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(en) Canada, linchpin.ca: Short Circuit: Towards an Anarchist Approach to Gentrification
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Wed Jun 19 07:21:52 GMT 2013
I. Defining Gentrification ---- No matter how different the reasons may be, the result is
everywhere the same: the scandalous alleys and lanes disappear to the accompaniment of
lavish self-praise from the bourgeoisie on account of this tremendous success—but they
appear again immediately somewhere else, and often in the immediate neighbourhood. ----
The Housing Question. --- Gentrification, etymologically speaking, is a relatively new
word, coined in 1964 by the English Marxist sociologist Ruth Glass. Conceptually, some
would claim that it has been a feature of urban life for hundreds of years. Between 1853
and 1870, for instance, the Haussmannization of Paris forced thousands of poor people from
the centre of the city, where rents had traditionally been cheaper, to the urban
periphery; these migrations were the forced results of structural changes Baron Haussmann
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(pt) [CAB] – A Luta contra o aumento das passagens e o Anarquismo by rusgalibertaria (en)
a-infos-pt@ainfos.ca
Wed Jun 19 06:56:39 GMT 2013
O contexto da nossa luta ---- Nesse primeiro semestre houve diversas mobilizações de norte
a sul do Brasil que enfrentaram a reação conservadora dos governos, do aparelho repressivo
e da mídia. Desde as lutas em defesa do transporte público nas capitais, passando pelas
greves nos canteiros de obras do PAC, até a resistência indígena dos povos originários,
todas essa lutas foram alvos da criminalização do protesto que segue em curso no país sede
da Copa do Mundo. Vivemos um dos momentos mais agudos da luta de classes no Brasil. O
capital internacional avança diariamente a passos largos, explorando os trabalhadores e as
trabalhadoras na busca do lucro. ---- Resistência dos/as oprimido/as x Violência do
Opressores ---- Uma consequência dessa lógica do capitalismo se expressa no transporte.
Somos diariamente violentados.
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(en) Brazil, [CAB] The Fight against rising passages price and Anarchism by rusgalibertaria (pt) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Wed Jun 19 06:46:33 GMT 2013
The context of our struggle ---- In the first half there were several demonstrations from
north to south of Brazil who faced conservative reaction of governments, the repressive
apparatus and the media. Since the struggle in defense of public transport in the capital
cities, through the strikes at construction sites of the PAC until the resistance of the
indigenous native peoples, all this fights were targets of criminalization of protest
following ongoing in host country of the World Cup. We live in one of the most acute class
struggle in Brazil. ---- International capital advances daily strides, exploiting workers
and workers in pursuit of profit. ---- Resistance of / the oppressed / the x Violence
Oppressors ---- One consequence of this logic of capitalism is expressed on shipping. We
are daily violated.
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(en) Brazil, PROTEST IS NOT CRIME! Stop the Criminalization OF THE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS! by rusgalibertaria (pt) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Wed Jun 19 06:35:37 GMT 2013
In the first half there were several demonstrations from north to south of Brazil who
faced conservative reaction of governments, the repressive apparatus and the media. Since
the struggle in defense of public transport in the capital cities, through the strikes at
construction sites of the PAC until the resistance of the indigenous native peoples, all
these fights were targets of criminalization of protest following ongoing in host country
of the World Cup. ---- We live in one of the most acute attacks of the ruling classes to
people originating in Brazil. International capital advances daily strides, exploiting
workers and workers in pursuit of profit. ---- The World Cup is coming! And in addition to
mega-events like this, we have the mega-projects of the PAC (Growth Acceleration Plan) and
the IIRSA (Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America).
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(pt) PROTESTO NÃO É CRIME! BASTA DE CRIMINALIZAÇÃO AOS MOVIMENTOS SOCIAIS! (en)
a-infos-pt@ainfos.ca
Wed Jun 19 06:29:44 GMT 2013
Nesse primeiro semestre houve diversas mobilizações de norte a sul do Brasil que
enfrentaram a reação conservadora dos governos, do aparelho repressivo e da mídia. Desde
as lutas em defesa do transporte público nas capitais, passando pelas greves nos canteiros
de obras do PAC, até a resistência indígena dos povos originários, todas essas lutas foram
alvos da criminalização do protesto que segue em curso no país sede da Copa do Mundo. ----
Vivemos um dos momentos mais agudos dos ataques das classes dominantes aos povos
originários no Brasil. O capital internacional avança diariamente a passos largos,
explorando os trabalhadores e as trabalhadoras na busca do lucro. ---- A Copa vem aí! E
além de mega-eventos como este, temos os mega-empreendimentos do PAC (Plano de Aceleração
do Crescimento) e da IIRSA (Iniciativa para a Integração da Infraestrutura Regional
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(fr) courant alternatif #230 - Pays Basque -- La mort de Jon Anza : circulez, y a rien à voir
a-infos-fr@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 14:47:34 GMT 2013
Le quotidien espagnol El correo a informé le 6 février que l'enquête sur la disparition et
la mort du militant d'ETA Jon Anza allait être probablement classée sans suite, sur
demande du parquet de Toulouse faite le 28 janvier. ---- Pour rappel rapide des faits (1),
Jon Anza a été vu vivant pour la dernière fois le 18 avril 2009 à la gare de Bayonne,
lorsqu'il a pris le train pour Toulouse. Son corps a été retrouvé à la morgue de l'hôpital
de Purpan (Toulouse) 11 mois plus tard, en mars 2010. ---- Quelques jours après le départ
de Jon Anza, qui était gravement malade, sa famille avait alerté police et justice de sa
disparition. ETA intervenait par un communiqué pour dire que Jon était un de ses
militants, qu'il se rendait à Toulouse pour y livrer une somme d'argent et que celle-ci
n'était pas parvenue à ses destinataires.
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(fr) Alternative Libertaire AL #228 - Idéologie : Plusieurs mots, un même antiféminisme (en)
a-infos-fr@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 14:46:30 GMT 2013
Il y a des masculinistes revendiqués, qui affichent des postures sexistes et misogynes,
comme Eric Zemmour en France ou André Gélinas au Québec. Mais d’autres, peut être plus
dangereux, se cachent derrière une façade antisexiste et égalitaire… Petit tour d’horizon
des idéologies masculinistes. ---- Certains groupes masculinistes se présentent comme des
groupes de prise de conscience et de réflexion. Ils tentent ainsi de se définir comme des
masculinistes « progressistes ». Ainsi sur le site Hom-info, on apprend que le courant
masculiniste au Québec est un mouvement de « prise de conscience des effets sur les
hommes des stéréotypes associés à la condition masculine ». Lutter contre le sexisme,
sympa non ? Pourtant, un peu plus loin on peut lire que « les féministes ont durement mis
à l’épreuve les fondements de ce qu’était la masculinité » : les femmes, voilà les vraies
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(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #228 - Ideology: Multiple words, the same anti-feminism (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 14:46:15 GMT 2013
There are masculinist claimed that display sexist and misogynist postures, as Eric Zemmour
André Gélinas France or Quebec. But others may be more dangerous behind a gender
egalitarian facade ... A brief overview of masculinist ideologies. ---- Some masculinist
groups arise as groups of awareness and reflection. They attempt to define themselves as
masculinist "progressive." Thus the site Hom-info, we learn that the masculinist current
Quebec is a movement of " awareness of the effects on men of stereotypes associated with
masculinity . " Fight against sexism, not nice? Yet a little later we read that "
feminists have hard tested the foundations of what masculinity ": women, these are the
real culprits! ---- Masculinism "egalitarian", and would be the male counterpart of
feminism. Thus, the blog "Vision egalitarian lucid-masculinism," we read that "
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(de) FDA/IFA - Gai Dào #29 - Krieg beginnt hier – Keine Beihilfe aus der Pfalz! -- Aktion vor den Toren des Mercedes-Benz-Werkes in Wörth
a-infos-de@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 14:45:41 GMT 2013
von Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft - Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen e.V. ---- Am 12.
April 2013 fanden sich Aktivist*innen eines breiten Bündnisses von Friedens- und
Menschenrechtsgruppen sowie Globalisierungskritiker*innen und Gewerkschafter*innen aus
Karlsruhe, Mainz, der Pfalz, Wiesloch vor den Werkstoren in Wörth ein. In einer
gemeinsamen Aktion wandten sie sich mit der Verteilung von Informationsmaterial und einem
Infostand zunächst an die Beschäftigten des Mercedes-Benz-Werkes, um Forderungen nach
Rüstungskonversion und Exportstopp von Rüstungsgütern nicht nur vor den Toren deutlich zu
machen, sondern zusammen mit den Beschäftigten in das Werk hineinzutragen. ---- Einen
Eindruck der Aktion und Reaktionen von Beschäftigten können Sie in einem kleinen
Filmbeitrag gewinnen, im Quer-TV-Video (quertv.blogsport.de) zur Aktion „Stoppt die
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(de) FAU - Direkte Aktion #217 – Annäherungen an Franz Jung
a-infos-de@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 14:45:02 GMT 2013
Gespräch mit Lutz Schulenburg aus Anlass der Neu-Herausgabe von Jungs Das Trottelbuch ---
„Franz Jung ist ein von Herzen abenteuerlicher und vom Typus her avantgardistischer
Literat. Für mich als Leser war er ein ganz besonderer Literat: zugleich umtriebig und
Getriebener, Zeitgenosse und natürlich Opfer der gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse. Aber er
war jemand, der seine Zeit sehr genau wahrgenommen hat und immer an Orten war, an denen
sich etwas entschieden hat“, antwortet Edition-Nautilus-Verleger Lutz Schulenburg auf die
Frage nach dem Faszinierenden an der Person Franz Jung. ---- Franz Jung war nicht nur
Verfasser expressionistischer und dadaistischer Texte und Mitglied im Berliner Club Dada
zusammen mit Richard Huelsenbeck, Johannes Baader, Raoul Hausmann, Wieland Herzfelde, John
Heartfield, George Grosz und Walter Mehring.
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(en) France, Offensive Libertaire et Sciale (OSL) - Offensive #37 -(Im)mobilisation gÃnÃrale ! - Content and editorial (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 14:38:40 GMT 2013
Content ---- in brief here 4-5 ---- Analysis ---- PMA, produce automatic motherhood? ----
Critique of Critical Media ---- Portugal ---- History ---- Marxism by Paul Mattick ----
Struggling ---- Our farms are not factories ---- FILE ---- Move without being movable ----
Fight against high speed ---- The total mobilization of social dislocation ---- The
villages insertion ---- Women and mobility ---- These transport that leave us in our place
---- What an end to the car company? ---- Organizing for fraud ---- Looking for other
mobility! ---- Power hitchhiking ---- horizons ---- Cantagaia! an alternative to Seville
---- Brief elsewhere 41 ---- interview ---- Roma, the "internal enemy-es" of Europe ----
alternatives ---- The Quilombo library ---- Counter-culture ---- Books - Music -
Performing Arts - Film
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(fr) Offensive Libertaire et Sciale (OSL) - Sortie du n°37 d’Offensive "(Im)mobilisation générale !" - Sommaire + Edito
a-infos-fr@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 14:37:45 GMT 2013
Sommaire du numéro ---- en bref ici 4-5 ---- Analyses ---- PMA, produire de la maternité
automatique ? ---- Critique de la critique des médias ---- Portugal ---- Histoire ---- Le
marxisme de Paul Mattick --- En lutte --- Nos fermes ne sont pas des usines ---- DOSSIER
---- Bouger sans être mobile ---- Lutter contre la grande vitesse ---- De la mobilisation
totale à la dislocation sociale ---- Les villages d’insertion ---- Des femmes et de la
mobilité ---- Ces transports qui nous laissent à notre place ---- Quelle fin pour la
société automobile ? ---- S’organiser pour frauder --- A la recherche d’autres mobilités!
---- Puissance de l’autostop ---- Horizons ---- Cantagaia ! une alternative à Séville ----
en bref ailleurs 41 ---- Entretien ---- Rroms, les « ennemi-e-s intérieurs » de l’Europe
---- Alternatives ---- La librairie Quilombo ---- Contre-culture ---- Livres – Musique –
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(fr) Offensive Libertaire & Sociale, Paris - Réunion publique Stop masculinisme! jedu 27 à 19h au C ICP.
a-infos-fr@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 13:34:27 GMT 2013
Pour en finir avec le masculinisme – Stop masculinistes ---- Le 9 juin, à l'appel de
nombreuses organisations et collectifs masculinistes, une manifestation pour soutenir le
droit des pères a eu lieu à Paris, place de l'Opéra à 10h. Cette manifestation a rassemblé
environ 50 personnes et fut perturbée par des personnes criant des slogans « mieux vaut
deux mères qu'un père violent », et « masculinistes hors de nos vies », avant d'être
chasséEs par la police et embarquéEs en vérification d'identité; Depuis février, les
masculinistes multiplient les actions médiatiques, montant sur les grues à Nantes et à
Montpellier, ou sur la cathédrale à Orléans. La complaisance des médias dominants leur a
permis de conquérir une audience importante. ---- Derrière des revendications prétendument
égalitaristes, on assiste à la montée d'un mouvement anti-féministe très réactionnaire qui
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(en) Palestine-Israel, Ten years of a persistent joint struggle educate Israeli social struggle activists*
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 13:29:36 GMT 2013
On February 1968 The antiauthoritarian anticapitalist Matzpen initiated in Jerusalem the
first (18 strong) vigil again 1967 occupation. Two years later, the Israeli Black Panthers
activist who were in intimate contact with Matzpen members (mostly in Jerusalem) initiated
the first social struggle of immigrants from eastern countries. Many of the present social
struggle activists regards themselves as successors of the Panthers - many others were in
association with or participated in the joint struggle of the anarchists against the wall.
The 2013 wave is still much smaller than the 2011 wave of struggle but is more radical and
confrontational. The joint popular struggle in the occupied Palestinian west bank is still
fluctuating - mainly because the holding back of the Palestinian authority.
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(gr) Εξαμβλωτικός παλιός κόσμος
a-infos-gr@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 13:09:02 GMT 2013
«Είχαμε ΕΡΤ αλλά όχι και δημόσια τηλεόραση» δηλώνει ο Σαμαράς και
συμπληρώνει το εξαπτέρυγο ο Κεφαλογιάννης: --- «Το πρόβλημα στην ΕΡΤ δεν
ήταν το υψηλό κόστος, ήταν ο συνδικαλισμός«... --- Αυτά τα ασχολίαστα...για
την αποκατάσταση της αδιαμφισβήτητης ακροδεξιάς διακυβέρνησης. --- Τα
«κολλητήρια» της Χρυσής Αυγής για μια ακόμη φορά κάνουν ασκήσεις
«αντισυστημικότητας» υποστηρίζοντας, αυτοί μόνοι, την επιθετική, κυνική
αλλά και σαρκαστική υποκριτική τέχνη της ΝΔ.--- «Δεν υποκύπτουμε σε
εκβιασμούς» διαλαλούν προς κάθε κατεύθυνση Πασόκ και Δημάρ...
συμπαραδηλώνοντας την οσφυοκαμψία τους στις περιπτώσεις της
επιστράτευσης χιλιάδων απεργών τους τελευταίους μήνες.
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(en) France, Coordination of Anarchist Groups - National mobilization against the extreme right In Montpellier, Protest appointment: Saturday, June 22 15H Park Peyrou (fr)[machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 12:58:20 GMT 2013
Fascism kills. Together, fight it! Protest on Saturday, June 22 15H Park Peyrou ---- Unity
against fascism and the extreme right! ---- On 5 June, the right-wing militants killed
Clement Meric, student union and anti-fascist activist. This outrageous murder us and
revolt he enrolled in after numerous assaults in recent months by far-right groups. The
situation calls for strong action, to put a halt to the spread of these ideas and
practices foul. ---- Respecting their differences, many organizations call to unite to pay
tribute to Clement and to eliminate the fascist hatred. ---- Comforted by parties who take
the words and practices of the extreme right, fascist groups resurface. The latest actions
against marriage for everyone was an opportunity for them to be placed on the front of the
stage. We denounce the trivialization of FN and its xenophobic and racist ideas.
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(fr) Mobilisation nationale contre l'extrême-droite : A Montpellier, Manifestation rendez-vous - Coordination des Groupes Anarchistes (en)
a-infos-fr@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 12:48:55 GMT 2013
Manifestation à Montpellier rendez-vous: Samedi 22 Juin 15H Parc du Peyrou Le, fascisme
tue. Ensemble, combattons-le ! ---- Unité contre le fascisme et l’extrême-droite! ---- Le
5 juin, des militants d’extrême-droite ont tué Clément Méric, syndicaliste étudiant et
militant antifasciste. Ce meurtre nous indigne et nous révolte ; il s’inscrit dans la
suite de très nombreuses agressions commises par des groupes d’extrême-droite ces derniers
mois. La situation exige des actes forts, permettant de mettre un coup d’arrêt à la
propagation de ces idées et pratiques nauséabondes. ---- Dans le respect de leurs
différences, de très nombreuses organisations appellent à s’unir pour rendre hommage à
Clément et pour éliminer la haine fasciste. ---- Confortés par des partis qui reprennent
des propos et des pratiques de l'extrême droite, les groupes fascistes refont surface.
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(en) Greece: Thousands gather in an anti-government protest at suspension of state broadcaster ERT
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 12:30:15 GMT 2013
Anarchists and workers show solidarity with the fired 2,656 employees of state TV and
radio of Greece. ---- Thousands in Athens, Greece gathered in the evening of June 11, 2013
outside the national TV headquarters, in solidarity with 2,656 employees that were left
jobless in just one day. ----
http://libcom.org/files/imagecache/article/images/news/img_8842.jpg ---- The protest
continued all throughout the night and into the next day to protect the building from the
riot police who were supposed to violently evacuate it early in the morning. ---- In a
move that reminded many of the darkest moments in Greece’s political history, the
neoliberal right-wing coalition government of Antonis Samaras decided — without any
warning whatsoever — to close down ERT, the Greek Public Radio and Television Network, and
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(pt) Estamos escrevendo a História! by Khaled - Coletivo Anarquista Bandeira Negra (en)
a-infos-pt@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 12:14:12 GMT 2013
Carregamos um mundo novo em nossos corações, que cresce a cada momento. Ele está crescendo
neste instante [...]. Buenaventura Durruti ---- Depois de passar os últimos dias em São
Paulo, volto a Florianópolis com todos os pensamentos tomados pelo tema que tem
monopolizado as conversas na cidade: as manifestações do Movimento Passe Livre. Não sei
exatamente se foi por escolha ou por imposição da vida (talvez um misto dos dois) que
deixei São Paulo para morar na capital catarinense, mas a verdade é que apesar dos mais de
5 anos e meio que se passaram, nunca rompi os laços políticos e afetivos que me ligam a
SP, que se encontram mais fortes do que nunca por conta do momento político que atravessa
a cidade. ---- Perdoem-me os mais frios e impessoais, mas nunca tive talento para esconder
as emoções. A verdade é que hoje eu não consigo mais pensar sem usar o coração. Até a
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(en) Brazil, We are writing History! - On the fares struggle - by Khaled - Coletivo Anarquista Bandeira Negra (pt)
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 12:09:03 GMT 2013
"We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing in this minute".
Buenaventura Durruti ---- After spending the last few days in São Paulo, I return to
Florianópolis with all my thoughts taken up by the subject that has monopolized
conversations in the city: the demonstrations of the Free Pass Movement. I do not know
exactly whether it was by choice or due to the necessities of life (perhaps a mix of the
two) that I left São Paulo to live in the capital of Santa Catarina, but the truth is that
despite more than 5½ years that have gone by, I have never broken the political and
emotional ties that tie me to São Paulo, ties which are now stronger than ever because of
the political situation the city is going through.
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(en) Alt. media: In Brazil, a dual struggle against neoliberalism
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Tue Jun 18 08:43:19 GMT 2013
In Brazil, students and the indigenous may be fighting different fights, but they are
ultimately part of the same struggle against the neoliberal state. ---- While the world
has been watching Turkey, another country is experiencing revolt: Brazil. Just like
Turkey, Brazil has recently experienced relative success in economic terms. But just as in
Turkey, the spoils of this economic growth are divided extremely unequally. Just like in
Turkey, a relatively small provocation has sparked a much more widespread chain reaction.
Unlike in Turkey, that provocation is a direct attack on living standards. But the anger
exploding as a result of it appears to run just as deep. ---- Brazil has seen strong
economic growth in the past decade, although this is slowing. In 2010, the economy grew
7.5 percent; for 2011, the official IMF estimate is 2.7 percent.
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