World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Squat news from Amsterdam

Amsterdam: Persistent resistance at the 01-11-2011 eviction wave

Solidarity with the squatters in the UK!

Bournemouth Occupied

Bournemouth goes into occupation in solidarity and support of the other ongoing protests.

St Pauls used to be ACTUAL stock exchange...

Whilst reading a book on the english civil war recently, I found an interesting piece that explained the the st pauls cathedral was actually used as the stock exchange in the years immediately prior to the english civil war breaking out. the practice of using the cathedral for this capitalistic venture was eventually stopped by some body or other (cant recall his name) and then the war broke out. with the current protest happening outside st pauls, i believe this information to be very relevant today, especially as the bods that control st pauls now are trying to persist in stating that there actions against the camp are not politically motivated. also, below, is a quote about st pauls taken from wikipedia:

General Strike in Oakland on 2nd November

31-10-2011 09:45 | Occupy Everywhere | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Below is the proposal passed by the Occupy Oakland General Assembly on Wednesday October 26, 2011 in reclaimed Oscar Grant Plaza. 1607 people voted. 1484 voted in favor of the resolution, 77 abstained and 46 voted against it, passing the proposal at 96.9%. The General Assembly operates on a modified consensus process that passes proposals with 90% in favor and with abstaining votes removed from the final count.

Press Release from Otros Mundos AC concerning the World Summit on Adventure Tou

28-10-2011 20:16 | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World

“To keep natural paradises intact, it is best not to visit them”

Anarchists Burn Car Show Room

Recently Anarcho's in Cambridge destroyed a car sales business in furtherance of teh social war taking place around the globe. Following text taken from Cambridges News website.

Halloween-inspired protest greets World Bank chief in Manila

28-10-2011 08:37 | Culture | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Manila, Philippines – It was an early Halloween at the World Bank office here Thursday afternoon.

Calls Grow For Global General Strike Following Oakland Declaration

27-10-2011 08:18 | Occupy Everywhere | Social Struggles | World

10:00 pm Pacific Time, just as the mandate to leave the public spaces they occupied, the General Assembly in Oakland California voted overwhelmingly to call a General Strike for next Wednesday, November 2nd.
Since that declaration twitter and social media have been abuzz with calls for a US General strike, and also a GLOBAL GENERAL STRIKE ON NOVEMBER 2nd!!

Remembrance procession in London against deaths in custody - Saturday 29th October 12:30pm

A silent procession in memory of people who have died in custody will be held in London on 29th October 2011. The United Families and Friends Campaign, the organiser of the procession, is inviting all to join what will start as a silent procession along Whitehall followed by Noisy Protest at Downing Street.

Report On The 2011 Observation And Solidarity Brigade To Zapatista Communities

26-10-2011 19:18 | Repression | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World

In response to the increasing levels of aggression and harassment they are experiencing, we went on the Brigade of Observation and Solidarity with the Zapatista Communities from the 27th August to the 2nd September 2011.

Down with the Stalinists! Down with the Bureaucrats!

24-10-2011 12:10 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

About the 48-hour general strike demonstrations of 19-20/10 in Greece, the change of the police doctrine towards a "softer management of demonstrations" and the role of the stalinists in "self-policing" the protests

2011 Annual march against custody deaths -

Letter from imprisoned anarchist comrade Gabriel Pombo da Silva

23-10-2011 11:00 | Repression | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

A Contribution for the Compas in the Fire Cells Conspiracy/Informal Anarchist Federation

Babar Ahmad, The Clock is Ticking

22-10-2011 17:40 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

Babar Ahmad, a British citizen detained for 7 years without charge is sought by the U.S. for extradition. The Free Babar Ahmad Campaign need 100,000 signatures by 10th November 2011 deadline, to necessarily force the issue of his extradition before Parliament. Please sign the online petition and ask your friends to do the same by clicking here

http://www.freebabarahmad.com/ .

News from Uganda

21-10-2011 20:09 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

A response to an article in Schnews 793 and informative information about the present situation in Uganda

Decoding the Battle of Syntagma Square as More Greek Austerity Bites

21-10-2011 17:48 | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

As yet more austerity measures pile on the agony for the Greek working class, a potentially revolutionary situation is developing. In this period, the real relationships of various political forces to the working class are ever more nakedly expressed. But still, they must be identified, if Greek workers are to go from being what Marx called a "class in itself" to a "class for itself", and organise society in their own interests. In this article, I will seek to explain the different battle lines and formations, as they were drawn yesterday.

UG#574 - Occupy Wall Street Special (Hip Hop Audiocollage)

A special show this week devoted to Occupy Wall Street. How to make a show of interest both to OWS attendees and to those who know next to nothing about it? Inspired by the popularity of episode 536, we give you an audio collage including live radio interviews with participants and local residents, video soundtracks, historic material and quite a lot of music.

UG#573 - I Spit in The Face Of The Money God (Mike Ruppert, Collapsenik)

21-10-2011 14:48 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World

We devote the whole show this week to a remarkable talk from 2011-09-11 by Michael Ruppert, who back in episode 95 became the first speaker on this show to question the events of Sep 11th. However, in this talk he says that 9/11 belongs to a 'bygone era' and he focuses instead on the urgent need to transition away from a paradigm of infinite growth and fiat currency.

UG#572 - Monopoly and Money (Contradictions of Capitalism)

If competition is such a good thing, why is it not tolerated in areas of government or law? Or in the money system, which functions as a highly profitable private business? And what about cartel agreements which align the interests of multi-national corporations firmly against the interests of consumers? Are corporations really competing to bring better products to market more cheaply, or are they competing for control of government to grant them privileges?