MOVILIZACIONES 29S. “La lucha está en la calle. Hacia la Huelga General”
Spain takes to the streets
Convocatorias unitarias de manifestaciones que tendrán lugar en todo el estado en la jornada de lucha del 29 de septiembre, con el lema de “La lucha está en la calle. Hacia la Huelga General”.
Bullfighting fans in Catalonia are set to see the last fights before a ban on the age-old tradition comes into effect in Spain’s north-eastern region.
About 20,000 spectators are expected to fill Barcelona’s Monumental arena, where top matadors will be performing.
Lawmakers voted for the ban last year – the first in mainland Spain – after 180,000 people signed a petition.
They say the bullfighting is barbaric, but opponents say they will challenge the ban in Spain’s top court.
Cruel killing for entertainment continues however in some local Festivals.
The ban takes effect on 1 January, but Sunday’s fights in Catalonia will be the last events of the 2011 season
She adds that there is also a growing awareness of animal rights and, crucially, the desire of Catalan nationalists to distinguish the region from the rest of Spain and its traditions.
Bullfighting is permitted in all other regions of Spain except in the Canary Islands.
Campaigners hope to extend the ban across the country, but they face a far tougher task in traditional bullfighting heartlands like Andalucia and Madrid, our correspondent says.
(English) The Take the Streets march from Spain to Brussels was viciously attacked by hysterical police in Paris when they held an Assembly with local activists in front of the Paris Stock Exchange. There were more than 50 arrests (finally released) and serious injuries. Despite all they camped in front of the Exchange and continued the long march.
…………….A les 18:30 hores les indignades i indignats van seure costat de l’edifici de France Press, davant de la Borsa de París, i sense deixar-se intimidar pel dispositiu policial que els envoltava, van començar l’assemblea que s’ha retransmès íntegrament per internet via streaming. Segons aquesta avançava, van anar arribant cada vegada més ciutadans, al mateix temps que s’anava formant un cordó policial. Davant l’arrest d’un d’ells per identificar (el motiu esgrimit per l’agent: “és una manifestació il·legal”), un grup de indignats va resistir pacíficament demanant la posada en llibertat del company. Els gendarmes van acabar detenint a un grup de més de 50 persones, que han anat sent alliberats al llarg de la nit. No obstant això, a les 2:30 hores encara es trobaven detingudes 11 persones. Finalment, els altres integrants de la Marxa van poder acampar davant de la Borsa de París……………
PLOWBOY: And did all your contact with the wilds have any effect on your perceptions of our modern agricultural system?
MOLLISON: Oh yes! Everything I did, either in research or in fieldwork, indicated that there was something fundamentally wrong with modern farming methods. For instance, every problem I found in commercial agribusiness was actually caused by the industry itself. Usually — when a farmer called in the CSIRO for a consultation — the results of our investigation pointed the finger straight at the grower him- or herself!
As I saw the same situation occur time and time again, I gradually came to the conclusion that most contemporary crop-raisers must be doing things the wrong way. So my last few years with the CSIRO were spent in the forest,
permaculture is mutual aid
observing the plant and animal species on location . . . and there I learned that everything in nature is self -controlled and self -balancing.
You know, a lot of modern thought suggests that the planet — as a living organismic — seeks to protect itself by rejecting any species that causes it harm. For instance, if cattle damage part of the earth, the harmed region will respond by growing thorn bushes and poisonous plants, thus rejecting the animals. Well, I think we — the members of the human race — are perilously close to being rejected by the earth in that same way . . . and quite rightly so, since we’ve created some terrible damage.
Show your support for the Indigenous Peoples of TIPNIS!Avaaz.orghas sponsored a petition in support of the ongoing march to defend the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and
Since August 15, 2011, Indigenous Peoples from the TIPNIS have been marching against a new highway that the government of Bolivia wants to build through the protected territory.
So far, more than 1,500 people have joined the 375-mile journey from the eastern lowlands of Bolivia to La Paz–a number that’s growing by the day.
Sadly, President Evo Morales has responded to the march by labeling the protesters “enemies of the nation.” He is also trying to discredit the protesters by portraying them as being confused by NGOs. He even tried to denounce the march as another strategy of US imperialism.
As of late, this misleading rhetoric has turned into action. According to NACLA,
urgent 24 sept.police block march. No water...
“The government has sent in 450 federal police for the stated purpose of avoiding a confrontation. Rather than guarantee the marchers’ safe passage, the police have prevented them from advancing and, according to news reports, have impeded their access to water, while the colonists have blocked delivery of other supplies. The colonists contend, and the government agrees, that some of the indigenous groups’ demands ‘violate their rights,’ and should be dropped before the march is allowed to proceed.”
At this point, there’s no telling what will happen next. Sufficed to say, the international community should be on alert for the worst possible outcome.
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a week old and roaring strong. We, the people, are finding our voice, realizing that, yes we can revive our democracy. It is beautiful. It is an achievement. And it has the potential to grow into something even more wild and wonderful over the next few weeks and months. This Saturday at noon at the people’s assembly in Liberty Plaza there will be a celebration of our incredible first week. Last Saturday, 5,000 people flocked nonviolently to Wall Street … this Saturday there will be 10,000. And then in the weeks that follow, we will swell to 50,000 … and maybe even to 100,000+ by mid-October. Wouldn’t that be something!
Bullfighting fans in Catalonia are set to see the last fights before a ban on the age-old tradition comes into effect in Spain’s north-eastern region.
(English) The Take the Streets march from Spain to Brussels was viciously attacked by hysterical police in Paris when they held an Assembly with local activists in front of the Paris Stock Exchange. There were more than 50 arrests (finally released) and serious injuries. Despite all they camped in front of the Exchange and continued the long march.self!
Troy Anthony Davis (October 9, 1968 – September 21, 2011.
If you haven’t already signed the petition, please do so now! Visit: http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_tipnis
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