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Happy May Day 2011 Everyone!
Never forget the martyrs who fought against the wage system and capitalist exploitation. Never forget the millions of workers who continue the struggle today. There is nothing greater on earth than fighting for total freedom, and that means freedom from all forms of authority.
Keep the struggle going. Never make peace with your oppressors.
Solidarity and (A).
via Propaganda Lalaland: Happy May Day 2011 Everyone!.
Michael Dickinson: A Poem for the Royal Wedding
(this is the ending)
.….But in the streets of London, during the Royal Wedding Day grand
Thousands of police are on patrol, and protests have been banned.
But the dissenters are there and their voice will be heard.
Enough of this class system and monarchy absurd!
While the wedding guests sit cosy in the Abbey on their butts
The poor people of Britain suffer from vicious Conservative cuts.
While the British Prime Minister bows low to the Queen
The public observe the class system obscene.
Take heed of the rumblings, William and Kate,
The time has come to abdicate!
Abolish the monarchy, and let there not be a sequel!
Instead, from now on let’s all be equal!
Michael Dickinson lives in Istanbul. He can be contacted at his website –
read it all here Michael Dickinson: A Poem for the Royal Wedding.
Christiania: last stand after 39 years
Lars Eriksen in Copenhagen and Alexandra Topping
The closed entrance to Christiania, Copenhagen
An inhabitant of Copenhagen’s free city of Christiania, long a refuge for hippies and artists stands at the entrance to the city. Photograph: Jens Noergaard Larsen/AFP/Getty Images
For four decades, the freetown of Christiania has existed as a testimony to an alternative way of life, where hash was sold openly and squatters’ shacks jostled comfortably with architect-designed eco-sheds.
For some, the commune was a human jungle in the centre of Copenhagen; for others a bastion of irreverence.
But now residents have erected its last line of defence against the Danish government attempts to “normalise” one of Europe’s most famous squats after 40 years of legal wrangling.
Residents have erected fences at entrance points which they patrol, handing out flyers which declare that “Christiania will be temporarily closed until further notice”. Cafes and shops were closed as residents began meetings to debate their future.
Continued…///
via Christiania, one of Europe’s most famous communes, faces last stand | World news | The Guardian.
– Cops Raid UK Social Centres –
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…Apparently the warrant at the RatStar was for stolen goods…….Nothing must be allowed to interfere with the fawning lackyism that our rulers like to refer to as patriotism. There have been a number of arrests. And the Green and Black Cross have set up a legal helpline for those affected on 07946 541 511.
….During the attack on Grow Heathrow, sleeping people were dragged out of their beds by up to 40 cops. The police left having seen mostly vegetables and some bees. I’m unconvinced that vegetables (organic or not) required the possibly illegal presence of dozens of riot cops to stop them from being repurposed as guillotines or whatever mad nonsense the cops will inevitably say they……….
cont/ from Squatageddon – Cops Raid UK Social Centres — New Internationalist.
Extract – Noam Chomsky’s new book – Power and Terror:
The Arab world is in revolutionary turmoil. How will America react and adapt? To understand the role of the US in the Middle East we need to understand some simple – but concealed – truths. In a new book published this month Noam Chomsky does just that.
Mohammed Ameen/Reuters..When the US is involved in, say, Iraq or Afghanistan, that’s called ‘stabilization’. If Iran tries to increase its influence, that’s destabilization..
Extracted with permission from Noam Chomsky’s latest book, Power and Terror:
continued here,,New Internationalist
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