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August 1, 2002 - 9:57am -- jim
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CALL FOR A REVOLUTIONARY ANTI-FASCIST BLOC

FOR A WORLD WITHOUT FASCISM

August 24th, the National Alliance, the largest and most active neo-nazi
group in North America, will be marching in Washington, DC. Their march
is
a direct threat to the safety and well being of people of color, disabled
people, queer people, trade unionists, and activists and radicals of all
progressive movements. It's time for anarchists, and other
anti-authoritarian, anti-state, anti-capitalist revolutionaries to
confront them.

August 1, 2002 - 9:48am -- jim
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polo writes:

"Rebellion in San Salvador Atenco"

Ramor Ryan

One, Two, Many Chiapases (campesino direct action getting the goods…)

When the Mexican government announced the expropriation of 5000 hectares of farmland around San Salvador Atenco, 20 miles outside Mexico City, they presumed everyone was on board for their big airport plans. Addressing the campesinos who were about to lose their land, their communities and their way of life, President Fox gushed how they had in effect "won the lottery…" and there would be jobs a plenty at the airport.

July 31, 2002 - 7:45pm -- Uncle Fluffy
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Anonymous Comrade writes

"The Préfontaine and Overdale Squats

An Analysis of Building Occupations in Montreal


by Michael William

I have mixed feelings about the Overdale and Préfontaine squats, which is no doubt the case with many people who squatted or who supported the squats. There were delightful
moments and some real triumphs. But there were also many problems and disappointments.

July 31, 2002 - 7:54am -- hydrarchist
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hydrarchist writes: This essay was recently published on the site of The Commoner.
"Black Bloc - The Ultimate Logo
Laura Corradi,

Don't worry

we do not love any death
we like children who love each other

we like when a prisoner escapes
when a bank burns
any way in which
life does express itself.


From a Black Bloc Manifesto posted in Genova 21/7/2001


0. Disclaimer


The following essay is meant as an effort to understand what did actually happen during the anti-G8 rallies in Genova, by giving voice to different points of view - including the perspective of those who participated in Black Bloc's activities, and those who are simpathetic with this area of the movement. The Black Bloc has been, up to now, the object of a discourse with little possibility of reply.


Such inclusion is not the product of an unquestioned choice: there always are risks in the attempt to understand the reasons of those who are stigmatized for being "the violent ones". In different ways, the Black Bloc, is perceived - both by the state and by the movement - as "the enemy within".

July 28, 2002 - 2:44pm -- hydrarchist
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hydrarchist writes

Open letter from 'DeriveApprodi' to the European movements


derive.approdi@libero.it

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At the beginning of November, as decided during the Porto Alegre meeting, the "European Social Forum" will convene in Florence. That Italy hosts the meeting is particularly significant, since it is here that the impetus, that began during the anti-WTO demonstrations in Seattle in November 1999, has resounded more strongly than in any other European country. The profile of the anti-capitalist movement, its modes of organisation and expression have been entirely redefined. The Genoa protests of July 2001 have not only constituted the highest point of the "global movement" in quantitative terms. They also have had concrete consequences for the history of Italian politics. Despite the reverberation of September 11th, a new movement has formed that has expressed itself at both the national and the local level, through campaigns against war, against the repression of social movements and for the rights of migrants. This has frequently resulted in the forging of new relationships with diverse political actors, such as the trade unions at the forefront of the struggle for the defence of workers’ rights, currently coming under attack from a right-wing government.

July 25, 2002 - 11:13am -- jim
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"anarcho sando" anarcho_sando@hotmail.com writes:

http://j12.org/news/

Wednesday 24th July,
After two days of peaceful and festins,actions, street theatre and
performances in Strasbourg, today police have attacked a demonstration
agains a migrant`s dtention centre in Strasbourg city centre.

Confirmed reports of heavy clashes with police are arriving at the NoBorder
Camp radio stream.

Around 700 demontrators that were taking part in a demo against a detention
centre have been attacked by riot police that used tear gas, CS spray,heavy
batton charges and snatch arrests.

Confirmed reports of about 10 people having been arrested and many others
injured.
Many people taking part in the demo tryied to get back to the camp but they
are consistently attacked by riot police.
Another smaller group is currently trapped in central Strasbourg and have
been tear gassed several times. People in the camp are currently gathering
and moving towards Strasbourg city centre to help and show solidarity to
those still trapped in the city.

The athmosphere in the camps is increasingly getting more and more tense as
people fear police eventually attacking the camp.

As we write people are arriving with tales of police brutality and calls are
been made in the camp for people to help them with water and first aid.

Audio Reports reports are in directory:

http://j12.org/news/sounds/

save to disk from right click menu then open in Win Amp etc.

They are in Ogg Vorbis ( http://www.vorbis.org ) audio format which latest
version of Win Amp handles.

email: news@j12.org to prompt MP3 versions.

July 23, 2002 - 10:16am -- hydrarchist
Analysis & Polemic
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hydrarchist writes "

The following interview was published on the site of the New Left Review and in print in Nr.15 of their journal,(May-June 2002).


A leader of Brazil’s Sem Terra explains the history and geography of the world’s largest movement of the rural poor. How to occupy land, mobilize support, resist the media and the state under a tropical brand of the Third Way.

JOÃO PEDRO STEDILE


Landless Batallions


The Sem Terra Movement of Brazil


Which region of Brazil do you come from, and what was your family background and education?


I was born in 1953 in Rio Grande do Sul, and grew up on my parent’s farm there until I was about eighteen. There was a community of small farmers of Italian extraction in the region—it had been colonized in the nineteenth century by peasants from those parts of what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. My mother’s family was originally from the Veneto, and my father’s from what is today the Italian Tyrol. My grandfather came to Brazil in 1899. He was a farmer, too. My grandparents were almost certainly illiterate, but my father and mother had three years of primary school. But this was the period of industrialization, in the sixties, and my brothers and sisters already had wider horizons—they wanted to study. One of them became a metalworker. Some of the others went to the city, too.

July 15, 2002 - 8:26pm -- hydrarchist
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hydrarchist write:"The following article was written in the context of the Carnival against Capitalism in London in 1999. That said, the themes which this critique evokes have obvious relevance to the general culture, and impediments to, agitation of recent years. This piece was published in Do Or Die number 9. Enjoy

Give Up Activism

In
1999, in the aftermath of the June 18th global day of action, a pamphlet called
 Reflections on June 18th was produced by some people in London,
as an open-access collection of "contributions on the politics behind the events
that occurred in the City of London on June 18, 1999". Contained in this collection
was an article called 'Give up Activism' which has generated quite a lot of discussion
and debate both in the UK and internationally, being translated into several languages
and reproduced in several different publications.[1] Here we republish the article
together with a new postscript by the author addressing some comments and criticisms
received since the original publication.

[See also the Postscript
to this article]

One problem apparent in the June 18th day of action was
the adoption of an activist mentality. This problem became particularly obvious
with June 18th precisely because the people involved in organising it and the
people involved on the day tried to push beyond these limitations. This piece
is no criticism of anyone involved - rather an attempt to inspire some thought
on the challenges that confront us if we are really serious in our intention of
doing away with the capitalist mode of production.

July 14, 2002 - 5:35pm -- Stenglander
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chicagoer writes:

DISPENSING WITH FORMALITIES - COLUMBUS

FREE NEWSPAPER DISPENSERS DISTRIBUTING ART, INFORMATION, IDEAS, MANUALS, MICRO-RADIO, SOLAR POWER, RADICAL POLITICS, POETIC GESTURES, POSTERS AND A LOT MORE.

On the streets July 20th, 2002.

Reception at Acme Art Company, 1129 North High Street in Columbus, Ohio, 6-9 pm, July 20th. Join us for van tours of public spaces and dispenser projects. Valerie Tavere and Angel Nevarez will be doing live micro-radio broadcasts during the opening and on Sunday the 21st. The broadcasts are in conjunction with their modified dispenser that houses a radio.

COLUMBUS DISPENSATORS:


AAA Corps--Alex Berkowetz--Laura Dahlinger--Marianne Fairbanks & Jane
Palmer--Marc Fischer--Institute for Applied Autonomy--Rob Kelly & Zena Sakowski --Kristin Lucas--Josh MacPhee & Daniel Tucker aka The God Bless Graffiti Coalition--N55--Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tavere--Ceyda Oskay--Passion Works--People Powered--Michael Piazza--Chad Sheppard--SqueezeBox--Deborah Stratman--United Supervillians of Art

Dispensing with Formalities (DwF) began in the summer of 1997 in Chicago. Groups and individuals were invited to develop projects and distribute them on the streets using free newspaper dispensers. The dispensers were placed on a number of street corners. They distributed the contributors’ art, information and ideas.

DwF systems have been set up in large and small cities in different countries. These systems can be set up anywhere in the world.

The dispensers were initially designed for direct marketing purposes. We have put them towards more creative and interesting ends. The dispensers allow for more open and personal uses of public spaces than are usually tolerated.

DwF builds concrete, alternative systems that don’t repeat expected modes of art distribution and reception. DwF places art and ideas directly into peoples’ daily experiences.

www.groupsandspaces.net/dwfindex.html

Organized by Maria Troy, Melesa Klosek of Acme, and Brett Bloom.

Call Melesa Klosek for more information: (614) 299-4003.

To receive a poster, an essay by Nato Thompson, to start your own system, or get other DwF material, send requests to nobudget@megsinet.net

July 8, 2002 - 11:11am -- jim
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jim writes

PROTEST BUSH

Wall Street, NYC

Tuesday, July 9 - 11:00 a.m.

Bush will be speaking tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. on Wall Street.


Eager to distance his administration from scandals at Enron Corp. and
WorldCom Inc., Bush will issue a fresh call for corporate responsibility and
a crackdown on misconduct in an address on Wall Street on July 9.


"If there are any bad players in our free enterprise system, they will be
held accountable by this administration and by the government," said
Fleischer, offering a preview of Bush's address to business leaders.


Let's let Bush know that New Yorkers hold him accountable!
We will meet at Wall Street & Broad Street.
If the area is blocked meet at Exchange Place & Broad Street
Take the 4 or 5 train to Bowling Green Follow Broadway up to Exchange Pl. go
right.
Left on Broad Street. If you're not on the 4 or 5 line, transfer to it at
59th Street or Grand Central, whatever's more convenient.


People should try to be there by 11:00 to avoid traffic, etc., but you can
take an early lunch and be there at 11:30.


For more info: Susanj@legitgov.org


bush protest

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