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Anarchist Jennifer Gann beaten for Aiding another Trans Woman Prisoner

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Anarchist prisoner Jennifer Gann was attacked by warders at Kern Valley State Prison on September 13th for coming to the aid of another trans woman who was being harassed by guards. The following is an excerpt from a letter that just came in from Jennifer.

Please take some time to write Jennifer a letter, send her some zines, or put a couple dollars on her books. She does not have access to her property, and is being held in the Administrative Segregation Unit, (‘the hole’..solitary confinement), so anything helps.

anarchist prisoner 2You can write to Jennifer at:

J. Gann #E-23852
Kern Valley State Prison
PO Box 5107
Delano, CA 93216

More info on Jennifer at her website.

The Letter

….”I’m currently sitting in a cold, gray, cement cell with nothing but a sink, toilet, bunk, and basic necessities.

I was on D-facility, Tuesday afternoon (9/13), going out to the yard from my housing unit when I heard a CO behind me begin yelling at and harassing one of my sistas. So I stopped to see what the problem was, when several COs immediately turned toward me and began yelling “turn around and get down!”jenniferganndone11x17

As soon as I turned my back to comply, I was assaulted from behind, my face slammed forward into a metal locker, splitting my head wide open, blood gushing, as 4 or 5 guards began punching and kicking me as I lay face down unable to move. They had me pinned down, knees in my back and on my head. They kept yelling “stop resisting!”

Once the handcuffs were on, they picked me up and escorted me across the yard in front of a couple dozen inmates as I yelled out “Fuck the police!” They slammed me to the ground a couple more times and put all their weight on me so I couldn’t breathe! Visions of Eric Garner past thru my mind”. Continue reading “Anarchist Jennifer Gann beaten for Aiding another Trans Woman Prisoner”

800 Native Americans and supporters halt Dakota Pipeline. 28 Arrested

UPDATE: North Dakota Native Americans Are Barred From Disrupting Oil Pipeline Construction by A North Dakota federal court

 

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BISMARCK, N.D. Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline halted construction Tuesday while law enforcement and tribal leaders in North Dakota met to discuss a resolution to a protest of the project.

800 Native Americans Halt Dakota Access Pipeline Work…for Now

Hundreds of protesters from three tribes and their allies stopped construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline for the second day in a row Wednesday, but law enforcement and private security are now preparing to amp up their presence.dakota_access_pipeline_standing_rock_souix_unicorn_riot

RELATED:
US ‘Unlawfully’ OK’s Pipeline that Will Destroy Tribal Lands

The Standing Rock, Rosebud and Lower Brule Lakota tribes have been resisting the pipeline since it was approved by the U.S. Senate in January and by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in July, building sacred camps on the pipeline’s proposed path to pray, hold ceremonies on horseback and push back workers and police protecting the construction… Continue reading “800 Native Americans and supporters halt Dakota Pipeline. 28 Arrested”

‘Our Arrests are another Frame-Up’..District 14 Collective:

solidaridadDistrict 14: “Our arrest is a montage due to our struggle against forced evictions”  
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6 members of Distrito 14 Collective being detained
adaptted from  diagonal  en castellano abajo       The six youths were arrested by the Information Brigade accused of participating in a fight but at the time of the events they were working in a stall at the Moratalaz Fiestas.
That same afternoon the press published that the detainees were accused of threatening and assaulting members of Citizens (Ciutadanos Party) during the Grand Fiestas of the Moratalaz neighborhood and that during election campaign activities, they had gone  “Hunting Pijos”(preppies)

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Last Wednesday, at 8 am, the Information Brigade arrested at their homes the six members of the collective District 14. “Some were preparing to attend a Stop Evictions Action convened in Parla and others to go to their jobs” said the group in a statement, in which they explain that the Information Brigade accused them of being involved in a fight, nothing more.  Continue reading “‘Our Arrests are another Frame-Up’..District 14 Collective:”

Gang of Rightwing Robbers Steal Brazil! : to destroy Rights and Biosphere: Huge Resistance!

Leaked Tapes Show Michel Temer’s Henchmen Led Dilma Rousseff Coup in Brazilimpeach her!Michel Temer and his Horrible Henchmen

#DilmaRousseff    Recordings released on Monday tell the world what Brazil already knows in revealing that the political establishment orchestrated a plot to overthrow the democratically elected leader.

On Monday, Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo revealed audio recordings of a conversation between the country’s planning minister, Romero Juca, and Sergio Machado, former CEO of state-owned oil company Petrobras subsidiary Transperto, calling to oust Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, as part of a bid to derail an ongoing corruption investigation under which the two are involved.13230244_128227874251422_7935774295770301905_n

The high-ranking Juca serves as the president of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), the same political party as interim leader Michel Temer and other leading impeachment figures, including deposed lower house leader Eduardo Cunha and senate leader Renan Calheiros.

Juca immediately stepped down from his government post a few hours after the recordings were released, but the ever-unraveling threads of the coup plot threaten to completely dismantle the Temer government.13232901_945240488930976_4320719822212393739_n

The Impeachment Coup

The impeachment proceedings against Rousseff are not a matter of corruption, but rather for borrowing from the federal savings bank to preserve social welfare programs facing short-term budgetary shortfalls caused by an international recession. The effort to impeach was initially led by Eduardo Cunha, who then served as the leader of Brazil’s lower legislative chamber.

amazonUS BACKED RIGHTWING ‘COUP’ TO DESTROY AMAZON  Ecocide in Brazil: new laws to devastate Amazon by Jan Rocha …   via the ecologist with thanks..    Amidst the turmoil of the presidential impeachment, right wing members of Brazil’s Congress are set to quickly pass new laws that would build new roads across the Amazon, open up indigenous reserves to industrial exploitation, and … Continue reading HERE 

Brazilians suspect that Cunha, considered the country’s most corrupt politician, bribed his parliamentary colleagues to advance a vote in favor of impeachment. The politician was featured in the Panama Papers and is known to have several dozen Swiss Bank accounts. Continue reading “Gang of Rightwing Robbers Steal Brazil! : to destroy Rights and Biosphere: Huge Resistance!”

1.2 million on streets in French Strikes. First ‘Nuit Debout’ occupations evicted

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Nuit Debout (‘WideAwake Night’): police evict the ’15 -M ‘in Paris. At 18:00 1st April reconvening

By Kaos. International .  google translation. The new law will allow companies to fire workers by reducing benefits without going into losses and sick leave depend only on collective agreements and cease to be guaranteed by law. Compensation for unfair dismissal will also be reduced: it will take a minimum of 12 months’ salary for 6 months and only if the worker had at least two years in the company.

The state of emergency, labor reform, opposition to the construction of a new airport in Nantes and the convergence of many more struggles have crystallized in a camp in the Place de la Republique in Paris. The Convergence of struggles group called not go home after the general strike on March 31 against the labor law and stay up all night (Nuit Debout). Although the original call was limited to Paris, they had called in at least 20 other cities. The protest only caught on in Paris, Lyon and Nantes. In Bordeaux and Caen demonstrators they were evicted by police. A theater has been busy in Toulouse.

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Between 5 and 6 am, concentrations in Paris and Nantes have been evicted by police peacefully. More than 100 riot police have surrounded the audience and forced to go underground, pushing the shields to those who offered passive resistance. It has lived a moment of tension when a fall occurs in the descent to the subway but the incident has not gone higher. The police have forced the last protesters who chose not to disperse to enter trains  . After the eviction, protesters called to meet again today 1st April at 18.00 in the Plaza of the Republic for another night stands. Continue reading “1.2 million on streets in French Strikes. First ‘Nuit Debout’ occupations evicted”

40.000 convicted by Spanish Gag Laws, 6.217 for Insulting Police

mordazaPolice fine 30 people a day for “disrespect” to agents since  the Gag Law came into force

A request for information eldiario.es provides details of the sanctions imposed with 40,000 convicted under the new laws to muzzle dissent from July 2015 to January 2016

The Government has submitted during this period 6,217 sanctions for disrespecting the security forces, the second plea ban after drug useanarchists against Gag laws

The economic penalty associated with insulting or badmouthing a police officer has been 145 euros on average Continue reading “40.000 convicted by Spanish Gag Laws, 6.217 for Insulting Police”

King Ludd (REY LUDD): anarcho Rap from Bilbo: FREE or donation

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[Music] King Ludd (REY LUDD): anti-authoritarian and iconoclastic Rap from Bilbo (Basque Country) IN SPANISH  Free or Donation

by The Rebellion of Words. en español abajo      King Ludd is a project of anti-authoritarian rap born somewhere in Bilbao, composed of 11 subjects where both the outer and the introspective part of daily conflict is played.

To LISTEN NOW or download the free demo (or CHOOSING YOUR OWN price) GO to Bandcamp, by clicking HERE Continue reading “King Ludd (REY LUDD): anarcho Rap from Bilbo: FREE or donation”