World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Sweden: Action for free museums

03-02-2008 14:47 | Culture | Social Struggles | World

On Saturday February 2 "Open Stockholm" acted host as culturally starved "stockholmers" took part in an action for free entry to museums. Thirty or so culturebuffs visited the museum of architecture as well as the museum for Asian culture. To illustrate the failure of their attempt to introduce admission fees at museums - a symbolic mass entry was performed, without paying admission of course. Through this action we wanted to direct attention to the way admission fees and charges come to act as a fence in our cultural landscape.

A Humanitarian Agreement is Urgently Needed to Respect Life and Dignity

03-02-2008 13:52 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

Statement on 4 Feb Demonstrations against the FARC from the Colombia Solidarity Campaign.

Free polish anarchist Adam Pazuryna!

30-01-2008 18:43 | Social Struggles | World

We demand the immediate release of our comrade, Adam Pazuryna, from arrest. Adam has been held in Bialoleka jail in Warsaw since late December. He was arrested on bogus charges during a useless and unprovoked police action on May 16, 2005. Protestors had just finished a demonstration during the Council of Europe Summit in Warsaw and were about to just go home when the clowns in badges decided to arrest people. As usual, nothing at all was going on at the moment of arrest, so cops were just harrassing people at the end of the protest and looking to pick up some random people just to score some arrests and to show that protesting is not to be tolerated.

LSE Union Divided as Students Condemn Israel's Apartheid Regime

Over 600 students turned out to debate a motion on Israeli apartheid at the London School of Economics Students' Union (LSESU) Union General Meeting (UGM) last Thursday, 24 January 2008. Students packed the Old Theatre and spilled out into the corridors for the motion, entitled 'Make Apartheid History', which condemned Israel's Apartheid regime and called for the LSESU to lobby the school and the National Union of Students (NUS) to divest from Israeli and international companies that support the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.

Climate Activists block Copenhagen powerplant

29-01-2008 21:35 | Climate Chaos | Social Struggles | World

Approximately 50 activists from the Danish group ClimaX blocked the main entrance to a powerplant in Copenhagen owned by the DONG Energy corporation.

Communist Party of the Philippines pursues a violent course against its left opp

29-01-2008 00:58 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

In the Philippines, one of the poorest countries in Asia, 40 percent of the people live in poverty. Conditions there have sparked a large radical movement, heavily repressed by the government.

Wed 30th, 12pm: Mapuche Solidarity Demo at Chilean Embassy for hunger strike

Due to the critical situation of the hunger striker Patricia Troncoso, who various sources say is nearing the very end of her life, Mapuche International Link are calling urgently for a demonstration outside the Chilean Embassy in London with other groups on Wednesday 30th, between 12-2pm.

Respect the right to protest - Don't harmonise its criminalisation

Response to the Home Office consultation on managing protest around Parliament

Wall Street the last crash-blackmail

27-01-2008 15:51 | Analysis | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

MOVILIZATE CONTRA LAS TRAMAS DE LOS ESPECULADORES. La existencia de disyuntivas económica que favorecen a unos u a otros nos hace dudar acerca de la idea de un banco central independiente, es decir, apolítico. Como mínimo, sugieren la necesidad de establecer un mecanismo para garantizar que en éste se escuchen todas las voces y perspectivas implicadas. Sorry for spanish.

Haiti: Vanessa Redgrave Joins Appeal For Kidnapped Human Rights Activist

Acclaimed actress Vanessa Redgrave joins a growing list of prominent people worldwide who have expressed concerned with the safe return of Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, the missing human rights activist kidnapped in Haiti on 12 August 2007 after meeting with a visiting US human rights delegation.

Justice For Atenco!!!

CASE FILED IN THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT (AUDENCIA NACIONAL) AGAINST THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE CRIME OF TORTURE.

Queen of England Served Letter of Demand by Aboriginal People in Canada

25-01-2008 08:40 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | World

Elizabeth Windsor, aka Queen of England, was served a Letter of Demand this week by survivors of Indian residential schools in Canada, through that country's Governor-General. The Letter requires that the Queen disclose the buried location of thousands of children who died in Indian residential schools run by the Crown and Church of England.

The Problem With...Hope

I need to talk to you about hope. I need to warn you about having it, for merely by having hope you could become nothing more than a bundle of ineffectual good intentions. Hope could, in fact, be the single most dangerous thing to have in the environmental struggle we need to face up to.

Greece: banks, car dealerships, and state owned vehicles attacked

24-01-2008 10:33 | Social Struggles | World

Conspiracy of Cells of Fire has claimed responsibility for a series of incendiary attacks against car dealerships, banks, and government vehicles. These attacks took place early Monday morning in the cities of Athens and Thessaloniki.
Communique sent to

directactiongr@yahoo.gr:

Mapuche's Urgent Communicate

23-01-2008 22:27 | Gender | Social Struggles | World

LAMNGEN PATRICIA TRONCOSO ROBLES, BOUNDED TO BED BY SEVERAL BINDINGS AS A "PUNISHMENT" DUE TO HER NEGATIVE TO INGEST FOOD.

Foie Gras demo 5pm tonight / police march today......

There is a Foie Gras demo this evening at 5pm meet at Holborn tube. We will be demonstrtaing at a restaraunt.....we ahve placards. Bring anything noisy.
Re : today's police demo....maybe I missed something.....but where was everyone?
And to the bunch of cunts who did absolutely NOTHING when a {non cop} protester was grabbed by police, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Other than that incident which didn't result in arrest and getting an eansy weansy minor shove myself {I think it was a "man" thing...} it went off peacefully so far....looking foward to seeing the pics of the spoof police stall....well done to you!!

Down with EU Constitution

23-01-2008 12:51 | Social Struggles | London | World

video about EU Project

Murder of a young communist leader in Colombia by paramilitary

23-01-2008 02:41 | Education | Repression | Social Struggles | World

BOGOTA, January 22nd, 2008 - The Colombian Association of University Students (ACEU), demonstrates
its indignation and disgust as opposed to the barbarian MURDER OF ALIRIO
QUIÑONEZ, agrarian youth leader and member of the Central Committee of Colombian Communist Youth.

Zapatista eviction imminent

23-01-2008 00:50 | Ecology | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World

Chiapanecan authorities announce plan to evict Zapatista camp at the Huitepec.

Protests in Switzerland against the World Economic Forum

22-01-2008 17:28 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

The World Economic Forum (WEF) will begin tomorrow (January 23) in the Swiss ski village of Davos with an opening speech by the American secretary of state Condoleeza Rice. Several thousand politicians and capitalists from around the world will meet up in Davos, including the guests of honor Henry Kissenger and Tony Blair. The first protests against the WEF took place on Saturday in the Swiss cities Bern and St. Gallen.