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Industrialised World Intransigence on CO2 emissions dooms Climate Negotiations
06.11.2009 07:11
Africa abandons Barcelona's pre COP15 climate talks - Anger in the streets at rich nations inaction. Copenhagen Climate Treaty appears doomed - delays likely. Delay is not an option, delay kills. This week (Nov 2 - 6) the Barcelona International Climate Change Talks are happening, five days of formal negotiations, in the lead up to COP 15 in Copenhagen in December 2009. Already Barcelona has seen a Manifestation in Barcelona streets - "The climate is not for sale" (Youtube vid | report), Outdoor film screening in city streets of Age of Stupid, TckTckTck wake up call for climate talks, Greenpeace banner drop (Youtube), Anarchist night greeting, Africa boycott U.N. climate talks (Grist report), Evening Water Lobby group targeted, and the Main entrance shut down by activists. Conservation organisations have warned that the Copenhagen climate treaty threatens to subsidise the destruction of the world's remaining rainforests instead of financing their protection. In Indonesia Greenpeace established a Climate Defenders Camp to preserve Rainforest peatlands (Youtube Video). On October 24, 2009 people in 181 countries came together through 350.org calling for carbon emissions to be capped at 350ppm. It was the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's history, at over 5200 events around the world, many of them reported on the Indymedia Network. (Photos) See also: Barcelona IMC | Indymedia Ireland | Climate IMC
Climate Code Red: the Case for a Sustainability Emergency | Carbon Equity
Opposition to EDL Rally in Leeds, UK
04.11.2009 17:34
On 31st October 2009 in City Square, Leeds, the English Defence League held a rally. The EDL is a nationalist, islamophobic organisation formed earlier this year and is widely viewed as racist. A counter-demonstration was organised by Unite Against Fascism (UAF). Participants described it variously as being dull, jubilant and tightly controlled. Meanwhile, other anti-EDL groups attempted to confront EDL directly. Reports suggest that at least two large groups attempted to reach EDL to confront them at City Square, but were turned back towards the UAF rally by police (see time-line for first-hand accounts). Reports from the area around City Square were that most of the EDL supporters didn't go into their pen. Some were held between police lines and others regrouped on Boar Lane, before being brought back to the railway station by the police. Another group of EDL marched around the Albion Street area and responded violently when challenged about their inflammatory chanting.
BusinessEurope conference disturbed by climate activists
04.11.2009 11:51
This morning (28th october) around 9:00am dozens of costumed activists have blocked all access to the Charlemagne Building in Brussels, next to the Commission’s HQ, where Business Europe, the EU lobby of bosses and industrialists, is supposed to hold their conference on Copenhagen and climate change and hear Barroso self-congratulate himself on green capitalism. Belgian activists retort: Our Climate Ain’t None of Your Business! [press release(En/Fr) | report (fr) | 
fotos | 
1 2 3 | Climate IMC report | Climate Justice Action]
Squatting ban in the Netherlands approaching
23.10.2009 17:42
For the last three years a ban on squatting has been in preparation in Dutch politics. A new act that is to ban squatting in the Netherlands has passed through parliament on October 15th. Squatting empty houses that have been empty for over a year is currently still legal in the Netherlands. The new act, an initiative by the Christian Democrats, the Christian Union and the conservative opposition party VVD, is to make squatting a felony punishable by at least one year and up to three years of prison when refusing to evict. Despite strong critique from the High Court, the union of city councils and even the Amsterdam police force, the christian/rightwing majority in The Hague is pushing this law through.
Venezuela: Demarcación sin territorio, criminalización y muerte a los luchadores indígenas
, 22.10.2009 15:48
Lucha:
Decía el Viejo Antonio que, la lucha es como un círculo.
Se puede empezar en cualquier en cualquier punto,
pero nunca termina.
Subcomandante Marcos.
El pasado 12 de octubre se consumó lo que, desde hace tiempo denunciamos como parte de la estrategia etnofágica y etnocida del actual Estado-gobierno venezolano: el cuerpo ministerial de Chávez vino a entregar supuestos títulos a tres comunidades indígenas yukpa en la Sierra de Perijá, pretendiendo con ello, dar por saldado el proceso de demarcación de los hábitats correspondientes a este pueblo. Llama la atención la no presencia del Presidente Chávez en un acto esperado en la Sierra desde el año 2002, fecha en la que según disposición constitucional el Estado ha debido culminar el proceso de demarcación de todos los espacios territoriales indígenas del país; en su defecto, un enorme piquete de soldados cubrió el espacio del evento, supuestamente, para brindar seguridad a los Ministros (Interior y Justicia; Ambiente; de Pueblos Indígenas; entre otros funcionarios presentes), y que al menor asomo de protesta de las comunidades no favorecidas se activó de inmediato para aplacar sus abiertos reclamos. Se trató, en fin, de la acción a través de la cual los yukpa debían obligadamente aceptar la entrega de NADA.
Puerto Rico: Paro Nacional del Pueblo
, 17.10.2009 20:29
Más de 150,000 personas marcharon el día del Paro Nacional contra las políticas neoliberales del gobierno de Luis Fortuño y los ricos. Hoy por hoy el país se prepara para organizar la Huelga General. Como parte de las actividades programadas para el día del Paro Nacional del 15 de octubre, hubo dos grandes concentraciones: la de la coalición Todo Puerto Rico Por Puerto Rico comandada por el liderato de la Coalición Sindical compuesta de sucursales de uniones burocráticas estadounidenses, y la del Frente Amplio de Solidaridad y Lucha comandado por la UTIER. Pero en el Expreso Las Américas, en el área del elevado que pasa por encima de la Ave. Roosevelt, se dio una tercera concentración de manera improvisada. Además- Solidaridad en Nueva York- Videos- 
Del Paro Nacional a la Huelga General (Foto reportaje de las marchas y concentración) Foto reportaje y Comunicado | 
Video de manifestación Marcha en la Milla de oro y concentración en la Ave. Roosevelt | Tensión en el Expreso Las Américas | Entrevistas en el Expreso bloqueado | FMPR dice Presente en el Paro Nacional
Costa Rica: Caminata Popular, Por la Dignidad del Sur
, 09.10.2009 17:47
El pasado 6 de Octubre, dos años después del Fraude que decidió la aprobación del Tratado de Libre Comercio con EEUU, se realizó una Caminata Popular por la Dignidad en la Zona Sur de Costa Rica. Más de 150 activistas marcharon desde la entrada del Territorio de Térraba, hasta el centro del cantón de Buenos Aires. Paso a paso se fue recorriendo el camino de 13 kilómetros. Distintas comunidades en todo lo ancho, largo y profundo del sur enfrentan luchas contra la expansión piñera, la construcción del "P.H. Diquís", la construcción del aeropuerto internacional en el territorio de Finca 9, los planes de construir marinas e implantar granjas industriales de atún en el Golfo Dulce y a favor de la ley de la Autonomia Indígena.
South Africa's Shackdwellers Under Violent Attack
29.09.2009 21:01
DURBAN — On Saturday, September 26, about 40 heavily armed men ambushed a meeting of the Kennedy Road Development Committee of Abahlali baseMjondolo, South Africa's shack dwellers’ movement. The men were apparently shouting, “the AmaMpondo are taking over Kennedy. Kennedy is for the amaZulu!” The ensuing violence has resulted in between two and eight deaths, and hundreds of homes burned. As of Sunday night only leaders of Abahlali baseMjondolo have been jailed --- many of whom are members of the movement's security team and some of the youth who were not present at the time of the attack. Many have fled the settlement and people's homes are being destroyed, including the home of Abahlali President, S'bu Zikode.
It is clear that the attacks have been on political and ethnic grounds, and there is growing concern regarding the involvement of local authorities including the police, ANC, and ward council. The violence appears to be a planned attempt to break this peaceful and democratic movement. Please read and sign a petition demanding an end to the violence.
More Info: Sept29 Press Release from Durban Action Against Xenophobia | Sept28 Video & Story from Media Mobilizing Project | Sept 27 statement from Abahlali baseMjondolo | | | UPDATES: South Africa’s Poor Targeted by Evictions, Attacks in Advance of 2010 World Cup from Democracy Now! | Armed Guards and Checkpoints As Repression Continues in Durban South Africa from MMP
Resistenza popolare contro Micheletti che riesuma lo Squadrone della Morte
, 19.08.2009 22:53
La dittatura del governo golpista di Micheletti in Honduras, che notoriamente ha al suo interno membri del famigerato Squadrone della Morte "Battaglione 3-16" del 1980 [2]. tra cui Billy Joya [1] [2], Nelson Willy Mejía Mejía [1] [2] e Napoleón Nassar Herrera [1] [2], ha sospeso tutti i diritti umanitari e dal 28 giugno 2009, giorno in cui ha preo atto il golpe, sono almeno tre le persone scomparse (desapareçidos), e circa 10 le persone condannate arbitrariamente e giustiziate senza processo, e centinaia i dissidenti arrestati [1] (es) | [2] (en) (es) | [3] (en) (es). La situazione non ha impedito a più di 70.000 persone di manifestare per le strade di Tegucicalpa mentre altre migliaia di persone sono scese in per le strade di S.Pedro Sula coordinate dal Fronte contro il colpo di stato. Il comunicato numero 19 del Fronte chiede le dimissioni del regime di Micheletti e il ripristino del deposto presidente Zelaya entro pochi giorni, in caso contrario aumenteranno le azioni di disobbedienza civile (es), che hanno già paralizzato l'economia del paese e procederanno con un inchiesta nazionale ed una denuncia internazionale sulle esecuzioni sommarie e altre violazioni dei diritti umanitari avvenute nei mesi scorsi in Honduras.
Please smile, all is going ok!
11.07.2009 13:20
From July 6th L’aquila is hosting the most cynical G8 summit in the history.
Even if works at Maddalena (the first site) were already started, Berlusconi Government cleverly decided to exploit the “Earthquake emergency” situation, moving the whole G8 organization to an area close to L’Aquila, a town which was hurt by a strong earthquake on 6 April 2009. “Opportunities and advantages” of G8 are still unclear. Even the G8 organization has been highly criticized. But Berlusconi government does not care. And on the last day of the summit still release optimistic declaration, while all over the world there is an harsh critic. The government is trying to avoid any possible protest, putting forward the emergency state to keep the population quiet and stop any kind of demonstration. The only “Emergency state” in a town where the population still live in campsites, is due to the protest, and spending 500 millions euro stolen from L’Aquila reconstruction to rearrange the buildings of “Guardia di Finanza” (Finance Police) station which will host the meeting, is not a problem.
In spite of cynicism and government manipulations, this G8 has been marked by protests and initiative both in Aquila, where people is still protesting against the help given for the earthquake, and in the whole Italian territory.
Picture from L'Aquila - Corteo Last Ladies | Coverage from Italy IMC
Sintonizzati su Radio Liberada, dall'Honduras, dopo il colpo di stato
, 30.06.2009 01:30
All'alba di domenica, il presidente Onduregno Mel Zelaya è stato secuestrado da militari e trsportato a forza a Costa Rica.
Secondo i giornali Ondureñi il presidente del congresso, Roberto Micheletti, sta assumendo la presidenza.
Prima e dopo il colpo di stato in Honduras, Radio Liberada sta trasmettendo una cronaca in diretta di ciò che sta succedendo adess in Honduras, della opposizione e le mobilizzazioni delle organizzazoni popolari e indigene contro il colpo di stato, per la realizzazione di una nuova assemblea costituente, e scrivendo una nuova pagina del movimento di mezzi di comunicazione indipendenti in Centro America. Ascolta la trasmissione di Radio Liberada da lacun luogo in Honduras: http://208.43.218.127:8070/
Chiediamo ai collettivi di mezzi di comunicazione indipendenti nazionali e intrnazionali di ritrasmettere o specchiare questa trasmissione.
Specchi: 1 | 2 | 3
Copertura del centro di mezzi di comunicazione indipendente di Honduras/ Indymedia Honduras: http://honduras.mediosindependientes.org
Copertura su Radio es lo de menos: http://www.radioeslodemenos.org/
Minuto a minuto da Kaos en la Red: http://www.kaosenlared.net/noticia/secuestrado-presidente-honduras-militares
Copertura e trasmissione dell' Asociación de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS): http://www.arpas.org.sv/
Sappiamo che stanno censurando i mezzi liberi in Honduras. Questa mattina Radio Progreso, una delle radio comunitarie più antiche del continente è stata chiusa dai militari. Altre radio comunitarie hanno deciso di nascondere i loro apparati
La energia elettrica, il teléfono e l'internet sono stati discontinuati dai golpisti con l'obiettivo di bloccare le comunicazioni e formare unc erchio informativo.
Ci preoccupa la situazione in cui si trovano le reti di radio comunitarie del popolo Lenca e del popolo Garífuna, cos' come i mezzi di comunicazione liberi: COMUN, Revistazo, el COFADEH ed il resto dei collettivi dei movimenti di media indipendenti e comunitari in Honduras.
Climate Emergency: Thousands march for Climate Action
15.06.2009 12:20
Thousands of people around Australia rallied for emergency action on Climate Change on June 13, calling for 100% renewable energy by 2020 and demanding that Australia must make the shift from fossil fuels to wind, solar and other available renewable technologies. The National Climate Emergency Rally was held in capital cities around Australia, with people siting down outside Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's city office in Sydney and a sitdown protest in front of the Melbourne Town Hall where the ruling Australian Labor Party were holding their State conference. This comes as progress on climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, were blocked by the US Administration, with the US still talking about zero per cent reductions by 2020 on 1990 levels. "Industrialised countries need to assume their historical responsibility and pay back their climate debt. Developing countries must stay strong in calling for climate justice. By ignoring calls to repay their climate debt and hindering progress in these talks, rich countries are jeopardising the lives and livelihoods of millions of people." said Meena Raman, Honorary Secretary of Friends of the Earth Malaysia in a media release. Climate IMC | Perth Indymedia | Melbourne: Report, Photos: 1, 2, Videos: 1, 2 | Sydney Report, Youtube Videos: 1, 2, 3 | Brisbane Report
June 2009 Indymedia Newsreal Released
11.06.2009 13:32
The June 2009 Indymedia Newsreal is complete and on its way to airing on Free Speech TV. This month's episode features dispatches from the anti-war movement in Colorado, the immigrant rights movement in Arizona, a performance by the Raging Grannies, and more. The program is downloadable HERE and DVDs are available to subscribers who sign up by emailing newsrealsubs at gmail.com
Newsreal is a longstanding IMC project, the show has been produced for over eight years. The newsreal team would like to take this opportunity to open up the project to the broader network, most of the material is currently produced in North America but we actively welcome contributions from other parts of the world. All producers, and future producers, should sign up to the imc-satellite at indymedia.org list. This is the main way we all communicate about this project. Get those videos seen!
DOWNLOAD JUNE 09 NEWSREAL | May09 Newsreal
Il Perù accusa la Bolivia d'intromissione negli affari interni del paese
, 10.06.2009 18:39
Lo scorso 7 giugno l'ambasciatore peruano in Bolivia, Fernando Rojas, qualificò d'intromissione negli affari interni del suo paese le dichiarazioni di condanna espresse da alcune autorità boliviane sul sanguinoso massacro di contadini e poliziotti nel dipartimento Amazonia peruano. Mentre l'esecutivo boliviano negò la possibile ingerenza e chiese al governo di Alan García assumere le sue responsabilità sull'accaduto.
The Angola Three: Torture in Our Own Backyard
11.05.2009 10:55
Together, Herman Wallace, Robert King and Albert Woodfox have spent more than 100 years in solitary confinement (pictured, left to right).
They are known as the "Angola Three," a trio of political prisoners whose supporters include Amnesty International, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Congressman John Conyers, and the ACLU. Kgalema Mothlante, the President of South Africa says their case "has the potential of laying bare, exposing the shortcomings, in the entire U.S. system."
“My soul cries from all that I witnessed and endured. It does more than cry, it mourns continuously,” said Black Panther Robert Hillary King, following his release from the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in 2001, after serving his last 29 years in continuous solitary confinement. King argues that slavery persists in Angola and other US prisons, citing the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, which legalizes slavery in prisons as “a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted." King says: “You can be legally incarcerated but morally innocent.” READ MORE with VIDEO & PICS
RELATED: One of "Angola Three" speaks on prison experience from the Daily Pennsylvanian | Mother Jones series on the Angola 3 | Spanish article translation at Kaos en la Red | Angola 3 Resources for Action | Color of Change Petition | Free Zulu! UK Website
PAST COVERAGE: Black Panther and Former Angola 3 Prisoner Robert Hillary King to Speak from Rochester Indymedia | Youngest ever British person visits longest serving men in solitary at Angola Prison from New Orleans Indymedia
Barrick-Recommended Military Force burns down hundreds of homes in PNG
01.05.2009 16:43
Hundreds of homes in the Porgera valley of Papua New Guinea are being set aflame. Local human rights organizations in Porgera claim that these fires are part of a strategy to clear people out of the way for the expansion of Barrick Gold's Porgera mine.
On April 27th, without prior warning, the indigenous land owners of the villages surrounding Barrick Gold’s Porgera open pit mine were violently evicted by a police and military operation with 200 troops. “Operation Ipili” was launched during the middle of the day to allegedly make way for the expansion of a Barrick gold mine. This effective State of Emergency in Porgera was motivated by situation reports presented by Barrick (PNG) Limited, according to Laigap Porgera Member of Parliament Phillip Kikala. Read More | protestbarrick.net
Past Coverage: Apr09: Smoking ceremony, blockade and protesters occupy open cut pit halting mine operations | Dec08: Thousands raid Barrick's North Mara mine, destroy $15 million in equipment | Nov07: En Santiago de Chile y en Tanzania: Protestas y huelga preceden a reunión de Barrick Gold | Oct07: Protests and a Strike Precede Barrick Gold’s 3rd quarter shareholders meeting | May07: La Rioja, Argentina vs. Barrick Gold Corp | Apr07: Anti-Gold Mining Conflicts Spreading Throughout the Americas | Feb07: Interview: Mining & Developing World: Barrick Gold's Porgera Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea | Jan06: Pascua Lama, Bulyanhulu, Lake Cowal and Cyanide - Barrick's Hunt for Gold
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