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[In Brazil] We are writing History!

22-06-2013 02:49 | Other Press | Social Struggles | World

"We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing in this minute." - Buenaventura Durruti

After spending the last few days in São Paulo, I return to Florianópolis with all my thoughts taken up by the subject that has monopolized conversations in the city: the demonstrations of the Free Pass Movement. I do not know exactly whether it was by choice or due to the necessities of life (perhaps a mix of the two) that I left São Paulo to live in the capital of Santa Catarina, but the truth is that despite more than 5½ years that have gone by, I have never broken the political and emotional ties that tie me to São Paulo, ties which are now stronger than ever because of the political situation the city is going through.

I hope the colder and more impersonal among you will forgive me, but I was never able to hide my emotions. The truth is that today I can no longer think without using my heart. Even the quotation up there must have sounded a bit "tacky". But I bet there are many more besides me who also feel the same emotion.

Technology out of control? Drones, Killer Robots and the Arms Trade

21-06-2013 13:17 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

Remote controlled drones have already caused many civilian casualties in the ‘war on terror’, and people in the target zones and in Britain are campaigning against their use. But the military is moving towards letting battlefield ‘killer robots’ take their own decisions without human input. Should we allow computers to decide who lives and who dies, and who is legally responsible for their actions? This first meeting in our ‘Breaking the Frame’ series on the politics of technology will address some of the ethical and ‘existential’ issues raised by the march of technocracy. There will be plenty of time for informal discussion.

When: 7pm July 8th 2014
Where: Fairly Square cafe, 51 Red lion St London WC1R 4PF

UG#649 - Why Money Will End (And How To Prepare)

21-06-2013 07:30 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World

This week, a special show featuring a 2-hour made-for-radio commentary on a recent presentation entitled Why Money Will End — And What to Do About It. Does a life beyond money have to be unthinkable? Or is it just that a highly funded campaign is trying to make it seem so? What if it was "bu$ine$$ as usual" that was in reality unthinkable, and there was a more beautiful world of abundance awaiting us, once enough people have the courage to say goodbye to money and its scarcity-inducing story of selfishness and separation?...

Call for signatures in support of the Week of Worldwide Action

EUROPEAN PRONOUNCEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE WEEK OF WORLDWIDE ACTION “JUAN VÁZQUEZ GUZMÁN LIVES! THE BACHAJÓN STRUGGLE CONTINUES!” FROM TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH TO TUESDAY, JULY 2ND, 2013

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Call-out for solidarity: Sleepless in Istanbul III

17-06-2013 09:42 | Policing | Repression | Social Struggles | World

This article is by Dominic posting 'Dispatches from Turkey in revolt' on the libcom website. Includes an update from Saturday & Sunday's escalation of state repression and violence and a call-out for solidarity actions. Read the original article here:

http://libcom.org/blog/sleepless-istanbul-iii-16062013 (NB the author may update content).

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UG#647 - Making The Universe Your Employer (Giving Up The Burden Of Money)

15-06-2013 09:22 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World

This time we hear a combination of voices contradict the story of the selfish-maximising skin-encapsulated ego. Aided by Mark Sundeen, we hear from Suelo on how he decided to 'make the universe his employer' and give up money. Then an interview with Charles Eisenstein on stepping into the gift, together with a short speech by Amanda Palmer on connecting with fans and the benefits of giving her music away free.

The assassination of Juan Vázquez Guzmán in Chiapas, Mexico

“He gave his life for the land”

Another indigenous leader has been assassinated in the struggle to defend the land and natural resources from depradation and destruction.

Article from the June edition of Peace News

UG#645 - Potemkin Justice (Whistleblowers & Surveillance in 21st Century USA)

A stark contrast with UG#644, we look this week behind the facade of the separation of powers in USA. Do any effective checks remain on how the US government behaves itself? Or is the external threat of massive dissent the only check left to the ongoing rollout of the totalitarian state's surveillance and control grid.

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2 Brits arrested in Istanbul, Antifa murderd in Paris

06-06-2013 10:42 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

2 Brits among 11 foreigners arrested in Istanbul protests
(

http://www.zougla.gr/kosmos/article/sinelavan-elina-sta-episodia-tis-taksim)
Anti fa 'Clement Merik' murdered by gang of Nazis at Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris late last night (

https://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1474051)

Anti-Capitalist sectarianism. (Part - 1)

06-06-2013 09:32 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Given the persistence of political and religious sectarianism and its rapid proliferation into extreme forms throughout the world it is worth considering in considerable detail the characteristics of this reactionary tendency. In this the first of three articles the opinions of Marx and Engels in the 19th century on this vexed question are considered.

UG#644 - Living Here And Now (Having A Personal Philosophy, Walden 3)

06-06-2013 09:10 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World

A carpe diem show this week which asks "Do you have a personal philosophy?" If you are one of the many people who have not given the matter much thought, Professor William Irvine cautions against accepting the 'default philosophy' of hedonistic consumerism. Now is the time to decide what you stand for and to refuse to stand for anything less!

#J11 Carnival Against Capitalism mass action

The #J11 Carnival Against Capitalism mass action will start at 12 noon on Tuesday June 11th, the meet-up points will be:

North, Oxford Circus click here for directions -

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/stations/1000173.aspx
South, Piccadilly Circus - click here for directions -

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/stations/1000179.aspx

the action will finish with a ‘street party’ at 5:30pm, the location will be announced on the day.

This action will only be as effective as the people participating in them. We have not negotiated with the police and we will not be controlled. If we look after each other, stay mobile, don’t get caught in kettles and are ready to make quick decisions about what to do next we can make the most of the day

see you on the streets

join the challenge to iain duncan smith - sign the pettion on his £53-a-week lie

04-06-2013 06:51 | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | London | World

The Mail on Sunday has hired the Rightwing "insider" from the even more Right-wing SPECTATOR. Their boast this past weekend was that IDS would never budge on his
ferocious attack against the poor and the have-nots..

Istanbul, Turkey

02-06-2013 10:43 | Social Struggles | World

report from a comrade involved in the disturbances in Turkey

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In honour of murdered activist Juan Vázquez Guzmán

01-06-2013 21:07 | Repression | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World

Convocation for the Week of Worldwide Action:
“Juan Vázquez Guzmán lives!
The Bachajón struggle continues!”
Tuesday, June 25 to Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Istanbul revolt, 1 to 4 reported dead, hundreds injured, Solidarity demos NOW

01-06-2013 20:46 | Policing | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Photos of solidarity demo at Thessaloniki Turkish consulate

https://www.avgi.gr/article/395428/sugkentrosi-diamarturias-exo-apo-tin-tourkiki-presbeia-foto-
Demo on Monday evening in Athens being organized

Video of one of murders, attacked by water cannon

https://www.avgi.gr/article/394959/tourkia-binteo-katagrafei-pithano-thanato-diadiloti

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UG#643 - Living A Higher, More Ethereal Life (Foreclosures, Monongahela, Walden)

What would it mean to live 'a higher & more ethereal life' we ask this week in a successor program to last week's show. The quote is from Henry David Thoreau's classic Walden which we keep reading, and which details the shed he built by Walden Pond in 1845 at a cost of $28.12½ (i.e. around $1000 nowadays). Our main presentation is a 2013 interview about Direct Action to resist the US government sponsored armed gangs who are attempting to evict people from their homes. We supplement this with short readings from John Taylor Gatto's Underground History of American Education and from Suelo.

Three docs analyzing the Occupy movement in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA

29-05-2013 02:02 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

"Revolution is the only form of warfare where a final victory must be preceded by a long series of defeats."

Rosa Luxemburg

Xingu Under Attack: La Carta n. 7: el gobierno federal (Brazil), nos dirigimos

28-05-2013 22:52 | Social Struggles | World

The Brazilian government will end the Xingu communities with the construction of Belo Monte dam. All international support is valid !

State Funerals, Amnesia and Anarchism

27-05-2013 22:37 | Analysis | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

°Response to the statement of FAU on the death of Chavez. Editor Collective EL LIBERTARIO (Venezuela). Originally published -in Spanish- in TIERRA Y LIBERTAD, Madrid, May 2013, # 298, p. 3-6. Internet ->

http://periodicoellibertario.blogspot.com/2013/05/funerales-de-estado-amnesia-y-anarquismo.html. *** In memory of our beloved comrade Rafael Sposito (a.k.a.) "Daniel Barrett"

World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

[In Brazil] We are writing History!

Technology out of control? Drones, Killer Robots and the Arms Trade

UG#649 - Why Money Will End (And How To Prepare)

Call for signatures in support of the Week of Worldwide Action

Call-out for solidarity: Sleepless in Istanbul III

UG#647 - Making The Universe Your Employer (Giving Up The Burden Of Money)

The assassination of Juan Vázquez Guzmán in Chiapas, Mexico

UG#645 - Potemkin Justice (Whistleblowers & Surveillance in 21st Century USA)

2 Brits arrested in Istanbul, Antifa murderd in Paris

Anti-Capitalist sectarianism. (Part - 1)

UG#644 - Living Here And Now (Having A Personal Philosophy, Walden 3)

#J11 Carnival Against Capitalism mass action

join the challenge to iain duncan smith - sign the pettion on his £53-a-week lie

Istanbul, Turkey

In honour of murdered activist Juan Vázquez Guzmán

Istanbul revolt, 1 to 4 reported dead, hundreds injured, Solidarity demos NOW

UG#643 - Living A Higher, More Ethereal Life (Foreclosures, Monongahela, Walden)

Three docs analyzing the Occupy movement in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA

Xingu Under Attack: La Carta n. 7: el gobierno federal (Brazil), nos dirigimos

State Funerals, Amnesia and Anarchism

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