Three “anarchists” accused of placing 7 homemade explosives at Barcelona banks- no injuries – English/Catalan

from thefreeonline on 16/10/2023 by La Haine and Beteve

“The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has decreed provisional prison, communicated and without bail for one of the three arrested and the police point to anarchism. ..

The Mossos d’Esquadra ( Catalan police controlled from Madrid) have arrested three men as alleged perpetrators of the placement of seven homemade explosive devices at banking institutions and commercial establishments in Barcelona.

The events took place between July 2022 and June of 2023 in the Eixample and Sant Martí districts of Barcelona.

The actions took place in the early morning and two people usually participated: one who placed the artifact and the other who watched. Although there were no casualties, material damage amounted to nearly €80,000.

The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has decreed provisional imprisonment, communicated and without bail for one of the three arrested. The 29th District Court of Barcelona charges him with crimes of vandalism, damage, possession of explosives and against public health.

The other two detainees are free and at the disposal of the court.

The Mossos are investigating several attacks with explosives on ATMs in Barcelona Similar attacks against a phone booth and an old bank office are also being investigated

The detainees are accused of participating in crimes of vandalism, damage and possession of weapons and explosives and against public health. Apart from the three arrested, the police are also investigating a woman.

The Mossos point out that behind the explosions there may be an ideological background framed in violent anarchism. According to the police, the “modus operandi” agrees with the combative side of this ideological current, which usually uses explosive or incendiary devices against symbols of the capitalist system.

The arrests were made on October 5 and the three men were brought before the court the following day. In parallel, three entries and searches were also made, in which chemical products and other items intended for the manufacture of explosives were found. The police investigation remains open.”

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Tres detinguts per col·locar set artefactes explosius casolans a Barcelona

Els Mossos d’Esquadra han detingut tres homes com a presumptes autors de la col·locació de set artefactes explosius casolans a entitats bancàries i establiments comercials de Barcelona

Barcelona :: 16/10/2023

. Els fets van passar entre el juliol del 2022 i el juny d’aquest any als districtes de l’Eixample i Sant Martí. Les accions es feien de matinada i normalment hi participaven dues persones: una que col·locava l’artefacte i l’altra que vigilava. Tot i que no va haver-hi danys víctimes, els danys materials ascendeixen a prop de 80.000 €.

El Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya (TSJC) ha decretat presó provisional, comunicada i sense fiança per a un dels tres detinguts. El jutjat d’instrucció 29 de Barcelona li atribueix delictes d’estralls, danys, tinença d’explosius i contra la salut pública. Els altres dos detinguts estan en llibertat i a disposició judicial.

Els Mossos investiguen diversos atacs amb explosius a caixers de BarcelonaTambé s’investiguen atacs similars contra una cabina telefònica i una antiga oficina bancària

Als detinguts se’ls acusa de participar en delictes d’estralls, danys i tinença d’armes i explosius i contra la salut pública. A banda dels tres arrestats, la policia també investiga una dona.

Els Mossos apunten que darrere de les explosions hi pot haver un rerefons ideològic emmarcat en l’anarquisme violent. Segons la policia, el “modus operandi” concorda amb la vessant combativa d’aquest corrent ideològic, que normalment utilitza artefactes explosius o incendiaris contra el que consideren símbols del sistema capitalista.

Les detencions es van fer el 5 d’octubre i els tres homes van passar a disposició judicial l’endemà. En paral·lel, també es van fer tres entrades i escorcolls, en què es van intervenir productes químics i altres elements destinats a la fabricació d’explosius. La investigació policial continua oberta.

Texto completo en: https://ppcc.lahaine.org/tres-detinguts-per-colmlocar-set

Watch Sci-Fi Short- Utopia-Trapped where Citizens police each other with their Mobile Phones – Omeleto

A man lives in a society where citizens police each other with their mobile phones. | Utopia

from thefreeonline on 16th October 2023 by Kosta Nikas and agogo22 at msamba

Jack has just come back to his homeland of Australia after over a decade away in paradise. But after being met at the airport by his brother Frank, Jack discovers that the country has radically changed.

Citizens report and fine one another for various civil infractions, using their mobile phones to record and upload offenses to a government app.

Jack is in disbelief as he arrives at Frank’s home with his wife Margaret, and he can’t even believe that swearing is fined and alcohol is banned.

There are cameras everywhere, and the only safe place in people’s homes is the bathroom.

Unable to adapt or accept the changes, Jack attempts to leave the country — a much harder feat to accomplish than he thought.

One of the best independent short films every made. Utopia on Omeleto https://t.co/1QYRRyMQy8
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Written and directed by Kosta Nikas, this sci-fi short may be named after an ideal paradise of balance and peace, but its title is deeply satirical in how the film portrays the absurdity of the new surveillance state.

It constructs a fascinating world that seems only a few steps removed from our phone-saturated society, telling its cautionary tale in an ironically jaunty way.

The writing takes time in its world-building, which is often one of the pleasures of the sci-fi genre.

The narrative action at the beginning catalogs the myriad ways that control and order are exerted over people, and there’s dour, wry humor embedded in how Frank escorts his increasingly skeptical brother through this brave new world.

The bright sunniness of the cinematography and the percolating, cheerful musical score that peppers itself throughout the film also add touches of stylish buoyancy to what is an increasingly dark story.

The aesthetic approach offers a counterpoint to the often horrifying reality shown on screen, in which citizens are incentivized to document one another’s offenses through their omnipresent phones.

Jack is a stand-in for the audience, looking increasingly askance at how even the most intimate recesses of everyday life can’t escape the pitiless lens of a camera and the desperate people wielding them.

It takes some time for the dramatic conflict to emerge, but the world-building is fascinating enough to carry interest through, and is substantial and detailed enough to power an entire series or feature.

By the time Jack finally decides that he must escape, the building blocks of the world and story have been carefully laid into place, forming a chain of obstacles that make it harder for him to leave.

He seems trapped indefinitely, but then he gets an unexpected chance — though one that comes at considerable cost.

That cost, however, doesn’t seem so bad by the time we conclude “Utopia,” which we realize is anything but. Its sense of horror derives not from perversity or violence, but from how the world that the film constructs is only a few clicks from our current reality.

Practically everyone has a smartphone, and the devices are deeply integrated with almost all aspects of our lives, from banking to romance to communication to entertainment.

At many levels, we’re still reckoning with how mobile technology is transforming our lives and our relationships.

A population armed with phones — and imbued with increasingly knee-jerk punitiveness towards fellow humans — seems ludicrous, but with deeper reflection, viewers realize those pieces are already in place in other aspects of our culture.

Are human beings so weak that they could be weaponized to do a government’s surveillance for them? “Utopia” imagines that day isn’t as far as one would think.

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Train surfing through Mexico, dreaming of a new life in the US

from thefreeonline on 16th Oct0ber 2023 by Al Jazeera

The risky trip has become virtually the only option for refugees and migrants to reach the Mexico-US border.

Migrant people, mostly from Venezuela, remain stranded after the goods train they were travelling on to Ciudad Juarez — Train surfers are often injured or die in falls off the top of La Bestia, especially when they fall asleep after days of holding on. [Herika Martinez/AFP]

As soon as they arrived in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, a group of mostly Venezuelan refugees and migrants threw their belongings to the ground and slid off the top of a freight train, happy to be on solid ground.

Migrants from Venezuela crawl through a hole in the razor wire to cross into Eagle Pass, Texas — People from Venezuela crawl through a hole in razor wire to cross into Eagle Pass, Texas. [Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP]

The freight train, commonly known as La Bestia (the beast) had carried more than 1,000 “train surfers” on its roof on a 10-day journey through Mexico to the United States border.

It had not been an easy trip, in addition to having to spend days and nights balanced precariously on top of the moving train, the people had to avoid Mexican migration agencies that were trying to get them off the train, according to Daiverson Munoz, a 20-year-old from Venezuela.

A migrant family from Venezuela reacts after breaking through a razor wire barricade into the United States, — A man from Venezuela kneels in relief after breaking through the razor wire barricade into the US. [Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP]

“And we’re stuck in the middle of the desert. But it’s nothing, we’re here and we feel super happy because we’re about to realise our dream. It’s been hard but not impossible.

Migrant people, mostly from Venezuela, remain stranded after the goods train they were travelling on to Ciudad Juarez stopped in the desert — People, mostly from Venezuela, ride atop a cargo train which has stopped in the desert in Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico, while some pick up the trash [Herika Martinez/AFP]

NOTE. The US has total responsibility that Venezuelans are immigrating illegally. For the last decades Venezuela has been and continues under a blockade, extreme sanctions, money seizures and embargoes, two attempted US coups and starvation tactics by the United States in a blatant attempt to seize the country’s oil reserves and destroy the socialist revolution. thefreeonline

“The hardest part was seeing how many people were injured” during the journey, said Munoz, a law student in his native country.

Migrant people, mostly from Venezuela, travel on the wagons of a goods train to Ciudad Juarez, — People balance precariously on top of La Bestia, a cargo train, to Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. [Herika Martinez/AFP]

Jeffri Gomez, a 24-year-old Venezuelan woman who was travelling with her husband and their one-year-old child, was relieved to have come to the end of the journey that had been filled with peril.

Migrant people, mostly from Venezuela, remain stranded after the goods train — US President Joe Biden’s administration is under pressure to reduce a recent swell of arrivals at the country’s southern border as local officials warn their resources may soon reach ‘breaking point’. [Herika Martinez/AFP]

The train had started out about 1,800km (1,120 miles) to the south in the State of Mexico, and many of the train surfers had been injured along the way.

The final 370km (230 miles) of the trip took 17 hours due to the number of stops, Munoz said.