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Decentralized Days of Action for Squats and Autonomous Spaces11.04.2008 21:55
Activists across Europe and beyond have dubbed Friday 11th and Saturday 12th April 2008 as days of action for squats and autonomous spaces. Following a meeting in the autonomous space 'Les Tanneries' in Dijon last year, there was a call out for two days of decentralised actions in defence of free spaces and for an anti-capitalist popular culture. The aim of the days of action is to develop interconnections and solidarity between squats and autonomous spaces and help create more visibility for them as a european/global political movement. Public actions are planned in the Austria, Belarusia, Czech Republic, Danmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden and other places. In Copenhagen things have already kicked off with an advance action in support of creating a new Ungdomshuset 'Youth House' took place with 5000 people taking part in a demo followed by a massive street party. In the UK, new squats have already been opened in Leeds City Centre, Nottingham, and London. Further advaned actions took place in Amsterdam (nl) (pl) (en), Hamburg (de) and Innsbruck (de). One goal for the weekend of action is to "inspire and empower people" who have previously been unfamiliar with squatting. Discussing campaigns and sharing knowledge and skills we can support one another and be empowered ourselves, as well as drawing in new people by creating a vibrant and exciting place to be. Throughout the weekend there will be independent media coverage of actions, video and radio reports from around Europe. Links: April2008 website (multilingual) | Agenda | wiki | Indymedia UK feature | at.indymedia.org feature | Indymedia.nl feature | Indymedia Danmark features Audio streams Open-Radio (multilingual) | Radiojukebox (de/en) | Radio Bronka (ca/es) | more radio (playlist) Violent Repression At NATO Summit in Romania10.04.2008 22:12
Sacred Shrine of shamans threatened by real estate speculation in Brasilia, Brazil03.04.2008 23:06
In Brasília the local administration wants to build a luxurious neighborhood, called Northwest, in a place where indigenous groups of different ethnicities, like Fulni-ô/Thapuwia, Tuxá, Cariri-Xocó, had live for more than 30 years. The place is also the last area of Cerrado in the city, a native vegetation from the central part of Brasil. It´s a environmental sanctuary of great importance for the regional rivers and at the same time is also a place where indigenous from diferent parts of the country can stay while travelling trough Brasilia. The financial interests are huge and defended by those who were supposed to take care of a healty environmental and for cultural diversity, instead of being spokesman of the private interests that wants to destroy the Shamans Sanctuary, the indigenous and the environment. The governor José Roberto Arruda was involved in scandals in the Congress a few years ago and the vice governor Paulo Octávio, a senator, owner of the biggest land company, owner of a TV station and also owner of the Brasilia newspaper (Citizen Kaine), wants to destroy this history, using state propaganda that the Northwest Sector will be an ecological neighborhood, a model of modernity and progress when in fact it's a prove of the intolerance, prejudice and racism of the capitalist development that destroy the nature and victimizes native and black people, and all those who opposes this mega project. According to the governor Arruda: "There some people who believe we should not built the Northeast Sector so the indigenous could live there. Of course that is not my opnion". This neighborhood is destinated to the upper class, it's expected to be the most expensive area in Brazil and one of the most in the world. Each meter is going to cost 6 thousand reais (around 2.500 dollars). The area will shelter around 100 thousand people, and 150 thousand cars, which will demage even more a city that sofers with the heat season. Also the water sources from the Parana Basin and the Amazonica Basin can be contaminated in the process. There is no reason to go ahead with this project, according with IBGE (Geography and Statistic Institute) there is more than 53 thousand dwelling that are not occupied in the city. The supposed demand of habitation of the upper class is in fact a demand of capital flow, that is proved by the strong real state especulation of coorporations and government in the federal capital of Brasil. Images:: Local Pictures | Protests in BNDES (Development Bank)1 and 2 | Protest in IBAMA (Environmental Agency) 1 - 2 - 3 Video:: Toré - Celebration and Resistance in the Central Highlands For more information check out Indymedia Brasil and Shamans Sanctuary Fossil Fools Take On Fossil Fuels03.04.2008 21:41
Rising Tide called for a day of action against the fossil fuel industry on April 1st. People responded by targetting various aspects of the fossil fuel industry. In the UK, offices were targetted, banners dropped and protests held. In Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, protesters halted work at one of the biggest open-cast coal mines in Europe, with the intention to remain on the site for several days. Read reports: [1] [2]. Activists also blockaded the UK's largest off shore gas terminal at Bacton in Norfolk and prevented construction workers from entering the site. Read reports: [1] [2]. On 3rd April activists succesfully blockaded Aberthaw power station in Wales, causing huge traffic tailbacks. Read reports: [1] [2]. In Scotland the tyres of 4x4's were deflated and foolish action took place in Edinburgh and Glasgow. In Nottingham, an office of energy giant E.ON was successfully blockaded. Two people were arrested and their homes raided and searched by police. Read report + audio. Read full reports: UK Indymedia, Notts Indymedia and Scotland Indymedia. In the US, activists stopped bulldozers at the contruction site of Cliffside coal-fired power plant, Charlotte, North Carolina. Shortly after locking themselves to construction equipment, police arrived on the scene and used pain compliance holds and tazers to force them to unlock themselves. Read report. In Boston, Massachusetts, four activists locked themselves to the front entrance of a Bank of America branch and were arrested. They were protesting the bank's funding of coal and energy companies. Read report. Two people were arrested in New York City after locking themselves to the front door of Citibank's headquarters, protesting at the companies' "socially irresponsible investment strategy, which includes funding environmentally damaging industries". See report and photos. Other protests were reported in Houston, Denver, Berkeley, Portland, Maine and Worcester. Read full reports: US Indymedia. In Aotearoa (New Zealand), 3 people were arrested at a Fossil Fools Day protest in Otautahi/Christchurch. One report speak of "blatant police harassment, prosecution of activists, with no possible justification for arrests and brutality." A group of climate change activists also presented Air New Zealand with New Zealand's first ever 'Fossil Fool' award. The company was chosen for the award because of their recent eco-branding program which "attempts to give their customers the impression that damage to the climate due to air travel can can be offset". Read report. Read full reports: Aotearoa Indymedia. Other action roundups: Fossil Fools Day website | Rising Tide UK action roundup Links: Climate IMC | Camp for Climate Action | Rising Tide Australia | Rising Tide North America | Rising Tide UK Brutal detentions of sleeping activists in Słupsk after anti-missile shield protests31.03.2008 00:17
Early morning, Sunday 30 March 2008, the day after protests against the US anti-missile missiles (en) (pl) to be placed in Słupsk, Poland, about 23-25 activists were detained (pl) (en) in Słupsk, mainly from Toruń but also from Szczecin and Poznań. It appears that the police raided a private home while people were sleeping and that the human rights activists were brutally treated and beaten. Police used tear gas and one person has a broken hand. Please telephone to the police station in Słupsk at 3 maja Street +48 59 848 0545 and to the police command +48 59 848 0100. The police allege that the intervention was due to disturbance of the peace at night. There are also charges of assaulting a police officer. 1000 activists close down NATO24.03.2008 16:54
About 1,000 people from 17 European countries went to the NATO headquarters in Brussels on the 23rd of March to take part in the international non-violent action NATO GAME OVER. 5 years after the start of the Iraq war and 10 days before the Bucharest NATO summit, peace activists from all over Europe demonstrate that preventing war starts in Europe. TIMELINE: | Photos 1, 2, 3, 4 | Video 1, 2 NEXT ACTIONS: March 29-30: Stop the Shield! | Słupsk, Poland [1] [2] [3] [4] | Czech Five Years Too Many!! the US anti-war movement steps it up23.03.2008 11:05
Stop the murders and threates against the organisers of the 6th March march!, 19.03.2008 00:59
On the 6 of March last, hundreds of thousands of people were mobilized in 24 parts of the country for a day of shared solidarity summoned by the Movement of Victims of State Crimes (MOVICE). The same day, acts of solidarity were carried out in 74 cities of the world. Since the moment at which the proposal for the day became public, stigmatisation and signals, coming at bottom from the high Government and other sectors of the extreme right, have generated a climate of polarisation whose consequences have not been hopeful. Through several means of communication since the 10th of February, presidential advisor José Obdulio Gaviria accused the march of the 6th of March of being "summoned by the FARC". On the 12 of February, pamphlets threatening the organizers of the march were spread by electronic mail. Soon a wave of murders were let loose. International Day of Action Marks Four Years Since the Coup Against Aristide16.03.2008 12:04
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