New attacks against Nuevo San Gregorio Autonomous Zapatista Community
Violence towards the Zapatista autonomous communities has been constant and has escalated as part of the “La Extemporánea” delegation concludes its Tour for Life in Europe.
The Good Government Junta “New Dawn in Resistance and Rebellion for Life and Humanity” of Caracol No. 10 Blossoming the Rebel Seed) in the Patria Nueva Zone, has denounced new aggressions, harassment, and acts of surveillance that from the end of November to December 6 of this year the “Group of 40” has carried out against the Zapatista community of Nuevo San Gregorio, belonging to Lucio Cabañas autonomous municipality, official municipality of Huixtán, Chiapas.
Yesterday the Group of 40 raided the community to work the lands where support bases of the Zapatista National Liberation Army plant and cultivate their food, in addition to grazing cattle. They have pointed out that:
As we collectively face an increasing level of social and environmental crises around the world, many people are questioning how the State—a system that wreaks so much destruction—even came to exist and why it has such a stranglehold on us.
The price of natural gas in Europe on Tuesday rose to $1,400 per 1,000 cubic meters after Germany said Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline could not be greenlighted for launch, citing rising tensions on the Ukrainian border.
The price of January futures on the TTF hub in the Netherlands rose 5.5% to $1,428 per 1,000 cubic meters at 7:04am GMT, or $138 per megawatt-hour in household terms, according to data from the Intercontinental Exchange.
A day earlier, gas prices in Europe jumped around 10% after German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Russia’s newly constructed Nord Stream 2 pipeline could not be put in operation because it did not meet the requirements of EU energy law. Berlin suspended the pipeline’s certification process last month because its ownership structure failed to comply with the EU’s gas directive, which forbids the same company from supplying and selling energy within the bloc.READ MORE: What’s next if Belarus delivers on threat to cut off gas transit to EU?
Baerbock, however, noted that the escalation of tensions on the Russian-Ukrainian border was “also a factor” in delaying the pipeline’s launch. This is due to Berlin’s agreement with Washington that Russia cannot use Nord Stream 2 as a political weapon in its relationship with Ukraine.
The energy crisis on the continent deepened further after Belarus renewed its threats to cut off European gas supplies from Russia via the country’s pipeline network if more EU sanctions were imposed over the ongoing migrant crisis on Belarus’ western border.
On Sunday, American Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters that the US would do what it could to obstruct Nord Stream 2’s operation “if Russia has renewed its aggression on Ukraine.”
The pipeline was fully completed in September, but has not yet begun operation because of difficulties in getting officially certified. In November, German regulators announced that Nord Stream 2’s operator, based in Switzerland, would need to register as a German company before the certification process could continue.
Russian energy company Gazprom has said that gas is ready to flow as soon as the project is given the green light.
In an interview published on Tuesday in the German newspaper Die Welt, Nehammer, who was elected Austrian chancellor earlier this month, was asked if the Austrian government will continue to support Nord Stream 2. He replied, “Of course,” adding that he expects the pipeline to begin operating soon.
“I don’t consider it necessary to connect Nord Stream 2 with Russia’s behavior in Ukraine,” he went on, referencing a recent political standoff between Moscow and Kiev. “The EU can only hurt itself by doing so. Nord Stream 2 doesn’t only serve Russia’s interests – Germany, Austria, and other EU countries will profit from it. Nord Stream 2 is a European project, which shouldn’t be used as a tool to pressure Moscow.”
We are entering the second Holiday season since the pandemic hit us. We are also about to enter a brand new year, where, again, the uncertainty of the pandemic is still shivering down our spines. We know that this nightmare is most likely far from over. What’s worse is that the pandemic is not the […]
Serious questions need to be answered as to why Boris Johnson’s Government have decided to restrict the freedoms of the unvaccinated population through the introduction of Vaccine Passports, when the latest official data shows that the vaccinated population have accounted for 3 in every 5 Covid-19 cases, 3 in every 5 Covid-19 hospitalisations, and 4 in every 5 Covid-19 deaths, in England since August 16th 2021.
During a national Covid-19 briefing that took place on Tuesday December 8th, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom announced that ‘Plan B’ would be implemented in England from Wednesday December 15th, which would entail ‘working from home’ (if you can) orders, and the introduction of Vaccine Passports.
The reason given for the commencement of ‘Plan B’ is that it has to be done to protect the public from the alleged new Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus. A variant which as of December 11th, has failed to cause a single fatality in the UK, with just several hundred cases allegedly being confirmed.
A new law will come into effect from Wednesday December 15th, which will state that Vaccine Passports will become mandatory for entry to nightclubs and other large venues, including Premier League football matches and concerts. We’re told they will be required for indoor settings of 500 people or more, outdoor settings of 4,000 people or more, and any setting with 10,000 attendees or more.
Mirage-2000 over Black Sea on Dec. 8, as NATO spy planes crowd Russia’s borders. Russian Defence Ministry daily Krasnaya Zvezda said on Dec 13 radars have tracked over 40 aircraft conducting reconnaissance near Russia’s borders over past week.
Russia is reiterating its ‘red lines’ seeking long-term legal guarantees against NATO’s further advancement to the east and the deployment of weapons on Russia’s western borders.
The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on December 10 putting on record its expectation that long term legal guarantees must be given “within a specific time-frame and on the basis of the principle of comprehensive and indivisible security.”
Seeking a remedy to the historical injustice against women is a moral and legal responsibility which falls upon states, communities, and individuals
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Mona, 17, from the Syrian province of al-Qunaitra, was forced into marriage when she was only 15.
The man who her father forced her to marry was infertile, thirteen years older than her, and had three previous failed marriages. She knew none of this before she married him. Mona recounted to STJ:
“My father said that marriage is to protect women, but he forced me into that marriage for nothing else but to take my dowry.
My father did not tell me the truth about my ex-husband’s social and personal status before marriage.
North-East of Syria, Rojava: The Kobani canton, in the Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava, more commonly known as Syrian Kurdistan or Western Kurdistan, struggles against Daesh. Here, demonstration in a street of Kobani for the release of Apo, Abdullah ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Young Kurdish women in the crowd of demonstrators. (Photo by: Andia/UIG via Getty Images)
My marriage lasted only six months, during which I suffered physical and psychological violence from my husband, who then expelled me from his home after forcibly taking the money and the gold I had.
Mirage-2000 over Black Sea on Dec. 8, as NATO spy planes crowd Russia’s borders. Russian Defence Ministry daily Krasnaya Zvezda said on Dec 13 radars have tracked over 40 aircraft conducting reconnaissance near Russia’s borders over past week.
