Various anti-authoritarian and critical leftist groups and individuals in Venezuela converged in the Insurgentes social centre to prepare the following statement on the exhumation of victims of the Caracazo in Venezuela
After 19 years the Venezuelan government, through the Attorney General’s Office, has exhumed remains from the mass grave at La Peste in the Southern General Cemetery in Caracas for a second time, where some of the victims of the Caracazo, which happened during the 27th and 28th February 1989, are buried. Thus, the Venezuelan state complies with a ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights which in November 1999 ruled to investigate the facts, to punish those responsible and to locate, exhume and identify the remains of the victims so that they could be delivered to their families, as well as to compensate those families for the violation of their relatives’ right to life.
THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. What are we fighting for? Migrant camp in Calais, Workplace round-up (Royal Mail strikes; anti-racism strike in Black Country; PFI hospitals victory; National Grid workers in Newcastle and Northampton; Refuse workers in Leeds), English Defence League tour, Carlos anti-fascist murder trial, Nepalese Maoist strike ban, DSEI arms fair, ESOL, London Anarchist Bookfair, and more.
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Please make every effort to participate the following demonstration called by the Solidarity Federation and supported by the Anarchist Federation. The demo is for comrades of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative (ASI) in Serbia and others, including the General Secretary of the International Workers Association, who have been arrested and detained in Serbia on completely spurious charges of ‘international terrorism’.
Following the first demonstration on 11th Sept, another picket of the London Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro is called for Monday 28th September, 12-2pm. The Embassy is at 28 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8QB, nearest stations Victoria, Hyde Park Corner and Knightsbridge. Called by Solidarity Federation (the UK IWA section) in support of the ASI comrades repressed by the Serbian state. Please bring banners, placards and black and red flags.
Anarchist Federation (London) are holding a social at Freedom Bookshop, Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street, E1 (nearest tube Aldgate East) on Sunday 27th September…
A brutal attack on a 9 year old and his 11 year old uncle took place on 4th April, it was carried out by two brothers of only 12 and 10 years of age. The two victims were subjected to a “horrific, violent, sustained physical attack” said prosecutors, they were tortured, robbed and sexually abused, the attackers using bricks, sticks and a noose, one of the boys is suspected of having a sink smashed against his head and the father of the 9 year old suspects his son was forced to eat glass. No doubt these were a series of shocking events, it is rare to see such young children resort to such violence and this event has been compared to the murder to James Bulger in 1993 by two 10 year olds.
A perspective paper produced by members of the Anarchist Federation within climate camp 2009.
At the 2008 Climate Camp in Kingsnorth an open letter was circulated by anti-capitalist campers raising concerns that the movement was increasingly being by influenced state-led approaches to tackling climate change. A more developed version was later published by Shift magazine. The original argued broadly that the camp should adopt anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian principles and objectives.
VESTAS OCCUPIED! THOMAS COOK OCCUPIED! Tesco store plan foiled, workplace action (Royal Mail, Liverpool baggage handlers, Fire Service), students in recession, South Korea factory siege, French car & telecoms workers, workfare providers, healthcare in the USA, and more.
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Article written in context of health reforms in the USA, of relevance to the debate about private vs. public healthcare (August 2009). Private versus ‘Socialised’…
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