World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

[Failed asylum seekers are not entitled to free treatment - but hospitals can make up their own minds on whether to treat them if they have no money]

George Soros, once convicted for insider trading and the currency speculator largely blamed for the sterling collapse that precipitated the recession of '92 and the crash of asian economies in '97, is giving a public lecture at the London School of Economics 1pm TODAY! start the week of protest a day early by making your voices heard!

Father of former Black Panther, Kenny Zulu Whitmore, currently held in Angola prison tragically dies after house fire

Turbulence have compiled a collection to links to German and English language coverage of the 'We Won't Pay for Your Crisis' demonstrations, held in Berlin and Frankfurt last Saturday.

 http://turbulence.org.uk/events/we-wont-pay-for-your-crisis/

In the night of 29 March 2009, the prison probation service building of Brighton was attacked with paintbombs and spraypaint signs "No War" & "EDO 2". The HSBC bank next door was also smashed windows.

Alpha Mbodi and his family are from eastern Congo. He fled DR Congo with his two sons in 2005, fearing the war there would claim the lives of his family. Unfortunately the family were unable to escape together and he was forced to leave his wife and young daughter behind. Alpha and his sons were accommodated in Sheffield by NASS shortly after their arrival in the UK.

As the day of action for the G20 approaches it’s worth noting the interconnectedness of the corporate exploiters in the City of London.

As we sat down across the narrow table from one another, I scrutinized him with the cautious enthusiasm of a scientist observing a lethal strain of bacteria under a microscope. I was face to face with a parasitic capitalist overlord. “Is his disease contagious?” I mused to myself

Over the past decade, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty—SHAC—has waged an international direct action campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences, Europe’s largest contract animal testing corporation. By targeting investors and business partners of HLS, SHAC repeatedly brought HLS to the brink of collapse; it took direct assistance from the British government and an international counter-campaign of severe legal repression to keep the corporation afloat.

In the wake of this campaign, there has been talk of applying the SHAC model in other contexts, such as environmental defense and anti-war organizing. But what is the SHAC model, precisely? What are its strengths and limitations? Is it, in fact, an effective model? If so, for what?

This analysis explores these questions in depth, charting the history of anti-HLS organizing and reviewing subsequent attempts to utilize the same tactics.

PDF of leaflet given out on the Put People First! demo in London today.

A building in central London (shoreditch) has been occupied for the anti-G20 mobilisation.

To mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories, thousands of campaigners from all over the UK and beyond will be gathering in London on April 25 to call for an end to vivisection with a march from Hyde Park through the centre of London.

Militant anti-speciesists are calling for a Direct Action & Solidarity Bloc in support of militant direct action, imprisoned liberationists and campaigns facing severe state and corporate repression.

There are plans to build a high level virus containment facility and animal testing lab on a Camden Council house estate, Somers Town near Kings Cross. Stop Camden Animal Lab is the campaign fighting to stop the is. We are a peaceful inclusive group of Animal Rights activists and non AR people from Camden and Islington areas. We are asking that council homes and community facilties be built on the land at Brill Place instead of the lab which could be a level 3 facility. See below for address.

There is less than one month to go until the National March and Rally in London to mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories on Saturday April 25th. Already campaigners are planning to travel to London from across the UK, with still more coming from other countries such as France, Sweden, Holland, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain.

21st-26th March

BABOON RESCUED FROM CIRCUS (Spain)
HUNDREDS OF MINK RUN FREE (Denmark)
WINDOWS SMASHED, MESSAGE PAINTED AT FOIE-GRAS RESTAURANT (USA)
ANOTHER BUSY MONTH IN SWEDEN (Sweden)
EARTH-DESTROYING MACHINE BURNED (Mexico)
TURKEY SAVED IN OPEN RESCUE (Czech Republic)
NIGHT OF SABOTAGE (Chile)
CANDY TRASHING SPREE (Netherlands)
CHICKENS RESCUED FROM SLAUGHTERHOUSE (Spain)
PHOTOS, COMMUNIQUE RELEASED FROM PHEASANT FARM RAID (Italy)

You can find the short Call for the 'We Won't Pay For Your Crisis' demos in Berlin and Frankfurt this weekend on the 'Turbulence: Ideas for movement' website here:  http://turbulence.org.uk/events/were-not-paying-for-your-crisis/

Sandrine Mbuyi Ntambwe, Still here, Still fighting

"Sandrine was already on the plane; a late successful injunction got her off the flight and returned to Yarl's Wood. She is not to be removed from the jurisdiction of the UK pending the oral hearing of her application for permission for judicial review refused on papers on 13th March 2009.

United States (49,000), Canada (36,900), France (35,200), Italy (31,200) and the United Kingdom (30,500)

Spring 2009 issue of the latest anti-speciesist, anti-capitalist, abolitionist direct action news is out now.

Endorsing regime’s 2010 elections game plan would lead Burma to full scale catastrophe and Burmese people will have to pay for the prices very dearly.

Military rule would be legitimized under the constitution which adopted unilaterally in which 25% of the parliamentary seats are for military personnel who will be appointed directly by commander in chief of the army.

Constitution cannot be amended without having more than 75% of the parliamentary votes and president must have the military background and got the authority of dissolving the parliament at any time whenever he thinks is necessary. The elections of 2010 will definitely not be free and fair even though accepting 2010 elections game plan is out of question.The Importance of 1990 Elections Results of Burma!

Military regime held the General Elections on 27 May 1990 due to the continuous domestic and international pressure. National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi won the landslide victory by 89.9% of the vote.

The generals refused to honour it and arrested Aung San Suu Kyi, student leaders and NLD members. By refusing to honour the results of the 1990 election, the military regime made it clear to the world that they do not put people’s will first. The results of these elections will remain valid until such time as the Members of Parliament elected in 1990 by the people have had a chance to get together and decide what the next step is going to be.

The world has to make certain that the outcome of these elections is honoured. If we fall for the trap of junta’s 2010 election plan, it means we (International Community) show the green light to the regime that we are with them and desert the people.