Today's 6 Topics:
1. afed.cz: Report on counteraction in response to a meeting
xenophobes. [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. US, Chicago, TRUMPISHATE by Black Rose Anarchist Federation
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. France, Alternative Libertaire AL - international,
Ryad-sur-Seine: the legion of (dis) honor (fr, it, pt) [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. France, Alternative Libertaire AL #258 (Feb) - Feminism,
Jacqueline Wild 47 years of torture (fr, it, pt) [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. US, WSA, Ideas and Action: Announcing the
Anarcho-syndicalist Initiative (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. Czech, afed: Jewish anarchists in New York City -- The new
pocket brochure published by AF. [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
Bartošova National Democracy together with neo-Nazi groups Generations identity decided
upon export their hate meetings. Opted this time to the south Bohemian town of Tabor,
where on Saturday, March 12 slid several dozens of its supporters. ---- I do not want to
put up local anti-fascists and antifašistky that this fascist tenant, famous especially
frightening noose in his town do not. Thus, they convened on the same day
counter-demonstration "march against xenophobia", which arrived more than a hundred mostly
local people, from young families with children through to older vintages. Above their
heads, pennants Antifascist Action, the campaign Good Night White Pride or green and
pirates and seeing the banners and posters with slogans "Live and let live!" , "Do not
worry so much nácícku" , "Solidarity is not a crime" , "Refugees welcome " , " we also ran
" , " brown Stop aggression " , " South Bohemia Southern Czechs? " or " we sort waste, not
people " .
After the speeches fascists march moved from Hus Square TG Masaryk Square, where they were
at the agricultural school reunion xenophobes. Both equally large group broke the police
cordon, which was an opportunity to chant, for example, "Do not give any chance Nazis" or
"Our weapon is solidarity" . Fascists this disruption to their meeting, obviously
grievous, which showed cries of "hang traitors!" , "Do the gas with you!" , Etc. Their
opponents then went down the route of their march toward the parking lot at Parkánech.
03.14.2016 AF
http://www.afed.cz/text/6392/v-tabore-proti-nenavisti
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Message: 2
On Friday, March 11th, thousands of Chicagoans descended on the University of Illinois at
Chicago (UIC) Pavilion to protest the rally of Donald Trump, including UIC students,
different political organizations, affinity groups and autonomous individuals. ---- Our
affinity group was composed of two WOC, four self-identifying sex-workers, and others, the
majority of whom identify as queer folx, anarchists, marx/fems, progressive/radicals, all
under the common goal of representing an Anti-fascist politic. ---- To be clear, no one
was promoting Bernie Sanders, or any other presidential candidate within our affinity
group. ---- We arrived three hours early for the rally, where there was already a line
around the block. Outside of the pavilion, CPD had mounted police, barricades surrounding
the entire building, and a protest “pit” segregated across street. The entrance saw
several layers of security: TSA was assigned to overly thorough bag searches, metal
detectors were in place, and secret service were administering body scans. Overall, the
CPD had jurisdiction, with UIC campus police working in tandem.
Once the rally began, we saw numerous folks of color being escorted out, simply because
Trump supporters identified them as “undesirable/troublemakers.” To identify them, Trump
supporters were instructed to point at protesters, hold a placard over head and chant
“Trump” repeatedly until security removed the person. A Trump loudspeaker/announcer said
not to hit protesters, as several break out protests had already begun, and that it was to
be a “peaceful” rally.
The supporter crowd bore confederate flag insignia, KKK identifying arm patches, and we
heard other racist overtones. While we waited for Trump to take the stage we also saw a
number of folks wearing keffiyehs, and headscarves confronted by Trump supporters. We
overheard people saying they traveled from southern Illinois and Indiana, and the
surrounding wealthy suburbs.
After a series of inside protests, and a half an hour plus delay, the Chicago Trump rally
was ultimately cancelled, and the stadium exploded with applause, protesters jumping up
and down, celebrating wildly. Our group then decided to unfurl our “Trump = Hate” banner
over the balcony near the stage. We chanted, “Trump is Hate,” and held the banner for a
few minutes. We saw police moving through the crowd, gathering around protesters
celebrating on the ground, in addition to Trump supporters moving in and getting
aggressive/fighting. We decided to join our like-minded folks on the ground, and melee ensued.
We had our hair, breasts, arms grabbed/assaulted and pulled on by Trump supporters, while
security staff looked on. We were pushed and hit as we yelled at people to “stop,” and
“leave us alone,” and “Calm down!” but Trump supporters were determined to rip our banner
to pieces. An African American couple came to our defense and tried to free us from the
hold the Trump supporters had on us. The woman who came to our defense took up the chant
“Trump is Hate!” as she struggled to loosen their grip on us, ultimately allowing us to
break free.
Rory Fanning of the Iraq Veterans Against the War & International Socialist Organization,
could been seen holding up a “Vets Against Racism & Imperialism” banner across the way
from where we did our banner drop. Tons of other small groupings and individuals began
revealing concealed banners, chanting and celebrating. Booming chorus of “We Gon’ Be
Alright” could be heard.
After the filmed fighting, we moved toward the protesting crowd and exited the building,
joining the mass demonstrations outside.
Thousands of protesters took the parking garage, intersections from Harrison to Van Buren
on Racine, and finally the highway. The crowd outside swelled to a projected 5,000
protesters – including various Arab-American groups, unions, and student groups – a much
larger crowd than the Trump supporters. We protested at least an hour following the
cancellation of the rally.
Organized protests outside included Assata’s Daughters, Black Lives Matter Chicago, and
BYP 100, all of whom coordinated the intersection blockade at Racine & Van Buren,
specifically to link the #ByeAnita actions with the efforts to shut down Trump. They held
banners and signs saying “We Laquan,” “We Rekia” and “Alvarez Must Go!” Folks chanted
“Sixteens shots and a cover-up!” to draw attention to the murder of Laquan McDonald at the
hands of CPD and the subsequent attempted cover up by State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez.
Police allowed the blockade at first and then attacked protesters, some people then
needing emergency care. A number of arrests happened, some protesters facing felony charges.
The ultimate message was clear: Donald Trump is not welcome in Chicago.
http://www.blackrosefed.org/trumpishate/
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Message: 3
"Chairing the Republic is not invite dictators in large unit in Paris," said François
Hollande during his campaign in 2012. Indeed, it does not seem enough, we must also put
their decorations! ---- This is why, a month after hosting one who is wrongly presented as
a moderate, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani , Holland calls - discreetly - the Legion of
Honour to the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Saud Al (and sells few weapons the way, as
stated by Médiapart ). ---- Curious, is not it, when we know that Saudi Arabia has trouble
relations with religious fundamentalists (Daech and Al Qaeda), this is a country where
women are the most abused, where executions and medium-âgeuses sentences (ten years in
prison and 1,000 lashes for the blogger Raif Badawi , or condemnation to crucifixion with
public exhibition until her flesh rotting of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr , for name but two ...)
are legion.
The criminal regime of Saudi Arabia is also the treatment of migrant workers as slaves,
both employees of the oil sector or domestic workers.
It is also an imperialist power in the Middle East, which has a strong responsibility in
the current war in Yemen (where Shiites and Sunnis clash, supported on one side by Iran,
the other by the Arabia), as well as the suppression of the popular uprising in Bahrain.
As an imperialist power, it also has a co-responsibility in the ongoing disaster in Syria
and Iraq.
Holland and Valls, like the French and international capital they slavishly defend the
interests, know one law, that of money and business and are ready for it to ally with the
most reactionary dictatorships and bloodthirsty.
They are zealous complicit in crushing the rights of peoples, along with impostors when
they claim to wage war in Africa and the Middle East to defend them.
The class struggle is international, as the anti-racism and anti-patriarchal struggle.
They give us many reasons to rebel and to end oppression.
Alternative Libertaire, March 10, 2016
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Ryad-sur-Seine-la-legion-du-des
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Jacqueline Wild received from its companion brown for 47 years, Valentine probably
included. ---- She killed her torturer and was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the
patriarchal justice class. Throughout his adult life, Jacqueline Wild lived with the same
man who beat her and raped her. Their daughters were beaten, two of the three were raped,
their son was beaten. In 2012, she killed him, three times in the back. After another
session of blows. We can try to think but can not really imagine, feel the state of
permanent terror and stress where the woman lived. ---- The trial (Trial and Appeal)
revealed the same as in all cases of repeated domestic violence: the whole village knew,
doctors knew (there were passages in the course emergencies). There were reports
necessarily the "authorities" and it is the state that makes large, showy, ineffective
campaigns that should have been tried.
On appeal in early December, Jacqueline Wild was sentenced, as in the first instance to 10
years in prison. The Advocate General argued about his motives: " the failure of a woman
who overestimated the man she wanted to make her life " and that shot in the back is not
self-defense . The woman was identified as a deadly "ordinary", the court has ignored all
the accumulated knowledge of the influence of violent men on their companions, on post
traumatic syndrome of abused women .
A petition [ 1 ] was launched to ask François Hollande to pardon Jacqueline Wild. It
collected to date (January 7) over 220 000 signatures. But it has so far not been
answered. And we understand well.
The president is busy harden repressive laws, increase the powers of the police and
prevent activists of the social movement to move, it really is not the time to worry about
a worker of 68 years will face jail for having finally defended.
A parliamentary LR prepares a bill that recognizes the legitimate defense deferred in
cases of domestic violence.
Christine (AL Orne)
[ 1 ] Sign the petition (which covers 300,000 signatures)!
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Jacqueline-Sauvage-47-ans-de
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Message: 5
The increasingly precarious conditions facing the North American working class, along with
a rising tide of distrust and disgust with both our political and economic systems,
demands that revolutionary organizations such as Workers Solidarity Alliance take
immediate action to address these issues. ---- To this end, WSA has committed to launching
the Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative to Create a Revolutionary Union Movement (ASI for
short), a project which seeks to unite North American anarcho-syndicalists and focus our
strength and resources toward building a working class movement capable of defeating the
capitalists and establishing libertarian socialism in North America. ---- We seek to
organize groups of anarcho-syndicalists who are, or will become, active in community and
workplace struggles. Organizing activity will include building and/or participating in
solidarity networks, grassroots workers centers, rank and file groups within business
unions, industrial networks, independent unions and workplace committees capable of
forming the basis for union-type organizations.
The essential unit of the ASI project will be the Local Group, which will then be
organized into Regional Federations, and finally united in an overall Federation of North
American Anarcho-Syndicalists.
Local groups will engage in activity both in the community and in the workplace,
addressing issues of housing, anti-racism and the environmental disasters created by
rapacious neo-liberalism.
The Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative is an effort that is long overdue. Building a
revolutionary union movement will take time and commitment, but we cannot delay our
efforts. We must move forward with energy and resolve. Each day that we delay can be
measured in environmental destruction and the destroyed lives of working people.
The first step in this process will be building the local and regional groups. If you feel
you are ready to commit to this historic effort, email your name and information (where
you live, what you do, etc) to:
wsa.corresponding.secetary@gmail.com
Dues are $28 a year and agreement with the basic principles of Workers Solidarity Alliance
is required for membership. The Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative is a project of Workers
Solidarity Alliance. WSA information at: http://workersolidarity.org/
Our time is NOW.
Posted: March 12th, 2016 under Anti-capitalism, Ideas, International, Labor, Solidarity,
Solidarity Unicornism, Syndicalism, WSA.
http://ideasandaction.info/2016/03/announcing-anarcho-syndicalist-initiative/
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Message: 6
The latest pocket booklet form the first chapter of the book Kenyon Zimmer Immigrants
against the state. Yiddish and Italian anarchism in America , published in 2015. The text
of the booklet describes the origin and development of the anarchist movement in the
environment of Jewish immigration on New York's Lower East Side at the time of its
greatest expansion - from 80s of the 19th century to the beginning of the First World War.
---- The author detailed discusses all aspects of the development of Yiddish anarchist
movement: from the history of important Jewish anarchist sheet dude Arbeter Stim through
share anarchists in the labor movement (especially in the domestic dressmaking workshops)
and relationships with other anarchist formations in New York, to the activities of
prominent personalities movement like Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, and remarkable
progress in the status of women among the Yiddish anarchists.
The booklet will be available at the usual distribution points and events supported by the
Anarchist Federation.
There is at least a small sample, explaining what the material conditions of the Yiddish
anarchist movement in New York shaped:
Regardless of class status or level of education in the Old World were newcomers
"Greenhorns" overwhelmingly employed as manual workers or as laborers, most with partial
qualifications. Many factors led to the fact that Jewish immigrants concentrated in
dressmaking trade: trade union federation of skilled workers in the framework of the
American Federation of Labor (American Federation of Labor, AFL) prevented the East
European Jews to work in most professions; Jewish emigration coincided with the dramatic
expansion of US production of ready-made clothing and this industry was dominated by a
previous generation of German and Austrian Jewish businessmen who preferred hiring Jewish
employees. These factors also led to the emergence of a modest local workshops, which most
large apparel companies commissioned bespoke tailoring pre-cut material and finishing the
production of clothing by independent contractors who were paid according to
pre-determined price of the final product. These contractors can therefore compete with
each other offering to reduce prices, and they could only earn minimizing labor costs
drastically thanks to the creation of exploitative jobs. Hundreds of these "external work"
were scattered throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn and conditions in them were permanently
miserable and unhealthy. Normal patnáctihodinový was sixteen and working day and during
the peak season work could continue throughout the night.
In these workshops, working men, women as well as children. But despite that there were
almost equal numbers of men and women labor force were strictly divided by gender. Unlike
Europe, where Jewish women were often feeding their families were Jewish wives in New York
forced to adopt the American concept of honesty and staying home. In 1905, only one
percent had married Jewish women work outside the home. Most workers in the tailors were
unmarried young girls, many of whom have worked so since the age of sixteen. Sewing
machinist was generally considered "women's work", while men have a monopoly on better
paid positions such as editors. In other activities, such as buttonhole sewing or ironing,
she was employed roughly equal numbers of men and women, but women were generally much
worse paid.
In addition to these local workshops Jewish immigrants rarely escaped the experiences of
the rental market. Tenements on the Lower East Side were notorious as a cramped, crowded,
dark, poorly ventilated and generally unhealthy. When the mother anarchist Marie Ganz
first entered into a tiny family-room apartments with horror exclaimed: "So this is why we
are here dragged halfway across the world?" The poet David Edelstadt that due to poor
working conditions and unhealthy living tuberculosis, said that these apartment houses
belong to the "history of the horrible crimes committed by man against man."
Kenyon Zimmer, Jewish anarchists in New York City , translated Cestmír Pelikan, published
by the Anarchist Federation, 56 pages, A6 size, price CZK 30
03/09/2016 NAKLADATELSTVÍ OF
9.3.2016Nakladatelství AF
http://www.afed.cz/text/6386/zidovsti-anarchiste-v-new-york-city
