Inside Story from Greece.. Solidarity needed

What’s really happening in Greece,  how nationalist Fascism is being used again in Europe, and how it might be stopped with solidarity.

No tolerance to the attacks of police and neonazi; we are together with the migrants. Hands off the Academic Asylum. Students Union of the Athens School of Economics

 Summer 2012, a report from Greece

by George Caffentzis:  via UniNomade

1. Arrival in Thessaloniki. It is July 5 and I just have arrived in Thessaloniki full of questions concerning the political situation in Greece. My trusted and knowledgeable friend meets me at the airport. In response to my impatient questions he immediately begins the tale of what happened in Greece and in Thessaloniki in particular over the last year, as he drives us into the city. Continue reading “Inside Story from Greece.. Solidarity needed”

Runaway summer ice melt to trigger worse Climate chaos.

Arctic sea ice reaches record low, Nasa says

 The melt season is expected to continue until the second half of S

Greenpeace

eptember. The Arctic has lost more sea ice this year than at any time since satellite records began in 1979, Nasa says. Scientists involved in the calculations say it is part of a fundamental change. What is more, sea ice normally reaches its low point in September so it is thought likely that this year’s melt will continue to grow.

Greenpeace storms Arctic oil platform Continue reading “Runaway summer ice melt to trigger worse Climate chaos.”

Runnymede Eco Villagers emulate Diggers of 1649

This Earth divided we will make whole, so it can be a common treasury for all.
Runnymede Eco Village Lives On + Saturday’s Workshops
by ecovillager

In recent days there have been attempts to forcefully remove us from the disused land of Cooper’s Hill in Runnymede, Windsor. Continue reading "Runnymede Eco Villagers emulate Diggers of 1649"

Spain’s supermarket expropriations spread

Carrefour expropriation

Supermarket expropriations have extended to other parts of Spain, following the example of ‘Robin Hood’ mayor José Manuel Sánchez Gordillo in Andalusia.  A store of the global  supermarket chain Carrefour in the town of Merida in the western region of Extremadura was hit Friday by 50 members of the Platform for Basic Income in Extremadura. The regional leader of the radical United Left coalition Pedro Escobar backed what he described as a ‘symbolic’ action  that would ‘draw attention to, and provoke reflection about the extreme situation that many families are in. ‘ Escobar observed that some families were in such dire straits that they were actually going hungry. El Publico

Spanish Revolution Diary for Sept 2012.

A sweltering August has given us a break in the frantic escalation of cuts repression and protests in Spain.

But September will be all GO, running up to the ultimate sellout when the Govt. accepts workers slavery to the terms of a national ”Bailout” .

Included are the ‘anonymous’ call to storm the Congress on 25th Sept and the general Strike, Sept 26th, see below.

Will we have to sacrifice our health, jobs, schools to pay back,  for ever and ever, the private debts of the banks, and the billions ‘disappeared’ by the 1%?

Diary for Sept 2012 (a selection) Continue reading “Spanish Revolution Diary for Sept 2012.”

Serialization of ‘The Free’ Ch 2 child abuse. Linda Leaves Home

this is the second part of the serialization  One part will appear here every Friday for the next year. For part 1 click the ‘serial’  category above. Hope you like this version with more illustrations

Act One  Chapter Two

Linda leaves home

-‘Don’t be naughty, little darling, don’t be bad.’-

Linda narrating

            I was thinking bad stuff. When I got home any good humour had long gone. In I went by the side door. Just a bit wet and depressed and heading for my bed.

But there was my Ma in the spotless little kitchen feeding the baby. And there was Mrs. Geraty from down the road drinking tea. If anyone thinks I got any sympathy from my mother they’re much mistaken…. Continue reading “Serialization of ‘The Free’ Ch 2 child abuse. Linda Leaves Home”