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| Dozens of people were arrested today by Moscow police as they marched on the anniversary of of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova killed by nazi's one year ago today. Five hundred 500 braved minus 20 degrees Celsius temperatures and "some ten buses full of OMON riot police" to mark the anniversary of the killings.
According to the Moscow Times, Participants in Tuesday’s rally carried posters that read “To remember means to fight!” and “Fascism won’t pass!”The rally was sanctioned by the authorities but banned from marching along a downtown boulevard. The demonstrators moved to ignore the ban, chanting “Fascists Kill, Authorities cover them up!” and riot police detained several dozen of them.Activist Sergei Udaltsov said the demonstrators wanted to draw attention to authorities’ slow action against neo-Nazi and other extremist groups. |
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This is going to be a very big month with lots of announcements and new projects so I will keep it brief.
1) The new ATubes is up. Print it out and share.
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| Announcing the opening of a twitter for anarchist events, news & articles pertaining to the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Los Angeles Area anarchists have started a twitter to spread announcements of Greater Los Angeles Area anarchist events, news, & articles.
The twitter can be found here
The purpose of this twitter is contribute to mass communication of anarchist happenings as well as promote news articles & analysis of local & regional happenings written from an anarchist perspective. |
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| From Golden Gate Express - by Andrew Palma, Staff Writer
Chaos erupted outside of a student party in the SOMA district early this morning as police drew their firearms amidst a struggle to restrain some of those in attendance.
At 12:47 a.m., police and firefighters entered a storefront warehouse at 154 7th Street between Mission and Howard Streets and ordered everyone to vacate the premises. It is not immediately clear why police decided to order everyone to leave.
What followed was a few, tense moments as police struggled with some of the people in attendance amidst cries of protest from others watching in the street.
An all-out brawl broke out between some of the partygoers and police. Within minutes of the outbreak, several more police cars arrived on the scene with officers running from their vehicles to break up and restrain the fight. |
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| Tension is high across the country. The most farmers’ blockades of highways and other roads go on, entering the 3rd week of struggle with no perspective of coming to an agreement with the government soon. The strike of the egyptian fishermen in Nea Michaniona also goes on. For the issue a demonstration took place in Thessaloniki by the fishermen and people in solidarity and also a solidarity concert was held for gathering of money in order to help the fishermen to continue their struggle. In Exarchia the police continues the provocations and the government continues the announcements of new measures that enrage the population. Also the last week a series of direct actions took place. |
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| From Guardian UK
Customers are queueing up to experience fine dining in a squat on borrowed chairs for whatever they want to pay
You step through scarlet curtains into a dining room lit gently with candles and decorated with black and white photographs. Attentive waiting staff serve delicious South American dishes to a groovy young clientele.
But this is no ordinary top-end eatery. It is a "rebel restaurant" run by an anarchist collective that opened in a squatted building in Bristol last night and will continue to welcome guests until Saturday before vanishing into the ether.
The idea is to challenge the normal restaurant model of charging as much as possible for as little as you can get away with and paying staff next to nothing. |
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| From Native Youth Movement
January 27, 2010 - The Olympic torch was confronted by Secwepemc and their supporters in the Secwepemc Nation, in the invader (settler) town of Chase, so-called british kkkolumbia, KKKanada. With the message "Secwepemc Say No Olympics" and "Olympic Torch Not Welcome in Secwepemc Nation."
Secwepemc have a long standing fight with the government of KKKanada and british kkkolumbia because of the fight for Secwepemc Land and Freedom. Secwepemc have never signed treaties nor have they ever ceded or surrendered their Secwepemc Nation. Secwepemc say NO to the BC treaty process, the modern day treaty wants to get rid of the Native Peoples and take control of the last remaining lands and water (so-called resources) from their Territory. |
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| From PM Press - by Gabriel Kuhn
Sometimes you experience the ultimate anti-climax. With three PM Press books released these months, I had been planning for about a year to come for an extended speaking tour to North America this spring. A couple of months ago, I started planning this more concretely. The anarchist bookfairs in San Francisco, New York, and Montreal provided general reference points, and I got in touch with many wonderful people who helped schedule events in twenty US states and two Canadian provinces. I was also looking forward to the trip on a personal level: I have been traveling to the US regularly since I was nine years old, did part of my schooling there, and meant to visit many dear friends. Admittedly, I was worried about immigration, as I've had problems before – one reason why I haven't visited in five years – but I figured I'll come well prepared. Little did I know that the recently introduced Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) would make it impossible for someone matching an entry on the US government's No Fly List (also known as the Terrorist Watch List) to even board a plane. I considered the process a mere formality, and it actually took me a week to check the outcome of my application. So when the words "Travel Not Authorized" appeared on my computer screen, I instantly thought of a mistake. Certainly I must have missed a letter or digit in my application form. I checked the records. I hadn't missed anything. Nonetheless, I applied again. It only took a few hours to receive another rejection.
Now, here is one thing about the No Fly List: in the name of national security, it is virtually impossible to receive any information about it. Not why your name is on it, not since when, not what you can do to get off the list – in fact, you won't even know whether it's really your name or whether your name matches that of some other "terrorist" suspect. However, after speaking to embassy staff, a mix-up is unlikely in this case. Once it had sunk in that my name was on the list, I had a pretty clear understanding of where the origins of this lay. |
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| From Vancouver Sun - by Doug Ward
Anarchist punk ruled on the night of Jan. 22 at Victory Square, in the heart of the Olympic city. More than 200 anti-2010 protesters, some carrying black flags and burning torches, gathered for what had all the hallmarks of a dress rehearsal for the street protests that could erupt during the Winter Games just over two weeks away.
The crowd, mostly young, some wearing bandanas over their faces, had come to march against the "police repression" of anti-Olympic activism. A portable audio system jacked up the energy level with the opening chords of the Rolling Stones' Street Fighting Man. "Everywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy," howled Mick Jagger. |
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| From Ekathimerini
Proceedings delayed again after prosecutor’s spouse dies
The trial yesterday of two policemen charged in connection with the December 2008 shooting of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos was suspended until next Wednesday, February 3, following the unexpected death of the public prosecutor’s husband. It was the second postponement of the trial which began on January 20. It remained unclear yesterday whether prosecutor Vassiliki Vlachou would be in a position to resume her duties on Wednesday. If she is unable and a new prosecutor is appointed then the trial, which is being held in Amfissa, a small town some 200 kilometers northwest of Athens, may be delayed once again. |
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