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Protest for anarchist prisoners on Hunger Strike –

Hundreds of people protested against the arrest of ten anarchists by the Chilean state on terrorism charges. Despite being a peaceful protest, police dealt with the demonstration with considerable force.

Protesters dressed as clowns hold a banner from an overhead road sign during a protest in Santiago over the detention of 10 anarchists on terrorism charges.

Un exagerado actuar policial se vió este Lunes en el centro de Santiago luego de que un grupo de jovenes protestara en Vicuña Mackena exigiendo la liberación de los 10 anarquistas presos acusados de terrorismo por el Estado Chileno.

Los manifestantes cortaron el transito de Vicuña Mackena unos minutos mientras 5 de sus compañeros treparon a la señalética, se encadenaron y colgaron un letrero en el que se leía “Fin al montaje caso bombas, libertad a los presos politicos, Fin a la ley antiterrorista.”

Un amplio contingente policial detuvo selectivamente a los manifestantes luego de que estos se dispersaran y ocultaran entre la multitud que observaba los acontecimientos. La violencia utilizada disgustó a los peatones que pasaban por el lugar que se unieron a los gritos de protesta.

Luego de las detenciones se esperó cerca de 1 hora que llegara el GOPE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales) para poder bajar a los 5 jóvenes encadenados, quienes no pararon de gritar consignas en apoyo a sus compañeros presos y en contra de la polémica ley antiterrorista.

El montaje caso bombas comenzó luego de una serie de ataques que sufrieron distintos bancos de la capital. Luego de años de “investigación” fueron detenidos en Agosto del año pasado 14 anarquistas que fueron culpados por los ataques, 4 de ellos fueron liberados, pero 10 fueron encerrados en la carcel de alta seguridad acusados de terrorismo y con nulos derechos humanos. Luego de 6 meses de recolección de pruebas aún no era posible encontrar nada que demostrara la culpabilidad de los jóvenes y comenzaron una huelga de hambre que ya se extiende por 50 días.

Tags Civil Rights, Demonstration, Community, Human Rights, Strike, Our world, Politics, Society

via Protest in support of anarchist prisoners on Hunger Strike – Santiago | Demotix.com.

‘Violent minority’: note to ‘uncutters’

We’re writing this to you to try and prevent the anti-cuts struggle being split up and weakened by the media. We are anarchists (well, anarcho-syndicalists, technically) – a word that is much misunderstood and misrepresented. We are also students, workers and shop stewards. We co-organised a ‘Radical Workers Bloc’ on the South London feeder march. The aim was to provide a highly visible radical presence within the workers movement of which we are a part, advocating strikes, occupations and civil disobedience.

Saturday’s demonstration was far bigger than anyone expected, and saw thousands go beyond a simple A-B stroll to take direct action. The UK Uncut actions on Oxford Street and in occupying Fortnum and Masons provoked harsh treatment from police, including mass arrests. continued—–

via A letter to UK Uncutters from the ‘violent minority’.

Real green living ??

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by HeatherRogers

The eco-village of Vauban in Germany signposts one answer to climate change, reports Heather Rogers

Over the past decade, an eco‑friendly marketplace has been unleashed across the west. Thanks to consumer demand, the organic food business has grown by double digits every year for the past 15 – waning only briefly in 2009 due to the recession. Automakers are turning out more gas-electric hybrids and full electrics than ever before; biofuel markets are escalating every year; and the global carbon trade is now worth over $30 billion annually.

The promise implicit in these changes is that global warming can be stopped by swapping dirty products for green ones, with little disruption to daily life. Getting behind the wheel of a gas-electric hybrid is not so different from driving a regular car. Ethanol and biodiesel are the same as ordinary petrol. And paying a little extra for an airline ticket to cancel out CO2 emissions takes almost no effort at all…… /cont..

via Real green living | Red Pepper.