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This Is America #178: Mourning & Fighting for Colorado Springs; Inside the UAW Strike

Welcome, to This Is America, November 25th, 2022.

Reports include:

• Living and Fighting
• Class War
• ACAB
• Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Struggle for Sovereignty
• ELF Prisoner Sentenced to Time Served
• Action in Defense of the Atlanta Forest
• Solidarity
• Fuck FIFA
• Animal Liberation Front (ALF) Releases Thousands of Mink
• Upcoming Events
• It’s Going Down

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On today’s episode, first we speak with two members of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation about the ongoing mass United Auto Workers (UAW) strike across the University of California system.

We talk about how the strike grew out of a wave of wildcat strikes in early 2020 across the UC system and how workers are fighting to build rank-n-file power and win a cost of living wage increase, in one of the most expensive housing markets in the US.

We then turn towards our discussion, as we offer up an anarchist analysis of the midterms, why the pundit class got it so wrong, and what this means for social movements and struggles going forward.

All this and more, but first, let’s get to the news!

Living and Fighting

REPORTBACK: 🏴🚩#SacramentoCA vigil for #COSprings #QClubMassacre. In honor of #5dead and over 25 injured after a gunman opened fire inside Queer Venue, the #QClub in #ColoradoSpringsCO. Over 50+ attendees chant #QueerMeansAttack // #QueersBashBack! 🧵 pic.twitter.com/Mi26rOYzZ1

— pridewasariot.sac (@pridewasariot_) November 23, 2022

While more information is coming out all the time, we do know that the shooter’s grandfather is a MAGA Republican in California and his own father when interviewed espoused anti-gay views. People who knew the shooter have also reported that he often used anti-gay slurs and a video has also emerged of the shooter and his mother shouting racist slurs at an airport. The wider Right has responded by attacking those who stopped the shooter for attending an LGBTQ+ event in the first place while doubling down on attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.

Anderson Lee Aldrich, grandson of a MAGA State Assemblymember, is the 22 year-old suspect accused of carrying out a deadly mass shooting at a LGBTQ+ club in #ColoradoSprings. The killings follow months of attacks, death threats + anti-LGBTQ bills in Colorado + beyond. A thread. pic.twitter.com/W8pVlyDe3g

— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) November 21, 2022

Across the US, people held vigils and rallies in solidarity, denouncing the wave of anti-LGBTQ+ attacks and threats by groups like the Proud Boys against Pride and beyond.

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Posted on November 25, 2022 by ELCOMUNISTA.NET in SPAIN, translation thefreeonline

The focus has been on the victims of sexist violence, which has already left 1,171 women murdered since 2003.

Thousands of people are demonstrating this 25-N through the streets of the main Spanish cities to raise their voices and denounce the “cruel sexist violence” suffered by women. Shouting “Not one more” and “Basta ya”, they have shown their condemnation of any type of aggression and have wanted to remember the 38 murdered at the hands of their partners so far this year.

In different parts of the country, various feminist platforms and movements have organized marches for the Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

«With or without clothes, my body must not be touched», «Enough of unanswered aggression», «Not an isolated incident, it is patriarchy» or «It is not an ‘outburst’, it is a murder», have been some of the slogans. Also messages like “It’s not no”, “I don’t want to be brave, I want to be free” or “If they attack one, they attack us all”.

The focus has also been placed on the victims of sexist violence, which has already left 1,171 women murdered since 2003, and on the risk situation of many of them.

Thus, in Albacete they have highlighted that a fifth of the victims had a disability, while in Valencia they have reminded Iranian and Afghan women and girls that “they are subjected by religious patriarchy”.

From Barcelona to Las Palmas: demonstrations flood Spanish cities

In Barcelona, ​​3,000 people, according to the Guàrdia Urbana, have demanded an end to aggression and the so-called rape culture. Following the call of the November Feminist collective, the demonstration started from Paseo de Gracia with Rosellón and moved to Gran Vía, where the reading of the manifesto took place and Batucada Escandalera (drummers) performed with the theme «The rapist is you».

Thousands of people have also demonstrated through the streets of Valencia, where the demo started at 7:30 p.m. from the Porta del Mar in the capital, behind a banner with the slogan “Dones vives i unides contra el masclisme”, and it concluded in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, where two women survivors of sexist violence read a manifesto.

In Alicante, dozens of red shoes and as many empty chairs have served to remember each of the 38 women murdered by their partners or ex-partners during this 2022 and who have symbolized the rejection of sexist violence in Alicante society, which has come out on the streets with three different demonstrations to protest against this «scourge».

The Cantabrians have also toured the streets of Santander this Friday. Purple has once again been the predominant color this 25N in the Cantabrian capital, in a march in which hundreds of people have filled Paseo Pereda, to cover the distance between Puertochico and the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.

The demonstration, called by various feminist assemblies from municipalities such as Santander, Torrelavega or Cabezón de la Sal, has had the institutional support of the Government of Cantabria and was attended by the regional president, Miguel Ángel Revilla.

The main streets of the Canarian capitals have also been filled with protesters who have asked in a manifesto “not to deny indecency”, as well as more public policies and resources to fight against this scourge.

The 25N in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria was bathed in violet and in a tide of more than half a thousand people. For its part, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the demonstration was led by a banner with the slogan “Sexist violence does not stop, transformative policies now”.

RTVE

Continue reading “Thousands of people cry out in Spain against gender violence: “Not one more””

By Will Henney at Reclaim The Net. Nov 24, 2022 via thefreeonline

Some Viral posts on WeChat are disappearing.

While the Chinese government’s ‘zero-tolerance’ COVID policy has deprived workers of income, mismanagement by Apple’s supplier, Foxconn, means that remaining employment opportunities are full of exploitation and unfair treatment,” Li told the Star.

On Thursday, Foxconn paid each worker $1,400 and bussed them to the train station, but at least hundreds can't get tickets home and are stuck at the station now. They only have a few hours left to find transportation – Zhengzhou will be placed under lockdown starting midnight.

— Viola Zhou (@violazhouyi) November 24, 2022

WeChat “removed a viral post that criticized China’s Covid policies. The account that posted it was also blocked because the post violated “related rules.”

The unidentified author of the post, which was removed after reaching 100,000 hits (the maximum number WeChat publicly reveals), asked questions directed at the National Health Commission.

Foxconn workers united, protest continues pic.twitter.com/asf2MW071A

— China Labor Watch (@chinalaborwatch) November 24, 2022

According to US New York based @chinalaborwatch “there has been rising discontent by the public over China’s highly restrictive Covid policies. However, direct and detailed criticism of the government is rare given how closely Beijing monitors traditional and social media”.

China’s draconian ZERO-Covid policies originated in fears of a ‘Race Specific” virus against ethnic Chinese escaping from a US Bio War Lab. Later China’s efficient lockdowns policy was copied unsuccessfully around the world. Now as the virus has waned the Zero Covid policy seems absurd and totally counter productive.

They asked why there are still tough restrictions when other parts of the word, including Hong Kong, have gone back to conditions matching the pre-pandemic period..

Continue reading “WeChat censors posts as workers continue protests against iPhone factory and Zero-Covid restrictions”

November 22, 2022 by fallingincandescence

By Gloria Muñoz Ramírez, Desinformémonos
Translated by Scott Campbell

Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón | Desinformémonos. The demand for the freedom of the seven Mazateco political prisoners was the focus of the international event organized to mark the 100^th anniversary of the death in prison of Ricardo Flores Magón, an anarchist precursor of the Mexican Revolution who questioned power until his death, which occurred on November 21, 1922 in a U.S. prison.

100 years after death of Mexican Revolution hero, political prisoners begin hunger strike https://t.co/2QkQUrH8vd

— Elox_floresmagon (@EloxMagon) November 24, 2022

The revolutionary was born in Eloxochitlán, Oaxaca, and here, after a series of commemorative acts organized by the community, it was announced that the prisoners – held in three different prisons – will remain on hunger strike until governor-elect Salomón Jara Cruz opens a dialogue with their relatives to facilitate their release.

In a letter sent from the prisons of Villa de Etla, Taniveth, and Cuicatlán, Oaxaca, Jaime Betanzos, Fernando Gavito, Alfredo Bolaños, Omar Hugo Morales, Herminio Monfil, Isaías Gallardo and Francisco Durán recalled that the federal government recognized them as political prisoners in December 2018. At that time, they noted, “it was recognized that we are Indigenous people whose rights have been violated and that crimes were fabricated against us.”

In this town in the Sierra Mazateca, the activities in homage to Flores Magón began on November 19 and culminated today, November 21, with a march and political act in front of the municipal offices.

Continue reading “Seven Indigenous political prisoners from Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón launch hunger strike”

from childrenshealthdefense/ Dr. Joseph Mercola/ via thefreeonline

|So they’re admitting the WHOLE thing was a lie?

How did Pfizer recruit kids for its Covid-19 vaccine trial? Why was a New York hospital running an ad to bring in children? Watch this video and find out.

The Federalist article, Sept. 9, 2022 https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/09/cdc-admits-post-vaccine-myocarditis-concerns-that-were-labeled-covid-misinformation-are-legit/

What the FDA and CDC Are Still Hiding

Posted on November 23, 2022 Via https://childrenshealthdefense.org

By Dr. Joseph Mercola

Government health officials could have saved themselves by coming clean a few months into the COVID-19 jab scam. At this point, there’s no way to save face, let alone anyone’s career.

Story at a glance:

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has publicly warned that COVID-19 is one of the Top 10 causes of death in children aged 5 to 11, yet when asked to produce the data, they admitted they never conducted an analysis for that age group.
• The CDC has also lied about Pfizer’s study results. While claiming the Pfizer jab was 92% effective for those with previous COVID-19 infection, the actual trial data found NO evidence of efficacy in those with previous infection.

Continue reading “COVID.. So they’re admitting the WHOLE thing was a lie!”