The Free

STOP NOW: All sides Pour arms on Syrian War

As the death toll reaches 100,000 in Syria all sides and their allies are pouring arms into the fire and the US industrial/war machine is desperate to start the bombing. The final logic of crisis capitalism is permanent spreading WAR. Now may be our last chance to protest.

Into the abyss of full scale war on Syria with Tony Blair as outrider

28 June 2013 Matt Carr

The West’s escalation of the war will not bring peace, but death, chaos and destruction on a scale that will dwarf previous ‘interventions’ in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.

Whenever the Quartet’s ‘Peace Envoy’ Tony Blair makes any pronouncement on the great issues in the Middle East, you can always guarantee that the missile silos are being readied for action. Continue reading “STOP NOW: All sides Pour arms on Syrian War”

In Praise of Pirates. Hurrah for Ned Snowden! Pirate Utopias

The Rarely Told Story: Pirates as Radical Commoners

Tue, 06/25/2013 – 17:02

Kester Brewin, a teacher of mathematics in South East London, was wondering why his son has been invited to countless pirate-themed birthday parties, but not any aggravated robbery themed parties. What’s the reason for our fascination with pirates?

Brewin’s answer is an amazing 13-minute video talk for TEDx Exeter (UK) based on his 2012 book, Mutiny! Why We Love Pirates and How they Can Save Us. The talk is a powerful account of 18th century piracy and a plea for all of us to become pirates as acts of radical emancipation. Continue reading “In Praise of Pirates. Hurrah for Ned Snowden! Pirate Utopias”

victory! Tunisia frees Femen activists: Now Free AMINA!

FEMEN will tell the truth about the horrors of the Tunisian captivity

Jun 27, 2013

Dear friends!

We are happy to inform you that our Tunisian prisoners are finally free after the month in jail. Josephine, Marguerite and Pauline have arrived to Paris to the head quarter of FEMEN in France.

Today at 4 pm local time it will be press conference with FEMEN sextremists in the training center of extremism in Paris by the address Rue Leon 35.

Contact person is Sarah +33 6 64 23 57 66

Thank you for your support! more HERE: http://femen.org

Arrivée en France des trois Femen libérées dans… por BFMTV

We pulled out our activists from the clutches of the Islamists! Continue reading “victory! Tunisia frees Femen activists: Now Free AMINA!”

Autonomy in Barcelona: the Mount Zion community

by Carlos Delclós on June 26, 2013

Echoing the area’s inspiring history of autonomous self-organization, a community of migrant workers in Barcelona now risks being thrown onto the street. Continue reading “Autonomy in Barcelona: the Mount Zion community”

Saving las Piedras..jaguars, tapirs, monkeys and giant armadillos

Jaguars, tapirs, oh my!: Amazon explorer films shocking wildlife bonanza in threatened forest

Right now the lower Las Piedras is not officially protected as a national park or reserve, and we are seeing a massive influx of logging, hunting, gold mining, and drugs—which is all rapidly deteriorating the ancient forest and incredible wildlife that exists in many places there.

Jeremy Hance

Watching a new video by Amazon explorer, Paul Rosolie, one feels transported into a hidden world of stalking jaguars, heavyweight tapirs, and daylight-wandering giant armadillos. This is the Amazon as one imagines it as a child: still full of wild things.

In just four weeks at a single colpa (or clay lick where mammals and birds gather) on the lower Las Piedras River, Rosolie and his team captured 30 Amazonian species on video, including seven imperiled species. However, the very spot Rosolie and his team filmed is under threat: the lower Las Piedras River is being infiltrated by loggers, miners, and farmers following the construction of the Trans-Amazon highway. Continue reading “Saving las Piedras..jaguars, tapirs, monkeys and giant armadillos”