World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Return of the Luddites

18-04-2009 08:41 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

In fifteen months at the beginning of the second decade of the 19th century a movement of craft workers and their supporters declared war on the then emerging industrial society. The movement spread across the Northern counties of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. It smashed thousands of machines, looted markets, burned down factories and spread hope of a way out of the bleak future being offered by state and industries. It was a movement that, in the words of the late radical historian E.P. Thompson; "in sheer insurrectionary fury has rarely been more widespread in English History,".

Towards the end of the first decade of the 21st century nearly 200 years later, a new age of Luddites return with an insurrection in México. Over a hundred phone booths of multinational exploiter and bullfight sponser Telmex have been sabotaged using cutters, paint, glue and fire. The Luddites are showing resistance to anthropocentrism (human supremacy), civilization and the domestication of wild nature, using radical methods of sabotage for animal and earth liberation.

Police Violence in Berlin Endangers Life

17-04-2009 17:02 | Free Spaces | Repression | Social Struggles | World

More police violence in Berlin

Police intimidation - Southampton animal rights

Police in Southampton have aproached and advised local venue The Hobbit Pub that hosting so called 'meetings' between animal rights activists/hunt sabs will land them in deep shit with the law should something unlawful occur in the field/demos/actions.

Urgent appeal from Iraqi LGBT

17-04-2009 11:27 | Iraq | Repression | Social Struggles | World

URGENT - Dear Friends and Donors of Iraqi LGBT

Dear Friends and Donors of Iraqi LGBT This is an urgent appeal for donation to all our friends and supporters all around the world to help us with our new campaign and demonstration and to continue the fight for lgbt rights in Iraq

Trotsky's ashes stolen and baked in cookies

17-04-2009 02:31 | Social Struggles | World

Eighty eight years of the day Trotsky directed the suppression of the anarchist uprising in Krondstadt, a group of bandits scaled the walls of his former house in Mexico City during the late hours at night.

Dog saves life on highway

17-04-2009 00:59 | Animal Liberation | Social Struggles | World

Humans usually seek to justify their oppression and exploitation of nonhumans by pointing to supposed empirical differences. One of the many claimed differences is that nonhumans, unlike humans, are unable to think or act morally. That is, we claim that only those who can recognize and act on moral obligations to others can be members of the moral community and since animals are supposedly incapable of such conduct, we are justified in treating them as things without moral significance.

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Direct Action; 12 reports, 8 countries, 6 days

11th-16th April

ANIMAL ABUSE TARGETED IN LONDON (UK)
BIRDS FREED FROM AVIARY (Chile)
FOIE GRAS RESTAURANT TARGETED FOR SECOND TIME (USA)
ALF HOME VISIT FOR COCKFIGHTER (Mexico)
FIVE RABBITS RESCUED (Australia)
MINK FREED FROM FUR FARM (Sweden)
MORE TROUBLE FOR TELMEX (Mexico)
OPEN RESCUE OF 61 HENS IN MEMORY OF JILL PHIPPS (Czech Republic)
BUNNIES RESCUED FROM PETTING ZOO (Canada)
ALF TORCH FISH COMPANY TRUCK (Sweden)
LOCKS GLUED AT INFAMOUS RESTAURANT (Sweden)

Cherbal Family Must Stay In Blackburn

Ismail Cherbal and Safia Aouf, nationals of Algeria, and their British-born children Sonia aged four and son Aya aged 15 months have lived in Blackburn, Lancashire, for almost five years. They are currently detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre and are due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Thursday, April 16th at 09.45 hours on British Airways flight BA894 to Algeria.

Jean-Loup Lapointe : asesino de Fredy Villanueva

15-04-2009 01:24 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

N'oublions jamais : Jean-Loup Lapointe a tué Fredy Villanueva impunément

Lest we forget: Jean-Loup Lapointe murdered Fredy Villanueva

No sea que olvidemos: Jean-Loup Lapointe asesinó Fredy Villanueva

Rozbrat Squat, Poznan seeks international solidarity against eviction

14-04-2009 17:29 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

When the dark clouds over Rozbrat squat have become a real threat we decided to organize the first (but probably not the last) demonstration in defence of our space.

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London Visteon Workers need solidarity on picket line

14-04-2009 16:48 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Despite the Visteon workers leaving their occupation of their factory in Enfield last week, help is still needed by them on the 24 hour picket line. The negotiations have been postponed until tomoro (Weds) due to 'security reasons'.

SUPPORT THE PICKET! SPREAD THE WORD TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE THERE AS POSSIBLE!!

RBS HQ in Brighton attacked by anarchists

14-04-2009 14:19 | G20 London Summit | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Monday 14 April, late evening.

9/11: Time for a Second Look: David Ray Griffin - 14th April at 7pm

13-04-2009 22:03 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

An important lecture by Professor David Ray Griffin, who is widely regarded as the most scholarly and credible academic to vocally criticise the official narrative of September 11:

"9/11 Time for a Second Look"

Tuesday 14th April 2009 at 7pm

City University, Angel, London

(more details below)

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Linda's Rader's civil rights were violated by the CDFA.

13-04-2009 18:43 | Other Press | Social Struggles | World

Civil Rights of property owners are being violated by the California Department of Agriculture in a small town in the Ojai Valley in Southern California.

SHAC Time For Action 4 Out Now!

The much anticipated Time for Action 4 movie, documenting the SHAC campaign from 2007 - 2009 is now available!

The DVD also contains all of the previous Time for Action movies, as well as undercover footage from inside HLS from 1997 - 2008, and the Channel Four documentary that launched the campaign.

Mexican Animal Liberationists Arrested - Solidarity Needed!

12-04-2009 11:07 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

On Thursday 5 February at around 3.30pm thirteen comrades were arrested in an annual anti-bullfighting protest in Mexico City. During the protest there was a confrontation with the police and some vehicles were damaged.

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The Art of Perverting Justice and Racism by White Australia: Documentary

12-04-2009 05:15 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The Art of Perverting Justice and Racism by White Australia: Documentary

How the Australian judiciary and the Australian High Court conspire to pervert justice, dispense with the rule of law, and using the police to harass and victimise australians

Kangaroocourt Australia Mockumentary

Kangaroocourt Australia

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aint no Jade Goodie - just a brother from another mother

CONFUSIN’ MY MIND – IT’S A SIGN OF THE TIMES
Is life all just a game – has the world gone insane?
Some folks think i’m mad cause i refuse to be sad
I refuse to accapt that this life is a lie...
I refuse to accept that this life is just a lie
That children don’t matter – ain’t there no family ties?
United we stand and divided we fall
We must all stand together – no more backs to the wall

Direct Action; Netherlands, Mexico & Australia

10-04-2009 21:47 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

25 WINDOWS SMASHED AT WAGENINGEN UNIV. (Netherlands)
PET STORE, SEAFOOD RESTAURANT PAINTED BLACK (Mexico)
PRISON WALLS OF ZOO COVERED WITH SLOGANS (Australia)
LOCKS GLUED AT MEAT COMPANY (Australia)