BOLIVIA Amazon Road Plan Has Native People on the March Again
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ, Aug 12, 2011 (IPS) – Indigenous people in the eastern lowlands of Bolivia are again preparing to make the long march to La Paz, 21 years after their first such protest. They have vowed to make the trek in defence of their lands, which they say are threatened by plans for a highway to be built with the backing of the Brazilian government.
The 600-km march in repudiation of the projected road for heavy vehicle traffic through Bolivia’s Amazon region will set out Monday, Aug. 15 from Trinidad, the capital of the northeastern province of Beni, to La Paz in the western highlands, the seat of the Bolivian government.
The decision to mount the protest march follows the breakdown of talks between the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Eastern Bolivia (CIDOB) and the authorities in charge of the road project, which will affect a vast area between Beni and the central province of Cochabamba that is rich in biodiversity and where coca leaf cultivation is expanding.
The goal of the protest is to protect 13,000 people belonging to the Yuracaré, Trinitario and Chimán ethnic groups living in the area to be traversed by the road, indigenous leader Adolfo Moye of the autonomous Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS) told IPS. He is an outspoken opponent of the 306-km road that would link Villa Tunari, in Cochabamba, to San Ignacio de Moxos, in Beni.–
Desde la Federación Local de CNT-AIT Madrid queremos dar por iniciado con este comunicado el concurso de viñetas ateas contra la Jornada Mundial de la Juventud. A través de este concurso pretendemos estimular la creatividad de todos los simpatizantes de la Campaña ¡Peligro que viene el Papa!. La convocatoria es sencilla:
1. Al concurso se podrá presentar cualquier trabajo gráfico de tema religioso, clerical, sobre la JMJ, o relacionado. Los trabajos deben ser originales del autor y remitidos al correo peligroquevieneelpapa@gmail.com.
2. Los trabajos serán valorados por su ingenio y su mensaje crítico y simpático, siendo la habilidad técnica un elemento secundario a tener en cuenta. En caso de ser una obra dibujada y no un fotomontaje o un diseño gráfico, pedimos que nos
Religion OUT of Schools!
enviéis una copia escaneada.
3. El fallo del concurso se hará público durante la visita del Papa.
4. Las aportaciones mejor valoradas que realicéis al concurso serán publicadas cada semana (aproximadamente) para escarnio de las instituciones religiosas y de Dios.
5. Dado que la CNT es pobre y se niega a recibir subvenciones públicas o privadas, el premio será un humilde pero apreciado recuerdo de la JMJ 2011.
Criticism of the rich is less welcome. The ‘Loot only the Rich’ badge published here yesterday was blocked from tagging and then banned by Facebook. Though this failed, maybe as it had already gone all over. (see here http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001284179241)
The badge/graphic was tagged to about 200 of the 1200 ‘friends’ on the page before Farcebook could block it.
Then the page of ‘TheFree Mikegilli’ displayed the following, which still appears on the Homepage. But the Badge was not deleted.. maybe as its too widely copied already.
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HERE’S SOME MORE CRITICISM OF THE BRITISH RICH
Cameron (centre) at Oxford ''This society of toffs was known for its practices of pot-smoking, drinking and eating to excess before carrying out some "robust" redecoration of the restaurants..''
Grant Shapps, Housing Minister, declared today that it would be to empower councils and housing associations to evict tenants found to be involved in the riots. The definition of anti-social behaviour is to be extended from the immediate vicinity of their houses to almost anywhere.
Our bankers, exposed for their ineptitude and greedy speculation, have been bailed out to the tune of nearly £40,000,000,000 of taxpayers’ money – over £1,000 per British adult – yet continue to receive tens of billions in bonuses. The richest dodge their taxes, with the authorities writing of billions, like Vodaphone (£6 billions excused). Public services are being closed to keep our rich elite in champers.
mmm..maybe I should try them on..
Our police, the London Met most of all, have been shown to be riddled with corrupt practices – with cops receiving payments from newspapers for confidential information; investigations tainted by officers receiving gifts, lunches and even jobs from the people under suspicion; and just last week a Chief Constable and his deputy suspended for alleged fraud.
And of course, we have our Prime Minister, David Cameron. In his own youth, Cameron was, along with London Mayor Boris Johnson, a member of the Bullingdon Club at Oxford University (see picture on right ; Cameron is in the center). This society of toffs was known for its practices of pot-smoking, drinking and eating to excess before carrying out some “robust” redecoration of the restaurants they used for their revelry, the main difference with this week’s rioters being that Mr Cameron’s associates had their Daddies’ money to pay for the damage they wreaked.
Last week London police issued an appeal to inform on 'All Anarchist Sympathisers'. Some people complained saying its a political philosophy not a crime, most anarchists are pacifists and feminists as it turns out. We made a badge saying 'I am an anarchist..Report Me'
Today’s badge supports our friends and kids.. now all being witch hunted because a few acted very badly… Tag or share if you like it.
Facebook didnt LIKE this graphic at all. First they BLOCKED it from Tagging (so 800 friends didnt get it). Then they announced repeatedly that it was offensive (to the RICH) and HAD BEEN REMOVED. But it was not removed, maybe they had 2nd thoughts as it had been shared
please share or tag to counter the witch hunt!
This week the upper class and media are foaming at the mouth. screaming ‘Grass Up The Subhuman Slime’
Competing to vilify and criminalise all our friends and children who dared defy them. yelling ‘Punish them Punish the SCUM’
Harping on and on about a tiny minority of really anti social actions to turn half a million brave rebels into ‘Sickening Yobbos’.
Of course a money free shopper can’t defend him/her self.. Even though they’re usually just taking back a bit of what’s been robbed off them to pay for the wars, police, bloated bank accounts, mansions, yachts, private islands, etc that our rulers are addicted to.
We live in an obscene system which is wasting and destroying. We need to band together urgently to make alternatives as this one falls apart.
Lets not be forced into condemning and grassing our kids and each other for fear of a Murdoch inspired witch hunt.
—–The Somali Civil War broke out twenty years ago, when the US removed its support for dictator Siad Barre. Most of the country is currently presided over by al-Shabaab, who the western
the political Aid Blockade to Al Shabaab continues the cruel punishment for imagined crimes against America, starting 30 years ago when uninvited US troops were kicked out after the Black Hawk fiasco.
media routinely link to al-Qaeda, though the US government’s own National Counterterrorism Center has found no organisational links. The US backs its rivals in the so-called Transitional Federal Government, which is more open to western interests than al-Shabaab….
…Now, as famine grips the region, the Obama administration sees a potential opportunity to re-establish US hegemony. In her speech last week Hillary Clinton stated that: “The relentless terrorism by al-Shabaab against its people has turned an already severe situation into a dire one that is only expected to get worse”. Even by the standards of imperial realpolitik, this is staggering hypocrisy.
This was exactly the pretext the Obama administration used two years ago, when it forced the World Food Programme to close its programmes for mothers and malnourished children on the grounds that it was assisting a terrorist organisation.
As initially happened in Libya, US regional allies are proposing a no-fly zone over the al-Shabaab territory. However, al-Shabaab has no air capability whatsoever. The aim of any western military intervention would be to overthrow al-Shabaab, and replace it with a dictatorship of the west's choosing. Already, US-backed African Union forces have launched an offensive against al-Shabaab in the capital Mogadishu, as well as the town of El Wak.
The threat of starvation cannot be solved by the replacement of one capitalist ruling class with another. Every day, enough food to feed the hungry of the world is destroyed, in order to keep profits high. Many farmers are paid not to grow food for the same reason. Like the overwhelming majority of the Earth's population, the interests of starving Somalis lie in an economic system based on human need, not elite greed.
A fourth night of riots have spread across Britain, including the cities of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Greater Manchester and Salford. The riots were sparked by police brutality and systemic ongoing violence against the working class and poor.
Up to 2,000 rioters stormed shops in the city of Manchester. At least 47 people have been arrested, and public transport across the city has been suspended.
Elsewhere in the West Midlands, rioters have smashed shop windows and started fires in West Bromwich – and roads have been closed in Wolverhampton.
LA PAZ, Aug 12, 2011 (IPS) – Indigenous people in the eastern lowlands of Bolivia are again preparing to make the long march to La Paz, 21 years 
after their first such protest. They have vowed to make the trek in defence of their lands, which they say are threatened by plans for a highway to be built with the backing of the Brazilian government.
The Free 