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(en) Britain, Nordic class struggle by afedscotland
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sat May 25 15:59:26 GMT 2013
The âNordic modelâ is the name given to the economic and social policies shared by Norway,
Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland which stress welfare provision, high taxation, and a
corporatist approach to industrial relations and governance. It has come very much into
vogue in Scottish political culture as part of the Independence debate, and is said to
provide a more egalitarian yet achievable example for what an independent Scotland could
look like, or at least, what it could aim for. There is no doubt that relative to our
current neoliberal status quo the Nordic countries - and there are important differences
between them - have a higher quality of life and a smaller gap between rich and poor.
However, the Nordic example has become to a large extent mythologized and, because it has
so much significance to the political direction here, especially among the Left, it
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(en) France, Coordination of Anarchist Groups (CGA) - Demonstration unit for paper and decent housing in Saint-Denis (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sat May 25 13:48:22 GMT 2013
Housing Social Struggles Paris Region - Monday, May 27, 2013 - 5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. -- The
collective "Guantanamo" (collective capita-es of 50 Gabriel Peri, fighting for the papers
and relocation in Saint-Denis), we argue that since the beginning of the fight against all
odds, has initiated a unit mobilization, to the sub-prefecture, with other collective
struggle. We join their call! ---- Demonstration unit for paper and relocation in
Saint-Denis ---- Collective resident `s fighting for their relocation and regularization
(collective Guantanamo - 50 rue Gabriel Peri, collective Saint-Rémy North; collective of
76 rue Gabriel Peri) invite you to come to their side show ---- Monday, May 27, 2013 ----
Go to Place de la Resistance 17h ---- The procession will travel to the sub-prefecture of
Saint-Denis.
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(en) France, Courant Alternatif CA #230 - Grillo, an Italian Coluche? (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sat May 25 13:22:42 GMT 2013
It is understood, Beppe Grillo, considered the winner of the last Italian elections, is
both a populist and a new Coluche [French comedian] ... or both at the same time. Such
adjectives are perhaps not wrong, but repeated over and over again by almost all observers
storefront, they become so much common places they deserve some attention a little. ----
Lets see some Italian specificities ---- Of all Western Europe Italy is the country where
voter turnout was the highest in the decades that followed the end of World War II. This
is probably a clichà to say that discusses "political" at all street corners and even in
squares late into the night, the travelers of the same compartment that had never seen an
hour earlier will start to "talk politics" to kill time, but it's still a reality if we
stick to this policy that considers electoral contests like a sport, and god knows ( or do
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(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL - Call: Being a trade unionist is not a crime (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sat May 25 12:24:32 GMT 2013
If the current, Gard and national social context more generally, is marked by the seal of
a certain gloom with many businesses closing and unemployment figures for the least
concern, the future is fraught with consequences ... ---- It is, in fact, predict a
worsening of the social context in the coming months with new attacks on the rights of
unemployed Artists-but our pensions. ---- The recent national agreement (ANI) on securing
employment, finally, bears out this evil against his name as further accentuate more
flexibility and uncertainty as to the rights of employee-es. ---- In the context of
repeated attacks against our rights, dominates another reality: the repression against
those who are organized in unions, defend the rights of their colleagues.
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(en) Greece, the 4th Antiauthoritarian festival will host Naomi Klein
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sat May 25 11:58:32 GMT 2013
Naomi Klein to speak on B-Fest in Athens ---- Poster promoting the 4th Antiauthoritarian
festival
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---- Among the speakers at B-Fest, billed as an 'antiauthoritarian festival', will be
Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein, American literary theorist and political
philosopher Michael Hardt, Mohawk community activist Clifton Nicholas and digital activism
expert Sky Croeser ---- Canadian author, journalist and activist Naomi Klein will speak in
Athens at a conference on Saturday May 25, in her visit to Europe since the crisis hit.
---- Billed as an "antiauthoritarian festival", the three-day B-Fest kicks off at
Panepistimioupoli (Oulof Palme Ave entrance) in Zografou this Friday, May 24.
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(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - Read Mahmoud Traoré, Bruno Le Dantec, Dem ak Xbarr "Go and tell" (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sat May 25 11:19:40 GMT 2013
Go and tell is the modern Odyssey Mahmoud Traoré, one of the thousands of young African
men and women who take the road in the hope of a better life in Europe. ---- It starts in
September 2002 in Dakar, leaving his job in a woodworking shop to follow his friend Bambo
Sane. " You're here with empty hands and you are tired of too much hassle and wait for
something, you know, will never come to you if you're not gonna get it with your feet.
Then one day you shake your frame and you try your luck in telling you that if something
goes wrong, there will be time to turn back. "Across the Sahel, Sahara and the Maghreb,
by dint of tenacity, resourcefulness and courage, it arrives safely. September 29, 2005, a
thousand African and African wanderers launched an assault on Fortress Europe, it is those
who manage to put your feet on the floor of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
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(en) Anarkismo.net: Brazil - Fake parties and the politics of cynicism by Bruno Lima Rocha (pt) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Sat May 25 11:15:51 GMT 2013
The cynicism and political hypocrisy is the structuring of the game scenes built without
ideological distinction between subtitles or programmatic ---- On Monday, May 20, the
minister and current president of the Supreme, Joaquim Barbosa, said at an event held at a
private university in Brasilia that "political parties are fake." As I have been saying
here in this publication, we are at a time when the obvious is just talking transformer.
Party politics in general and Congress in particular, are Genis contemporary democracy.
Barbosa only reflects the collective perception of the lack of programmatic coherence,
doctrinal principles and ideological fidelity. Lack discuss the consequences for such
governance if there is such consistency. ---- Any political party system longevity sees
loyalty in political organizations a dangerous way to polarize the positions.
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(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - In 1943, in the Warsaw Ghetto, "a fight for dignity, for our freedom and yours" (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Fri May 24 19:21:26 GMT 2013
There are seventy years, April 19, 1943, the eve of Passover, the last four of activists
Jews and Jewish-are locked in the Warsaw ghetto, triggered the uprising. Foul rumor
considering that " the Jews left in the camps are like sheep to the slaughter , "is part
of this obvious bad faith, released by the anti-Semitic propaganda. Jews and Jews remained
in Europe have found es trapped on the whole European territory, which has exercised the
Nazi yoke for five years. [ 1 ] ---- The chances of escape were slim. Those to hide and
blend into the surrounding populations were not the greatest, especially since many
governments were under the heel of the Nazis and that indigenous peoples were at best
indifferent, even hostile vast majority fate of the local Jews.
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(en) Letter of anarchist Alexey Sutuga from prison to comrades in struggle
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Fri May 24 19:07:55 GMT 2013
It is late, but I still want to congratulate all the comrades and friends with May Day and
the Day of Liberation of the world from the Nazi threat in the memorable days of 1945. The
symbolism of the holidays for me is still an important part of those ideas that I live
for, although already the second year in a row I am unable to take part in their
celebrations. But even in prison, they are life-affirming, as most of the people who
surround me here could stand with me in the same column in freedom, shoulder to shoulder.
---- If we do not take into account the corrupted officials, prison is packed with
representatives of the working class, who consist a broad international. This is nothing
surprising, as the situation was the same at all times.
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(en) Canada, (Final Update!) MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR: for anarchists and people curious about anarchism
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Fri May 24 19:04:59 GMT 2013
[Please post and forward widely! En francais ici: www.salonanarchiste.ca] ---- [facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/116235201866937/] ---- [TONITE (Friday 5-9pm): Opening of
ART & ANARCHY: www.anarchistbookfair.ca/art-anarchy] ---- MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
2013â Two days: Saturday, May 25 & Sunday, May 26â ---- 10am-5pm on both days ---- The
Anarchist Bookfair will take place in two buildings across from each other in Parc Vinet:â
---- Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier (CCGV), 2450 rue Workmanâ ---- Centre dâÃducation
populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA), 2515 rue Delisleâ ---- A short
walk from Lionel-Groulx metro. ---- No gods, no masters, no bosses, no borders.â --- FREE.
Welcome to all!â ---- For anarchists, and people curious about anarchism.
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