Anarchic update news all over the world - 4.03.2018

Today's Topics:

  
 1.  black rose fed -- WEST VIRGINIA ISN'T OVER YET: EXTEND THE
      STRIKE, BUILD LONG TERM POWER (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  France, Alternative Libertaire AL #280 - The usefulness of
      Marxian criticism for libertarians (fr, it, pt) [machine
      translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
3.  Poland, "ZSP-lWA calls for a week of protest action against
      the repression of workers from the Post Office in Poland
      [Traduction automatique] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
4.  Greece, March 8 Resistance and Match Day By APO (gr)
      [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
5.  Czech, afed: Freedom for Salih Muslim! - Kurds and
      anti-authoritarians have protested against the arrest of Kurdish
      politicians, and other actions are under way [machine
      translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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What follows is a proposal, released as a leaflet you can download, for how to extend the 
strike unfolding in West Virginia. This is followed by a February 27 press release from 
opposing the attempt by union leaders and the Democratic Party pushing teachers across the 
state to end the current strike and return to work for a small raise. ---- This posting 
originally appeared on It's Going Down. ---- Donate Here ---- Listen to an interview with 
a striking teacher on It's Going Down podcast Here ---- Download and Print PDF leaflet 
Here ---- Connect with the West Virginia IWW on Facebook Here ---- The statewide strike of 
teachers in West Virginia that started on February 22nd is a model for teachers and other 
working-class people across the US of how we can struggle together for what we need. It is 
a desperately needed example of mass working-class solidarity in a time when the rich are 
attempting to fracture us even more. It is also an important model of the kinds of strikes 
we can wage when we realize that the existing labor laws (the same ones that the rich are 
trying to destroy anyways) are traps designed by the rich to tie our arms behind our backs 
and hold us back.

Some teachers and supporters in West Virginia are organizing through the IWW to spread a 
revolutionary unionist perspective in the current strike, to expand the strike and 
strengthen the militant mood of the teachers, and to build for long-term organization that 
is not reliant on politicians or bureaucrats. They will begin by distributing a leaflet to 
encourage teachers and other members of the working class to extend and expand the current 
struggle, and they will be looking for openings to expand on that organizing.

You can support their organizing by donating here. Funds raised will be used to print 
agitational materials, to cover travel costs related to organizing, to rent spaces or 
cover child-care for meetings, and to cover other costs related to building a militant and 
organized presence among teachers and working-class people in West Virginia.

The text of the leaflet they will be distributing is below. We also welcome anyone in West 
Virginia, or any teachers anywhere, or anyone else, to download the PDF and distribute it 
in your workplaces, schools, churches, and neighborhoods.

The Power of Working Class Solidarity
What Do We Face?
Jim Justice and the Republican-dominated legislature seek to cut state funding to the 
Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA), increasing premiums over the next several years, 
and eliminating teacher seniority while opening up the possibility of charter schools to 
privatize public education in areas in most need of quality public servants. The goal for 
this legislature is to utterly decimate public sector labor, reap obscene profits through 
private charter school investments which lack accountability measures, and ultimately 
reduce the quality of education in the state.

We know that both Democrats and Republicans no longer have a need for a highly-educated 
workforce. Instead, they seek to create a system of obedient workers who can perform the 
menial tasks asked of them by their corporate masters without questioning the powers that 
be. Careers that provide meaningful employment with a steady wage and quality health care 
no longer exist for the many. They have been replaced, over the course of the past few 
decades, with a series of half-hearted promises by both parties. If we do not act NOW to 
halt this reactionary legislation, we will ultimately lose our future - our children's 
future - to big business and the corporate-controlled parties.

In sum, we face the daunting challenge to confront elitism in our political party system 
and the legislation they seek to create. BUT, we cannot create a new destiny simply by 
voting out one party and replacing it with another. For substantive change to occur, we 
must FIRST organize around our common destiny as workers.

What We Have Done
Almost as soon as Justice and the Republicans announced their plans to cut funding to PEIA 
while refusing to negotiate a public employees' pay raise, everyday workers jumped into 
action without waiting to be told what to do. The capitol building saw an influx of 
teachers dressed in scarlet red as independent mutual support networks began to grow to 
serve the needs of people in those communities.

The everyday union member gave a shining example of what can be done when anger is coupled 
with education and organization. Through independent, grassroots means, common teachers 
began developing strategies for providing food to families in need, chartering buses to 
travel to the capitol, and begin mass picketing across the state.

The capitol rotunda was inundated with a sea of red as educators flooded into its halls to 
demand action for ALL public employees' concerns. Solidarity efforts across the state 
continued as food, water, and coffee was distributed to picketers who equally demanded 
that the legislature listen to the concerns of public sector employees and fully fund PEIA.

 From the Maine to California and the Philippines to France, educators around the world 
have shown that they support the efforts of ALL public employees in West Virginia. The 
eyes of the world are watching the people of West Virginia, hoping for a working class 
victory. It is not enough to hope, we need to believe. If enough of us are united, we will 
win.

What We Still Have to Do
We must build on what we've already accomplished.

We must look at the legislature's plan in the context of the last several decades. Nearly 
every job that can be automated or sent overseas has been outsourced, so that what 10 
workers once did in Charleston or Wheeling in 1970 is now done by 3 or 4 poorly-paid 
workers in Mexico or China, pitting "us against them" in a race to the bottom. Workers in 
retail and service jobs, some of the only jobs in the US that can't be outsourced, have 
usually been defeated when they've tried to organize for decent pay and benefits. These 
decades of defeat have created the "Rust Belt," a region with few living-wage jobs where 
many people rely on social assistance.

Justice and his Republican lackeys are trying to destroy support networks for those whose 
communities are already in crisis and they are working to crush the power of public 
employees, one of the last groups of workers that has managed to resist cuts and retain a 
decent standard of living.

We didn't create this situation, but we can change it, as long as we remember where our 
strength lies: in our UNITY. "Workers united will never be defeated," we chant - for good 
reason.

The Strike
Educators across the state have continued on a walkout in opposition to Republican 
legislation that would harm ALL public employees in the short - and long-term. Educators 
realize that other public sector employees may not have the resources available to strike, 
and thus have determined that they will continue to fight until ALL public employees 
receive the demands they so justly deserve.

With the rollout of Go365 - a privatized model of health care - public employees began a 
sustained campaign to defeat this reactionary model for health care, one that would award 
"points" to those who had the privilege to attend gyms on a regular basis. >From there, 
public employees have been on a sustained campaign to force the legislature to increase a 
natural gas severance tax so that a permanent revenue stream for PEIA can be found, while 
increasing pay for ALL public employees - including school cooks, janitors, bus drivers, 
Department of Highway workers, etc.

The problem is that Democrats have now begun using this grassroots energy to claim that 
their party "stands with public employees" and will continue to fight for teachers when 
elected. We know that the Democrats in this state, too, have allowed for this system of 
oppression to continue, doing little to increase funding for PEIA or teachers' salaries 
over the decades of their dominance in the legislature.

We CANNOT allow either party to co-opt the strike and transform it into their own 
narrative. The strike was begun by everyday teachers and public employees - its course 
should be determined by them as well.

Workplace-centered collective action is the strongest way to move forward, and would be 
far more effective than simply switching one group of politicians for another.

Solidarity Unionism
Before laws were passed in the ‘30s and ‘40s that institutionalized labor unions, the most 
effective organizing tactics avoided formal union recognition and automatic dues 
check-off. Unions were less of a faceless service provider and more connected to the 
shop-floor.

Solidarity unionism affirms the central role of rank-and-file initiative in workplace 
change. It stands in opposition to what has been termed "business" or "service-provider" 
unionism: the idea that a worker joins a union to obtain material benefits in exchange for 
monthly dues payments, much as the worker might buy an insurance policy.

In solidarity unionism, workers carry out their own organizing. There are three 
fundamental principles: 1. Rank-and-file control (every worker has an equal say in the 
positions/actions of the union); 2. Direct action including, but not limited to, strikes, 
work slowdowns, and pickets; 3. Members carry their union membership with them, regardless 
of majority status, when they move on to other jobs.

With the end of formal collective bargaining, solidarity unionism may be the only route 
public sector workers have to address grievances in the workplace. Sit-ins, confronting 
management in large numbers, slow downs, work-to-rules, pickets, "quickie strikes"; these 
are all successful tactics that were used by auto workers and longshore workers in 
Michigan and Califonia in the 1930s and continue to be used by fast food and retail 
workers in Oregon and North Carolina today. These tactics, up to and including a general 
strike, can help us to rebuild the working-class solidarity that will be necessary for us 
to eventually defeat the ruling-class agenda imposed on us.

Who Should Organize and How
Public-sector workers are the primary targets of this Republican legislature. If we allow 
them to strip us of our rights, it will destroy the power of one of the last group of 
workers in the U.S. who have been able to maintain a decent standard of living by 
resisting cuts during the economic upheaval of the last thirty years. Additionally, the 
consequences of these actions will affect anyone who uses public services. That is why we 
must fight back. The protests in Charleston gained significant momentum after the Martin 
Luther King, Jr. Rally Day. If all public-sector workers take action, they can inspire the 
rest of the state to move with them. Try to identify people who are sympathetic to the 
idea of collective action. Form mobilization committees and link up with like-minded 
groups or individuals. Build a contact list. Discuss strike preparations at your local, 
but be prepared for opposition from the international. Organize mass meetings with your 
co-workers, regardless of which union they're in, so that you can strategize together.

Private-sector workers are being told that our economic problems are a result of ‘greedy 
public employees' defending their health care and pensions. These ideas are being pushed 
in order to divide us; with workers pitted against each other, we are all weaker, and the 
politicians and bosses know it. Instead of blaming each other, we should be united by our 
common interests. We should all have decent health care, living wages, and a dignified 
retirement - and we can, if we fight together for these demands. Unionized workers can 
mobilize at their local to support collective action, and all private-sector workers 
should begin meeting with their co-workers to discuss their own demands and strategy. With 
all of the public discussion of unions and workers' rights, non-unionized workers have a 
perfect opportunity to organize at their own jobs - especially if they use the "solidarity 
unionism" tactics discussed above, rather than the legalistic strategies that have led us 
to the current mess. This is an important moment in history; let's seize this opportunity 
to go on the offensive. Unionized workers can build their power and show that they are a 
force to be reckoned with. Non-unionized workers from any sector, industry, or company can 
organize and demand the living wages, rights, and benefits that so far have been denied to 
them.

Students can play a vital role in mobilizing for working-class solidarity. The economic 
crisis is shortening the gap between students and workers - many students are also 
workers, and prospects for graduates are becoming bleaker. Already, West Virginia students 
have been threatened by their universities for supporting educators. Students must 
continue their support in order to protect our teachers, our university staff, our 
families, and our futures. Our tuition and tax dollars fund the universities, so let's 
reclaim the campus for ourselves! We should begin organizing for student strikes, build 
connections with co-workers where we hold jobs, organize rallies in defense of students 
targeted by the administration, and prepare to walk picket lines in solidarity. It is us, 
the young people, who have to live with the future consequences of today's cuts, and for 
that reason alone, we MUST step up with all workers.

Everyone - union and non-union workers, students, unemployed, farmers, retirees - is 
affected by this legislature, and we can all begin preparing to support collective action 
in other ways. Religious communities can prepare plans for "Freedom Schools" alongside a 
teachers' strike or kitchens to feed strikers. People should also begin organizing 
mobilization committees within their communities and make plans to support eventual picket 
lines, in order to show any scabs or police that strikers have community support.

We Have the Power
We can defeat this anti-union legislature and all of Justice's attempts to divide us, and 
change our society for the better, if we continue to act together and return to the roots 
that our unions were built on. This will not be easy, and may even be scary, but if we 
just sit on our hands those in power will cut until we have nothing left. Those in power 
can intimidate us and pit us against one another, but, as Ralph Chaplin said in Solidarity 
Forever, "without our brain and muscle not a single wheel could turn." If we act together, 
we have the power to resist these cuts, we have the power to go on the offensive, and we 
have the power to win.

Workers Reject Justice Proposal While Union Leadership Caves
Released on February 27, 2018
Earlier today, Governor Jim Justice (R) announced that he had reached a compromise with 
the leadership of the three main teachers unions - West Virginia Education Association 
(WVEA), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the West Virginia School Service 
Personnel Association (WVSSPA).

Justice announced that he would work with the Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates 
Tim Armstead, and the Republican Senate President, Mitch Carmichael, to finalize a deal 
that would, over the year, provide a 5% pay increase to educators, table bills that 
affected teacher seniority, and create a task force to examine funding routes for the 
state's Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA). Justice proclaimed at this meeting that 
teachers would report back to their schools on Thursday, March 1st and the strike would 
then end.

Crowded around Justice were Christine Campbell and Dale Lee, presidents of the AFT-WV and 
WVEA, respectively. While leadership has touted this agreement as a victory for educators 
across the state, who have been on strike since Thursday, February 22nd, workers across 
the state ultimately reject leadership's compromise.

An overwhelming number of public employees on the West Virginia Public Employees UNITED 
page have voted on a poll in opposition to the current deal. At last count, over 1,000 
voters rejected the deal outright, over 400 said the deal was a start but ultimately 
rejected it, and only 21 said they accepted the deal as is.

Workers in this state have shown the power of rank-and-file control over their counties' 
actions, while many brave counties engaged in direct action prior to union leadership's 
calling for a statewide walkout. The workers of this state will reject and continue to 
reject any and all compromise with this reactionary legislature that does NOT meet the 
following demands:

1. A natural gas severance tax that creates a self-sustaining source of revenue for PEIA 
and public employee pay.
2. No regressive taxes, which ultimately affect working-class families more than the 
wealthy elite.
3. A permanent tabling to any and all legislation pertaining to co-tenancy and joint 
development, which allow large natural gas industries to engulf local landowners.
4. A pay raise of 5% per year over the next half decade.
5. A permanent tabling to any and all legislation pertaining to charter schools, voucher 
systems, and any attempts to privatize public schools.

It has been 28 years since West Virginia teachers have staged a statewide walkout. In that 
time, workers in this state have seen the erosion of their rights progress over these past
past two and a half decades. West Virginians cannot wait another 28 years for another 
opportunity like this. We demand that the strike continue until all demands have been met.

Solidarity Forever.

http://blackrosefed.org/west-virginia-strike-isnt-over-yet/

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After the death of Bakunin, the anarchist movement has adopted a project of communist 
society which, in broad outline, remains relevant. But this positioning would have been 
stronger if he had relied on Marx's theory of crises rather than on moral or ideological 
arguments. ---- Libertarians have been very good at imagining elaborate social projects, 
some of which can even be put into practice, at least partially, in history. But most of 
the time, it missed them a failure a solid objective criticism of the contradictions of 
the capitalist system. ---- Marx, for his part, was not far in terms of the social 
project, but left us a dense and solid study of the devastating contradictions of 
capitalism as a system. But it is by joining systemic criticism to the utopian aspiration 
that a libertarian communist society can truly be thought of.

Proudhon and Marx
 From the point of view of criticism of political economy, Marx is both a continuator and 
critic of Proudhon. The latter had in fact already developed a criticism of the property, 
the report of exploitation, the spoliation of surplus value by the capitalist proprietors, 
declaring thus: "  Property is theft !  Proudhon was also a virulent critic of the banks 
and the state.

However, the criticism of Proudhon has several limitations. On the one hand, property, 
banks and the state are analyzed not as elements of a dysfunctional system, but rather as 
structures invested by ill-intentioned individuals (bourgeois class, bureaucracy). 
Technical progress, on the other hand, is interpreted as harmful because it disqualifies 
the worker and the worker while Marx analyzes it as a suppression of the source of value, 
pillar of capitalism.

On the other hand, there are sometimes confusions between the libertarian socialist 
activist's point of view and that of a small liberal entrepreneur, hostile to taxes, 
technical progress and big industry. From these shortcomings follows the weakness of 
Proudhon's proposals. His ideal society, from the economic point of view, could be 
summarized as follows: a trading society without bosses or exploitation, composed of 
mutuals and cooperatives, and a people's bank delivering loans at zero rates, and whose 
aim would be to limit competition and the formation of monopolies.

No illusion on mutuellism
The criticism of Karl Marx will reveal the limits of this project and open the way to an 
overtaking. The contradiction between the social character (the goods are made available 
to the whole society) and the deprivation of production (the producers produce on the 
basis of private property, according to private interests, and their individual fate 
depends on the sale or not of the goods they produce) regularly leads to a series of 
negative consequences for society and the individual. For society, it's about economic 
crises. For the individual, it is about income cuts, the bankruptcy of his activity, 
unemployment, misery.

These reflections are absent in Proudhon. The latter mainly studies the problem of 
inequalities, between those who have power and money and those who do not. Marx, while 
integrating this dimension, also studies, through a deep analysis of the crises, why 
capitalism is a system of impersonal domination where dominions as dominated can end all 
and all losers, by the play of their unthinking actions. and disordered, in a system that 
they do not understand and control. The general idea of Marx would therefore be to replace 
private property, competition and the commercial relationship by a collective and 
democratic management of production and distribution. It remains to specify the forms and 
institutions that are conducive to such a society.

By his own admission, Bakunin was not a treaty man. He was a man of action. To compare 
Marx's work with Bakunin's pamphlets would therefore be irrelevant. Bakunin was in favor 
of economic collectivism: a complete socialization of production managed democratically, 
from below, according to the federalist principle. From this point of view, Bakunin made a 
synthesis of the best of Marx and Proudhon. However, this is a political position and a 
series of proposals for social organization rather undeveloped, and not a detailed and 
in-depth analysis.

Collectivism or Communism  ?
After Bakunin, the libertarian movement split into two streams: the collectivists and the 
communists. If they agreed on the necessity of socializing production, they diverged on 
the question of the distribution of the social product.

The collectivists were for the maintenance of wage labor, merit pay, and a market 
distribution of production  ; the communists were for the abolition of wage labor, the 
distribution according to the needs and the "   catch with the pile   ". If the Communists 
still won in this debate at the time, it is unfortunate that they have held to moral or 
ideological arguments, and have not resorted to arguments stronger, such than Marx's 
theory of crises, to justify their positioning. Particularly bad, because the backsliding 
were recurring in the libertarian movement - for example, the relation to the currency and 
the market at Pierre Besnard, (The libertarian Federalism, 1946) and Georges 
Fontenis,(Manifesto of Libertarian Communism, 1953) - and still exist today.

Cafiero, who was a member of the communist current, has certainly only drafted a summary 
of Capital (validated by Marx himself), reduced to Book I (which lacks the developments of 
Books II and III as well as Grundrisse ), however, in this debate, he seems to have 
omitted Marx's analysis of the accidental realization of value and the possibility of 
crises, present in book I.

Read the review of L'Abrégé du Capital in Alternative Libertaire , February 2009.
Kropotkin sinks into a primary anti-Marxism, certainly understandable for the time, but 
very tainted with bad faith (evidenced by his incapacity, in The Conquest of Bread , to 
understand correctly the meaning of the concept of overproduction). Kropotkin's 
antimarxism is highly damaging since its contributions could be an essential complement to 
Marx. To the analysis of the latter would thus be grafted "  the social physiognomy  ", as 
a radical overcoming of political economy, as well as a possible way of organizing the 
social relations of production and distribution, rid of class domination and forms of 
impersonal domination of Capital.

For the libertarians, to be interested in Marx's work on the critique of political economy 
is to provide himself with indispensable tools to think both of the criticism of the 
capitalist system and logically deduce the optimal organizational bases of production and 
distribution relationships necessary for a society of politically free individuals joining 
forces to produce according to their needs.

Floran Palin (AL Marne)

His blog: Espritcritiquerevolutionnaire.revolublog.com
In summary:
Alain Bihr (sociologist): "  Even insufficient, Marx remains necessary !  "
Political economy: The usefulness of Marxian criticism for libertarians
Basics: Capitalist logic in eight basic notions
the value
the work force
salary
domestic work
the capital gain
the trend decline in the rate of profit
crisis
restructuring
Marx or Keynes ? The development of capitalism is no longer epoch

http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?L-utilite-de-la-critique-marxienne-pour-les-libertaires

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For almost two years, postal workers around Poland have been protesting for better working 
conditions. ZSP has been active in attempts to coordinate national networks, actions and 
to unionize workers, together with hundreds of other workers spread around the country. 
All of the workers shared two things in common: they are fed up with the very poor working 
conditions and were not satisfied with the role of the representative unions which signed 
very agreements on their behalf with the employer. ---- Major actions of the ZSP have 
included exposing the problems in the Post Office and providing a forum for thousands of 
workers to network, making contacts all over the country and organizing national meetings, 
promoting alternative unionism and organizing and taking part in organizing national 
protests, together with thousands of workers.

This work was immediately attacked by representatives both of Solidarity and by the 
management of the Post Office, which is a state-owned enterprise. Solidarity at the Post 
Office carried out a vile disinformation campaign, which sought to present the ZSP as if 
it was a Soviet paramilitary organization - such a grotesque misrepresentation that it 
would have been hilarious if it weren't such a part of the current far-right political 
hysteria.

When workers began to organize and call for protests on a national level, calling for a 
significant pay rise and other demands, the management of the Post Office, together with 
their union servants, started a campaign of harrassment and threats against the workers. 
Throughout Poland, workers were visited, told that the protests were illegal, threatened 
with disciplinary action, etc.

Finally, after last years' large national protests, Klaudiusz and Rafal were fired and now 
Zbyszek. He had been active after the protests in trying to organize workers.

Besides this retaliation against the postal workers, there have also been various attempts 
to bring criminal cases against another member of ZSP from Warsaw, Jakub. The Post Office 
tried (unsuccessfully) to have him prosecuted under the amazing charge of "organizing a 
bloody revolution". Although this was so stupid it was hysterical, it is actually a very 
serious charge, completely out of line with the real crime - helping to coordinate the 
national workers protest. Unfortunately the Post Office, backed by the State, is trying to 
prosecute on lesser criminal charges, which are also complete nonsense.

Although our organization has born the brunt of the repression, it is important to 
recognize that in fact, they are repressing all workers.

In connection with the recent round of repression, an international week of solidarity and 
protest has been called for Febuary 26 - March 4, with some protests planned at various 
representations of the Polish State around the globe. More information on planned protests 
to follow.

If you would like to show other forms of solidarity, please contact is@zsp.net.pl.

Related articles in English:
http://zsp.net.pl/postal-workers-protest-warsaw
zsp.net.pl/no-protest-allowed-post-office
http://zsp.net.pl/postal-workers-protest-all-over-poland
http://zsp.net.pl/solidarity-postal-workers-down-bosses
zsp.net.pl/post-office-workers-make-demands
http://zsp.net.pl/third-national-meeting-postal-workers......
http://zsp.net.pl/"solidarity"-screws-postal-workers-aga...

In Polish:
http://zsp.net.pl/kampanie/poczta-polska
listonosze.pl "

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The solemn establishment of such a day attempts once again to de-emphasize every militant 
claim, every historical stock and collective memory, which can go ahead with the struggle 
for female emancipation. The attempt to incorporate the various movements and alter their 
characteristics is a common practice of sovereignty to assimilate every effort of 
resistance and reduce its radicalism. Especially with regard to March 8, its establishment 
as a celebration, in fact, confirms and reproduces the imposed gender roles. For us, March 
8 is a day of resistance and struggle rather than its establishment as a celebration. ---- 
We are looking for our roots as fighters in these struggles, because they are part of us. 
We propose our class organization against our oppressors. We are a part of the working 
class and we have nothing to do with those who are imposed daily on every aspect of our 
lives. We are inspired by the militant claims of women workers in America in the early 
20th century, by our anarchist comrades in Spain in '36, for our organization, workplaces, 
neighborhoods.

Against patriarchy and every form of oppression imposed by the system, we respond with 
fighting resistances. We hold the flame of the struggles of the past alive and continue 
collectively from below.

We learn and draw inspiration from women's struggles all over the world, from Zapatista 
women who are organizing the "1st International Political, Artistic, Sporting and Cultural 
Meeting of Women Struggling", by Turkish Comrades, by the Rebels in Kobani and Afrin who 
defend their place against the Turkish fascist invasion and the jihadist terrorism and 
those who resist contemporary totalitarianism in all the lengths and backs of the planet. 
We continue the struggle for female emancipation, the struggle for the freedom of all 
against every relationship of power that is imposed on us.

INTERNATIONAL AND DOCTORAL SOLIDARITY IN WOMEN 'S WOMEN

AGAINST A STATE AND PATRIARCH FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND FREEDOM

Women's Initiative Against Patriarchy

Contact: Every Tuesday 19: 00-22: 00 in the self-managed area On the walls (Patreos 87) | 
mail: enantiastinpatriarxia@gmail.com

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On Sunday, the Czech police detained, following a request by Turkey and the Interpol 
section of the former co-chair of the Kurdish United Democratic Party (PYD) Salih Muslim. 
Against this, Turkey has been charged with terrorism, as well as the other dozens of 
people associated with the Kurdish struggle for independence and YPG militia, or YPJ. That 
is, the Turkish authoritarian regime considers it part of the Kurdistan Workers' Party 
(PKK), which it termed terrorist. ---- Because it is possible that the Czech state will 
want to issue a Muslim on the basis of an official request to Turkey, where the draconian 
punishments for perpetrated crimes are threatened, most Kurds against the prosecution of 
the former PYD co-president were protesting in Prague on the second day of the 
twenty-sixth. This is supported by a small group of local anti-fascists and 
anti-authoritarians.

The action itself started quite unexpectedly before the District Court for Prague 1 in the 
Fruit Market after ten o'clock in the morning. About one hundred and fifty protesters 
arrived on the site, carrying several banners, many Kurdish flags, PYDs and, for example, 
Yugoslav militia symbols forbidden in Germany. The Kurds took care of the thunderstorming 
of various passwords aimed at the Turkish autarch Erdogan or calling for the liberation of 
Salih Muslim.

After several speeches, the crowd set off on the streets of Prague, despite the frost. 
Although accompanied by the police, including a heavy-load delivery, the procession passed 
without any problem with almost constant chanting and with flags flying across the 
Štefánik Bridge and then to Letna to the Ministry of the Interior.

The demonstrators surrounded the barriers to the entrance to the building and continued to 
chant. Even during the winter, the dynamic and energetically charged atmosphere did not 
lose its strength, so some people, after the end of the event, went to the Ministry of 
Justice.

While the deputy ministry, Petr Jäger, was willing to act during the afternoon with the 
protestors, he told them only that the Muslim would most probably have a court tomorrow to 
decide on his possible detention.

Kurds and local activists, including anarchists, will continue in solidarity actions right 
there - at the Municipal Court in Spalena Street. There is a meeting at ten in the 
morning. We can only recommend warm clothes and a thermos with tea.

FB Tuesday Event Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1624325270937742/

Further information:
http://denikreferendum.cz/clanek/27134-kdo-je-salih-muslim

https://www.afed.cz/text/6797/svobodu-pro-saliha-muslima

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