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(en) BRAZIL, Belo Horizonte-MG, The persecution of the ANARCHIST MOVEMENT SPREADS to all the country (pt)[machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Fri Oct 18 19:26:36 GMT 2013
Belo Horizonte-MG, the Civil Police raided that morning with a warrant of search and
seizure, the home of the Amoeba, a cabinetmaker anarchist who was arrested during the
demonstration of 7 September and remained imprisoned for 1 month. They really trashed his
house and mercenaria all and "seized" posters, newspapers and books, as well as anarchists
materials on recent manifestations (pamphlets and newspapers). He just pay more a
statement in a police station near his home. ---- Anarchism is chased all over Brazil!
---- PUT THE END TO CRIMINALISATION OF ALL STRUGGLE!
STRENGTH AND IDEOLOGICAL CONVICTION.
PROTEST IS NOT A CRIME!
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(en) International Workers Association - Portuguese Section ( AIT - SP) - Blocking the Port of Lisbon - DO the BRIDGES, OCCUPY THE STREET, STOP THE PORT OF LISBON (pt )[machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Fri Oct 18 17:03:29 GMT 2013
On 19 October we will block terminal Alcantara Port of Lisbon, after the merger of the
CGTP 15h in Alcantara. Let's stop the movement of goods in the main terminal shipping
Portugal. We will support the ongoing strike of dockers. ---- We want to stop the process
of casualization, reinforcing the concrete struggle in the port of Lisbon. We want to grow
other struggles, other sectors of the economy, in other areas of life. We want to say
loudly that the problem is the exploitation and obscene accumulation of resources by a
few. We want to say it in a language that can no longer be ignored. We want to stop the
economy and put it in our hands. ---- The Port of Lisbon is a trading platform of
international, European and Atlantic, and one of the most obvious campaign of devaluation
of labor and also the resistance that opposes it. This struggle, our struggle is
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(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL - Why the FN is up and why it is necessary to reduce it (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Fri Oct 18 16:08:21 GMT 2013
Sunday, October 13, the National Front candidate won the cantonal elections of Brignoles
(Var) with approximately 54% of the vote. The electoral victory of this little fascist
bureaucrat takes place in a climate of particular concern: rise of extreme right idea
throughout Europe and criminal violence that go with (murder and assault of activists,
immigrant-es, to Homosexuals), lower social struggles and discouragement are face-operated
roller capitalist compressor. ---- After the first round on October 6, it was fashionable
to relativize the big score the National Front in the first round . While the National
Front was not progressing number of votes compared to the previous local elections. Yet
his score, added to that of a right-wing splinter party of France (9% of the vote) was
high enough to cause concern. Otherwise, why would it take to conclude that a significant
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(en) France, Organisation Communiste Libertarie (OCL) - Courant Alternatif, CA #233 - the fight against the burial of radioactive waste in the late 1980s + Festival against the big nuclear dustbin bure (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Fri Oct 18 16:06:30 GMT 2013
Back to the fight against the burial of radioactive waste in the late 1980s ---- On the
occasion of the public debate on the proposed radioactive waste disposal Cigéo, the
anti-nuclear struggle again speak a bit of it. This project is expected to Bure, a small
town located at the boundary between the Meuse and Haute-Marne. A priori, this sparsely
populated region and irrigated financially for twenty years by the nuclear does not seem
to be a good breeding ground for the fight against the big nuclear waste. If Andra1
settled there, this is also precisely why. Because she felt that here, it was unlikely to
encounter strong resistance. ---- In 1989, a report by the Director of Atomic Energy
Commission (CEA) said: "It is increasingly the primary constraint in this area [the burial
of radioactive waste] is the ability of the population Local to accept the principle of
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(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #230 - Folder Black Revolution: DRUM: The Black-'re fighting on the workplace (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Fri Oct 18 15:42:00 GMT 2013
DRUM ( Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement ) was an organization that was based on the
working men and women-are black industry. Born in 1968 to a wildcat strike in Detroit, the
importance of DRUM lies in the fact that the black movement has gone through her ââstreets
and communities to workplaces. ---- Originally the black auto workers complained of racial
discrimination that prevailed in their factories and the inability or unwillingness of the
powerful union of the car to fight. After several "wild" strikes condemned by the union,
black workers began by creating their own organizations. DRUM considered, unlike the Black
Panther Party (BPP), the workers are black-and not the unemployed are black-cities, had to
be organized, because they're were a key social group and potentially more powerful: the
working men and women are black-played a central role in the most important industries.
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(en) Finland, Helsinki Anarchist Bookfai SUN 27 OCTOBER 2013 12-19
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Thu Oct 17 16:06:30 GMT 2013
at Rauhanasema (The Peace Station) Veturitori 3, East Pasila, Helsinki ---- The Shadow
Book Fair is a free of charge anarchist alternative to the official Helsinki book fair
taking place at the same time. The Shadow Book Fair features a wide selection of books,
zines, pamphlets and information. Available are books about anarchism, feminism, animal
rights, anti-militarism, eco-resistance and other topics.
If you are coming from far away and need accomodation in Helsinki, we will try to arrange
that. ---- If you are interested in giving a lecture or having table, please contact:
Varjokirjamessut @ Riseup.net http://varjokirjamessut.wordpress.com/in-english/
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(en) The tasks of social anarchism in Chile by C.A.L. (ca)
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Thu Oct 17 12:48:09 GMT 2013
The "libertarian" world as an area for debate ---- Until a few months ago we had a
libertarian movement in which different ideological expressions of the popular movement
came together, but with certain shared elements such as recognition of the need to build
organizations from the bottom, outside the State, promoting at all times internal
democracy and the leading role of those directly involved, with the clarity on a strategic
level that the task was to build popular power with class autonomy and encourage direct
action as the main political tool for social transformation. However, the appearance of
the Red Libertaria as part of the Todxs a La Moneda movement which supports the
presidential candidacy of Marcel Claude and the recent sign from the Frente de Estudiantes
Libertarios rejecting this initiative have only served to initiate a split within the
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(en) France, Organisation Communiste Libertarie (OCL) - Courant Alternatif, CA #233 - KANAKY referendum on the horizon ... 2014? (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Thu Oct 17 08:57:16 GMT 2013
May 15 began in New Caledonia a general strike "against the cost of living" that lasted
twelve days. But though the Kanak-es are in the French territorial community population
with the lowest income, independence Kanak USTKE union called for not participating in the
movement. This decision may seem surprising is the lighting in the process of self engaged
in the archipelago since the late 1980s - and it is an opportunity to take stock of the
situation, then a referendum on independence should be organized between 2014 and 2018.
---- After the Matignon Accords signed 26 June 1988 (see box "Towards the Kanak Socialist
independence" and CA No. 192), the voltage has fallen in the area, but a strong cleavage
of course persisted between Kanak- are (usually independence) and "Europeans" (Caldoches
and Metros, often anti-independence and right). In addition, in both camps, they have led
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(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #230 - Folder Black Revolution: Intersectionality: The Black Feminism: at the crossroads of oppressions (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Thu Oct 17 08:55:16 GMT 2013
Back on the history of black feminists can understand the concept of intersectionality of
social relations (gender, race, class ...). Indeed, these are the struggles and analysis
of Black feminists we must largely this major contribution to the analysis of power
relations. ---- Black feminism [ 1 ] emerged in the years 1970 to 1980 in the United
States in a context of multiple social movements (movement against the Vietnam War, civil
rights movements ...). It is the result of multiple historical heritage. ---- The history
of black feminism is inseparable from the history of North American slavery and
abolitionist movements. From the second half of the nineteenth century, black women and
white combine to fight slavery in the southern United States. Many of them are actively
involved in the escape of slaves by the famous "Underground Railroad" [ 2 ].
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(en) Coordination of Anarchist Groups : Existrans : face transphobia or oblivion or pardon (fr)[machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Thu Oct 17 08:49:02 GMT 2013
Namely A trans person is a person who lives in a different kind from that which was
assigned at birth. A trans man is a man who, at birth, was labeled "F", while a trans
woman is a woman who, at birth, was labeled "M". In contrast, a cis person is a person who
is not trans, that is to say, who lives in the same kind as that which was assigned at
birth. A change in family status is an act to change the name and / or sex indicated on
his marital status ( and therefore on official documents such as identity card, social
security, etc.. ). At present, trans people who want such a change shall be subject to
arbitrary judges, in fact, a circular recommends changing the sex civil status from the
moment there is " irreversible ", a concept that is subject to interpretation by each
judge, most still require surgery.
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