patriarchal power in the region and beyond.
Both women stressed the importance of the YPJ as an entirely female fighting force and its role in defending women of all ethnic and religious backgrounds, as well as in the recent fighting to capture Tishrin. “The role of the YPJ in the success of the operation was important” notes Efrîn, “the YPJ does not only project women in Rojava we have…
The CUP is a radical new assembly based far-left party in Catalunya which grew from the 15m Take The Streets movement and retains anarchist principles, except for being in favour of making a political party.
In the recent Catalan elections CUP got 10 seats and the balance of power to give an absolute majority to the coalition for Catalan Independence.
But CUP refused to cooperate if the leader was Artur Más, ex rightwing president who presided over cuts, repression and corruption.
Call for bids on the ZAD 27 Dec. by zadist ’To build a future without an aeroport’
Resumption of public works 30th and 31st January 2016
Hereinbelow the list of proposed lots, updated 25th December
The « steering committee for a future without an aeroport » launch a call for bids to start the public works (which never ceased from our side) on the ZAD the 30th and 31st January 2016, just after the confectioners’ truce.
Governments are keeping an eye on the agricultural sector’s greenhouse gas emissions. A new concept is emerging: “climate-smart agriculture,” with the objective of producing more, better. In the arena of climate negotiations, multinational corporations are getting set to promote “smart fertilizers” and plants genetically modified for heat tolerance. While industrial agriculture is about to win the battle with organic agriculture, researchers and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are trying to overturn the deal.
Close to a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to agriculture [1]. A worrying figure, and a disturbing one since it includes all agricultural systems of production, from “conventional” agriculture to organic agriculture, from battery farming to pasturing, from industrial monocultures to small, mixed farms. While farmers are blamed for their responsibility in climate change, actors from industrial agriculture take advantage of these conflations to greenwash their image. Continue reading “‘Climate-Smart’..more capitalist Greenwash”
After the Congress of CNT, interview with Secretary General.. from ainfos with thanks.. en castellano abajo
From 4 to 8 December the latest Congress of CNT took place in Zaragoza. Given its relevance to the libertarian movement (in all aspects) and given the expectation that accompanies such events, we wanted to interview someone in the permanent secretariat of the confederal committee to explain to us firsthand his opinion on what he has seen these days and the practical effects of these decisions.
2 comrades of the CNT-AIT of Barcelona who are also militants Acció Llibertària of Sants barrio, have been arrested at the behest of management for their participation in the boicott campaign supporting strikers at the El Corte Inglés right wing chain stores . Black Friday began a series of pickets, sabotage and road blocking.
First I want to thank the colleagues from Alasbarricadas for their interest in the CNT and the celebration of our XI Congress and its important work in spreading anarchist initiatives,and their contribution to the theoretical debate.
Now that you’ve finished, how do you see the Congress in general terms ?
In general, we can speak of a particularly productive congress in several ways.
First, the quantity and quality of the papers that were submitted for debate and approval of the unions. Keep in mind that the CNT has its own rhythms and that Congress is only the end point of a long process of internal debate that began a year ago. In this congress unions have presented papers covering very serious fields of action and strategies of the CNT but we will discuss them later. Secondly, we have seen the internal cohesion of the CNT the maturity of the organization. No one is unaware that the CNT came to this conference in a very delicate and difficult internal moment, after the last de-federaciones of several inoperative small groups and the problems with the previous Secretary General. However, there has been a unity and determination to make strides. The debate in the plenary has been respectful and fluid, which has not happened in previous congresses which were more tense, and reached a depth and much higher level of analysis.
Also in the commissions the level of consensus has been very wide . This does not mean that there have been tensions and disagreements, but that resolution has not been problematic.
What points approved in Congress, do you think are the most important?
For starters, the CNT has now been defined not only as a class organization, autonomous, self-managed, federalist and internationalist but also as a feminist organization, understanding that the struggle against patriarchy is inseparable from the struggle against capitalism and against any form of domination, and indeed union action that has defined the Congress for the coming years has been impregnated with this view. Continue reading “Interview and action : Congress of CNT anarchist union”
“London 2016: the terrain of struggle in our city” – Aylesbury Estate and some seeds of resistance
– January 1st, 2016
By Some London Foxes. This is a small contribution towards mapping the terrain of social conflict in London today.
First, it identifies some big themes in how London is being reshaped, looking at: London’s key role as a “global hub” for international finance capital; how this feeds into patterns of power and development in the city; and the effect on the ground in terms of two kinds of “social cleansing” – cleaning out undesirable people, and sanitising the social environment that remains.
Second, it surveys recent resistance and rebellion to this pattern of control including the short-lived “grassroots housing movement” of last winter, the confrontational Aylesbury Estateoccupation, anti-raids mini-riots, and some riotous street parties.
by Tyler Durden….. If ever there was a clearer indication of America’s “need for war” it was the latest Durable Goods orders data, which confirmed, absent defense spending, the US economy is in a tail-spin. However, as NYTimes reports, foreign arms sales by the United States jumped by almost $10 billion in 2014, about 35 percent, even as the global weapons market remained flat and competition among suppliers increased, thanks to multibillion-dollar agreements with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.
Defense Spending New Orders has soared 148% in the last 3 months… the biggest rise since 2007
But it is the US arms sales to foreigners that is really flourishing.Despite a stagnant international weapons market and increased competition among suppliers, American foreign weapons receipts rose from $26.7 billion to $36.2 billion last year. According to a new congressional report, as The NY Times reports…
The United States remained the single largest provider of arms around the world last year, controlling just over 50 percent of the market.
Russia followed the United States as the top weapons supplier, completing $10.2 billion in sales, compared with $10.3 billion in 2013. Sweden was third, with roughly $5.5 billion in sales, followed by France with $4.4 billion and China with $2.2 billion.Continue reading “US arms criminals save Capitalism: Arms Sales Soar 35%”
(Kobanê) In a new interview with journalist Gulan Botan for JINHA, two YPJ commanders shared their thoughts on the recent push by the Forces of Democratic Syria (HSD) – of which the YPJ is a founding member – into the town of Tishrin west of the Euphrates. Both women, Aryen Efrîn and Berwar Şervin, emphasized how the recent victories against ISIS were not only a blow against this criminal gang but a victory for all women against the entrenched forces of patriarchal power in the region and beyond.
Secondly, we have seen the internal cohesion of the CNT the maturity of the organization. No one is unaware that the CNT came to this conference in a very delicate and difficult internal moment, after the last de-federaciones of several inoperative small groups and the problems with the previous Secretary General. However, there has been a unity and determination to make strides. The debate in the plenary has been respectful and fluid, which has not happened in previous congresses which were more tense, and reached a depth and much higher level of analysis.![Piquets, talls de carrer i sabotatges: aquest ha sigut el Black Friday de El Corte Inglés Enviat per CNT Barcelona el Mie, 02/12/2015 [Castellano al final] Al llarg del passat cap de setmana ens hem concentrat en diverses ocasions davant de El Corte Inglés de Plaça Catalunya per fer una crida al boicot a aquests establiments. El motiu d’aquesta campanya és presionar a El Corte Inglés perquè renuncii al cobrament de 8500 euros de responsabilitat civil imposada a dos vaguistes després de l’última vaga general. De no retirar-se tal sanció, els companys s’exposen a 5 anys de presó, que ñes el que els demana la fiscalia per la seva participació a un piq](https://thefreeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cu1dckoxiaaeuat.jpg)
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