We are celebrating the anniversary of the CSO KAN KOLMO again!!
We have been resisting for 16 years, and although the threat continues, we want to celebrate that, for another year, we continue to corrode the suffocating normality of Girona.
That is why, this year we have prepared a very special anniversary, with lots of love and activities for all tastes: A bioconstruction workshop where we will build a hazelnut dome/lunch- cigalonada/ a talk to debate and analyze the housing situation -both necessary and poignant at this time and in this space- concerts, dinner… and of course, don’t miss it… The famous Kan Kolmo cabaret
We are expecting you on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 February. We know we always say this, but… what if this were the last one? Let’s enjoy it until the end Kan Kolmo resists
Remember to leave your canine companion at home!
** Any profit will go to the resistance fund
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On December 12 the Courts once again FAILED to make us abandon what is an autonomous, common, assembly-run, committed and above all free space, for all the people who understand that this is not the best of societies.
A society based on inequalities and fear is not healthy, and that’s why we are occupying, to demonstrate that living differently is not a utopia. We organize ourselves in an assembly-like manner, promoting horizontality and the breaking of hierarchies.
We build safer, transfeminist and anti-fascist spaces, confronting the patriarchal, racist and speciesist model.
By the same logic, Paris could detain the CEOs of Renault or Citroën because terrorists have used their cars… Jailing Durov is like incarcerating the Post Office for «illegal» statements written in private letters….
The French authorities have charged the tech mogul with multiple offenses related to crimes committed via his platform
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has pledged to strengthen moderation efforts on his social media platform, speaking before a French court on Friday, according to Franceinfo.
The Russian tech mogul, who also holds citizenship in France, the UAE, and St. Kitts and Nevis, was arrested in Paris in August 2024.
The French authorities charged him with over a dozen offenses related to illegal content on Telegram, including complicity in the distribution of child pornography and enabling drug trafficking, among other allegations.
Durov was eventually released on bail of €5 million ($5.15 million), but was prohibited from leaving France and required to report to local police twice a week.
Children play with fireworks on the rubble of destroyed buildings in Bureij – but Israel resumes bombing after ceasefire hour..[Eyad Baba/AFP
The way Hamas and its elements on the ground communicate is not conventional. It’s not anyone picking up the phone and deciding where to go or where to find someone. It’s much more complex and with drones deployed in the skies of the Gaza Strip and with fighter jets, movements become very, very hindered and very restricted..
This could be the technical reasons Hamas is referring to, that it’s not moving freely and it will take time to get the list because as of now, nobody knows where the hostages or the captives are at, and it will take time.
And the past three days have been quite intense in terms of bombardment in terms of the drones deployed in skies..
Now imagine a mechanism that involves going on the ground, particularly if you are on a list, if you are wanted, if you are a member of the fighting groups and you are moving based on instructions, a chain of messengers moving messages and communicating on the ground. It takes a long time.
It takes also a great deal of caution as well as of diligence to avoid being harmed.
We have captives everywhere and it doesn’t surprise me if there are some of them are in northern Gaza or Gaza City or central area or the Rafah city. Nobody knows the exact location.
And the 15 months of devastation and the ongoing attacks technically prevented anyone from the top of the pyramid in the leadership to the grassroots the ground from communicating properly and locating exactly each one of these captives about their whereabouts, about their safety.
15m ago
(06:25 GMT)
The moment the Israel-Hamas truce was to take effect
It is now 8:30am local time (06:30GMT) in Israel and Palestine.
This is the moment that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was supposed to take effect in Gaza.
But as we’ve been reporting, the Israeli prime minister has said the truce will not happen unless Hamas hands over the names of the captives it will be releasing later today.
Hamas has blamed technical reasons for the delay, but said it remains committed to the terms of the truce.
Images of Israeli captives, who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, hang from a tree at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 17, 2025 [Amir Cohen/Reuters]
The Israeli prime minister had already alluded to this last night.
Under the agreement, Hamas needs to give the names of the captives it will release today. It should have done that 24 hours before the captives were to be released. So, essentially yesterday.
And that hasn’t happened.
So, now we have confirmation from the Israeli PM’s office, basically telling the army that the ceasefire will not go ahead – and that is due to start in the coming minutes – unless they get the names from Hamas.
The Palestinian group has also issued a statement saying this is due to technical reasons.
What does that mean? Well, Hamas doesn’t communicate with a phone call, obviously. They use messengers. And they are very much aware of surveillance, even though under this agreement, Israel should stop surveillance for 12 hours so that Hamas can move the captives inside Gaza to the border and hand them over.
So, putting this into context, there’s so much international pressure on both sides that it is very difficult to see how this ceasefire would not go ahead.
Will there be delays? Potentially at this point in time.
I’m pretty sure that Qatar will be putting incredible pressure on Hamas if indeed these names have not been handed over to do so. We’ll have to wait to see what happens next.
25m ago
(06:15 GMT)
Israeli military restricts movements in Gaza
The military has issued a statement, renewing its warnings to Gaza residents, warning them not to approach its forces until further notice.
Here’s what the statement says:
We warn residents against approaching the Netzarim axis in light of the forces’ current operations.
You must not approach the area of the Rafah crossing, the Philadelphi Corridor, and all areas where the army is deployed.
Fishing or swimming is prohibited along the coast of the Gaza Strip, and you must not enter the sea in the coming days.
It is forbidden to approach Israeli territory and the buffer zone or move from the south to the north through the Gaza valley to avoid exposing yourself to danger.
40m ago
(06:00 GMT)
Mixed feelings in Gaza as ceasefire set to take effect
It’s the first time in 15 months that the skies above me right here in the central area and across the Gaza Strip are relatively quiet, but we know the scars of the war are still fresh, and the challenges to recovery are quite immense.
The feelings here are quite mixed. People are showing a sense of excitement and happiness.
We are minutes away from the ceasefire taking effect. However, we know people will not be able to go back to their homes until seven days from the time it takes effect, meaning they will have to stay where they are.
Movement is quite restricted and limited as per the instructions the Israeli military put out, along with a map that has been circulating for the past 24 hours, warning people not to get close to where soldiers are deployed, including the Netzarim junction and the Philadelphi Corridor.
People are looking forward to returning to their homes in the northern part of Gaza City. They are also looking forward to mourning their loved ones properly, especially those who were killed and whom they were unable to reach in the past few months.
There is agony as well, as many sole survivors don’t have any of their family members left to celebrate with them at this particular moment.
Throughout the night, the Israeli drones kept buzzing, causing psychological trauma and disconnecting them from the feeling that there is a ceasefire that is going to happen.
The Israeli military also carried out strikes in Khan Younis, targeting many areas as well as in the north.
42m ago
(05:58 GMT)
Hamas cites technical reasons for delay in naming captives
The Palestinian group has issued a statement on Telegram, reaffirming its commitment to the terms of the ceasefire agreement.
It said the delay in handing over the names of the captives to be released in the first phase is due to “technical and field reasons” on the ground.
We’ll bring you more on this as soon as we have it.
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53m ago
(05:46 GMT)
Netanyahu says ceasefire won’t begin until Hamas names captives to be freed: Report
Israel’s Ynet News is reporting that the prime minister has told the Israeli military that the ceasefire, which is to begin at 8:30am local time, will “not begin until Israel has the list of released hostages, which Hamas has pledged to provide”.
The outlet did not provide additional details.
The report comes after Israeli media said Hamas is yet to provide the names of the three female captives it is supposed to release today.
Earlier, Ynet News, citing an unnamed Hamas source, said the Palestinian group is blaming the delay on technical reasons.
The source told Ynet that Hamas members communicate “physically via emissaries and it takes time to agree on the names and the location of the hostages when [Israeli military] planes are still above them”.
Now if you were to ask an old-fashioned housewife, to prepare a complicated dinner with strong-smelling crayfish, seafoods and vegetables, , she would probably first make sure that there was a suitable garbage bin at hand. But that’s not the way that the magnificent men in their nuclear machines thought, about the garbage from their […]
The United States Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a federal law banning TikTok if its Chinese parent company does not sell the popular social media app by Sunday.
‘Stealing sovereign reserves by the West in response to political disputes, as in Russia, Libya, Venezuela.. is eroding faith in US dollar hegemony and US ability to indulge in infinite borrowing‘.
EU mulls mobilizing Belgian king’s 81 year old Decree to continue thousands more illegal anti Russia sanctions – FT
The renewal of the restrictions, set to expire at the end of January, has been in limbo due to Hungary’s veto threats
Queen Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz ), and King Philippe of Belgium by the President of the EU , Ursula von der Leyen
EU officials are desperately developing backup plans to secure sanctions against Russia, including potentially invoking an 81-year-old law that involves the Belgian king, after Hungary threatened to veto their renewal, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
The bloc is seeking to hold on to the $213,000,000,000 of Russia’s frozen foreign assets seized in the Brussels-based clearinghouse Euroclear and continue diverting billions in interest payments to the Ukraine regime
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned the EU in December that his government could veto the sanctions, which require unanimous approval to be extended.
The Free 