WORLD WORLDWIDE FRANCE - news journal UPDATE - (en) France, UCL AL #348 - International, Brittany: Bevañ an etrebroadelouriezh, internationalist Brittany (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In order to commemorate the fight of a Breton activist who fought for
the revolution in Rojava, a meeting took place in February in Rennes.
The opportunity to reflect and debate an essential question for all
revolutionaries, internationalism. ----- On February 10, 2024, an
internationalist meeting was organized in Rennes: "Bevañ an
etrebroadelouriezh" ("long live internationalism" in Breton). This
meeting was born from the desire to organize a tribute to
Kendal-Breizh/Olivier Le Clainche, a Breton independence and libertarian
activist who joined the revolution in Rojava (Kurdish part of northern
Syria) in 2017.

He joined the fighters of the YPG-international, participated in the
liberation of Raqqa and the offensive of Deir ez-Zor against Daesh,
before joining the defense of Afrin then violently attacked by Erdogan's
Turkey and its jihadist militias.

It was in this region, a bastion of the Kurdish revolutionary movement,
that he was martyred on February 10, 2018. In order to pay tribute to
Kendal-Breizh and his struggles, a day on internationalism was organized.

The initiative was supported by his family, his friends and comrades as
well as by the French-speaking internationalist network supporting
Kurdish struggles "Serhildan" and the CDKR (Kurdish Democratic Center of
Rennes).

It brought together more than 200 people from different organizations
and localities. This day demonstrated the strength that the
internationalist struggle can have and the concrete applications that it
can take, beyond grand theories.

At its heart: caring for the dead and knowing their stories, reflecting
on our struggle strategies and producing collective critiques. She
demonstrated the importance of building internationalism locally and
materially.

Building solidarity between peoples
The day began with tributes to Kendal Breizh. The CDKR named the "blood
ties" uniting Olivier to the "family" of those who fight for the
revolution. Friends and comrades sang and read poems in Breton, Kurdish
and French. Comrades of the YPG-international battalion sent a video.

A letter he wrote himself in case he died was read by a friend. Habitual
in the tradition of the Kurdish liberation movement, a place was planned
to commemorate the martyrs who fell in the defense of Afrin. Those
present were invited to add photos of people to whom they wanted to pay
tribute.

Here, the deceased are not forgotten, they are part of the collective
fabric and connect those who struggle. The afternoon began with the
presentation of historical work on internationalist struggles in
Brittany: from the influence of the internationals to the Spanish
Revolution, including the links between national liberation struggles.

Interviews with activists have illustrated what an internationalist
commitment can mean in Brittany. Knowledge of this history allows us to
perpetuate this solidarity between peoples, to claim it and to contrast
these concrete experiences with the feeling of powerlessness that can
pass through us in the face of the scale of capital's offensive.

It allows us not to forget our deaths, to learn from their struggles and
their limits. This is also the meaning of maintaining the memory of
those who lost their lives fighting for just causes.

Questioning the issues and practices
A round table was then an opportunity to bring together actors and
actresses in today's internationalism. We questioned the issues,
internationalist practices and the complementarity of the modes of
action of the invited organizations: the emphasis is placed on training
in Kurdish theories and practices for the Academy of Democratic
Modernity (association of dissemination of the paradigm of the Kurdish
confederalist movement), concrete and political solidarity with
revolutionary precursors for International Red Relief (political support
organization for revolutionaries undergoing repression), a practice of
exchanges in the form of study trips by internationalist brigades , and
investment in local struggles in the countries visited for Askapena
(Basque internationalist organization).

All stressed the need to learn from other struggles to strengthen their own.

To end the day, artists from Kurdistan and Brittany took turns on stage
while the room danced to traditional steps, the fest-noz dancers not
being unworthy in their learning of Kurdish dances!

Internationalism: a crucial issue for We are emerging from this
political moment with strength, reflections and the desire to continue
moving forward on this path. The capitalists and imperialist powers are
extremely globally organized. To defend ourselves and oppose
emancipatory alternatives, we must do the same.

Internationalism has developed over time in structures with different
ideologies: socialism or left-wing national liberation struggles. They
made it possible to share experiences, identify common enemies and
construct shared analyzes regarding the emancipation of peoples in a
given era.

We have the role of maintaining the memory, of transmitting this rich
history, of claiming this heritage and drawing lessons from the
different strategies that have taken place, to think about our current
practice of internationalism.

We can question the reference period when we study the History of
internationalism: solidarity between peoples pre-existed the
theorization of socialism. Likewise, international struggles go far
beyond the traditional framework, as evidenced by environmentalist and
feminist struggles built on solid local foundations.

In a world where the offensive of capital is fierce economically and
politically, spaces for sharing, celebration and reflection such as the
tribute to Kendal Breizh are more crucial than ever and open doors to
the imagination of renewed collective struggles.

UCL Finistère

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WORLD WORLDWIDE ITALY SICILIA - News Journal UPDATE - (en) Italy, FAS Sicilia Libertaria: LOTs - Free Southern Territorial Observatory is born (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Archaeology, history, art, conflict, culture, food and wine, but also
nature, fire and water: these are the categories, the specific
macro-themes, that LOTs - Free Southern Territorial Observatory - social
promotion association founded in 2020 by a group of young professionals
in the fields of architecture, design and art - aims to deepen and
enhance through critical, responsible and sustainable tourism, with a
focus on the marginal areas of Sicily, not only rural but also urban,
and the recovery of identity, the rediscovery of memory, care for the
environment, social inclusion and collective participation. From the
temple of the Giant Holly trees in the Madonie, to the territories of
the Valle del Belìce with the "ghost town" of Poggioreale, the cretto di
Burri and the new Gibellina, from the rural villages of the fascist era
to the natural spas of Sclafani Bagni, up to the southern coast of
Palermo, symbol of the city's denied sea.

The main objective of LOTs is to propose an alternative to the
mainstream tourist narrative of the Island, to mass tourism - with the
dangers it entails in terms of erosion of the territory and beaches, air
and water pollution, and destruction of the most fragile ecosystems -
with a multidisciplinary approach, in the continuous search for new ways
to promote the Sicilian territory aimed both at those who live in these
territories and at those who are passing through.

The most marginal areas, characterized by low employment rates and a
growing percentage of youth emigration, are the privileged places of
LOTs' action which, through the "CLIMAX - Rebuilding a participatory
heritage" project, financed under the «Fermenti» from the Department for
Youth Policies and Universal Civil Service, activates its critical
reflection and field activity, through new tourism practices in Sicily,
in symbiosis with the associations and principals present and active
locally.

A series of itineraries across the island have been selected, built on
site and enriched with content developed in collaboration with
intellectuals, artists and experts who participated in the project, and
will be made available to the community via the LOTs web platform.

The first public event, the "Water Jumps" tour, was dedicated to the
theme of water and took place on Saturday 16 March 2024. Curated by LOTs
in collaboration with Diego Perez, it led participants to discover the
heritage Madonie water supply. From Scillato to the slopes of Monte
Fanusi, up to the Sclafani Bagni factory, to stimulate reflection on a
precious and irreplaceable but not infinite resource, to discover the
beauty of uncontaminated landscapes a few kilometers from the city.

In this area, water is a historically precious natural resource, today
highly at risk, whose sites are in a state of great neglect and
unfortunately considered witnesses of a minor landscape. Through the
CLIMAX LOTs project it also includes a training program that has already
involved more than 40 participants residing in Sicily or who have
decided to move to the island to undertake this path. Through a
multidisciplinary program, built between lessons and "in the field"
training, the students have achieved the qualification of
"eco-companion", an emerging professional figure, somewhere between
explorer, territorial marketing expert and storyteller.

An integral part of the project is also the creation of a "geoblog"
platform, which will allow for a more in-depth knowledge of the
territories, and will function as an aggregator of similar experiences
already active, and others to be built
(www.liberoassociazioneterritoriale.com). At the end of the project, a
photographic exhibition will be created that will tell the story of the
first years of the LOTs experience.

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WORLD WORLDWIDE GREECE - news journal UPDATE - (en) Greece, APO, Land & Freedom:[Athens]Gathering - march for femicide outside AT Ag. Anargyron | Wed. 10/4, Pl. Claithmonus (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

THE STATE AND THE PATRIARCHY ARM THE HANDS OF WOMEN KILLERS - On the
evening of Monday, April 1st, a woman was murdered by the knife of her
former "partner" outside the AT of Agios Anargyros. The 28-year-old had
just left the local police station, which she had visited to ask for
help, fearing what might happen to her, as she knew that the woman
killer, whom she had denounced 2 years ago for rape and beating, was
waiting for her. outside her house. The police chased her away, telling
her to call 911 if she ran into any trouble, and they also refused to
give her a ride in a patrol car when she asked them to.
This femicide comes to be added to a long list of murders of women,
ongoing incidents of gender-based violence. It comes to be added to an
ongoing condition of escalating brutality, where women lose their lives
at the hands of their abuser, because the perpetrators are first
nurtured and then armed and covered by an entire system, that of the
state, capitalism and patriarchy. A system that in every aspect
reproduces the oppression against women every day and washes away the
crimes committed against them. Gender-based violence is systemic
violence and as such is an integral part of state and capitalist
brutality. From the propaganda sharpened by the system aimed at
controlling the female body, against women's right to abortion, the
escalation of class exploitation, the exploitation of women as
reproductive machines, incarceration in concentration camps, threats,
rape and murders of refugees at Europe's land and water borders -
Fortress, the institutional cover-up of rapists, child rapists,
trafficking rings and femicides, sexist and fascist attacks on loacti+
people, sexual harassment and rape in police stations and roadblocks to
physical violence safety against female competitors.
Against the institutions' hypocritical interest in eliminating
gender-based violence and discrimination, stand the thousands of women
who break the silence, who deny the role of the victim, who stand in
solidarity with each other, who build through their individual and
collective rebellion the prospect of a world of real equality and
freedom. As anarchists and as women, we organize and fight until the
world of patriarchy, the state and capitalism is overthrown. To build on
its ruins, the world of social equality, dignity, freedom and justice,
anarchy and libertarian communism.

Gathering - March: Wednesday, April 10, Pl. Claithmonos, 19.00

TO DESTROY THE STATE, CAPITALISM AND PATRIARCHY
FOR RULING AND ANARCHY

Group Against Patriarchy | Anarchist Political Organization - Federation
of Collectivities

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WORLD WORLDWIDE FRANCE - news journal UPDATE - (en) France, OCL lamouette enragee: Floods in Pas-de-Calais: tears in the rain... (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 For a month, the north of France experienced an exceptional

meteorological phenomenon which risks becoming commonplace in the future
given global warming and its expected consequences. Its effects have
been increased tenfold by a capitalist development of space thought
exclusively in terms of immediate profits. ---- Although the entire
region has been affected, we will focus on the Boulogne region which
offers us an overview from a privileged point. ---- The scientists
summoned for the occasion attested that natural factors played a role in
amplifying the effects of undoubtedly exceptional precipitation:
"proximity to the sea, topography, clayey or peaty soils, absence of
steep slopes..."

It is still surprising that the rise in sea temperature in general, and
the English Channel in particular, has not generated more comments from
these experts. To our knowledge, only Météo France has communicated on
the subject, recalling that a proven increase of 3°C to 5°C in sea
temperature in summer leads to greater evaporation, generating a mass of
water available in the greater atmosphere and consequently intense
rains. Intense, they were, since in one month the rainfall indicator of
the Boulogne hinterland recorded a measurement of 428.8 mm instead of
the 136 mm in normal times. Reported to the flow rate of the main river
in the area, there was also a significant increase: from 0.818 m3/s on
average, we rose to 16.54 m3/s in November. Another factor which, at
first glance, would seem positive: the water tables were recharged like
never before, but their saturation quickly contributed to the worsening
of the phenomenon...

Capitalist spatial planning

Let's now see what the different design choices are and their resulting
consequences. By cross-referencing some data, we discover with some
dismay that between the 1950s of the last century and today: the
marshes, peat bogs, floodable meadows and ponds which occupied 70% of
the regional territory now represent only 0 .8% ... These wetlands, on
which nearly one in two animal species depend, filter and regulate water
stocks and constitute the most effective means of preventing and
combating flooding. Instead, retention basins were built, the capacities
of which are considered largely insufficient by the mayors of the
recently submerged municipalities. Once again, we are not questioning
the causes of the disaster, we are urgently calling for the water to be
channeled and stored in structures built for this purpose. A disastrous
ecological and economic choice when we know that a single hectare of
peat saves 2,000 euros per year in concrete infrastructure expenses...

Conflicting interests and shifting responsibilities

The "dome of precipitation"[1]which fell on Boulonnais highlighted the
contradictory interests which clash when suddenly the machine stops.

First, those of the farmers whose farms were flooded. For the first
time, they demonstrated at the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer to denounce the
misuse of the lock with the aim of protecting boats in the pleasure
basin from flooding... An argument immediately contested by an academic
from Lille 3, interviewed by the regional press. He preferred, like the
weather experts, to rely "on the exceptional phenomenon. " But still!?

Let us remember, however, that these farmers, often at the head of
medium-sized farms, have never slowed down the destruction of the hedges
of the Boulonnais bocage, nor the resale of their land to real estate
developers who take away from their hideous subdivisions what remains.
still a little alive countryside...

For their part, boaters can count on the support of the mayor of
Boulogne-sur-Mer. Like many of his co-religionists, he is working hard
to transform a city in the grip of deindustrialization into a tourist
site of regional importance. For years, resources collected locally as
well as subsidies collected from parts and others have fueled projects
which are reshaping the city in order to attract a wealthy Belgian
clientele, tired of its concrete coastline inherited from the 1970s...
That's it. money which could have been used, among other things, to
regularly clean and maintain the bed of the Liane, the river which
crosses the town of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Silted and silted up for a long
time, the water that came out of its bed spread over the land of several
municipalities upstream, as well as over the extent of the industrial
zone to the south of the city... Here again, the town hall, the
community of communes and the region pass the buck when it comes to
financing the operation.

Also singled out by farmers and boatmen. Still according to them, the
water level of the canals would have been kept too high in order to
preserve navigation and economic activity. Voies Navigables de France
denies this, claiming on the contrary to have lowered the level of the
canals to 1.10 m. Regardless, several thousand residents in the region
were affected by the floods. Nearly 1600 in Montreuillois alone.

Build at all costs

In the Boulogne area, as elsewhere in the department or region, several
residential neighborhoods as well as business areas found themselves
under water. The reasons for this are known and are exclusively economic
and commercial. Housing estates were built in flood zones with full
knowledge of the facts, in particular by the social landlord
"Pas-de-Calais Habitat". For their part, mayors are hiding behind the
housing crisis and the pressures they would be under... But individuals
with insufficient money are also taking the risk of building in
threatened areas, due to costs below the market.

As for manufacturers: they are adapting! We are not changing anything,
we are continuing as before but in strict compliance with the standards
set out in the new natural risk and flood prevention plan. Thus, in the
commercial area to the south of the Boulogne area, the brand new Harley
Davidson motorcycle dealership built its commercial hangar on immense 12
m long concrete piles which spared it the disaster that afflicted its
competitors. . Dentists, traders and lawyers disguised as Dennis
Hopper[2]from an operetta will be able to continue to ride their
machines for the space of a sunny Sunday on the Opal Coast, that is the
main thing...

Boulogne-sur-Mer, 12/17/2023

Notes
[1]We can no longer count the grotesque expressions and metaphors that
journalists and politicians bombard us with every day on the air: from
the "precipitation dome", to the "felt temperature", via the
"eco-terrorist» without forgetting the very fashionable: "atmospheric
Islamism"...
[2]Dennis Hopper is the director and main actor of Easy Rider, a cult
1969 film in which he crosses the United States on a motorcycle with
Peter Fonda.

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WORLD WORLDWIDE FRANCE - news journal UPDATE - (en) France, OCL CA #339 - End of year 2023 in the United States: what to expect next? (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

We have heard a lot about strikes in the United States recently, and
particularly in the automobile sector, with a strong return of unions
(at least in the media). Let's take the time to analyze the social
dynamics and the balance of power at work at the start of the
presidential election year. ---- The numbers are clear: 2023 is a record
year for the social movement in the United States. The statistics office
noted 33 major strikes (more than 1,000 strikers), the first time since
2000 when there were 39. The figure is still well below the pre-Reagan
period when there were between 200 and almost 500 major strikes each
year. But, as we saw in the previous article (see "United States: the
reasons for the anger", Courant Alternatif 335, December 2023), this
reflects the reuse of the strike as a tool of struggle by American workers.
This dynamic, on the other hand, did not make it possible to initiate a
rise in unionization (see "A small step for unions among economic
giants", Courant Alternatif 321 June 2022). As in 2022, unions remain
numerically weak: the rate of unionized employees is stable at 10%. The
strikes carried out in 2023 still succeeded in intimidating company
management who now fear the strike and give in during preliminary
negotiations. Let's look at the two major strikes of the year 2023 and
try to suggest what 2024 could bring in terms of class struggle in the
United States.

Since the election of Shawn Fain as head of the UAW (United Auto Worker)
after an anti-corruption campaign, the union has firmly prepared for the
negotiation of the future collective agreement (contract) whose
expiration was scheduled for September 2023 .
After 41 days of strikes, the three main manufacturers (Ford, Stellantis
and General Motors) agreed to negotiate with the union. The agreement
was then passed by a majority, although voices were raised to ask for
the movement to continue. We can understand them: the gains obtained,
salaries and the beginning of the elimination of the "two-tier" system
rather constitute a catch-up of what had been lost during the previous
negotiations after the 2008 crisis (the union leadership had agreed to
do pay the crisis to employees to "save jobs"). But, beyond the
contract, the progress of the strike itself allows us to bring out
interesting elements for the continuation of the struggle.
Of the 150,000 UAW members working in the automobile industry (and the
majority among the 3 giants), the strike mobilized 50,000 people. This
weak mobilization is the result of a deliberate strategy emanating from
the union leadership. It consisted of announcing strikes    by surprise
in certain factories but not in others. This made it possible to
surprise the managers and create a rotation: the strikers taking turns
so as not to lose too much salary. Despite the victory, this is the
aspect which, in my opinion, was the most worrying in the movement. The
strike was orchestrated by a small, highly placed group, which left
little autonomy both in the struggle and in the nature of the demands.
Although this strategy did not significantly block production, it
rallied a large part of American public opinion. Joe Biden and Donald
Trump were even forced to appear publicly on picket lines. The latter
were also particularly well maintained. To thwart attempts to break the
strike by managers, strikers did not hesitate to completely block access
to factories, thus defying state or federal anti-union laws. They were
also places where solidarity was expressed between workers from
different sectors. Even before the start of the movement, delivery
unions had announced that they would not cross the strike pickets. Other
solidarity actions were also carried out by unionists from Starbucks
Workers United (SBW) and activists from the DSA (Democratic Socialist of
America) party.

Since this strike, the UAW has decided to turn to non-unionized workers
in the auto industry, concentrated mainly in the south of the country.
The organization aims to organize 150,000 workers in the near future. To
achieve this objective, the UAW no longer favors secrecy but rather
seeks to build a dynamic that goes beyond the framework of the factory.
Once the threshold of 30% of cards has been signed, the union makes its
approach public and includes the entire community in the discussions
(families, neighbors, associations). This strategy is very interesting.
By taking the fight out of the workplace, the union aims to involve the
community.
Given the UAW leader's comments, we can hope that this promotes
anti-capitalism.

The actors' and screenwriters' strike also made a lot of talk in 2023.
It stands out from that of the automobile sector by its duration (118
days for the actors and 148 days for the screenwriters), its strong
mobilization and above all by its impact on the industry. The production
of numerous films, series, late shows and even promotional tours has
been stopped. The pickets were numerous and well maintained. Just as
with automobiles, they have also been places of discussion and
solidarity, particularly between actors and screenwriters.
The negotiated agreements were an important victory in these sectors. In
addition to an increase in remuneration, the agreement made it possible
to establish a framework for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in
the sector. The tool is not banned but cannot be used to deprive a
screenwriter or an actor of their work. Since federal or state laws are
unlikely to evolve to protect workers, this may inspire other industries
to demand similar agreements in future disputes.

As we saw at the beginning of the article, unionization remains at half
mast. Outside of the automobile industry, certain sectors are leading
the unionization drive (notably research and higher education). This is
the case of Starbucks which currently has 387 unionized cafes (out of a
total of 17,068 in the country). After multiple legal and media battles,
the company agreed to negotiate with the young union (August 2021). The
gains that could be made by this very active union could motivate more
cafes to join.
If Starbucks' anti-union strategies have failed to stop the movement,
Amazon's are working. Only one warehouse managed to complete the
unionization process in April 2022 and several elections led to the
rejection of the union in others. Amazon has also joined SpaceX and
Trader Joe's (known for their anti-unionism) in their call to declare
the NLRB unconstitutional. The NLRB (National Labor Relation Board) is
the federal agency responsible for ensuring respect for union rights and
the recognition of unions in businesses. This accumulation of complaints
by these giants risks allowing the supreme court, largely far-right
since Trump's mandate, to give an opinion on the subject.
More generally, Republicans are waging offensives across the country to
reduce the rights of American workers, which are already very weak by
European standards. Several states are trying to toughen their laws to
hinder union membership or union negotiations. At the same time, some
states are trying to pass laws to make it legal for minors to work in
increasingly dangerous and exhausting positions (for ridiculous pay),
all to legalize a prohibited but already common situation.

The intensity of 2023 can be explained by the expiration of several
contracts (collective agreements) which allowed unions to mobilize quite
widely. From this point of view, fewer expirations are expected in 2024.
Two sectors will, however, attract our attention: rail and Post. In
these industries, the strike is even more restricted (the rail strike
was broken by a congressional vote in 2022). Rail alone is capable of
blocking the country's economy. It will be interesting to see if,
following the strikes in 2023, a strike in this sector will take place.
We can even expect excesses from the base which could lead to illegal
actions under American labor law. The Democrats will then be all the
more bothered as this expiration coincides with the electoral calendar.
More generally, it will be interesting to follow the evolution of the
struggles but also the re-emergence of class consciousness among
American workers. Links are made in certain local struggles, whether
union, anti-racist, environmentalist (Cop City in Atlanta),
anti-imperialist (Israeli-Palestinian conflict) or feminist (IVG).
Faced with this, the Democrats are increasingly less convincing while
the supremacist far right is trying by all means to regain power and is
already preparing a constitutional coup d'état.
The task is immense for the American proletariat.

Quicheman

Some keys to understanding the context
* In the United States, collective agreements (contracts) were short and
roughly synchronized across different industries before the 1950s. Since
then, they have been quite long and out of sync. This does not encourage
the establishment of joint strikes, especially since solidarity strikes
were made illegal after the Second World War.
nly a union can negotiate a collective contract which will then apply
only to its members. Before that, it must be recognized after a vote by
employees. To trigger this vote, 30% of employees must show that they
wish to be represented by signing cards sent to the NLRB. It is this
federal agency which then supervises the election.
* After several corruption scandals, the UAW leadership was largely
replaced and a new president, Shawn Fain, was elected. The latter
regularly makes the headlines with assertive anti-capitalist remarks.
Even if he did not hesitate to give his implicit support to Joe Biden
for the 2024 election.

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WORLD WORLDWIDE GREECE - news journal UPDATE - (en) Greece, APO, Land & Freedom: Evangelism is threatened again - DO NOT SURRENDER, FIGHT (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

In the last few days, information has reached our ears about the
imminent evacuation of the Evangelismos Occupy, just a few days after
the evacuations on Lofo Kasteli in Chania, in an all-out attack against
the squatters in Crete. The possibility of a new business was something
for which we also had indications from the agreement between the
University of Crete and the National Technical University of Athens for
studies on the building, at a cost of EUR744,000. Now we have solid and
concrete information about it, as after 22 years of struggle, Evangelism
is part of the society of Heraklion, with deep roots and networking in
it, and we are able to learn and know everything.
When need becomes history
On our part, we make it clear that we are ready and prepared. We will
wait, resist and respond to any attack we receive. Anyone who thinks it
is simply about a building and its inhabitants does not know the history
of the city and its people, does not know the history of movements and
uprisings. Evangelism is not just a house, it is the center of the
anarchist/anti-authoritarian space of Heraklion and as such has been, is
and will be a solid social barrier against power and repression,
capitalism and the state. It is the story of the people who were and are
being housed here, who were arrested here, who were injured by cops
here, who participated in dozens of rallies and actions that take place
here. It is the story of the marches that ended up here many times with
the matazis reaching the door. They are the 2,500 protesters in
Eleftheria Square on the day of the municipal elections, when the cops
realized that there are so many of us that they can't do anything and
Kalokairinos and Karamalakis locked themselves in fear in their
surrounded offices. It is the practical opposition to the stupid logic
of ownership that wants homeless people, homeless needs and desires in
front of empty and unused houses fortified with sheet metal and
concrete. It's the fair riots and chaotic situation in the
tourist-filled city center after the September evacuation. It is
twenty-two years of social struggles, a snapshot of the eternal class
war. It is the war against fascism, the reason why the Golden Dawn did
not set foot in the center of the city when it was supported by the
state, the parastate, the canals, the church and the capitalists. It is
an embankment in tourism and gentrification, and the practical support
of local environmental struggles. It is the mutual aid networks that
were housed and will be housed here, and the actions of solidarity with
immigrant women and their struggles. It is the starting point of the
counter-gatherings against misogynists, racists and homophobes, who, as
many times as they tried to gain space in the city, found us against
them. It is the feminist struggles and the daily battle to eliminate
gender discrimination. It is the place where the rage riots when the
cops kill, when the fascists murder, every day we understand again and
again that if we don't attack they lead us to misery, depression and
impoverishment. It is a center of organization and struggle against the
all-out assault that society receives. It is necessity that becomes history.
Because it is all these, the seizure of Evangelism is neither legal nor
illegal. It is the living history of the vanguard of the city's social
movement. And for that he is being targeted once again. As all the
struggles that develop are targeted, in the streets, universities,
prisons and workplaces.
Twenty-two years now, various anonymous and named cops, city bosses,
prosecutors and bailiffs, Contakis and Summers, have tried to attack us.
Various falling stars of power who, as they appeared, will also
disappear and be replaced by others. But we will stay, the squatters
will not be taken even if they die.
We call on the struggling local community to frame the fight to defend
the Occupy of Evangelism, as it did in the period after its evacuation.
At the same time, let's strengthen together the social struggles that
take place in the other fields, such as the one against the
-intentional- dismantling of hospitals.
This text constitutes, in addition to all the rest, a nationwide call to
comrades and comrades to descend on Heraklion in the next period and to
strengthen with whatever forces they have the militant defense of the
occupation of Evangelismos.

   THE WHOLE COUNTRY KNOWS IT - EVANGELISM DOESN'T GIVE UP, IT FIGHTS
   SOLIDARITY TO THE EVACUATED OCCUPANTS IN KASTELLI HILL
NOT A STEP BACK

Announcement from Occupy Evangelismos

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Samengesteld door Jan-Frederik Abbeloos, chef Politiek

Het contrast kan moeilijk groter zijn. Op maandag trok de N-VA haar verkiezingscampagne op gang met een duidelijke waarschuwing. Zonder doortastende besparingen gaat de begroting helemaal ten onder, een factuur die uiteindelijk bij de werkende Vlamingen terecht komt. Woensdag, op 1 mei, rolden Vooruit, PVDA, Vlaams Belang en de liberalen over elkaar om het op te nemen voor diezelfde werkende Vlamingen en Belgen. Allemaal beloven ze extra koopkracht. -Wie dat moet betalen? De rijken, de migranten, de politici, het hangt er maar van af op welke 1 mei-manifestatie je was.

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