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(en) Britain, Anarchist Federation (Sheffield), Fargate Speaker #12
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Tue Feb 09 11:49:50 GMT 2010
In This Issue: More rises in bus fares, discontent in the fire service, continuing look at
Sheffield?s radical history, film review and more ... ---- Image - application/pdf 566K
SHEFFIELD CLAIMANTS UNITE! ---- The new year saw the launch of a new Claimants and
Unemployed Workers group for Sheffield. The aim of the group is to fight for the rights of
people in the benefit system and put an end to harassment and unfair treatment. It can
often be really hard just getting through the paperwork to claim the benefits that people
are owed, so the new intiative is founded on the principle that we have to stick together
to get what we want. ---- At the launch meeting members of LCAP (London Coalition Against
Poverty) came to share their experiences with the new group and advice on winning battles
in the benefit system.
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(en) Poland: Doctoral Students Protests with Anarchist ZSP*
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Tue Feb 09 06:59:07 GMT 2010
Members of ZSP in Wroclaw are involved in the organization of doctoral students at Wroclaw
University. The working conditions of the doctoral students are particularly bad. They are
required to do teaching and research and receive a stipend which is even less than minimal
wage. And in some of the humanities department, they don't even receive that. The doctoral
students are demanding a raise to the level of minimal wage. They do not currently receive
the minimum because they are not considered "workers". ---- On Jan. 27, the students held
a protest in front of Wroclaw University. Their demands were given to the University and
published on their new internet page. ---- The students are considering an escalation in
action, perhaps a strike, if their demands are not met. ---- ZSP has doctoral students in
other cities and it is possible that this protest will spread.
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(en) US, Battlin' Phoenix: OSABC statement on the January 16 Day of Action - anti-Arpaio March
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Tue Feb 09 06:53:17 GMT 2010
Fellow O'odham, Dine, Indigenous, Migrant, Non-indigenous brothers and sisters and
concerned people of Maricopa County... ---- After days of reflection, O'odham Solidarity
Across Borders Collective (OSABC) would like to give our thoughts and analysis on what
occurred on the January 16th National Day of Action Against Sheriff Joe: March for Human
Rights. As we all saw, heard and read, the march turned violent due to calculated moves by
Phoenix Police to unfairly, and unjustifiably remove a contingent of marchers that
expressed a voice and message that was foreign to them and national organizers, but all
too familiar to the original people of the very land they walk on. OSABC called for what
we dubbed the “Dine'-O'odham-Anarchist/Anti-Authoritarian” (DOA) contingent, in order to
voice what we recognize to be an unending historical condition of forced removal here in
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(en) Britain, Some Thoughts on the First Official YAG meeting - The launch of the Yorkshire Anarchist Group
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Mon Feb 08 10:32:40 GMT 2010
It was held on 6th February 2010 in Bradford’s 1in12 Club. ---- In what has become known
as the “Bradford Manner” people were invited to take part in a gourmet meal. White table
cloths, wine glasses, red and black serviettes, complimentary beer-mats, YAG badges and
little black flags flying from the olive dishes. 19 bottles of red wine were consumed.
The meal was created and served by a catering collective taken from the para-military wing
of Age Concern, Hebden Bridge Class War, The Cunningham Amendment and the 1in12 Club.
There were 34 covers with up to a dozen others dropping in and out. In all, maybe 45
people.---- The meal was charged at £2 a head. A total of £87.45p was collected. A cheque
for this amount goes towards YAG funds (Warren).
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(en) Greece, Fascist anti-immigration stunt thwarted by anarchist counter-demo in Athens
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sun Feb 07 12:14:56 GMT 2010
The fascist anti-immigration demo called for Saturday noon at Propylea in Athens was
thwarted by a massive counter-demo of anarchists and antifascists. ---- The racist demo
against immigration had been called by the Secret Services controlled pro-junta weekly
paper Stohos, various ultra-Orthodox christian groups as well as a melange of other
fascist groups and parties. A week after another fascist march, that time in commemoration
of some greek soldiers killed during a short-lived melee between greek and turkish naval
forces in 1996, this time the fascist scum had decided to desecrate the most central
academic asylum grounds of Athens: Propylea, the place where all protest marches start, a
high symbol of left-wing and anarchist struggles. The provocation was too much to be left
unanswered and as early as Friday afternoon anarchist and other antifascist comrades moved
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(en) Colombia, Local Libertarian Conference - a step towards the construction of an anarchist Local [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sun Feb 07 09:23:04 GMT 2010
LOCAL DAYS LIBERTARIAS, MEDELLIN, NOVEMBER 2009: ONE STEP FURTHER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
A LOCAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT ---- Since 1998, Colombia had made a series of meetings
organized libertarian locally and nationally known as LIBERTARIAS DAYS, aiming for the
match and consolidation of processes anarchists. The days are few opportunities for
socialization of topics important to the libertarian and critical awareness training in a
country that relegates the enclosure thought to be of great danger to their establishment.
Each group organized in different regions of the country has a reference or libertarian
view of days depending on the process, however, is to recognize what has generated the
process of working as a libertarian web site creation www.nodo50.org / anarcol /. With the
event held in Medellin in 2004, and the emergence of a joint space anarchist collective
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(en) Germany, FAU BERLIN - Protests at least 65 cities in 21 countries within the past 4 weeks
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sun Feb 07 09:11:39 GMT 2010
From january 29/30 (the global day of protest) until today there have been protests in at
least 56 cities in 20 countries against a verdict that prohibits workers in Berlin from
affiliating themselves with the union of their choice. The bosses at the Kino Babylon
Mitte cinema managed to find a court to ban the FAU Berlin workers association from
calling itself a union and are now trying to get the FAU Berlin charged with fines or even
imprisoned. There is a month-long labor dispute between the FAU shop-floor and the
management. Not for forget about the protests from the end of december until the global
day of protest at the end of january. Those included another 14 cities in 5 countries.
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(en) Germany, Latest news about the repression against FAU Berlin / more mobilizations
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sun Feb 07 09:09:54 GMT 2010
Table of content: ---- 1. Dear comrades, friends and supporters ---- 2. Information: Fine
or jail imminent for FAU Berlin -- 3. Mobilization during the BERLINALE festival - 4. More
ways to support us during the BERLINALE festival ---- 5. More information / How to contact
us --- (February 6, 2010) --- 1. DEAR COMRADES, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS, ---- we'd like to
thank you for your support during the global action days. The impressive international
solidarity you have shown us has invigorated us in our struggle with German class justice
and the bossholes at the Babylon Mitte Cinema. We were moved to see support pour in from
around the world for the FAU Berlin's fight for recognition as a union. ---- Thanks to
your participation, the action days were a complete success and have sent a signal that
the de-facto ban of the FAU Berlin won't be accepted. The courts must now recognize that
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(en) Palestine-Israel, The joint struggle expand in number of locations and in scope of occupation aspects
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sun Feb 07 08:29:02 GMT 2010
The joint struggle keep expanding. We had again the Friday demonstrations in Bilin, Nebi
Salah, Ni'ilin, Ma'asara, and a Sheikh Jarrah... with many participating in two of them.
The refusnics struggle continue with Emelia replacing Or released from the army after
three terms in prison. More invitation for the anarchists Against the Wall to join
struggles are received and activists participate during the week in Sheikh Jarrah and in
court solidarity at Ofer military hearings (of Bil'iners mainly). At the south, both
within Israel and the occupied west bank the struggle do not stop though no regular Friday
action(s) there. The preparations for the 5th anniversary for the non stop joint struggle
in Bil'in against the separation fence and occupation collect momentum.
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(en) Poland, Warsaw: Actions against Bolonia Process
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sun Feb 07 07:04:40 GMT 2010
Today the educational section of ZSP-IWA make another information action in front of the
University of Warsaw. We gave a few hundred flyers and talk with the students and other
poeple that were walking over there. We are making regular information actions for
students since January and regular meetings in the "Infoszop" for students who are against
paying for education. At the moment we have active people in our group from the PW (Warsaw
Univeristy of Technology) and the Warsaw Univesity (UW) as well as oder private and public
universities.
http://cia.bzzz.net/warszawa_kolejna_akcja_informacyjna_zsp_przeciwko_procesowi_bolonskiemu_oraz_reformom_kudryckiej
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