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May 28, 2021Natalia Torres Garzon Admin

“Far too many women are fighting—not only for their rights, but for the rights of all,” says Yomali Torres, an Afro-Colombian activist. The 26-year-old joined throngs of women in the streets of Colombia over the past month to demand an end to patriarchal oppression at the hands of a U.S.-backed neoliberal state..

Women’s presence in Colombia’s national strike—both as activists and as victims—has caught the world’s attention. Many have spoken out against police violence and sexual abuse during the current demonstrations. This, however, is not a new issue. Police, armed forces and illegal groups have used women’s bodies as weapons of war for decades. 

Colombia-Dossier: Mujeres que luchan: las madres

Continue reading “After Decades of Oppression, Colombian Women Lead Front Lines of National Strike”

In his first 100 days Biden has said he is supporting racial justice, democracy, climate action and peace. The claims are intentional deception which is precisely what constitutes fraud | KATHLEEN CHANDLER March 7, 2021. On the eve of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, 1,000 people marched through downtown […]

Biden’s first 100 days – The fraud of claiming human rights to hide more US crimes against humanity — Tony Seed’s Weblog

by rbrianlarkin22 April 2021 https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/ shared with thanks

War and climate change are intimately linked, argues Brian Larkin. He explains why he and fellow activists from XR Peace blockaded BAE Systems’ London headquarters in 2019 over its links to the bombing of Yemeni civilians and the UK nuclear weapons programme.

In 2019 a small group of people from Trident Ploughshares set up XR Peace to bring peace movement groups together to raise awareness of the overlooked intersection between militarism and the climate crisis. Our message: War causes climate change. Climate change causes war.  

Over 50 organizations demand redirection of military spending to social and health needs ..Eng/Eus/Esp

In October that year, during the second Extinction Rebellion in London, demanding that government recognise the seriousness of the threat to global security posed by the climate, six of us blocked the entrance to the head office of BAE Systems, the UK and Europe’s largest military industrial company.

Continue reading “Militarism and the Climate Catastrophe: Imperative for Direct Action now!”

from Kaos en la Red By KEM-MOC Bilbao, May 31, 2021, Eng translation TheFreeOnline

(in Basque-Euskera and Spanish below)

In total, more than fifty groups throughout the Spanish State have adhered to a manifesto promoted by antimilitarist and pacifist associations that vindicates Fiscal Objection (tax witholding) to military spending as a legitimate form of protest against militarism and construction of alternatives to it.

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María Pérez LaCruz was born in Teruel, Spain, on May 3, 1917. Her parents were Manuel and Isabel. Her nickname was “La Jabalina”.

At the age of 17, she joined the Libertarian Youth, and in August 1936 she joined the anarchist militia of the “Iron Column” ..

Recuperación y colorización del retrato María Pérez Lacruz “La Jabalina” (1917-1942)

Economic necessity forced the family to move to the port city of Sagunto in Valencia when María was only 6 years old, where there was a very important problem of labor conflict due to the unfortunate living conditions of the workers linked to the railroad and the mines of Teruel.

Continue reading “María Pérez LaCruz, anarchist combatant of Iron Column: abused, baby stolen, shot by the fascists in 1942 .. Eng/Esp”