Anarchic update news all over the world - 18.02.2018

Today's Topics:

   
1.  [Greece] Let's talk about modern fascism, part VII By ANA
      (pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  Cgt catalunya: Presentation of CGT Ensenyament Girona on
      February 17 -- WHY WE HAVE DECIDED TO ORGANIZE OURSELVES? (ca)
      [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
  
 3.  Poland, rozbrat: Right to the city or power to power?
      Stanislaw Krastowicz [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
4.  Britain, SolFed: Brighton Solidarity Federation opens a
      dispute with Town and City Residential Lettings (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
5.  vrijebond - Anarchist library saturday 24 februari:
      G.A.R.I.! 1974 - a film by Nicolas Réglat (nl) (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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In this post one can read the seventh part of a series of thematic articles on the 
diachrony of fascism in the territory of the Greek state. The original article entitled 
"Let's talk about modern fascism" and subtitled "updating our analysis and organizing the 
war against its roots and not just against the declared fascists," was published on the 
site of the anarchist collective of Volos Manifesto. All parts can be read here. ---- 
Nationalism - leftist "patriotism" has many legs ... ---- "But we do not want to defeat 
fascism to replace it with something worse. Worse than fascism is the consolidation of the 
state. Fascists beat, burn, murder, violate all the rules of freedom, crush the most 
offensive of workers' dignity. But frankly, all the evil that fascism has done over the 
last two years (and will continue to do so long as the workers tolerate it) can be 
compared to the evil that the state has done, silently and regularly for very many years, 
and will continue to do so. is there? "

Errico Malatesta, March 14, 1922 , "Fascism and Legality," Umanita Nova

Left-wing and "patriot" parties and organizations (LAE, EPAM, PLEUSI, etc.) oppose this 
predominant "national" narrative by proposing another statist and interclassist 
"national-patriot" objective with its constant propaganda against memorandums and his 
populism, have so far failed to persuade a significant part of the population about the 
real character of his narrative. That is, if under conditions of financial globalization, 
without the State being able to borrow abroad and with the possibility of producing and 
manufacturing internal energy and industrial resources (within borders) deficient for 
modern individual and social needs, it is possible to return to "Radical liberalism" of an 
inflationary "national" currency or a state-capitalist model of the former Soviet Union 
type. They are propagating a model that,

It is not at all curious that this second national-patriotic and minority narrative has 
many points in common with the relative "economic program" of the fascist Golden Dawn, or 
at least until the assassination of Fyssas and the beginning of the institutional and 
legal "drive" for the fascist organization, whose goal was to transform it into a 
"serious" political component of the so-called "institutional arc." Taking into account 
these two "national" narratives of the Left, the predominant and the minority, it is not 
surprising that the relatively massive class struggles of 2010 to 2012 are already 
noticeably weaker.

The text in Greek:

https://manifesto-volos.espivblogs.net/2017/09/18/about-fascism/

The text in Castilian:

http://verba-volant.info/en/hablemos-del-fascismo-moderno-parte-vii/

Translation> Liberto

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"There must not be a single human being to whom knowledge - not semi / superficial 
knowledge, but the true know - is denied by lack of time or means." ---- Letter from Piotr 
Kropotkin to Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia ----  Because we are increasingly the members of 
the educational community that denounce the mercantilist and authoritarian derivatives of 
Public Education, which by definition must be universal, secular, democratic, free and of 
quality. ----  Because we want a education of all and for all, tolerant, inclusive and 
with resources that are not built on Decrees of Autonomy of Centers (102/2010) or Decrees 
of templates (6591 27.3. 2014). ----  Because we want to awaken critical awareness, not to 
teach superficial contents; A rational and practical knowledge within the reach of the 
people and not only of companies and of the privileged.

  Because teachers want to be able to express themselves freely in the classrooms, in the 
cloisters, in the centers. Without the fear of depending on the arbitrariness of the 
directions.

  Because we want to decide which model of education we want for our children and our 
students, without cuts or cabinets, with replacements from the first day.

  Because we want another model of trade unionism, an alternative to trade unionism, pact 
and delegation, transparent and free.

For all this, we invite you to participate in the presentation of the Teaching Section of 
the CGT of Girona, on Saturday, February 17, from 10:30 to 14:00, at the Ateneu Popular 
Salvadora Catà de Girona ( Plaça Josep Pla, no2) .

DIVERSES PICTURES WILL BE PLACED ON LONG TODAY:

Llorente, Xavier: Political ecology in the 21st century.
Xavier Llorente will explain how ecologism has evolved from practically apolitical 
conservationism to alternative approaches to social and economic models, going through 
simply reformist positions.
Political ecology and social ecology are based on analyzes and come to offer 
transformative alternatives that can not be underestimated by political, social and trade 
union actors.

Cárdaba, Marciano: 1936: The political class before / against the Revolution.
In Marciano we will talk about the July 36 Revolution as a denial of legality. The state 
as a set of bodies of power and control disappears and new agencies are emerging: 
Committee of militias, Commission of scope, Council of economics, expropriations, local 
committees, popular courts, collectivizations, distribution of wealth and work.

Rodríguez, Ángel: Poems of the licàngel.
The poetic experience is the result of the perplexity and the game of imagination, feeling 
and reflection. Poetry should not only convey an emotion or an image, but it must also 
include thinking and moving into action. Ángel Rodríguez's poetry, while still being 
lyrical, is open to social problems.

Molina, Rosalía: What education do we want?
In those moments where education is at the point of view of everyone, it is when we have 
to be more firm in defending the education we want: We want public education, quality, 
secular, co-educational, democratic, that favors the spirit critical We defend dialogue 
and freedom of expression in all educational fields. How can we fight to achieve it?

And you can follow them on twitter: @CGTenseGi

CGT Education
http://cgtense.pangea.org/
http://www.facebook.com/CGTENSE
https://twitter.com/CGTEnsenyament

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Local elections are approaching, and committees are being formed. Apparently, but still 
life can surprise us to a greater or lesser extent. Well, the committee, whose faces are 
the wife of the incumbent president and one of the vice presidents, without any 
embarrassment, we will present ourselves in the campaign as "social workers " - under the 
logo of "Right to the City" (PdM) . ---- This situation proves the total loss of political 
independence of the environment, which in fact for several years was an important, though 
more and more divided, voice of the social side. Today, it is an annex of the Liberals 
from the PO, which allows them to maintain influence in the city. Therefore, PdM must be 
treated in this campaign as a ruling group that fully shares responsibility for what has 
happened in the city over the past four years. And these were not only - as it may seem to 
some people - positive things.

Nationwide issues and disputes between the PiS and the party opposition, for the majority 
of the expiring tenure of self-government, reformed the discussion on political issues, 
also in relation to local matters. In this dispute, Jaskowiak took an unequivocal position 
on the part of the PO. The falling support of the Platform, however, complicates the 
situation of the elites ruling the city for many years. Under these circumstances, the 
facade PdM can be used to sustain support for neo-liberals.

Those groups that try to go beyond the simple division "PiS Vs. PO / Modern, "they will 
not look passively at how the incumbent president, together with his political 
environment, plays with the inhabitants. On the one hand, presenting itself as a loyal 
ally of power structures based on the PO, and on the other as a spokesman for the social 
side, which these structures have been merging for years.

At the same time, at the local level from behind the "PiS vs. PO / Modern "reveals a 
number of problems that the Jaskowiak team (from PdM inclusive) did not settle. For 
example, the Jaskowiak family declares their support for the women's cause. This did not 
prevent Jaskowiak to ignore last year's postulates of trade unions (OPZZ, PNA, Solidarity 
and Employee Initiatives) regarding increases for more than 9,000 employees of plants and 
institutions subject to the city. It is a feminised group, in many cases with low and very 
low earnings. From behind the term of Jaskowiak, the unions demanded PLN 700 gross in the 
salary increase. Despite declarations and promises, they eventually got only PLN 400 gross 
on average. And not out of good will, but under constant pressure of protests. These 400 
zlotys were therefore more "ripped out" of the new power from the throat than "granted". 
This does not prevent Jaskowiak to claim that this is more than during Grobelny's time. 
His attitude, unfortunately, does not differ from his predecessor - he gives only as much 
as he must. In the electoral campaign, women will probably hear how lucky they are that 
they have the right to vote, although they would probably call them to feel that the right 
to vote is still being improved by their social and material situation.

In the end, Jaskowiak's policy towards the category of "women" includes only those that 
are successful on the free market or in politics. Self-government employees earning a 
pittance are still excluded from the "more" policy of Poznan. Their role in the city is 
still reduced to the level of cheap labor. In and out of the office.

Another problem concerns housing policy. Although much was done in this matter, the first 
years of his term were wasted by Jaskowiak. The rebate right after Tomasz Lewandowski's 
election (with the active participation of PdM) and the appointment of Agnieszka 
Pachciarz, as deputy to Jaskowiak responsible for housing policy, effectively delayed the 
necessary changes by 1.5-2 years. The perfumer declared outright the policy of 
continuation. For example, she was in favor of the existence of a container housing estate 
and against the appointment of a tenancy intervention office. In addition, the role played 
by the removal of Lewandowski PdM with Wudarski at the head (which turned out that he has 
shares in the building and evicts people), will leave a long-lasting disgust. It was then 
that PdM turned closer to the PO than it was possible to suppose.

It was only Agnieszka Pachciarz's disloyalty, and the tendency to plot with the 
contemporary head of the ZKZL, Wojciech Augustyniak, that made the offended Jaskowiak cry 
and get rid of both. Eventually he reached for Lewandowski. If, however, on the day of the 
upcoming elections, the opposition accuses Jaskowiak and the team of not doing enough in 
housing matters, they will be right. In any case, more could have been done had Jaskowiak 
and Wudarski not set up the second round of elections in 2014. Finally, in the first year 
of Jasiek's term of office, no municipal housing was built and the same number of families 
were evicted from the housing stock , every year - during the Grobelny period. The changes 
came only with Lewandowski.

Finally, Wudarski's policy is judged badly. At least not until recently, many activists 
and activists criticized his actions in the field of spatial policy and ecology, 
expressing the opinion that "he has gone to the dark side of power." Another thing is that 
in the election year these same "social activists" are pushing into the same group as 
Wudarski, without seeing any contradiction. Perhaps, however, it was a mirage to sit on 
the city council, tempt the opponents and silence pre-election criticism.

These are just some of the issues. One could continue, mentioning a number of other 
problems that were not solved or even accumulated in Jaskowiak's time. For example, the 
level of social participation in decision-making processes seems in some respects lower 
than in Grobelny's time. It was decided to keep the quiz titled civic budget (previously 
criticized by the community), without taking any step forward - towards more direct 
methods of city management.

http://www.rozbrat.org/publicystyka/sprawy-lokalne/4599-prawo-do-miasta-czy-parcie-do-wadzy

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Brighton Solidarity Federation has started a dispute with Town and City Residential 
Lettings, operating out of English Business Park, near Hove Cemetery. A tenant has been 
organising with SolFed after the agency failed to address severe mould and damp issues, 
which the tenant lost several belongings to, and then took the cost of necessary 
refurbishment and repair out of the tenant's deposit. The tenant, a single mother dealing 
with anxiety, has suffered repeated harassment and bullying by the agency. This has come 
to a climax with the agency demanding at first £200 from the tenant's deposit, arbitrarily 
raising this figure to £780, and then making a final, ludicrous demand for £1030. ---- 
Along with the Tenant, Brighton Solfed wrote to the agency on the 29th of January in order 
to lay out the issues and put forward options for redress. We were disappointed (but not 
entirely surprised) to find the Agency responded with a series of falsehoods concerning 
the tenancy and even made legal threats if we moved forward with the public campaign.

Due to the belligerent attitude of the Agency and the fact that they made no effort to 
reach an amicable resolution, we have opened a public campaign. The combination of callous 
neglect and bullying by agencies is by now sadly familiar, but we will show them that with 
solidarity comes strength, and we won't be turned away by empty legal threats, or 
bureaucratic misdirection!

Brighton SolFed is supporting the tenant in two key demands: First, a full return of the 
deposit of £1,280.00, and in addition, compensation amounting to £500.00, which covers 
clothes and other items lost to mould, as well as loss of income due to the severe impact 
this has had on the tenant's mental health.

While the agency's initial response to the tenant's reasonable demands has been 
disappointing, we know that with collective strength and direct action even the most 
stubborn letting agent or landlord can be convinced to negotiate. When we recognise we are 
all being drained by their deposit theft and neglect we can stand up and fight back!

An Injury to one is an injury to all!

http://www.brightonsolfed.org.uk/brighton/brighton-solidarity-federation-opens-a-dispute-with-town-and-city-residential-lettings-0

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19:00: soup, salad and bread ---- 20:00 15 min introduction about the MIL, Gari, the main 
characters like Octavio Albarola, Marc Roulian. After the intro the docu starts. ---- 
Spain, march 1974. Different members of the M.I.L. (Movimiento Ibérico de Liberación) are 
about to be sentenced to death by the franquist law enforcement. Five groups of activists, 
in Paris and Toulouse, decide to bundle their forces and create the G.A.R.I.(Groupes 
d'Action Révolutionnaire Internationalistes). They organize in Paris the kidnapping of 
Balthazar Suarez, the director of the Banco Bilbao in Paris. With this they want to attain 
the liberation of their M.I.L. comrades and a hundred political prisoners. Fourty years 
later, thanks to the passing of the statute of limitation, Nicolas Réglat, who grew up 
without any knowledge of this adventure, lets his family and other former members of 
G.A.R.I. speak. This film recreates an incredible history told by its protagonists, who 
are not afraid to tell it like it is.

Language: French, English subtitles.

Location: Anarchistische Bibliotheek
Adres: Eerste Schinkelstraat 14 -16 Amsterdam

G.A.R.I., Groupes d'Action Révolutionnaire Internationalistes, M.I.L., Movimiento Ibérico 
de Liberación

vrijebond.org/g-a-r-i-1974-film-nicolas-reglat/

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