May 2012

Is Truth The First Casualty Of War In Syria? 1:18 pm / 31 May 2012 by Adam Ford, at Infantile Disorder

The Houla massacre was a disgusting crime, but who was responsible for it? Footage of the Houla massacre's aftermath has sparked waves of revulsion around the world amongst those who have seen the footage. More than a hundred were killed at close range, with children comprising almost half of the victims. Body parts lay scattered about, skull bones were exposed - the cameras captured a scene

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ENTRAPMENT. 6:38 am / 31 May 2012 by ann arky, at annarky's blog.


From Crimethinc:
           Over the past month, the FBI has initiated a spateof entrapment operations designed to frame anarchists as “terrorists.” Significantly, they have not targeted longtime organizers, but rather people who are relatively peripheral to anarchist communities. In response, we’ve prepared a pamphlet suitable for a wide readership explaining how this entrapment strategy works, and an analysis exploring why the FBI has adopted it. Please circulate these widely.
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I’M PROUD. 1:18 am / 31 May 2012 by ann arky, at annarky's blog.


I’M PROUD.
I’m proud of my people, proud to be one of them,
that great mass on society’s bottom rung.
Those who, with coal-dust under their nails
in their eyes, in their lungs
claw at the earths entrails.
Their brothers,
cement in their hair
in their mouth, in their ears,
oil ingrained in their fingers,
on their face.
Sisters, glistening with sweat
midst the ceaseless noise of machines
that throw out shirts, shoes, toys, carpets
for other people.
Those with soil and sweat stuck to their skin
smelling of the earth, feeding the multitude,
grinding out their lives in a harsh pitiless system
weighted down
with a sack load of half-dead dreams,
sometimes brought to their knees
by a tidal wave of despair,
never defeated,
groping in the dark to find tomorrow,
keeping hope alive;
they amaze me.
Somehow, from somewhere
in this cold, cruel
unforgiving scheme of things
they find love for their children.
Not a teaspoonful, not a cupful,
but buckets full, to bathe them in,
to pour over them.
They seem to know
that one day this world will be ours
and to take care of it
we will need those who have been loved.

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SOLIDARITY, 2:06 pm / 30 May 2012 by ann arky, at annarky's blog.


Just a little celebration in keeping with the previous post.





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OCCUPY AND SOLIDARITY ARE WINNERS. 1:54 pm / 30 May 2012 by ann arky, at annarky's blog.

From The Irish Examiner:

Battle of Vita Cortex comes to an end after 161 days


Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 05:14 PM
       One of the longest-running industrial relations protests in the history of the State ended in Cork today. On Day 161, the marathon sit-in protest at the Vita Cortex factory ended with a ceremonial march out the gate. The 23 workers who occupied the factory since December 16 have now all been paid an undisclosed sum by company owner, Jack Ronan, as the final part of their redundancy. The foam-workers’ stand lasted longer than the Dublin Lockout of 1913, when James Larkin led thousands of workers for 146 days in the most significant industrial relations dispute in Irish history.
The former Vita Cortex staff said their campaign began on nothing more than a gut instinct and a feeling of injustice. The workers were due to leave the foam factory for the last time when it shut down on December 16 last year. When it became clear they would not receive their redundancy package of 2.9 weeks’ wages per year of service they decided to take a stand.
      On a shift rota, they have occupied the building ever since, and their efforts have seen them held up as a symbol of workers’ rights. Up to 5,000 people marched through Cork to support their plight on a rainy day in February in one of the largest public demonstrations the city has seen in recent years. The campaign attracted support from soccer legends Alex Ferguson and Paul McGrath, former President Mary Robinson, philosopher Noam Chomsky, actor Cillian Murphy and Cork sport and GAA stars.
      Former machinist Helen Crowley, who gave 27 years’ service to the company, said: “The whole campaign snowballed in a way. You got completely swept away in it.” After spending Christmas, New Year’s Day, St Patrick’s Day and Easter in the Kinsale Road factory, the workers were today looking forward to normal life again.
     Jim Power, who worked for the company for 43 years, summed up the mood. “It’s a relief really. Now that it’s all over, I look forward to normal living again,” he said. Seán Kelleher, who worked at the plant for more than 47 years, said: “This campaign has dominated our lives for the past five months. It was the generosity of the Cork people that kept us going.”
After months of failed negotiations, the company finally agreed at a meeting in Cork earlier this month to pay the workers.
Article courtesy of The Evening Echo newspaper


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Many Thousands Defy Draconian New Laws As Quebec Struggle Rapidly Intensifies 12:48 pm / 30 May 2012 by Adam Ford, at Infantile Disorder

Enormous numbers of students and allies are now opposing the government The hugely militant student movement in the Canadian province of Quebec has been galvanised by a massive state clampdown, and the ruling class now fears this new 'contagion' will spread to the wider working class in neighbouring provinces, as well as the United States to the south. But as new negotiations begin between the

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Interview With A Revolutionary Filipino Filmmaker (Part Four) 2:15 pm / 29 May 2012 by Adam Ford, at Infantile Disorder

Receiving support from his former lead actor Lito Lapid in 1998 This is the concluding part of my interview with Mauro Gia Samonte. In part one he talked us through his introduction to working class politics as a young man. Part two took us on a journey into a political struggle charged with the constant threat of violence, and part three brought us up to date, with Mauro's analysis of the

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DAWN RAIDERS DAWN RAIDED!! 1:47 pm / 29 May 2012 by ann arky, at annarky's blog.

           At 5:30am this morning a group of dozen protesters from Unity & the No Borders Network blockaded and closed the gates at the UKBA reporting centre in Brand Street Glasgow, in protest against the continuing detention of children and the practice of early morning raids following the harrowing dawn raids and subsequent detention of two African families in the city over the last month. 



          Protesters have attached themselves through lock on tubes across the entrance of the main gates, blocking the exit for dawn raid vans, and closing all vehicle exits to the building where the heavy handed UK enforcement teams are based.
The team of protesters are chained together through tubing on which reads the slogans “STOP DAWN RAIDS” & “END DEPORTATIONS”. Banners in support of refugee rights hang across the gates.
          The peaceful protest attracted the attention of 15 police officers. As protesters blocked the road this morning, members of the UKBA Enforcement Teams which carry out the dawn raids arrived, protesters believe, in preparation to carry out a dawn raid on another family this morning. Protesters believe that we have managed to successfully stop the UKBA detaining a family today.

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Socials 5:18 am / 29 May 2012 by Edinburgh Anarcha Feminist Kollective

No specific socials are planned at the moment, but come along to “Between The Lines” reading group and “DIY Discussions” events which happen on a semi-regular basis and definetly double up as social gatherings! More info on these events are published on our homepage.

Also, if you would like to help organise a social, event, meeting, action or whatever! Contact us and we’ll get back to you so we can organise something together!

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Survivors in Solidarity with Prison Abolition 4:58 am / 29 May 2012 by Edinburgh Anarcha Feminist Kollective

Challenging Convictions: Survivors of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Writing in Solidarity with Prison Abolition. Like much prison abolition work, the call for this anthology comes from frustration and hope: frustration with organizers against sexual assault and domestic violence who treat the police as a universally available and as a good solution; frustration with prison abolitionists who [...]

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