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Foreign police sent to crush Greek resistance?
21-10-2011 10:40
It seems that foreign police - in effect mercenaries - have been brought into Greece to put down the revolt on the streets.day 6 of newcastle occupation
21-10-2011 08:42
well the weather maybe rough in geordi land but that wont deter uswe are the 99%
Stalinists and Euro-cops block revolution
21-10-2011 06:54
STATE repression against the Greek uprising hit a new low on Thursday as Stalinist trade unionists were deployed to defend the parliament buildings from the wrath of the people at yet more 'austerity' measures.#OccupyLSX Updates Thurs 20th Oct
21-10-2011 00:55
Some updates from OccupyLSX (see also Indymedia feature + occupylondon wire)
In general the occupation has grown very well with something like way over 300 tents now. NB The space is getting pretty crowded now, so please contact the Shelter working group if you want to bring a tent - some tents are free - pls don't just set up a tent now anywhere you like.
There's an outreach event planned for 11am Saturday - "Meet the movement" type thing. The media re invited to come along and meet the different working groups, visit the kitchen, have a tour of the site etc This is the proposal presented to the General Assembly, and formulated by several working groups in discussion this morning and at the lunchtime assembly.
The afternoon General Assemly on sat is planned to be at midday (scheduled wedding pending) and to be a Public Assembly, starting with updates from news from the occupy movement, from the uk and the world - from the international movement.
Then the idea is to have personal testimonies from activists involved in setting up the OccupyLSX camp and the working groups.
We're also inviting testimonies from social justice movements outside occupation to show solidarity and the links, with people from or involved in:
- Occupy halfterm - a group from cambs planning an occupation during school half term
- A banker who has been sleeping here
- Electricians involved in dispute and strikes and action like the recent Blackfriars blockade
- Disablbed people's alliance against cuts (who are marching on saturday) and involved with atos office occupations
- Dalefarm - after the evictions
- Single mothers self defence campaigning
- Tottenham defene campaign
- Jodie McIntyre
- Queer resistance
- Women of colour
- Student occupations
- Polly Toynbee
The tent city university group is holding daily lecturesd and discussion - this Saturday there's a panel on systemic change and pragmatic ways to bring about change. If you have ideas for workshops email tentcityuniversity@gmail.com
The last two days has seen people from OccupyLSX linking up with the electricians who blockaded Blackfriars station site and protesting at mining company BHP Billitons annual general meeting.
There's been some hassle from the police in terms of health and safety regarding fuel for generators and kitchens and people have expressed concern over police Forward Intelligence Teams photographing and filming people in meetings.
In terms of communication there are plans to schedule specific coverage for the video livestream and to ensure that the main minutes from working groups and assemblies are published quickly.
Interview extracts from wednesday: So what's happening next?
There's some specific things we've got planned.
We've begun a daily lecture series chaired by university lecturers, authors and activists.
Tomorrow we are marching to protest a meeting of large mining company executives in solidarity with the victims who have been displaced by large-scale mining projects in South America.
On Saturday we've planned a rally called "Occupy London, Occupy World" to invite members of the public and community groups to speak out about their lives under austerity. It will also be an opportunity to stand in solidarity with all the occupations around the world and share experiences and new insights.
We're thinking more and more about our strategy. We feel like we're reaching out to the British people - to let them know that their experiences are mutual, that we are the majority, and that there are alternatives - but we're being pragmatic about how we might hold "the system" to account and to meet people's needs.
From reading about other social movements we know that organized people are the only way to create and safeguard our freedoms. The suffragettes and the civil rights movement showed how people don't get the things they need simply by asking the government nicely. Pressure has to be applied and we are a part of a new struggle to create a more civilised society.
I think we should take the following strategy very seriously. For our demands to be met, we have to make the costs to the government of not implementing humane and social policies so high that they are forced to concede. This is the only way we will tackle the power of the multinational corporations.
Hannah:
The first thing to say is that he next move depends on what we as a collective occupation decide to do. and where we decide to take the occupation, where we decide to go next. we don't have a pre-prepared plan, because we are building the direct democracy which allows us to take decisions collectively. I personally would agree with you that it would be great to keep dynamic and doing new things which reflects the newness and the excitement of what we're doing here. There have been loads and loads of ideas about what to do next. At the General Assembly last night about 300 people broke into small groups and shared ideas about things that we could do. These include: direct action, further connections with other grassroots groups and political struggles, e.g. this morning we connected up with the electricians who are currently striking over conditions, this hasn't been reported much in the media and we hope to use the momentum we do have now to make the connection with more working people who are suffering under the current system.
We'd love to hear your ideas, also would like to point out that although it's really great having media coverage, so others of the 99% can hear about what we're doing, we are not thinking primarily about if the papers want to cover us, but want to concentrate on working together collectively to build processes for ways of making the world better.
Postal correspondance or donated kit can be sent to:
Occupy London St Pauls Cathedral, The Chapterhouse, St Pauls Churchyard, LONDON, EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom
Wikis and wishlists:
http://occupylsx.org/?page_id=192
http://olsx.wikia.com/wiki/Wishlist
https://occupywiki.co.uk/London/Wishlist
https://occupywiki.co.uk/London/Tech
General Calendar
http://occupylsx.org/?page_id=176
Live video stream (sometimes live otherwise looped content)
http://livestream.com/occupylsx
Ideas / Manifesto bank (3,363 votes on 102 ideas from 236 people)
http://www.google.com/moderator/#15/e=f76a0&t=f76a0.40
Flickr Pics
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1769303@N20/
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=occupylsx
http://www.flickr.com/groups/15o/
Youtube channels
http://www.youtube.com/user/occupylsx
http://www.youtube.com/user/occupylondon
Occupy Nottingham: Day 6
20-10-2011 22:55
The occupation of Nottingham's Market Square is now into its sixth day.
I wandered along briefly around 9pm. Not much was going on and occupiers and supporters were milling around chatting.
I understand a representative of the city council has been back today, but the authorities are still taking a relatively hands-off approach and a police van drove past, showing no interest in the camp, while I was there.
World Class Ecocriminals: BHP Billiton AGM Protest
20-10-2011 22:55
Dateline: OccupyLSX to BHP Billiton AGM, QE2 Conference Centre, London, UK, 09:30-12:15, Thu 20 Oct 2011 – On what may be #OccupyLSX’s first off-site protest action, this morning a contingent of Occupy London campers and supporters marched the two miles from our St Paul’s encampment to the QE2 Conference Centre, just west of Parliament Square – wherein the profit-at-any-cost shareholder ecocriminals of BHP Billiton, our home world’s largest mining company, were holding their Annual General Meeting beanfeast. At the CONFRONT BHP BILLITON public protest, we made sure their intolerably rapacious treatment of indiginous peoples and planetary ecosystems the world around was roundly exposed and vigorously condemned.
The preceding evening, at a shocking and informative BHP Billiton Teach-In, the gross global extent of this mega-corporation's ecocrimes against people and planet were detailed and discussed. For the full low-down on just how dirty and low down BHP Billiton really are, please see the international network website:
• BHP Billiton Watch
» http://bhpbillitonwatch.net
After a good night’s sleep, a report on...
• BHP Billiton Teach-In, Wed 19 Oct 11
• CONFRONT BHP BILLITON, Thu 20 Oct 11
...will follow, right here.
LINKS
• BHP Billiton Watch
» Website - http://bhpbillitonwatch.net
• Occupy London
» Website - http://occupylondon.org.uk
» Facebook - http://facebook.com/occupylondon
» Twitter - http://twitter.com/occupylsx
• Hashtag - #occupylsx
• Occupy Together
» Website - http://www.occupytogether.org
• Hashtag - #occupytogether
• United for #globalchange
» Website - http://15october.net
• Hashtag - #occupytogether
• Occupy London, Global Day of Action #15Oct - further coverage
» Indymedia London Aggregate Article - http://london.indymedia.org/articles/10420
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German MP Wants Kennedy Files Opened
20-10-2011 20:55
Original Press Release here:
http://www.andrej-hunko.de/presse/716-the-uk-german-conspiracy-surrounding-police-spies-must-be-exposed This case and related ones continue to be discussed in German Parliament and Press. Further questions are if activists might take up this issue with lawsuits in their own countries, or at EU level.
Dalefarm: “you can’t take away our dignity"
20-10-2011 18:55
Mass Dale Farm walkout: “you can’t take away our dignity”
At 4.45 pm today, Dale Farm residents and supporters jointly walked off the site to begin the next stage of the battle against eviction which has been waged across courts, barricades and protests. The decision to leave together was made in order to show the unity of the residents and supporters after two months of supporter presence at Dale Farm through Camp Constant.
Resident Mary Sheridan said, “Leaving with supporters today is about our own dignity and our appreciation of the support we’ve received. We’re leaving together as one family, and we are proud of that- you can’t take away our dignity”.
The mass walk-out leaves the site free of people except legal observers, who are required to make sure that the bailiffs stick to the letter of the law in leaving the walls, fences and most of the hardstanding in place.
Now the Travellers are outside the Dale Farm site, the legacy of Tory Councillor Tony Ball and local MP John Baron who drove the forced eviction to conclusion is laid bare. Where will these families go? How will their needs be met? The Travellers’ and supporters’ next move remains to be decided. Mr Ball and Mr Baron have declined to respond when asked for advice on what the Dale Farm community should do now.
Ali Saunders, a Dale Farm supporter added, “We have held off eviction for over a month, and our sense of togetherness has been amazing. Anyone who has visited the community cannot fail to see the importance of a movement to promote the rights of Travellers. Dale Farm will have a legacy for years to come.”
A new group, the Traveller Solidarity Network [1], has emerged in recent weeks, in response to the Dale Farm crisis.
Ali Saunders continued, “The Dale Farm forced eviction showed that the UK’s reputation for tolerance is a smokescreen for systematic discrimination against a Travellers because of their ethnicity and culture. That’s why groups from Amnesty International to the United Nations opposed the forced eviction.
Dale Farm has brought the ingrained prejudice against Travellers into public view, from constant rejections of planning permission, to hostile local authorities, to violent evictions. The true long-term impact of Dale Farm will be a movement of travellers and supporters to change attitudes so travelling people can live in peace and not be criminalised.”
[1] http://travellersolidarity.org/
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1 protester in Athens dead, pulpit whores blaming the revolutionairies
20-10-2011 16:28
1 'protester' dead of heart stoppage, a syndicalist (PAME-KKE stalinist) builder from Athens. He was guarding the parliament building to try to stop people attacking it! He died of heart failure. No signs of physical injury, unlike many others who attacked and were attacked in attempts to attack, and to defend, the parliament building. Still the stalinist KKE was determined to let the troika vote, and their actions were and will continue to be bloody.Call Out: OpposeThe EDL In Birmingham 29th Oct
20-10-2011 16:04
The EDL are to hold a demo in Victoria square, Birmingham on 29th October 12:00 - 18:00. Victoria Square is also the location of the Occupy Birmingham protest camp which could become a target for the EDL. This is a call out for people to come to Victoria Square on the 29th and defend the Occupy Birmingham camp and defend the city from the EDL.EGYPT: Imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad to be sent to psychiatric hospital
20-10-2011 14:40
Greece: General Strike - anarchists clashes with police 19.10.2011 - photos
20-10-2011 13:20
Anarchist hip-hop benefit in Leeds tonight
20-10-2011 12:32
Test Their Logik gig tonight.
BNP shown where to go in Worthing
20-10-2011 10:35
The British National Party held a table top stall in Worthing, Sussex at the weekend. However, their stay was cut short with the arrival of anti-fascists...letter to the standard
20-10-2011 08:55
A ournalist from the Evening Standard has requested that a Christian linked with the occupation sends a letter to the editor. I thought all letters to the editors were spontaneous, but there you go. They request the type of person they want to send the letter, the theme and a word count. Next we'll hear they fake them.
Anyway, even though it was at an impossible deadline, I managed to produce about 180 words. Which I am publishing now in case the letters of my letter suffer any alteration - or vanishing - on their way to publication.
The request was "on how the protest should respond to concerns from the St Paul's authorities" (that they may have to close because of the occupation on its land). Wrong question. However, given the deadline pressure, I didn't want to scorn this journalist with a "wrong question. Please try again later", so here it is:
I think it would be those in power an in possession of property, in this case land and buildings, who "should respond".
It is a shame that the Cathedral is put in a position where it will be necessary to decide whether to close or not by those who could allow the occupiers to enter the building they intended to stay in, in the first place. The occupation is not against this or any other church. Indeed, both occupiers, christian and anarchists are most concerned with social and economic justice, equality and dignity of life. It is the powerful that are destroying all those that those are against, symbolised by the Stock Exchange. Those with the necessary power to make the Stock Exchange, or whichever other building or land that the occupation's assembly would deem appropriate, should the necessary steps so that the occupation can move and thus the carers of the Cathedral do not feel the pressure to need to close.
Good luck and all best wishes in your attempts to get this letter published. Sincerely.
Occupy Montréal - a brief report
20-10-2011 08:35
The recent CrimethInc. text written to the occupying movement was distributed in Montréal by the hundreds in both English and French, depending on the language of the recipient. We translated the text ourselves, and it's good. Otherwise, there was a very small visible anarchist presence, mostly in the form of backpatches, a few black flags or black-and-red flags, and a few banners. This must be contrasted to the Maoists of the Parti communiste révolutionnaire, the Zeitgeist Movement, the Lyndon Larouche cult, various ragtag bands of Québécois sovereigntists, and other marginals who managed to be visible. There are more anarchists than any of these groups, except maybe the sovereigntists, but the majority of anarchists chose either not to engage or they chose to engage in a way that didn't mention the A-word.One such way was the Décolonisons Montréal contingent (Decolonize Montréal or Descolonicemos Montreal, in English and Spanish), which consistently pushed the line that a strictly pacifistic protests is foolish and that the police are not the friends of the occupiers. They also pushed an anti-capitalist analysis early in the day, which might've helped to influence the character of the march later, and they helped to distribute some of the CrimethInc. texts, as well as promoting a demo against Canadian imperialism and the G20 summit in France on November 3 and a march organized by the family of people killed by police on October 22, both of which are cool.
Happy 7th Billion Birthday
20-10-2011 06:36
