World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

'Anomalous Wave' protests begin again in Italy

23-01-2009 23:44 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The ANOMALOUS WAVE protests that began last year in Italy with hundreds of school and universities occupied and massive streets protests against education reforms and the crisis have begun again: Here follows a few notes from the Wave movement:

Background text here:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/11/413258.html

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UK SHAC 7 Solidarity; Gothenburg, Vienna & Hamburg

SWEDISH ACTIVISTS' REGULAR PROTEST AT HLS COLLABORATOR
UK SHAC 7 SOLIDARITY DEMO IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA
UK SHAC 7 SOLIDARITY DEMO IN HAMBURG, GERMANY

Around the Campaigns Friday 23rd January 2009

50 days in Yarl's Wood IRC - Raphael aged 5

Urgently need two sureties in Bury to stand bail for Raphael and his mum. Sureties must be resident in the UK and will be subject to a police check. If you can help please get back immediately to:

JohnO@ncadc.org.uk

Please send urgent faxes/emails immediately to Rt. Hon Jacqui Smith, MP, Secretary of State for the Home Office, requesting that Raphael and his mother are released. Please use the updated 'model letter' RaphaelShaubaJS.doc attached or write your own version. If you do so, please remember to include HO ref: S/38066/3
Fax: 020 8760 3132 / + 44 20 8760 3132 if you are faxing from outside UK)
Emails:

UKBApublicenquiries@UKBA.gsi.gov.uk
"CIT - Treat Official"

http://www.ncadc.org.uk/Newszine102/Raphael.html

The Good Fight

23-01-2009 10:42 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

A day will come when Obama can’t hide behind a lame duck administration and mutter that there is “only one president at a time.” Israel’s murder and aggression will continue after the destruction of Gaza, and the naïve supporters who thought he might conduct a truly new foreign policy will turn their backs on him in disgust and anger when bombs fall in Lebanon or Gaza or Iran.

Leeds Uni Occupied!

Leeds University has been occupied!

Rampant Maha Madness

22-01-2009 15:24 | Anti-racism | Culture | Social Struggles | World

I left the religion in the backburner for several years. Not that my views about religion had changed or I didn't consider myself religious any more. I just had so much to do that expending time on religion had become scarce. I simply lived the way I thought I was supposed to live according to my understanding of how a good Muslim should be. Meanwhile I learned more about democracy, human rights and other values like equality of rights between men and women and I liked what I learned.

Second attempt to remove Constant Moussavou

Constant Moussavou, a national of Congo Brazzaville, resident of Leicester a long time activist/member of Leicester Civil Rights Movement (LCRM) was detained by the Border and Immigration Authority on Tuesday 11th November 2008 and currently detained in Oakington Immigration Removal Centre, due to be forcibly removed from the UK tomorrow Friday 23rd January 2009 on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET701 (ET831) from Heathrow at 21:00 hrs.

Activism Labeled "Blackmail" - SHAC UK Sentenced

Activism Labeled “Blackmail,” UK Animal Activists Sentenced to 4-11 Years in Prison

BBC1 Plague kills "Al Qaida" insurgents = more fears over Camden Super Virus Lab

This week's The sun gloats over the deaths of 40 "Al Qaida" insurgents killed by the "West's latest weapon in 'The War On Terror', The Plague Or Black Death".
This shed'd some light on what Western laboratories get up to..."saving lives" using gruesome experiments on innocent animals and unwitting people. This shows the depths that the West will stoop to in "The War on Terror"....in Camden

Solidarity Action for UK SHAC 7 in Moscow

Tuesday, 20th January

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SHAC Sentences anounced

Activists found guilty of 'conspiracy with persons unknown to blackmail' Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) were today sentenced to terms from 4 to 11 years.

Two activists in spain facing prison for euromayday action

21-01-2009 10:23 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

In Spain, activist groups in the fields of migration, precarity, social rights; workers organisations [1 / 2]and a social center are asking for support [es / de] for two activists. They are facing 2 years of prison for their participation in a Euromayday action in Sevilla in 2006. The court case is this friday, petition faxes and messages of support can still be sent [details].

Gaza: Analysis, Pictures, Video Material - Comprehensive Review

21-01-2009 00:50 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | Social Struggles | World

We are e-mailing, writing media and politicians, sharing ideas and developing strategies to develop the Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel as well as bringing Israeli leaders to justice for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Please begin to or expand your work in your community for BDS. For resources and tools, we are listing below links to: pictures and video, facts on Gaza, Declarations by the UN and human rights groups, political analysis, and the link to 25 actions to do.

Lambeth Unison calls for Boycott of "Apartheid" Israel

20-01-2009 14:49 | Palestine | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The Lambeth Branch of UNISON, the second largest trade union in the UK, has voted to condemn the recent slaughter of Palestinians and the ongoing occupation by Israel at a meeting of its Branch Committee this morning.

Do you want to go sailing?

20-01-2009 14:04 | Climate Chaos | Ocean Defence | Social Struggles | World

Hi, we’re looking for people interested in our new sail boat workers co-operative. www.sailboatproject.org In attempting to find out what need there is for a sailing co-op to exist we have written the following questionnaire. If you are able to/interested please take a couple of minutes to fill it in and send it back to us

sailboatproject@post.com by 2nf February. We know this is really soon, but it will help us enormously and, as an incentive, we will love you lots and randomly give a box of chocolates to one of the returned questionnaires!

Article on the SHAC 7 [USA]

This was published by Herbivore Magazine in one of their mini-books a while back. I realized I hadn't posted it here, and it's not available anywhere else online. Hope you enjoy it.

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PFLP: Our position on the "ceasefire," "calm" and the weapons of the resistance

PFLP statement on the so-called ''ceasefire'', 18/01/09.

UK SHAC 7 Solidarity Action in Birmingham

Today SHAC Birmingham held a demonstration against Barclays bank in solidarity with the UK SHAC 7.

Time to step up direct action

19-01-2009 23:52 | History | Social Struggles | World

In the great revolutionary struggles of human history, direct action – that is, empowered people taking steps to bring about social change – has played a crucial role. In its nonviolent form, direct action encourages the kind of constructive tension necessary for growth and progress in society. A catalyst for change, it opens the door to negotiation.

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UK SHAC 7 Solidarity Action in Southampton

On Monday 19th of January SHAC Hants took an early morning trip to the outskirts of Southampton to pay a flying visit to Promega, Enterprise Road, Southampton Science Park one of the newest found suppliers to HLS. We showed up around half nine, just as the workers were settling in to another long week of making money out of animal torture.