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Abahlali baseMjondolo march against assassinations in Durban

Submitted by red jack on Oct 9 2018 15:01
Abahlali baseMjondolo outside the Durban City Hall - 8 October 2018

More than 5 000 members of Abahlali baseMjondolo took to the streets of Durban yesterday to demand accountability for, and an end to, political violence being meted out against their comrades and other activists.

Rent Strike at Holgate Manor: Month Three

Submitted by R Totale on Oct 7 2018 15:07

Members of the Holgate Manor Tenant Union in Portland are now in the third month of their rent strike against Princeton Property Management and their California landlord, millionaire Fred Kleinbub, who have largely failed to meet the union’s demands.

On capitalist restructuring in the SYRIZA-ANEL times: It is not humanitarianism, it’s capitalist restructuring, stupid!

Submitted by @s_ky_a on Oct 4 2018 13:14
It is not humanitarianism, it’s capitalist restructuring, stupid!

After the polarized days of the 2015 referendum, the period that followed the Greek government has normalized many of the rupture points it supposedly had with the “institutions” and became a submissive student without causing considerable reactions domestically, at least so far. In our analysis, the failure of the previous cycle of struggles (roughly between 2008 and 2012) precedes the rise of the SYRIZA-led government...

Motivos pelos quais o sistema precisa de Bolsonaro - Iniciativa Revolução Universal

Submitted by Joaos on Oct 3 2018 13:11

O Bolsonarismo, seja com o pretexto de combatê-lo ou para melhor apoiá-lo, é um convite à submissão às instituições do sistema. Em ambos os lados está a defesa inquestionável da disciplina social capitalista, da sujeição em massa ao Estado todo-poderoso, seja para conjurar a “ameaça esquerdista” cujo perigo estaria no retorno do PT ao poder (segundo os bolsonaristas), ou para prevenir a “ameaça fascista” representada pelo demônio-chefe Bolsonaro. Produto máximo da contra-revolução e terror de Estado após a derrota da onda de rebeliões de 2013-2014, o Bolsonarismo representa a tentativa maior de fazer a classe trabalhadora aderir à colaboração com o Estado e fraternizar com os exploradores.

IWW Couriers Network: Why We're Striking on October 4th

Submitted by R Totale on Oct 1 2018 18:58

The IWW Courier Network has called for a UK-wide strike of food delivery couriers on October 4th. Cities confirmed to be taking part so far include London, Glasgow, Cardiff, Bristol, Newcastle and Plymouth. Couriers in other cities are currently in discussion about joining the action.

Urgent Demo Callout By Glasgow Tenants! Shut Down Slum Landlords!

Submitted by AlfaGamma on Sep 29 2018 18:16

On Sunday the 30th of September a collective of Glasgow tenants is holding a demonstration against the eviction of a reclaimed slum tenement block by Police Scotland in alliance with notorious slumlord Harpal "Harry" Singh. Here is the text from their demo callout.

Glasgow Tenants Take Action Against Slumlords

Submitted by AlfaGamma on Sep 28 2018 21:12

On the 23rd of September a collective of Glasgow tenants took back a block of tenements from notorious slumlord Harpal Singh. This is their statement on the events that followed.

Vaughn 17/Smyrna 17: Trials of Delaware ‘riot leaders’ begin Oct. 8

Submitted by R Totale on Sep 27 2018 20:57
An enhanced version of Luis Sierra’s “Smyrna 17” clarifies that the 17 defendant

An update on the impending court case against the Vaughn/Smyrna 17, defendants facing charges for alleged participation in a prison uprising at the time of the Trump inauguration. This article first appeared in the San Francisco Bay View, and readers who find it useful may wish to donate to keep the Bay View in print.

Spread the Spoons Strike

Submitted by R Totale on Sep 27 2018 19:09

An appeal from striking workers. This is the main article from the new Wetherspoons strike bulletin ‘The Spoons Striker’, avaliable in PDF form for real world distribution.

Jorge from Distrito 14 collective (Madrid) on the verge of imprisonment

Submitted by Dannny on Sep 23 2018 12:02

Article translated from the Madrid-based anarchist publication Todo Por Hacer relating to the likely jail time faced by anti-eviction activist Jorge Jiménez from the anti-capitalist, feminist and anti-fascist collective Distrito 14.
Original article here: https://www.todoporhacer.org/jorge-distrito-14/