French State imprisons Catalan anarchist ‘Robin Hood’ Enric Duran after twelve years ‘underground’.

The anarchist activist known as the Robin Hood of banks, on the run for 12 years, has been discovered and jailed in France since last June 12.

by La Directa / Rac1.cat Fina Giralt and thefreeonline .. https://wp.me/pIJl9-Ea2 (on Telegram: t.me/thefreeonline )

The flimsy pretext for his imprisonment is for allegedly making exchanges between the euro and cryptocurrencies with a person who allegedly gained money from an e-commerce fraud.

Enric Duran, is famous for borrowing half a million euros in bank loans in order to donate the money to alternatives to capitalism after the Great Crash of 2008. He considers his jailing an attack by the capitalist system to “criminalize the use of cryptocurrencies”

At his trial in Barcelona the State banned his witnesses who aimed to expose the multi billion frauds of the banks themselves, So Robin (Enric) ‘did a runner’…

Enric has been imprisoned in France for more than three months and on Friday 28th Sept Friday finally testified in the courts of Nanterre, as his mother Fina Giralt explained . We hope the State will have to release him.

According to Fina, her son was arrested by the French police on June 10 in Paris, in the accommodation he had rented to sleep, and he spent two days in the police station and then was sent to prison.

Enric admitted defrauding 39 banks of 492,000 euros, but when the trial date arrived he did not appear and has lived in exile for 12 years since then.

“They must have followed him to his flat. He stopped communicating with us and the next day we learned that he had been arrested”, details Giralt, who believes that the French police “have taken advantage of the fact that he has been wanted by the Spanish justice to take him now under the false pretext of the exchange of cryptocurrencies”.

In 2008, Enric Duran became a public figure announcing that he had stolen the 492,000 euros from different banking entities, through loans that he had no intention of returning, with the aim of denouncing the capitalist and speculative financial model, and use the money “to build alternatives from social movements”.

“From 2006 to 2008, Duran took out 68 commercial and personal loans from a total of 39 banks with no guarantees or property as collateral. He had no intention of repaying the debts, and used the money to finance various anti-capitalist movements.^[3] “

He was accused of defrauding 39 banks and forgery, and spent a few months in pre-trial detention, but when the trial date arrived he did not appear and went into in hiding. Anarchist Robin Hood on Trial in Barcelona

The case against Enric was finally filed in 2023 due to the statute of limitations so the French State has jailed him on suspicion of a non crime .

Enric Duran Giralt (born 23 April 1976, in Vilanova i la Geltrú) also known as Robin Banks or the Robin Hood of the Banks is a Catalan anticapitalist activist^[1] and a founding member of the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC – Cooperativa Integral Catalana (CIC)¹² ³ ) and Faircoop.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} and helped to fund them and many other anti.system initiatives from the funds obtained through his “solidarity scam “,⁵ WIKI

The activist believes that the French judiciary is “criminalizing cryptocurrency transactions, a legal but unregulated activity”.

In 2008, Enric Duran generated an intense public debate when he announced that he had “stolen” the 492,000 euros from different banking entities, with a loan that he had no intention of returning with the aim of promoting a debate around the capitalist and speculative financial model and use the money for social purposes.

Apart from his notoriety as a Robin Hood Bank Robber Enric was an activist in the 15M anti capitalist Movement which began in Barcelona, swept Spain and was a precursor of the worldwide Occupy Movement, the Arab Spring and countless autonomous projects.

Enric was also a founding member of the revolutionary Catalan Integral Coop (2011- 2017) as well as the ‘anti-money’ crypto currency Freecoin linked to the FairCoop, all now closed down by rampant capitalism but with wide latent support.

“They have taken advantage of the fact that he has been wanted by the Spanish justice system to take him now under the pretext of exchanging cryptocurrencies”, denounces Fina Giralt, mother of the activist.

Anarchist genius Enric Duran needs help in Exile

Enric is the Catalan activist who took out bank loans of 500,000 euros and gave the cash to occupiers, anarchists and Coops. Then he helped found the Integral Coop, the FairCoop, and Faircoin, the popular non exploiting crypto currency

At his trial the State banned his witnesses who aimed to expose the multi billion frauds of the banks themselves, So Robin (Enric) ‘did a runner’, and he’s still free 7 yrs later but needs cash urgently.

click here to make your donation if you wish . ..finishes on 3rd May 2019 Pre-campaign for the future of Enric Duran’s exile Pre-campanya pel futur de l’exili d’Enric Dura n

‘Enric still lives as a fugitive outside Spain, and is still busy organizing the FairCoop, – Open Cooperative, Faircoin, Commons Transition,,etc… (here’s lots more about Fair Coop http://commonstransition.org/portfolio/faircoop/)

FairCoop Introduction from Radi.ms on Vimeo.

The key to going global is the Commons Transition (new website here http://commonstransition.org/), linking up commons projects like CIC, the P2P Foundation, Ubuntu, Wikipedia, the makers movement, occupy, etc.

Read all the dirty details and join in here: Fairness and the Commons, an Interview with Enric Duran.

Enric’s blog in English HERE

Announcement by Enric Duran from Exile
Comunicat d’Enric Duran des de l’Exili 23-04-19

Today April 23 is the 7th anniversary that went far from home, resisting a “national” order of detention for the action of denunciation and expropriation of the unjust and stingy banking system, which I made public in 2008, and for which still calls for 8 years in prison, although the banks reported to the state coffers 120000 times more than what I had to do to them and no prosecutor’s office has asked for criminal charges for that. Continue reading “Anarchist genius Enric Duran needs help in Exile”

What Comes After Capitalism?.. A Real Proposal

Earth’s
Cooperative ecosystem
for a fair economy

Faircoop Beginner guide

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# What really moves us

A deep and comprehensive transformation of all parts of society, including its values and structure.

The new, self-managed society is based on autonomy and the abolition of all forms of domination: the state, capitalism, patriarchy, and all other forms that affect human relationships and with the natural environment.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/262805588

Conscious and strategic actions are needed to compost the obsolescent structures and recover those values and qualities that enable us to live a life in common. As the most promising entry point for the collective change we see a new economic system.

This is giving people the opportunity to finally exit the vicious circle of capitalistic enslavement and its side effects, to find space for new ideas without boundaries and make possible the switch to a healthy life in balance with nature.

What is it?

https://fair-coin.org/ FairCoin is the first fairly distributed crypto currency.
99.99% Proof-Of-Stake, rewarding savers and cooperation
All the coins were premined and fairly distributed to thousands from all over the world. Computing power not needed.
Backed by a strong, diverse and committed community.
Promotes prosperity and financial freedom with real value.
Working to become the coin of fair trade.

Continue reading “What Comes After Capitalism?.. A Real Proposal”

Try FairCoin CoOp Cryptocurrency: Buy and Sell without Banks

Sam Dallyn reports on a digital currency setting up new, cooperative alternatives to currency systems which hand over power to unelected central bankers.

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have earned a deserved reputation as a murky world of bubbles, wasteful energy consumption, pump and dump schemes, and volatile price rises and drops.

Yet the possibility that a cryptocurrency could offer opportunities to create radical alternative finance outside of capitalism and central banks has gained real credence. One cryptocurrency that could present a genuine exception to the story of cryptocurrencies as tools for financial speculation: FairCoin and FairCoop, the international cooperative movement that supports it.

FairCoin was created in 2014 as an eco-friendly, post-capitalist cryptocurrency, its ideals and principles emerged largely from the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC) in Spain, which is a radically autonomous network of cooperatives and social movements based in Catalonia that uses the social currency, Ecos. Continue reading “Try FairCoin CoOp Cryptocurrency: Buy and Sell without Banks”

Enric Duran, 5 years as an underground Activist! .. From Robbing Hood to Faircoin

Enric Duran Giralt (born 23 April 1976, in Vilanova i la Geltrú) also known as Robin Banks or the Robin Hood of the Banks is a Catalan anticapitalist activist^[1] and a founding member of the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC – Cooperativa Integral Catalana) and Faircoop.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]On September 17, 2008, he publicly announced that he had ‘robbed’ dozens of Spanish banks of nearly half a million euros as part of a political action to denounce what he termed the predatory capitalist system.

From 2006 to 2008, Duran took out 68 commercial and personal loans from a total of 39 banks with no guarantees or property as collateral. He had no intention of repaying the debts, and used the money to finance various anti-capitalist movements.^[7]In 2008, Duran released both an online article entitled “I have “robbed” 492,000 euros from those who rob us the most, in order to denounce them and build alternatives for society” (translated), and an online video, each explaining what he had done and that he had left the country to view the reaction and consider his next move.

This was also published in the free magazine Crisis, in Catalan, of which 200,000 copies were printed and distributed by volunteers throughout Catalonia. A second newspaper, We can! Live Without Capitalism was distributed on March 17, 2009, and a third, We want! on September 17, 2009.^[8]^[9]

Today, five years ago, Enric made it clear that he did not accept the authority of the “justice” of the System and when it was required by him, his response was not to appear at the Provincial Court of Barcelona. On February 12, 2013, many companies were attentive to the reaction of the corrupt states of the state, the bank, and the judiciary and police. Continue reading “Enric Duran, 5 years as an underground Activist! .. From Robbing Hood to Faircoin”

Faircoin: the Eco-Solidarity money that could Sweep the World

1:1 FairCoop rising

The Post-capitalist movement known as FairCoop steadily grows stronger, worldwide, in an integrated way. Independently from the decisions of centralized institutions, statements of hierarchical organizations, fluctuations of market speculation and mainstream skepticism … we are empowering ourselves in an exponential and radiant way.

CONSULT FAIRCOIN DIRECTORY: HERE

Three years of intense cooperative activism have made economic and social emancipation tools a reality, to the point where anyone with Internet access can become autonomous in their local environment, regardless of the culture, political situation, economic pressures or legal impositions, and become part of the new global fair economy.

Entender Faircoin, la economía real del común de las personas.

For three years with FairCoop, a group of cooperative activists have spent their energy to build an innovative set of tools and solutions to help people to have an actual, practical alternative choice: for instance, they are creating a novel, independent and fair economy with the help of a unique anti-speculative crypto-currency: FairCoin

What is it?
https://fair-coin.org/ FairCoin is the first fairly distributed crypto currency.
99.99% Proof-Of-Stake, rewarding savers and cooperation
All the coins were premined and fairly distributed to thousands from all over the world. Computing power not needed.
Backed by a strong, diverse and committed community.
Promotes prosperity and financial freedom with real value.
Working to become the coin of fair trade.

In this way, Faircoop and its structures are creating the tools in order to slowly leave the control of the state and capital, offering a realistic transition plan instead of relying simply on empty rhetoric or intellectual abstractions.

It is a constructive project and serves an important role, as the real task for radicalism today is to help people, collectives and regions to realize that they don’t need state bureaucracies, political parties or impersonal economic institutions.

Understanding that we are faced with not just a passing financial crisis but a systemic disintegration, we realized that the truly unrealistic and utopian dream was that of endless capitalist accumulation, as the established powers insist on going headlong over a cliff, stubbornly insisting on growing inequality and endless consumption of finite resources. Continue reading “Faircoin: the Eco-Solidarity money that could Sweep the World”

Post-Capitalism is Already Arriving… help the Virus go Viral

How the Revolution could Happen

by The Free 03/08/17 Late capitalism is like an express train screeching down a hill towards a cliff edge.. and the only way to stay on the rails, as is unanimously agreed, is BY ACCELERATING the ‘growth rate’..

So how will the revolution happen? The classic answer is that the workers will unite, strike, takeover, banish the insane 1% and put the world to rights.

Not likely to happen any time soon. For one thing we are divided and marginalised and being replaced by precarious labour and willing anti-union robots.

The Nation States each demand a monopoly of violence and coercion. They need to be abolished, ASAP, but they have 24.7 million bored troops, armed to the teeth and just longing for us to attack.

Capitalism needs to crash to the ground in smithereens, but most of us are dependent on its crumbs to survive and feed our kids.

And even if socialism or communism were to triumph we have generations of proof that top down State Control just Doesn’t Work.