Today's Topics:
1. freedom news uk: Italy: Base unions to strike against
destructive "good schools" law (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. [France] Paris: Libertarian Book Fair 2017 By ANA
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. France, Alternative Libertaire Night-Debate, "Violence
against women: fear must change sides" on 17 March in Lisieux by
AL Pays d'Auge (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. Greece, "Black & Red" APO: Microphone solidarity to squats
13/3 evacuations in Athens (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. France, Alternative Libertaire AL #270 - history, A visit to
the shelves of the Libertarian Communist Archives Fund by AL
Montreuil (fr, it, pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. anarkismo.net: Interview with dona Adriana, mother of Rafael
Braga by farj (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
A nationwide strike called by base unions against implementation of Law 107, better known
as the "good school" law, is set to happen on Friday 17th. ---- The education sector is
already experiencing the devastating effects of reforms desired by the Renzi government
and former education minister Stefania Giannini, extending the powers of principals, the
introduction of the "merit award," extensions of the school-work system, the use of
personnel in fictitious, precarious roles instead of full-time places which could help
lower the number of pupils per class. ---- The disaster is obvious, but is not yet
complete. Parliament, when it voted for Law 107 in the summer of 2015, gave the Giannini
powers to legislate directly, without parliamentary procedures, on implementation of its
nine decrees. Enactment had been postponed until after the referendum last December
(although the shift to Renzi is not served crabs) and in January, the last possible day,
new Education Minister Paolo Gentiloni, issued eight out of nine decrees, the final piece
of implementation of 107.
The issues and touch on fundamental aspects of education such as access to the teacher's
role in secondary education, support for disabled students, the radical overhaul of
education up to the age of six,revision of professional paths, examining teacher status
and so on. Without going into details that deserve careful analysis, however, we can point
out some wideranging changes being introduced. Access to the role of teacher will require
a three-year underpaid internship (€500 a month) in a competition which, if failed, will
have to be repeated from scratch. There will be a reserve army of precarious temps. The
allocation of support hours will be determined by bureaucrats who have no connection with
real needs. It will reduce the number of support teachers, who will also be performing
administrative functions leaving educational intervention presumably to the reserve army
of temps.
The State kindergartens will be practically abandoned, becoming managed by local
authorities which will have to find resources in their integrated system - in practice
opening yet more school districts covering this age group to private control, which in
Italy it is constituted for the most part by religious schools.
This, briefly, is the landscape of the major innovations that they want to introduce with
these decrees. It says nothing of the teaching staff, non-teaching staff, who are still
being condemned to a gradual elimination of roles through the use of outsourcing. The
hiring freeze, a ban on replacement of administrative staff who are absent for long
periods, the structural extension of school networks required by 107, with personal loans
for common needs and centralised fulfillment of some practices are elements that proceed
in this direction.
The government, after consultation with the room culture and Senate committees has until
April 16th to permanently enact the decrees. In this period the base unions are mobilising
through a busy schedule of union meetings, and through an active propaganda campaign, to
counter approval of the decrees and the further implementation of "good school."
It is necessary that this strike succeed and we cannot rely on the contribution of those
who so far have made the main opposition to the operetta renziana reform. Of course we can
not rely on CGIL (the Italian TUC), which declined to seriously oppose the law een when it
was first introduced, let alone now that the education ministry is led by Stefania Fedeli,
who from 1974 to 2012 was an outstanding member of the CGIL.
It is necessary that the strike succeed, but we can not do it alone. Women workers and
employees of the school need to be able to count on solidarity that only the most advanced
social sectors, only the most lucid political organisations and those most distant from
the logic of capital can provide. We support the school strike of March 17th. We support
the struggles that oppose the policies which are best only for companies, government
policies and capital.
Edited from a machine translation of an Umanita Nova article, written by Patrizia
https://freedomnews.org.uk/31878-2/
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Message: 2
8th edition of the Hall of the Libertarian Book of the Anarchist Federation, on 23 and
23 April at the Space des Blacs-Manteaux, Paris. "Two days to discover treasures edited
by libertarian publishing houses." ---- In 2017, the Libertarian Book Fair takes place in
the heart of Paris, in the Blacs-Manteaux Entertainment Area, during two playful days in
discovering a libertarian expression and history, outside the public circuit because it is
non-commercial and always Self-managed! During these two days, we also propose intense
moments of debate, discovery of films, exhibitions and animations. ---- - Meetings with
more than one hundred libertarian authors and publishers. ---- - Projection of films
followed by debates on current struggles. ---- - Libertária Radio live during the two
days. ---- - Light bar and restaurant (vegan and carnivorous).
Free entrance
Dates:
Saturday 22 April, from 11h to 20h
Sunday 23 April, from 11h to 16h
Address:
Le Salon du Livre Libertaire
Espace d'animation des Blancs-Manteaux
48 rue Vieille-du-Temple
75004 Paris
Organization:
Librairie Publico, Le Monde libertaire (mensuel et en ligne), Les Editions du Monde
Libertaire, Radio Libertaire 89.4 Mhz.
Contact:
SLL 145 rue Amelot 750011 Paris
Phone:
01 48 05 34 08
Email:
Salon.libertaire.2017@gmail.com
Anarchist-ana news agency
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Message: 3
Violence against women, whether physical, sexual or psychological, isolates, humiliates
and dominates all women. The creation of a feminist balance of power is necessary. Fear
must change sides. --- Violence against women, whether physical, sexual or psychological,
isolates, humiliates and dominates all women. They are daily: in France, a woman dies
every three days under the influence of her husband, 40% of cases of domestic violence
begin during the first pregnancy, 23% of requests for abortion are directly related to
violence, 20 % Of women are at risk of rape or sexual assault during their lifetime (86%
of rapes or attempts are perpetrated by relatives) ... ---- LISIEUX ---- on Friday, March
17, 2017, at 8 pm ---- Mozart Hall ---- The event for the public meeting on social
networks, to join and broadcast!
Whistled in the street, underpaid at work, beaten and enslaved in intimacy, let us look at
ourselves, talk to break the taboo of violence. When a woman is attacked, all the women
are targeted and it is all together that we must defend ourselves against the violence of
society and men. We are increasingly rejecting the inequalities that produce violence.
These have but one aim: to keep women in oppression and exploitation.
Whether they are "small", "mundane" or "big", the daily violence against women contributes
to threatening them and spreading a perpetual feeling of mistrust and vulnerability
because they are undergoing a system: patriarchy. The struggle for its disappearance is
indispensable. The creation of a feminist balance of power against this system and those
who defend it is necessary. Fear must change sides.
Practical information: Following the International Day of Women's Day for Equal Rights,
the Collective Alternative Libertaire du Pays d'Auge (CALPA) is organizing an evening
discussion entitled "Violence against women must change camp" . It will take place on
Friday, March 17, 2017 from 8 pm Mozart room in Hauteville (Lisieux).
Contact: paysdauge@alternativelibertaire.org
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Violences-faites-aux-femmes-la
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Message: 4
The left-wing government comes to evacuate two other occupations, this time in Athens on
13/3 (Alkiviadou 9 and painter villa) as a continuation of a repressive project and the
attack on the movement structures evacuations three squatter housing immigrants in
Thessaloniki in summer. ---- It becomes even more clear that no illusion there on
different management, no illusion that power hits the weak, oppress the lives of all,
excludes people who happened to be born on the other side of the barbed wire, to suppress
those fighting and here empties the structures and our sites. ---- We have to say that we
do not forget. We have not forgotten the evacuation of the orphanage, we have not
forgotten the common local and migrant struggles for life and dignity, not forgetting that
the occupations are our homes.
Not forgetting to struggle against the state and capitalism, to fight for our structures,
what we have lived in and out of them, for what they could offer yet, we fight for a world
of equality, solidarity and freedom.
HANDS FROM KATALIPSEIS
THE KATALIPSEIS IS OUR HOUSES
COMMON locals GAMES AND IMMIGRANTS FOR LIFE AND DIGNITY
Microphone solidarity to squats evacuations today 13/3 at 19.00, Kamara
Collegiality for social anarchism "Black and Red", a member of Anarchist Organization
policy APO
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Message: 5
[Photos] The inauguration of the FACL, Sunday, January 29, met a nice little success,
attracting nearly 75 people from all over France: veterans, militants and historians. ----
An archival box extracted at random from a linear, numbered "UGAC 3.1.2". Under the
curious glances of the group rushing between the shelves, in the light of the neon lights,
the contents are briefly reviewed: leaflets, newspapers, private correspondence,
manifestos ... a pretty stack of yellowed paper, The activity of the Union of Communist
Anarchist Groups (Ugac) during the period 1962-1965, when the French revolutionaries who
had supported independence helped "new Algeria" to build socialist self-government. ----
From another box, a few audiovisual documents are extracted: videos and photos, but also
a vinyl with a speech by the FCL (1956), the official stamp of the Carrara congress (1968)
or a flag of the Communist Anarchist Federation Of Occitanie (1971) ... Souvenirs and
corner smiles in the audience.
This is a small sample of archival libertarian communists Fund (FACL) kept in the basement
of the Living History Museum (MHV) , in Montreuil, between - your choice - matches Louise
Michel, a collection of social War or of Humanity, a vast legacy of Communist leader
Jacques Duclos and some busts of famous communards. But it's already time to leave. The
next group is waiting for their tour for the guided tour.
Find out more about the FACL.
Representatives of other political currents
The inauguration of the FACL, Sunday, January 29, met a nice little success, attracting
nearly 75 people from all over France: heads and young militants, veterans of the
movement, historian, members of the association MHV or delegates to the Federal
Coordination of AL held the day before. Several representatives of other political
movements - FA, OCL, CGA, NPA, OCML-VP - had also made the trip to discover how
Alternative libertarian had led this project.
The program of the morning was full. First of all, speeches by Frédéric Genevée (President
of the Association for Living History), Véronique Fau-Vincenti (Scientific Director) and
Guillaume Davranche (FACL) explain the project.
See FACL page on the website of the Living History Museum
Then, he moved to the auteur cinema, with a rare film from the UTCL in 1982, when FR3 -
public service magic - produced and broadcast 15 minutes (!) Spots for organizations that
requested it. In this Open Forum, our comrades Patrice Spadoni, Thierry Renard, Marco
Sazzetti Clotilde Maillard and Georges Fontenis explain to viewers why nothing should
expect government PS-PCF, and only the collective struggles would carry a radical change.
Finally, in a rather playful exercise, Theo Rival presented the collection of posters of
the FACL - almost 200, for the time not sorted - commenting live some of the most
historical. A buffet, prepared by the MHV, the group AL Montreuil and the brewery La
Montreuilloise closed the whole.
Donations will continue
Needless to say, some visitors, arriving with boxes of archives and rolls of posters under
the arm, took the opportunity to make their own donation. Others have promised to return
with treasures. An enthusiast offered to help with the ranking. Some wondered about the
possibility of digitizing old movies from the 1970s. The OCL is thinking about the
material it could entrust to the FACL.
In short, given all that has been announced, it can reasonably be expected that the
donations will continue during 2017-2018, and that the fund could reach 200 boxes before
stabilizing. It will then be time to consider a program to digitize certain newspapers,
posters, etc. Already, the museum plans to use some documents FACL to its exposure to the
centenary in 2017.
Guillaume Davranche (AL Montreuil)
Photos: Sébastien / AL Paris north-east
FACL: instructions for use
The consultation of the archives is free of charge;
she did during the opening hours of the Living History Museum;
It requires a prior appointment, by writing to vfau[@]museehistoirevivante.fr or by
phoning 01.48.54.32.44 or 01.48.54.36.08;
The cartons requested (see the inventory) are brought to you in the consultation room;
If you wish to consult boxes requiring prior authorization from the applicant, first write
to archive[@]alternativelibertaire.org to request it.
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Une-visite-dans-les-rayonnages-du
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Rafael is a young poor Black man that until June 2013 used to work picking up material for
recycling on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Downtown. He used to sleep on the streets and
only sometimes go back home, in favela Vila Cruzeiro, so that he would save up the
transportation money. However, on June 20th, his routine changed. ---- Follow a short text
and the interview with his mother, dona Adriana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UYfVyO9FuA ---- On that day, the biggest of the
demonstrations that were happening at the time against the raise of the bus fare took
place. In the end of the demonstration, at Lapa, Rafael, at the time 25 years old, was
arrested when he was arriving in an abandoned house where he used to sleep sometimes. He
didn't participate in the demonstration and was carrying two plastic bottles, one with
bleach and one with disinfectant. At the police station, the cops that arrested him
presented the bottles opened and with clothes. He was charged for carrying explosive
material that would be Molotov cocktails. He was sentenced to 5 years and 2 months. On
December 1st, 2015, he got out of jail on probation with an ankle monitor.
Back to Cascatinha, Vila Cruzeiro, with his family, on January 12th2016, he went to buy
breakfast in the morning as asked by Dona Adriana, his mother, and on the way he was
stopped by the cops. They said that he was involved with drug dealers and were demanding
information and that he said that he was a criminal. He was beat up on the way of the
police station. The cops also threatened to rape him if he didn't assumed participation on
drug trafficking. The cops forged a flagrant kit with 0.6g of marijuana, 9.3g of cocaine
and a firecracker. So, since January 2016, Rafael Braga faces charges of drug trafficking
and trafficking association.
During the audiences, the defense lawyers demanded some diligences that could help to
understand what happened that day. Things like the images of the camera of the police car,
images of the camera of the police station, the GPS information of the ankle monitor, the
GPS information of the police car. The judge denied the access of all this information.
One of the main issue raised by the Campaign is the motivation behind the arrest of Rafael
Braga. He was arrested and condemned in 2013 even without being a protester. He was
arrested because he is Black and poor. Because he is not an activist, no mobilizations
were made at the time and he was tried and condemned very quickly. Even after his
sentencing, the mobilization around his case never achieved the level of the mobilizations
around the case of other arrests of militants in 2013 and 2014. Rafael is a symbol of the
penal selectivity and structural racism of the justice system of Brazil. The most recent
arrest reinforces this point of view. Living in a militarized area, Rafael was stopped and
charged of drug trafficking. The flagrant kit forged by the cops is often used by the
police in favelas. The war on Blacks camouflaged of war on drugs keeps on making new
victims every day, exterminating Black people and sustaining mass incarceration.
Website of the campaign for the liberation of Rafael Braga
https://libertemrafaelbraga.wordpress.com/
http://www.anarkismo.net/article/30075
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