pondělí 13. prosince 2010

2,000 locals attack riot police with molotovs, sticks, stones and gun shots in Keratea, Attic

#442 |
In the past two days, local residents of the area of Keratea in Attica (Greater Athens) have been engaged in a fierce battle with riot police (MAT). The riot police are there to protect the construction of a waste burial site (HITA). Such burial sites have not only been judged to be illegal by European courts but additionally, the site in Keratea is of archeological significance.

On Saturday, riot police arrived at the site to protect the ongoing construction works from the enraged locals. Clashes quickly erupted, with locals attacking the police with sticks, stones and scores of molotov cocktails. The police responded with tear gas while for the first time ever in Greece, water cannons also made their appearance. On Sunday evening, gunshots were aimed in the direction of the police from nearby hills.
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http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2010/12/13/442-2000-locals-attack-riot-police-with-molotovs-sticks-stones-and-gun-shots-athens-gears-up-for-long-week-of-anti-cuts-mobilisations-and-general-strike/

Wikileaks a moderní anarchistická praxe

Vždy, když korporátní média nebo mocní tohoto světa označí někoho za anarchistu, měli bysme zpozornět, protože zpravidla jde o člověka, který má s anarchismem jen pramálo společného a anarchismus v tom případě slouží jako jedna z nejodpornějších nálepek, kterou lze někomu přiřadit. A v posledních dnech zaznívá slovo anarchista častěji než jindy. Bývá totiž skloňováno v souvislosti s aférou okolo serveru Wikileaks a jeho veřejné tváře, Juliana Assange. Ten už z principu věci budí v našich řadách sympatie a nezapadá do obrázku „anarchisty v korporátních očích“, tedy zpravidla psychopatického šíleného ničitele. Trefili se tedy mocní v tomto případě do černého?

ANONYMOUS - OPERATION LEAKSPIN - A Call To Action

pátek 3. prosince 2010

Wikileaks, Julian Assange & Modern Anarchist Praxis

Most people could probably not name very many anarchists -- historical, contemporary, or even fictional. A few might cite artists like George Orwell or Leo Tolstoy, and fewer still will be aware of prominent historical anarchists like Emma Goldman or Peter Kropotkin. The historical impact of anarchist practice has largely been glossed over in the curriculum of government run, and compulsory, public schools. People generally aren't aware of anarchists fighting for the first labor rights in America or giving the first public talks on birth control.

čtvrtek 2. prosince 2010

Eleven years ago, beginning on November 30, 1999, a public uprising shut down the World Trade Organization and occupied downtown Seattle.

That same week in 1999, three thousand miles away in Immokalee, Florida, farmworkers carried out a five day general strike against abusive growers paying starvation wages. Two weeks ago, on November 16, 2010 those same growers – the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange representing 90 percent of the industry – publicly agreed to every one of the farmworkers “Fair Food” demands.

From morality to ethics… [part 1/3]

Posted on December 1 2010 by Francois Tremblay

Morality is fairly trivial, because we are all human beings with the same basic needs. There are areas of disagreement, but these tend to be fairly irrelevant at the moral level. Most moral disagreements are of the type “how is it not in your interest to hurt other people/become a dictator,” or similar nonsense, and are pretty easily answered (I will discuss later how these disagreements relate to one’s conception of ethics).

Alfredo Bonano prepustený z väzenia (Grécko)

streda, 24. novembra 2010

V súdnom procese s Alfredom a Christosom za bankovú lúpež v meste Trikala 22. novembra bol Alfredo M. Bonnano odsúdený na 4 roky odňatia slobody (čo prakticky znamená, že s časom, ktorý si už odsedel a kvôli faktu, že je starší než 70 rokov, bol prepustený z väzenia). Christos Stratigopoulos (ktorý na seba prevzal zodpovednosť akciu) bol odsúdený na 8 rokov a 9 mesiacov a podľa gréckeho práva bude pravdepodobne prepustený koncom roku 2011

úterý 9. listopadu 2010

Freegans and Freeganism

Posted on November 8, 2010 by aireater| Leave a comment

What is a Freegan and what is Freeganism?

According to Wikipedia:
“Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources.

neděle 31. října 2010

Another Communique from the movement in France-english translation

Here is a translation of the most recent communique from an assembly that has been occurring in Paris. Please post and distribute (posting is extremely helpful) This communique was distributed as a flyer at a demonstration in Paris today. There are more communiques to come as soon as they are translated.

pátek 29. října 2010

"Freegans" Make Odd Statement with "Perfectly Good" Food

posted by Huy Dang at 10/25/2010 03:49:00 PM

FreegansDumpster diving is far from a fad with UNC-Charlotte students, but 20-year-old Kaitlyn Tokay and her friends say it's catching on.

A self-described community activist, she began digging through grocery store trash bins in May and blogging on Facebook about the "perfectly good" food she found, cooked and ate. It was meant to be a month-long experiment, to expose society's continued wastefulness, even in a recession.

But five months later, Kaitlyn Tokay is still at it, only now she's part of a team. And as for her blog, readership is at 1,600 and growing.

Jedeme v tom všichni

V poslední době se mezi zbytky anarchistického hnutí objevily zárodky debaty o příčinách jeho současného tristního stavu. Analyzovat jeho příčiny, poznat je a vytyčit si z něj cestu ven je v současnosti asi naším nejdůležitějším úkolem. Poslední příspěvek do této debaty se objevil na serveru Jaime.cz, ale podle mého názoru míří špatným směrem. Následující řádky jsou mou odpovědí na tento text...
Jan Hanuš bloguje

Update on Simos Seisidis situation

29/10/10
Ten days ago Simos put on his artificial leg (c-leg) which was bought for 37.000 euro with the contribution of the whole movement. It takes a few months until he learns how to use it perfectly.

sobota 9. října 2010

Rozbrat Collective: "Solidarity Beyond Borders" info tour




he Rozbrat collective originated in regular squat that was occupied in 1994 in the town of Poznan. It started as a squat where people could live and organize some punk concerts, but has grown to be a very active political-social center. It is one of the most important and interesting places on the anarchist map of Poland. The Rozbrat collective initiates plenty of activities but is under threat of eviction since the beginning of 2009. However, the Rozbrat collective has since then won two battles to keep the squat. The first battle was in May 2009 and the second one in March 2010. The protests were quite large according to polish standards. The one in 2009 had around 1500 people joining in and in 2010 there were around a 1000 people. This second demo had a more militant character. Until now potential buyers are afraid to buy the ground where the Rozbrat squat is situated.

Saturday 09.10.2010
21:00 Info evening (movies and discussion)

Wandelweg 60,
Wormerveer

Organized by Zaanse Anarchistische Groep

Sunday 10.10.2010
19:00 dinner
20:00 info evening (movies and discussion)
After concert

ADM
Hornweg 6
Amsterdam (industrial terrain)

Organized by ADM

Monday 11.10.2010
19:00 dinner
20:00 info evening (movies and discussion)

Autonoom Centrum
Willem Van Outhoornstraat 17
The Hague

Organized by Autonoom Centrum Den Haag


Wednesday 13.10.2010
18:30 Soepcafé (with salads and bread)
20:30 info evening (movies and discussion)

Politiek Eetcafé "de Klinker":
Van Broeckhuysenstraat 46
Nijmegen

Organized by Anarchistische Groep Nijmegen


Thursday 14.10.2010
20:00 info evening (movies and discussion)

Infoladen Aachen
stephanstrasse 24
Aachen, Germany
(the infoshop/laden is on 2th floor so there is a bell that you have to ring)

Organized by Infoladen Aachen

Friday 15.10.2010
19:00 dinner
20:30 info evening (movies and discussion)

Knoflook squat
Havendijk 3
Den Bosch

Organized by Knoflook

Saturday 16.10.2010
19:00 info evening (movies and discussion)

Ubica squat
Ganzenmarkt 24
Utrecht

Organized by Anarchistische Kollektief - Utrecht

Sunday 17.10.2010

19:00 vegan food
20:00 Zbuntowani ( The Rebels ) - acoustic solo punk
20:30 info evening (movies and discussion)

MKZ
1e Schinkelstraat 16
Amsterdam
tram 2, end of Vondelpark

Organized by Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam/ Vrije Bond

Mediations Biennale: "Poznan is not a company" exhibition about gentrification in National
Museum. Michelle Teran, canadian artist prepared the exhibition in cooperation with the Rozbrat Collective:
http://szumtv.blip.tv/file/4119303/

Movie from demo 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYGUrkAZGbE&feature=related

Movie from action "City is not a company!" - 37 anarchists detained in Poznan after clashes with cops (with english subtitles):
http://szumtv.blip.tv/file/3330332/

Movie from demo 2010 (english):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FzxW5SImSk&feature=related




http://indymedia.nl/nl/2010/10/70224.shtml

středa 6. října 2010

What Is A Freegan And What Type Of Lifestyle They Have

October 4, 2010 author Comments off

One sub culture in several westernized societies is known as Freeganism. It’s not a well-known term yet, however in recent years has become very popular with different internet documentaries and web sites on-line spreading this ideas.

What is a Freegan?

Although these kinds of definitions might be to some extent argued, these are folks who usually obtain assets to live on through non-traditional means by simply minimizing the waste of other people and ultizing it themselves. To put it differently, these people take your trash and put it to use themselves.

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úterý 5. října 2010

October 2010 Freegan Events in New York

From: cindy
Subject: [freegannyc-events] October freegan events
To: FreeganNYC-Events@...
Date: Monday, October 4, 2010, 12:34 AM

If you come to an event & can’t find us, call Janet: (347) 724-6954 unless another contact number is listed in the event details.
More info? ask@... * www.freegan.info

Monday, October 4th • Freegan Meeting, Freeganism 101 & Trash Trailblaze
Join us for an organizational meeting to report on working group activities and discuss and decide on policies and activities. Meetings are for freegan.info volunteers and people interested in volunteering. At 9pm, we will end our business meeting, and have a brief introductory discussion about freeganism. Newcomers are always welcome and encouraged to attend our full meeting, but if you just want an introduction to freeganism, you can come just for the Freeganism 101 discussion. After, we will explore the area’s wasted food and other goods. This tour is of a new area to us, and is for foragers interested in helping explore an area we are less familiar with to add to our list of locations to recommend to others. The meeting and tour are NOT open to media.
When & Where? Meet at 7:30pm at the public atrium at 590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street in Manhattan (formerly the IBM building). To come just for the tour, meet us at 9:30pm just outside the atrium.

Monday, October 18 • Freegan Meeting, Freeganism 101 & Trash Tour
Join us for an organizational meeting to report on working group activities and discuss and decide on policies and activities. Meetings are for freegan.info volunteers and people interested in volunteering. At 9pm, we will end our business meeting, and have a brief introductory discussion about freeganism. Newcomers are always welcome and encouraged to attend our full meeting, but if you just want an introduction to freeganism, you can come just for the Freeganism 101 discussion. After, we will explore the area’s wasted food and other goods. We give advice on how to salvage these goods and comment on the reasons for such waste. The meeting is NOT open to media, but the tour WILL be open to media that has scheduled in advance.
When & Where? Meet at 7:30pm at the Sakia public atrium, 160 Park Ave. at 42nd St., right across from Grand Central train station in Manhattan. To come just for the tour, meet us at 9:30pm at the northwest corner of 38th St. and 3rd Ave.

Tuesday, October 19 • Freegan Feast
A FREE and mostly vegan community meal made with love from the discards of our wasteful society. We share meal planning, cooking, and other food prep skills, tell stories and jokes, meet new people and reconnect with old friends, and generally unplug from the current world order as we build community. Media WILL be welcome with appointment.
When & Where? RSVP (at least a day ahead) to Janet at (347) 724-6954 for the location. Meet at 5pm to help cook and around 8pm to help eat (and cleanup!)

Sunday, October 24 • Wild Foraging Tour
Join freegan forager Zaac on a guided walk and learn to identify the common flora that surrounds us. Familiar with some of most local, gourmet, and healthy food in the city, Zaac will be sharing first hand experience, including a bicycle trip from the Florida tropics up to the Quebecan tundra on primarily found calories. Bring a bag and anticipations of collecting hickory nuts, roots for tea, small fruits, and mushrooms.
When & Where? 11am-2pm. Meet at 11, at the stone benches at the Grand Army Plaza entrance of Prospect Park in Brooklyn. (Take the 2 train to Grand Army Plaza or the Q train to 7th Ave.) If you have trouble finding us, call Zaac at (203) 571-8866.

Tuesday, October 26 • Media Working Group Meeting
Come to a meeting of the freegan.info media working group! We'll discuss upcoming media, pending stories, media tracking and media strategy. This meeting is open to everyone who is interested in working with the media, or in working behind the scenes to help with our media interactions. The working group could use some new energy, so please come!
When & Where? Meet at 7pm at the Sakia public atrium, 160 Park Ave. at 42nd St., right across from Grand Central train station in Manhattan.

Sunday, October 31 • Halloween Really Really Free Market
The Really Really Free Market is a bazaar & celebration, where we discard capitalist notions of interaction and have fun trying new models of exchange. Expect and share free food, skills, clothing, books and fun! For more information, contact getyourfreeon@... . If you’d like to help freegan.info and others gather and prepare food, contact ask@...
When & Where? 3-7pm at Judson Memorial Church at 55 Washington Square South in Manhattan. They won’t be letting folks in early, unless you are signed up ahead of time to volunteer - so either show up at or after 3pm, or contact them at getyourfreeon@... to sign up to help set up!

Freegan Bike Workshop and Sewing Workshop temporarily on hold!
Sadly, because of a eviction of the 123 Community Space, the bike workshop and sewing workshop will not be regularly scheduled while they search for new locations. Check back to see future workshop plans! If you know of a cheap Bed-Stuy basement for rent, let us know!

Ongoing Sustainable and Freegan Events

Composting
Lower East Side Ecology Center accepts organic material for composting (fruit and vegetable peelings, cut flowers and similar organic material). LESEC has drop-off bins at the Union Square Greenmarket (Mon, Wed, Fri, & Sat. from 8am-5pm), or drop off at the center on E. 7th St. btwn. Aves. B & C on Sundays, 8am - 5pm. For more info (and summer composting workshops) see www.lesecologycenter.org
The W. 181st St. Beautification Project has compost drop-off at the garden at 880 W. 181st St. in Washington Heights.
The W. 124th St. Community Garden has compost drop-off at the garden on W. 124th St. between 5th and Lenox in Harlem. More info and hours: communitygardenwest124st@yahoogroups.com
6/15 Green is a public compost site where the general public is invited and encouraged to add compostables during open hours: Tuesdays 3-5pm, Thursdays 6-8pm, Saturdays 10am-2pm, and Sundays 4-8pm, or whenever the gate is open. At the Green Community Garden at 6th Avenue & 15th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Computer and Electronics Recycling
Per Scholas is a recycling facility in Hunts Point that allows individuals to drop off residential computer & electronic equipment. They accept equipment Mon. to Fri. 9am-4pm at 1575 Bronx River Ave. in the Bronx. For more information, see www.perscholas.org
The Lower East Side Ecology Center will host e-waste recycling events this month:
10/2, 10am-4pm, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1, Furman Street between Old Fulton and Doughty St., Brooklyn;
10/2, 10am-4pm, The New New York, Bond Street between 3rd and 4th Streets, Brooklyn;
10/3, 10am-4pm, Delancey Street between Chrystie and Forsyth Street, Manhattan;
10/9, 10am-4pm, Tekserve, 119 W. 23rd Street, Manhattan.
Visit www.lesecologycenter.org for more info.

Plastics Recycling
Park Slope Food Co-op accepts many plastics for recycling that are NOT collected by the city. They accept: #1 and #6 transparent plastics (but NOT bottles, which NYC recycles), #5 plastics (remove any paper labels), and clear plastic film only. All plastics must be CLEAN AND DRY. They’re open every month on the 2nd Sat, 10am-2pm; the 3rd Thurs, 7pm-9pm; & the last Sun, 10am-2pm. The co-op is at 782 Union St. (btwn. 6th & 7th Aves.) in Park Slope. See: www.foodcoop.com/go.php?id=112
Whole Foods now accepts #5 plastics and Brita filters (bagged after being allowed to dry out for 3 days) at their stores at Union Square, Columbus Circle, Greenwhich St. Columbus Ave, 7th Ave, and Houston St.

Weekly Bike Repair Workshops by Times Up

Times Up! bike repair workshops in two locations! See www.times-up.org for more info.

MANHATTAN WORKSHOPS are at ABC No Rio, at 156 Rivington St. in the Lower East Side.
Tuesday: Bike Repair Workshops: 6:30pm. Learn to fix bikes, do simple maintenance & tune-ups.
Thursday: Fix Your Bike Workshop: Every Thurs, 6:30 p.m. Share skills and fix up your own bike.

BROOKLYN WORKSHOPS are at the Brooklyn space at 99 South 6th St, off Bedford Ave.
Monday: Women & Trans Bike Repair Workshop: 6:30pm. No previous experience required.
Wednesday: Fix Your Bike Workshop: 6:30 p.m. Share skills and fix up your own bike.
Sunday: Bike Repair Workshops: Lessons from 4-6 p.m., Open Workshop from 6-8 p.m.
The Monday, Tuesday and Sunday Bike Repair Workshops will all follow the same schedule for instruction:
1st Sunday- Basics for Beginners
2nd Sunday- Brakes and Gears
3rd Sunday- Cups, Cones, and Bearings
4th Sunday- Wheels and Spokes

Sunday, October 17 • Sewing Rebellion
The Sewing Rebellion is a protest in the form of a skill share, where participantsare invited to emancipate themselves from dependence on the global garmentindustry by learning (and sharing) the skills to produce, alter and mend their own garments.The Sewing Rebellion encourages the reuse, renovation and recycling of existing garments and textiles in the creation of unique clothing tailored to individualtastes and body shapes. For more info, see http://sewingrebellionnyc.wordpress.com
When and Where? From 4 to 6:30pm at Spacecraft, at 355 Bedford Avenue, between South 4th and South 5th Streets in Williamsburg, Brooklyn – take the L to Bedford or the J train to Marcy.

Textile Recycling
Of course, the best thing to do with clothes and other textiles is to reuse them! BUT, if you have scraps that can’t be used even one more time, there is textile recycling (see www.cenyc.org/clothing for more info):
Fridays: 8am-2pm at the 97th St. Greenmarket, 97th & Columbus in Manhattan
Saturdays: 8am-6pm at the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan;
8am-4pm at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket in Brooklyn;
8am-3pm at the Inwood Greenmarket on Isham St between Seaman & Cooper in Manhattan;
8am-3pm at the Fort Greene Greenmarket in Washington Park at DeKalb in Brooklyn; and
8am-2pm at the McCarren Park Greenmarket on Bedford & Lorimer in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Sundays: 8am-4pm at the Tompkins Square Greenmarket, E. 7th St. & Ave. A; and
8am-3pm at the Jackson Heights Greenmarket, 34th Ave. between 77th and 78th Streets.
Mondays: 8am-6pm at the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan

Food Not Bombs
Food Not Bombs in Manhattan offers a vegetarian meal share (using donated food that would otherwise be wasted) Sundays at 3:30pm in Tompkins Square Park. Help cook at ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. btwn. Clinton & Suffolk at 1pm. More info: fnb@... or (212) 254-3697 ext. 27
Bed-Stuy Food Not Bombs is currently looking for other cooking spaces after the eviction of the 123 Community Space but continues to serve food every Saturday at 3pm just outside Von King/Tompkins Park (NW corner of Lafayette Ave. & Marcy Ave.). For more info email bedstuyfnb@... or see bedstuyfnb.org
Bushwick Food Not Bombs prepares food Thursdays at 11am on the 2nd floor of 13 Thames St. (L to Morgan) and serves at 2pm at Maria Hernandez Park, formerly Bushwick Park, at Knickerbocker Ave. & Starr St. in Brooklyn. For more info email fnbbushwick@... or call (972) 743-5669. All are Welcome!

Wild Food Tours
“Wildman” Steve Brill holds frequent tours where you can learn to find and harvest wild growing plants for food and medicine. Fee is $15 ($10 for children under 12), sliding scale. No one is ever turned away for lack of funds. Upcoming tours in the NYC area are: 10/2, Central Park, Manhattan; 10/9, Forest Park, Kew Gardens, Queens; 10/16, Central Park, Manhattan; 10/23, Prospect Park, Brooklyn; and 10/30, Central Park, Manhattan; plus walks in Connecticut and upstate. Get more info and sign up at www.wildmanstevebrill.com

Grub Community Building Meal
1st & 3rd Sunday every month. A mostly freegan dinner for strangers and co-conspirators in a relaxed environment. There is no charge but donations are requested. Doors at 6:30pm; dinner at 7. It has recently been hosted at 136 Lawrence St. 2nd floor, between Fulton & Willoughby in Brooklyn, NY, but double-check www.tinyurl.com/grubnyc to confirm the location!

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Unabomber aims for best-seller

The Independent
By Guy Adams in Los Angeles
October 3, 2010

From behind bars, former academic sets out the Luddite philosophy behind his murderous anti-technology campaign

His last published work was a 35,000-word "manifesto" that explained the motivation behind the 17-year terrorist campaign which made him one of America's most wanted men. Now, unperturbed by the fact that the manifesto's appearance led to his eventual identification, arrest and imprisonment for life, Theodore Kaczynski has decided to release his first book.

pondělí 20. září 2010

Kraakverbod webpage update

acab - 18.09.2010 22:26

There is now a new webpage ( http://kraakverbod.squat.net) for centralizing info about different actions and campaigns about the kraakverbod.



From now on the webpage will be kept updated so people have a place that links to all the information around.

For everyone working on different actions in any city, please send the information to the contact address: whatever@squat.net so we can put it on the webpage.

You are also encouraged to send nice motivational texts, information, designs, links to relevant news etc. Think there is not just one way to explain or see things, and we would like to have all of those represented!

If you think something on the webpage can be improved or isn't right, please also tell us through the email contact address and we will fix the problems, you can propose any improvements, better styling or anything that you feel important, we're there to support YOU.

For people who want to get responsible of the webpage, you're also welcome to get in touch, this is a collective process and you can be part of it.

"What it is is up to us"



- E-Mail: whatever@squat.net Website: http://kraakverbod.squat.net

On October, 1st, 2010, squatting becomes illegal and heavily criminalized in the Netherlands.

Resistance is organizing, and needs your support.

* Squatters and friends: contact the infopoint, visit De Halle on Bellamyplein, Amsterdam, go to vokus, give-away shops and squatter events and make things happen!
* Foreigners: we invite you to join forces and come in numbers. You will have sleeping space and food. Bring your gear!
* Press: this is a historical event, show it!

Infopoint @ De Hallen

Action Comité Amsterdamse Boefjes
Bellamyplein, 8-10
Amsterdam, NL

Opening hours: everyday from 18:00 to 21:00. (Ring the bell)

If you can't come, you can still contact us by email (whatever [x] squat.net) We appreciate support. If you're planning to come from abroad you should definitely check in.
How You Can Help

* Squatters are not criminals: show the world what you're busy with at the Dam Sleeping Action on September 25th
* Activity groups are forming to prepare the week of events from 25/09 to 01/10 (but it's only a beginning)
* Posters, stickers and leaflets are available for printing.
* We need more people and more materials, furniture, tools...
* More detailed information here

Squatting is not a crime!

One in every six people on this planet is a squatter. Around the world, the land is owned by roughly 1/6th of the population. So there are as many squatters as owners, and two thirds of the population pay rent, a feodal heritage. Squatting is a necessity for many.

Banks lure workers into giving away everything they ever earned and saved to fullfill a dream: owning their own home; then take it all back, plus taxes, all at the expense of the public. Who is the criminal?

Squatters reclaim empty space for housing and social centers, mostly from the companies that own large domains and practice speculation (keeping a building empty for years to increase its price while entire families are on the waiting lists for a roof.) Who is the criminal?

Check the Wikipedia article on Squatting for more info.

pondělí 9. srpna 2010

We Are an Image from the Future: The Greek Revolt of December 2008





Edited by A.G. Schwarz, Tasos Sagris, and Void Network
AK Press

Consider what it might feel like if July 4 in the United States were celebrated not with fireworks and barbecue but with demonstrations and occupations to achieve a further social revolution. That's what November 17 is in Greece since a student revolt in 1973 triggered the end of the dictatorship. In fact, because of the role of the students in achieving this, a law was passed by the socialist government in 1981 to establish academic asylum. Although the law has since been weakened, police are restricted from entering university campuses.

Svobodu pohybu pro imigranty




Prohlášení evropských organizací na síti Anarkismo k jejich mezinárodní kampani, která se zaměřuje na práva imigrantů:

V posledních letech začaly xenofobie, rasismus a strach z ekonomického dopadu migrantů ovládat politické debaty uvnitř mnoha evropských zemí.

Imigrace je nevyhnutelný efekt hospodářské a vojenské politiky, kterou evropské státy vedou; výsledkem společného úsilí tomu předejít je rasismus a neochota čelit důsledkům na domácí půdě.

pátek 6. srpna 2010

Dumpster Diving to End World Hunger

Growing up, I can vividly remember my parents stressing the importance of not wasting food. At every meal they insisted I clean my plate, no matter how unappetizing the night’s menu seemed. My parents insisted that it was wrong to waste food, especially when “there are children in Africa who don’t have any food to waste.” Other than images of malnourished African children, this always made me think of the homeless population of my own city. However, what rarely came to mind was how our country systematically wastes food on a large scale.

6 Αυγούστου 2010 open assemlpy in the island of gavdos occupied the port Κατηγορίες: in english — merry baby @ 16:20

a really small island east of crete .The boat dont visit much the island and people have probelms with food gas and many more things .
T day the organized an assemply

in the island where they talked and theyafter the ocuppied the port .

it is an action that many visitors of the island accept with solidarity …lots of youth visit the island .
It has beaches of sand and sand hills and everybody is a free camper down there but as we see with many problems couse of the luck of the boats ..

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SECRET FREEGAN: Rescuing Food to Feed Homeless

I've gathered over $52,000 worth of food and other stuff during the last 20 months. I've discovered that most grocery stores throw out $600 worth or more of fresh food every day. They will not donate the food to the hungry because of "liability concerns" and tax issues. I've cut my family's monthly grocery bill by $300 and given the rest to feed the homeless and needy. I love following your heart, kindness, and empowering others. I call myself a Secret Freegan. My hope is that our country will learn to distribute their leftover food to the homeless so everyone is nurtured. I'm doing a little by gathering and distributing about 400 lbs. of food weekly. Thanks for visiting my blog!

Freeganism: "Ethical" eating that draws attention to global waste

by Candace Runaas

Get a "Freegan" Life!
Instead of Starving Children in Africa, Wasted Food is Feeding the College Educated

It was the day after Christmas and while most of Western culture was still reeling from the hangover of reckless spending, others may have stumbled across a startling piece of news. An article posted on December 26 in Israel's Haaretz online publication addressed an issue that is a relatively new approach to frugality. Instead of cutting coupons to save money, young social activists in Tel-Aviv are gleaning from trash receptacles.

čtvrtek 29. července 2010

Život v boji – švýcarský anarchista Marco Camenisch

27. Červenec 2010
Marco Camenisch je švýcarský anarchista, dlouholetý politický vězeň, který z posledních 30 let svého života celkem 20 strávil ve vězení a zbývajících 10 na útěku a v ilegalitě. V roce 2012 nastane po mnoha letech možnost jeho podmínečného propuštění. Anarchisté po celém světě proto začali systematicky upozorňovat na jeho případ, kdy byl Marco v několika závažných kauzách odsouzen na celkem 39 let vězení. Několik evropských skupin Anarchistického černého kříže zahájilo 19. července v rámci Akčního dne na podporu Marca Camenische kampaň za jeho propuštění.

sobota 10. července 2010

3.9.2010 - ACTIVE PUNX FEST PROMÍTÁNÍ o SQUATU MILADA

PROMÍTÁNÍ – SQUAT MILADA Promítání dosud nezveřejněného záznamu jednání s ředitelkou Ústavu pro informace ve vzdělávání Pavly Zieleniecové po vyklizení squatu Milada. Ta paní si neskutečně sere do huby.

Freegans take recycling to an extreme

West side group survives on free food, goods

Updated: Thursday, 08 Jul 2010, 7:22 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 08 Jul 2010, 7:48 AM EDT

* George Richert
* Posted by: Emily Lenihan

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - They're called "freegans," and they're taking recycling to the extreme.

You may have heard of vegans, who take vegetarianism to an extreme. Freegans take getting free stuff to an extreme, and yes even their food comes from dumpsters.

"It's like a big hippie hole over there," said Rich Bailey, the freegans' neighbor.

Some neighbors see them as hippies, but they'd rather be known as freegans.

čtvrtek 8. července 2010

Freeganism:Schatten uit de "afval"-container.

Een reportage over de regelrechte opzettelijke verspilling van voeding in onze consumptiemaatschappij. Voedsel. Van de 150.000 à 200.000 jaar dat er moderne mensen (Homo sapiens) leven op deze planeet, hebben ze de langste tijd hiervan geleefd als jager-verzamelaars. Homo sapiens verspreidde zich uit Afrika over de rest van de wereld tussen 120.000 en 60.000 jaar geleden

Freeganism
Een koelkast gevuld met "afval" uit de container,...

Een leven als jager-verzamelaar stond in het teken van overleven. Door op pad te gaan voor het verzamelen van eetbare wilde planten en het jagen op dieren, zorgden zij elke dag weer voor voldoende voedsel.

Viagra, hovno a společenský řád

Globálně-kapitalistický svět plný usměvavých lidí, kteří si ve svobodné společnosti mohou plnit jakékoliv sny, nemá zuřivějšího ani inteligentnějšího nepřítele, než je dvaašedesátiletý Slavoj Žižek.

Marxistický psychoanalytik působící na Lublaňské univerzitě si našel globální publikum až během posledních dvaceti letech, kdy píše a přednáší v angličtině. Nemůže za to jen komický přízvuk a fekální témata, které snadno utkví v paměti. Žižek má ze své extrémně levicové pozice tak velký odstup od „normálního světa“, že vás jeho postřehy zaujmou, i když si nenecháte ujít žádnou autogramiádu Václava Klause v okruhu 100 kilometrů.

středa 7. července 2010

Should You Try An Eco-Friendly Diet?: Vegetarians, Vegans, Raw Foodies and Freegans

Ever hear of FreeCycle.com where you can get rid of, or get stuff, for free? That’s part of a freegan lifestyle. As the New York Times reports, freegans are “scavengers of the developed world, living off consumer waste…to minimize the support of corporations...and their impact on the planet.” Freegans do not buy anything, but rather pick through the trash of supermarkets or work with stores or restaurants to pick up surplus food free of charge.
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Trouble looms over squatting ban, from official sources

Friday 04 June 2010

The public prosecution department will not change its policy towards squatters even though squatting is to be made illegal, the Volkskrant reports on Friday.

'We are not going to order evictions in order to leave property empty,' a spokesman for the national department was quoted as saying in the paper.

The senate, or upper house of parliament, passed the anti-squatting bill on Tuesday and it is set to come into effect by October.

Mayors

It is up to local police chiefs, mayors and public prosecution departments to determine how the ban on squatting will be dealt with.

The mayors of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague said earlier they opposed the ban on squatting, which will particularly affect the big cities.

In Utrecht, the city council has already passed a motion to be 'reticent' in implementing the legislation.

Police

In Amsterdam, a public prosecution department spokesman said the city could have to be cautious with its use of police manpower because 'the riot police are very expensive'.

'We want new squats to be tackled immediately and that existing squats are dealt with according to a roster,' Liberal MP Brigitte van der Berg, one of the MPs behind the ban, said.

While admitting it is up to the public prosecution department to decide what action to take, she said: 'there need to be very strong arguments not to intervene'.

© DutchNews.nl

Squatting in Amsterdam

Squatting started in the sixties, but with tens of thousands of people looking for a place to live the practice became popular in Amsterdam and other big cities during the seventies and early eighties.

úterý 6. července 2010

"Social Intelligence" and "Emotional Intelligence"

by Daniel Goleman
Both are recommended, and both have surprising intersections with social justice, albeit with the subject matter of Social Intelligence lending itself more naturally to collective issues. The links to them are Here and Here. The bottom line is that we are set up to be social beings, who thrive or die based on the level of support from the community that we receive. There are several systems at work in our brains, a Low Road that's based on instinctual and impulsive responses and a High Road that can defuse the Low Road through critical thought about situations, as well as a sort of social brain that's tuned into how other people respond to us in our daily lives. If we receive emotional support we can not only feel better about ourselves as people, more connected, less alienated, but can also defuse our Low Road, which otherwise disengaged can lead to selfish and in fact psychopathic behavior. The message is that our current economy praises the Low Road: people get ahead by being mean and vicious, not being sensitive to others' needs but instead pursuing their own self interest and their own sadism above anything else. One could say that our culture breeds psychopaths, in the boardroom as well as in the streets, as the book "American Psycho" by Brett Easton Ellis so lovingly portrays. And what about our streets? We're breeding a culture of people desensitized to violence who are encouraged to pig out on the sexual stimulation of porn at every juncture, leading to a warped sensibility about women and about the world in general. We're teaching them that violence and selfishness is cool, that it's gangster, with the biggest consumers of gangster rap not being folks from the inner city itself but from the suburbs who are white and come from privileged backgrounds. Consumerism feeds instant gratification, which compromises our impulse control, helping make us servants of desire instead of its master.
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Review: International Socialist Review on “Contemporary Anarchism”

by Tom Wetzel

The word “anarchism” is a rather vague word that covers such a wide variety of political views and approaches it is often hard to see how they have anything in common. This means it is also probably not very productive to produce “critiques” of anarchism that lump the many different viewpoints together. This problem is on display in the most recent critique of “contemporary anarchism” offered up by the International Socialist Organization in their magazine ISR. A weakness of the article is that it offers only brief pit stops at the various anarchist or libertarian socialist tendencies.

Unlike some previous ISO critiques, this article, written by Eric Kerl, does make an effort to discuss the historically dominant form of libertarian socialist politics — revolutionary syndicalism and, in general, forms of libertarian socialism oriented to working class struggle and mass organizing. But it’s treatment is superficial.
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Algo sobre los Medios de Desinformación Masiva.


En las tardes al ver la televisión no puedo más que asombrarme del trato de la información en los medios de comunicación masiva. Especialmente esa forma de manipular espectacularmente aquellas noticias que resultan incomodas por su naturaleza.

Toronto G20: Eyewitness Report


From Crimethinc

Our last update offered an overview of what happened in Toronto during the anarchist actions against the G20 June 25-27. We’ve received the following blow-by-blow report from on the ground there, offering context and analysis from inside the riots that shook Canada’s largest city. Anarchists have fully emerged in North America as a force to be reckoned with following the events in Toronto, and it is important to understand how this came about. The black bloc has become a household name throughout the region, and we must use this exposure to our advantage by maintaining our visibility even in the face of repression. We must also look critically at the events of the weekend in order to make strategic advances toward our goal of completely dismantling the domination and hierarchy of the present world.

Lead-up

The June G20 meeting was announced for Toronto in December of 2009. While anarchists were already preparing for the G8 in Huntsville, the announcement that a major summit would be held in the downtown core of Canada’s largest city created a stir among anarchists, and generated significant momentum for counter-summit actions to take place in Toronto. To our knowledge, anarchists participated in three basic models of organizing against the G20. We will briefly outline these to offer context to those seeking to understand the successes and failures of the Toronto protests.


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ZABUDNITE NA POKROK, VRACIAME SA DO 19.STOROČIA!

Od dôb osvietenstva je jednou z najkľúčovejších spoločenských hodnôt – pokrok. Celé moderné dejiny sa interpretujú ako cesta pokroku, ktorý prináša lepšie životné podmienky pre široké masy, vedecko-technické napredovanie, rast individuálnej slobody, rozširovanie demokratických práv, skrátka, celospoločenský progres. Keď sa však lepšie pozrieme na dejiny 19. a 20. storočia, zisťujeme, že kapitalizmus len ťažko definovať neustálym pokrokom. Skôr možno hovoriť o večnom návrate k ranému kapitalizmu, ktorý bol typický svojou neľudskosťou a brutalitou.

pondělí 5. července 2010

Mliečna kríza: daň za dereguláciu a produktivizmus

Kríza žánru | Le Monde diplo | Matthieu Cassez, Aurélie Trouvé | 05.07.2010

Minulú jeseň sa Francúzskom, Nemeckom a ďalšími európskymi krajinami prehnal výnimočný « mliečny protest ».

Zastavenie dodávok trvalo štrnásť dní a mobilizácia podľa hnutiu nenaklonenej väčšinovej Národnej Federácie Odborov Poľnohospodárskych Výrobcov (FNSEA) dosiahla 7 % výrobcov, kým podľa Združenia Nezávislých Výrobcov Mlieka (APLI) viac ako 50%. Táto organizácia, založená v roku 2009, ktorá spustila protestné hnutie organizáciou mnohých akcií : manifestácie, rozlievanie mlieka na poliach, jeho rozdávanie obyvateľstvu, privodila zmenu v atmosfére, ktorá doteraz vládla v profesii…

Rough Guide to Thessaloniki July 4th, 2010

Holidaying in Greece this year? Lucky you. Be sure and visit barthelonika restaurant, 3 Venizelou Str in the Rogoti Arcade, 1st floor, tel. 2310 225 242.

Is the food there good? It ought to be, since the workers there have fired their boss and intend to run it themselves:

Two weeks ago the owners of the restaurant announced us that the establishment was not going well and that it would close down for the three summer months – and further, that it was uncertain wether it would reopen in September and how many of us would work – and under what working conditions. They also announced us that all the workers at the restaurant would be fired immediately while firing compensations would only start to be paid out in October… that is, of course, if they had any money to pay the compensations out.

[...] The restaurant Barthelonika will be under our control, through our general assembly. Decisions concerning its running will be taken by majority and will be respected by all us co-workers. Whatever remains from profit after expenses will be distributed equally among all co-workers.


Razzia policière au G20


Manifestation du 1er juillet à Montréal pour dénoncer la répression politique au G20


Du 25 au 27 juin, Toronto a pris les allures d’un État policier, rappelant durement la Crise d’Octobre, afin d’accueillir un sommet du G20. Il est tout à fait pitoyable de constater que les médias de masse n’aient pratiquement pas couvert les motivations et points de vue des plusieurs milliers de manifestants et manifestantes altermondialistes qui ont convergé de l’ensemble des provinces. À la place, les photos de destruction des futiles marchandises de symboles du grand capitalisme sauvage comme les chaînes antisyndicales McDonald, Starbucks et Tim Hortons et de la police de Toronto, qui a pratiqué un très violent profilage politique et linguistique envers les gens qui exerçaient en fin de semaine leur devoir de manifester, ont fait les manchettes à la manière de revues porno pour gonfler les ventes.

Property is impossible?


We're getting closer to the river's edge, but we're not quite prepared to "take our draught" yet.

It has always seemed to me that libertarian property theory is prone to leaping straight to property's defense—the occasions for legitimate use of force—without lingering overlong on just what it is defending. The broader the discussion—and terms like "left-libertarian" and "market anarchist" attempt to cover pretty broad swathes of ideological territory—the more pronounced the problem. The left-libertarian theory of a "spectrum" of abandonment theories seems to me pretty sound, and useful, but I have my doubts that you could accomplish the same sort of semi-accord on the acquisition end of things. There's probably a "spectrum" of positions on property acquisition, but the differences are of a different character than those relating to abandonment. Abandonment, after all, is a matter of individual intention or attention. We may differ over how inattentive or dismissive of one's property one has to be before abandoning the rights associated with it, but we can pursue the question at great lengths without ever calling into question the very possibility of property.
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AUKU & SEJARAH KEBANGKITAN MAHASISWA ‘60AN – Public Lecture oleh Fahmi Reza

fahmi is literally a “punk rock” h*storian. he makes h*story fun and fresh with sex pistol music as soundtrack and flashy colourful graphics. unfortunately, he is somehow known as the infamous filmmaker of “10 tahun sebelum merdeka”, the cult documentary on malaya, the alternative constitution, and the “unwritten”, “unspoken”, “untold” h*story. i just think he is a lot more than just that film. anyways, he has moved on, i think. so now, he is talking about the student movement in the 60′s. so he is doing this public lecture thing on AUKU and the student movement in the 60′s. having done some research on the issue myself, i can tell that it was an interesting period. the environment was totally different. students had autonomy and was part of major decision-making processes and were not puppets of the adminstration. also the ethnic and religious divide was not as apparent as it is now which i personally find very interesting.

the 60′s was also the height of socialism, marxism, che guevara, maoism, and the likes. so a lot of the students were politically conscious and their statements and actions were also very much driven by their ideologies. it was not uncommon to see a bunch of students from UM to talk about how capitalism is ruining the lives of people and how the state should distribute wealth equally. anyways, it is a lot more interesting coming from fahmi than from me. so check out the details on the flyer and attend the lectures if you can!

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neděle 4. července 2010

STATEMENT FROM THE SOUTHERN ONTARIO ANARCHIST RESISTANCE IN DEFENCE OF OUR COMRADES

This last week has been witness to some of the most powerful protests that Toronto has ever seen. We saw rallies for the environment, queer liberation, disAbility rights, indigenous sovereignty, economic and migrant justice, community power, and more. The state responded to these actions as its internal logic dictated it must. When people reached out for more control over their lives, the marginalizing state struck back with vicious force. As an institution established by violence, perpetuated by violence, and sustained by violence, its response could only be violent. Martial law descended on our city. The cops arrested anyone and everyone they chose to. The riot squad punched pacifists and stampeded demonstrators. They detained 1100 people. Our friends were locked in cages, denied food, water and toilet paper, humiliated and degraded. The officers stood by, abused and taunted, and said they were just doing their job, as do the Eichmanns of every generation.

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Two new anarchist journals online

July 1st, 2010

I love magazines! These are available online and this is just a plug not a review. More substantive thoughts after I get time to look at them.

First, neighbours Workers Solidarity Movement have a new political magazine, The Irish Anarchist Review.

This magazine will explore ideas and practical struggles that can teach us about building a revolutionary movement today. We decided to cease printing Red & Black Revolution, and start this project, aimed at provoking debate and discussion among anarchists and the left. For this purpose, we will be pursuing a non-sectarian approach, taking ideas from various left currents, mainstream discourse, and reflections on experiences of life and struggle.

And from the USA, Workers Solidarity Alliance present Ideas & Action online:

It is our desire to make ideas & action a vibrant forum for insight and analysis from a class struggle anarchist point of view. Since we all learn from each other’s arguments and experiences, we hope ideas & action will contribute to raising the understanding of the movement as a whole and aid in developing a collective approach towards the struggles of our class. We invite broad participation in the project.

All the best with these projects.

sobota 19. června 2010

Blesková zpráva - Bělehradská šestka zproštěna všech obvinění

Jak pomocí SMS zprávy informovali srbští soudruzi z ASI, Anarchosyndikalistické Iniciativy, dnes byla obžaloba, podaná na Bělehradskou šestku, stažena v plném rozsahu. Je to velice potěšující zpráva, jejíž existenci jistě výrazně ovlivnila velmi akční a intenzivní mezinárodní solidární kampaň.

Zatím nevíme detaily, bližší informace se pokusím uveřejnit co nejdříve.


neděle 6. června 2010

Holland: Anarchist perspective on the squatting ban

There have been many discussions in and of indymedia about how to deal with the upcoming squatting ban. There seems to be a lot of diversity between those who see squatting as simply a housing-thing and those who see it as a means of political struggle. -- We as an anarchist collective have the following view and call out. ---- This text is in English because we as anarchists are internationalists without borders. (And this way the giant, violent hordes of barbaric Italian and Polish squatters that the media keeps writing about can also read along!) ---- Firstly, we find it very disturbing that the indymedia-editors have removed a posting by a certain self-proclaimed Michael Bakunin. Even if you do not agree with his or her or their statements indymedia should be a website where freedom of speech is not in danger because conservative propagandists like GeenStijl are trying to make money out of it.
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středa 31. března 2010

Něco není v pořádku


Osm diptychů Barbory Šimkové v nové vlně na Truhle...

úterý 30. března 2010

Oficialni vyjadření skupiny ČERNÍ TUČŇÁCI, momentálně squatující budovu kina v Plzeňské ulici v Praze…

Vážení,

považujeme za správné informovat Vás o dění v budově bývalého kina Na
Zámečnici v Plzeňské ulici č.p. 210. Vstoupili jsme do tohoto opuštěného a
po mnoho let nevyužívaného prostoru za účelem obnovení provozu tak, aby
objekt dál nechátral a mohl opět sloužit funkci, ke které byl určen.

Do nezamčeného objektu jsme poprvé vstoupili zhruba před měsícem a nadšeni
tímto prostorem jsme se rozhodli ho zachovat přístupný též širší veřejnosti.
Jednáme tak z přesvědčení, že podobné objekty by neměly zůstávat opuštěny
jakožto majetek pro machinace realitních společností, jak je tomu i v tomto
případě. Objekt byl před několika lety radnicí MČ Prahy 5 v čele s Milanem
Jančíkem za nevyjasněných okolností prodán pod cenou soukromé firmě, která
nám na dopis ohledně využití objektu doposud neodpověděla. Více o nečestných
praktikách Milana Jančíka se můžete dočíst např. na www.kauza5.cz .

My, členové umělecké skupiny Černí tučňáci si dále myslíme, že umění,
kultura a vzdělání by měly být přístupné široké veřejnosti bez rozdílu
sociálního zázemí a v tomto duchu také pořádáme dnešní akci, na kterou
bychom Vás chtěli touto formou pozvat.

Slavnostní otevření kina s občerstvením proběhne DNES V 20:00. Poté, přesně
v 8 hodin 38 minut budeme v kině ZDARMA promítat nový film Terryho Gilliama
"Imaginárium Dr. Parnasse" s Johnny Deppem v hlavní roli (122 min). Všichni
jste srdečně zváni (deky pro zahřátí s sebou).

Kolektiv Černí Tučňáci tímto aktem a jeho případnou medializací sleduje tyto
cíle:

1) odstoupení Milana Jančíka z místa starosty Prahy 5
2) zpřístupnění kultury a umění všem lidem bez rozdílu
3) vyvolání všeobecné diskuze o možnostech využívání neobydlených a
chátrajících domů





Kolektiv umělecké skupiny ČERNÍ TUČŇÁCI.