After the establishment of their local trade union branch on 29 May 1916, the transport workers from Dordrecht, Holland, had to save money for quite a while to purchase their trade union banner. They take it along during festive processions and unfurl it during jubilees.
Seit einiger Zeit debattiert die Osteuropageschichte und zunehmend auch die NS-Forschung die räumliche Wendung in der historischen Genozidforschung und ihr bisher prominentestes Ergebnis, Timothy Snyders Bloodlands (München 2011). In der Süddeutschen Zeitung Online (23.5.12) diskutiert der Berliner Historiker Michael Wildt nun unter dem Titel “Ist der […]
Hist.Net, die Uni Innsbruck und der Oldenbourg Verlag haben einen Call for Papers (blogs) veröffentlicht, der einlädt, Beiträge über das Bloggen in der Geschichtswissenschaft zu verfassen. Die Texte sollen sowohl online als auch als Buch veröffentlicht werden. Gespannt sein darf man, wie sich die BetreiberInnen des Blogs historyblogosphere.org und der Verlag […]
Traduction de la présentation de l’éditeur: A-t-on besoin de l’argent? Les auteurs de Life Without Money soutiennent que non et que nous devrions nous libérer des valeurs et rapports monétaires avant de pouvoir réaliser des rapports démocratiques et authentiques entre nous et une dynamique durable avec la nature. Selon eux, l’argent constit […]
Les membres du Syndicat Industriel des Travailleuses et des Travailleurs (SITT-IWW) de l’ensemble du Canada appuient solidairement toutes les étudiantes et les étudiants ainsi que les travailleuses et les travailleurs du Québec qui s’opposent courageusement à la hausse des frais de scolarité, cette offensive capitaliste contre la classe laborieuse soutenue p […]
Shahin Najafi, rapeur iranien exilé en Allemagne, a été accusé d’avoir “offensé l’islam” dans une de ses chansons, Naghi. Une prime de 100.000 dollars américains a été offert comme récompense pour son assassinat, sur le site Web ultra conservateur Shia online, qui est directement affilié au régime et à la dictature de la “république islamique” [...] […]
Le vendredi 5 mai 2012, Table Rase a organisé une réunion publique avec Shiva Mahbobi, responsable de la Campagne pour la Libération des Prisonniers Politiques en Iran. Après une présentation de Table Rase et les remerciements à Shiva, notre camarade a pris la parole et présenté un petit film sur les prisonniers politiques en Iran [...]
Afrik.com du 28 mai 2012 : Plusieurs dizaines de milliers de personnes ont manifesté dimanche dans les rues de Casablanca à l’appel des syndicats pour réclamer de meilleures conditions de vies. Il s’agit de la manifestation la plus importante contre … Lire la suite →
Depuis lundi soir, les ouvriers de la Société de produits alimentaires de (SPAC), filiale de Nestlé qui produit les pizzas Buitoni, sont en grève. Selon la CGT, 90 % des 142 ouvriers qu’emploie l’entreprise suivent le mouvement. La SPAC compte … Lire la suite →
Cordially inviting you to be a part of the resistance on the 22nd of June, as like every year even this year we are coming in unison to symbolise it as a black day in protest against the black MoU signed between the Odisha Government and POSCO in the year 2005. We the people have been [...]
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article3466586.ece Team Anna member Akhil Gogoi called off his 10-day fast on Monday following an appeal by social activist Anna Hazare. Mr. Gogoi agreed to break his fast after another Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal met him at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and conveyed Mr. Hazare’s a […]
Vijay Prashad's new book, Arab Spring, Libyan Winter (AK Press, 2012) captures the complexity of the Arab revolts – by bringing out the history and historical forces behind them. The book exposes the West's imperial anxieties and their fear of the organic – the mass character of these uprisings. It demonstrates the resoluteness of the “rebels from […]
La révolution syrienne a entamé son quinzième mois avec la plus grande mobilisation jamais connue. Vendredi 18 mai 2012, 850 manifestations dans 647 points différents du pays ont eu lieu. Des dizaines de milliers de personnes ont défilé encore une fois défiant la machine de mort que la mission des Nations Unis n'a pas réussi à contenir. Selon les comité […]
unemployment-jobcentre-006.jpg The Beecroft Report, commissioned by Cameron from one of his venture-capitalist pals and recommending the implementation of “compensated no-fault dismissal” has been released, and has caused more embarrassment than anything else for the government. But it's part of a bigger picture, with vast implications for workers. The […]
gorillai.jpg "Revolution is made everyday despite, and in opposition to, the specialists of revolution" - Raoul Vaneigem Reading Kate Harris' post on the state of the student far-left in Scotland and England sparked a discussion about the problems of 'student activism' and led me to think a bit about a number of issues I've been […]
by Ayanda Kota, Pambazuka The Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) was formed in August 2009 to respond to the crisis of unemployment and the commoditization of essential services in a society dominated by corruption and greed. As Steve Biko said, we blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that we should [...]
18 July 2011 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement The Victory in the Kennedy 12 Trial is a Victory for all the Poor in South Africa The Kennedy 12 have been acquitted of all the charges bought against them after the attack on our movement in September 2009. It is a great day for the 12, their [...]
Cette interview a été réalisée pour le prochain numéro de la revue marxiste américaine « Insurgent Notes » (site : http://insurgentnotes.com/) avant le premier tour des élections présidentielles françaises. Une dernière question et une dernière réponse ont été ajoutées le 28 mai 2012. Insurgent notes : Que penses-tu de ce phénomène Melenchon ? Aujourd'h […]
Demonstration on Saturday, 2nd June 2012 at 13pm (Hauptbahnhof Frankfurt am main) We Look Forward to your Participation! We protest against the German Police Murder of a Nigerian woman in the Frankfurt Job Center - Why was Christy Schwundeck Killed? We still Demand : Investigations and Justice! read more
CO2 emissions rose 3.2% in 2011. The failure of climate negotiations in Bonn means global temperatures will rise at least 3.5 degrees Celsius, creating conditions not seen for 30 to 60 million years.
Profits before people ... while 320 million of its people go hungry every night, India has become the world's largest rice exporter, and is considering exporting 'excess' wheat as well.
Seit zwei Jahren kämpft das griechische Volk gegen die Sparpolitik, die ihm von der „Troika“ (dem Internationalen Währungsfonds, der Europäischen Kommission und der Europäischen Zentralbank) aufgezwungen wird. Nach siebzehn Tagen Generalstreiks, nach den massiven Demonstrationen und den Platzbesetzungen der aganaktismeni (Empörten), nach den Betriebsbesetzu […]
Dies ist die neue Website/Blog der Sozialistischen Initiative Berlin (SIB). Was mit dem „Na endlich!“-Papier einer kleinen Gruppe Berliner Genossinnen und Genossen im März 2011 begann, hat sich zu einer umfänglichen Debatte über Chancen und Risiken einer neuen revolutionären, antikapitalistischen Organisation entwickelt. Aus der Initiative wurde die SIB. Uns […]
Josefina Chávez En la sesión extraordinaria el sábado 24 de marzo el Consejo General del Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE), se presentó un informe, sobre el incumplimiento por parte de varios partidos de la cuota de género. Esta información desató diversas reacciones tanto de dirigentes de los partidos, como de las mujeres cuyos derechos fueron atropellados. […]
Ximena Peredo Hace tres semanas, exhorté en este espacio a la ciudadanía a participar también como candidatos a puestos de elección popular. “Necesitamos entrar para hacer un contrapeso inmediato al saqueo de lo público”, escribí. Porque advierto la ruina y la pérdida de calidad de vida que provocan impostores y negligentes en el poder, levanté los brazos pa […]
Some 300 women are to protest to the Turkish government Tuesday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparked fury among women’s rights advocates by likening abortion to murder.
A Yemeni millionaire, tipped to be the next president of Yemen, has come under fire for insulting Yemeni women protestors in an interview with the New York Times.
Popular anger, mass protests and leadership from Trayvon Martin's parents, the African-American community and its organizations have exposed the racial divisions that run throughout U.S. society. - IV448 - May 2012 / USA
João Machado was a leader of DS throughout the period in question. This text draws on parts of a written contribution to the Seminar dedicated to Daniel Bensaid, held at the IIRE in January 2012. However, Bensaid's role in DS's discussions was not singled out just for that reason – he really played a crucial part, especially in the later period. - […]
hat tip to Syndikalismus.tk, auf der Webseite des Centre de documentació antiautoritari i llibertari:
* Solidaridad Obrera (1907-1911, 1913-1919, 1923-1925, eine der traditionsreichsten anarcho-syndikalistischen Zeitungen, welche auch heutenoch erscheint)
International Workers’ Day 2012. The people demand unionized workers!
In the upcoming demonstrations of the united left, the Independent Union WAC Maan and the Daam workers’ party, call for peace, equality and social justice, and demonstrates in solidarity with the popular Arab uprisings, particularly the heroic revolt of the Syrian people.
The Independent Trade Union WAC Maan and the Daam workers’ party, call on their members and supporters to take an active part in the demonstrations and marches of the united leftwing and workers’ organizations, which will be held to mark May Day (International Workers’ Day) in Tel Aviv on May 1, in Haifa on April 28, and in Jerusalem on April 27.
We are happy that for the first time in years, the forces on the left together with workers’ organizations have united to march together under the banner, “The people demand unionized workers.” Despite some differences of opinion, it is clear that all the groups marching to mark May Day agree on the need to step up the struggle against the extreme rightwing government of Benjamin Netanyahu. We aspire to a united front which presents an alternative social political agenda.
Arab and Jewish activists from the WAC Maan will join members of Da’am, the Workers Party, to call for peace, equality and social justice. As a Jewish-Arab workers’ organization aiming for revolutionary change, we dedicate this year to the Arab uprisings, especially the Syrian revolt. The Syrian people are rising up to demand freedom, justice and peace, and to bring down the dictator who butchers his citizens mercilessly. In the May Day marches, we will also convey a message of solidarity to the young Egyptian revolutionaries and the Egyptian workers who did the impossible and brought down the tyrant Mubarak. We will strengthen them as they work to complete the aims of the revolution.
Our main target is the anti-worker, rightwing and warmongering government of Israel. On May Day this year, we emphasize the call to bring down Netanyahu’s government, because:
Netanyahu’s government leads destructive economic social policies. For many years, even before his latest election as prime minister, Netanyahu has promoted privatization of the public sphere and dismantled the social security net. Israel has become a paradise for tycoons and hell for hundreds of thousands of precarious workers. Today, most Israelis understand that the transfer of natural resources and public services to capitalists has led to poverty, violence and the unraveling of the social fabric.
During the last three years, Netanyahu’s government and its extreme rightwing coalition have passed a slew of racist laws against the state’s Arab citizens. It is currently promoting a program to destroy dozens of Arab villages in the Negev Desert, preventing the development of Arab towns, and increasing hatred and racism.
Netanyahu’s government is responsible for the deadlock in the peace process, which is liable to deteriorate into war. Its policies are based on the strengthening of the settlements in the occupied territories, the rejection of any compromise with the Palestinians, and the creation of an artificial crisis with Iran. The rightwing government, whose foreign minister is the fascist thug Avigdor Lieberman, challenges the international consensus on the need to withdraw to the pre-1967 borders and the need to establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
A demonstration in Kufr Qara
In addition to our active participation in these events in the three main cities, WAC Maan together with Da’am – Workers’ Party will organize a demonstration in Kufr Qara on Saturday May 5, in solidarity with the Syrian people who are rising up against the regime. We call for unconditional support to the Syrian people’s popular uprising and with all the Arab people’s uprisings against oppression and exploitation, and for freedom and social justice.
Long live May Day! The people demand unionized workers!
Long live the social protest movement!
Long live the Arab Spring!
Long live the Syrian uprising!
Workers of the world, unite!
Join us as we march in red, the workers’ organization WAC and the workers’ party Da’am!
Fighting Together for Peace, Equality and Social Justice Jewish and Arab Women in Solidarity
On March 8, International Women’s Day, we will organize and take to the streets to raise women’s struggles for justice on the public agenda.
Over the past year, a wave of voices rose up all over the world to demand change.
Resistance to economic, political, and gender oppression was a shared value across diverse movements.
Women comprise 50% of the world’s population, and are usually the first to be affected by crushing economic policies. Women of color or who belong to minority groups are doubly oppressed. Nevertheless, the same women are consistently on the front lines of struggle, leading an uncompromising quest for social justice.
On March 8, we will march together and hear the diverse voices of inspiring women leading the way towards peace, equality and social justice. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »
Am 3. März starb im Alter von 97 Jahren Jakob Moneta, einer der letzten Überlebenden einer Generation von Revolutionären, ein Genosse, der sein ganzes Leben lang gegen Unterdrückung und für die Emanzipation der Menschheit kämpfte, nachfolgend der Film Jakob Moneta: Jude-Gewerkschafter-Sozialist (Untertitel in Esperanto):
* Am gestrigen Tag ereignete sich der vermutlich grösste Streik der Menschheitsgeschichte, mehr als 100 Millionen ArbeiterInnen streikten in Indien, hierzu der Aufruf der Gruppe Radical Socialist
* Aussperrung bei Acadian Coach Lines in New Brunswick und Prince Edward Island/Kanada
* Von WAC-MAAN unterstützte palästinesische Kontraktarbeiter der Israel Antiquities Authority an der Ausgrabungsstätte Ras al-Amud setzen permanente Arbeitsverträge durch
Frisch online gestellt auf Projekt Gutenberg: Texte des Reiseschriftstellers Arthur Holitscher (1869-1941), dessen Werke von den Nazis 1933 auf die Liste der „auszumerzenden Literatur“ gestellt wurden und der 1941 verarmt im Genfer Exil starb:
* the 99%, the 1% and ‘anti-finance’ - Oisín Mac Giallomóir argues the Occupy movement needs to oppose capitalist production not just capitalist finance and governments
* occupy tel-aviv: the israeli summer - Lee Meidan writes from Israel on a rare wave of social unrest
Dale Farm
* dale farm: a community under siege - Dominic Fitzgerald reports on the eviction of the Dale Farm traveller site
1.) Die Räumung der Traveller-Siedlung Dale Farm bei Basildon durch die Bullen hat begonnen, mehr auf der Webseite des Guardian
“Early this morning riot police and bailiffs stormed the Dale Farm community in a dawn raid. Police violated the court order and used sledgehammers to smash through the walls of a fully legal plot on the site in order to force entry. Human rights observers reported several injuries of residents and supporters from police action as they forced their way onto site.”
“At the weekend, two dozen English Defence League activists stormed a Muslim book stall and Qur’an exhibition in Cradley Heath in the Black Country. So much for the claim to be a non-violent protest movement. Even worse, perhaps, is that the bookstall was run by an Ahmadiyya Muslim group. The Ahmadiyya are one of the least fundamentalist or jihadist groups with Islam. They explicitly reject armed jihad, are not seen as part of the Ummah by many orthodox Muslims and indeed are regarded as kafirs (infidels) by fundamentalists. They have, therefore, been subjected to violent persecution by Islamists in Pakistan, Bangladesh and elsewhere. In other words, they are exactly who those who claim to be fighting Islamism should be in solidarity with, not attacking. This demonstrates the EDL’s ignorance about its pet obsession, Islam, and also the hollowness of its claim to be against Islamism rather than ordinary Muslims. It exposes the essential racism and paranoia of the movement.”
5.) Ein Artikel auf LibCom erinnert an den französisch-algerischen anarchistischen Revolutionär Léandre Valero, der am 21. August im Alter von 87 Jahren verstarb
First of May 2011: Marching for Equality and Social Justice
Arab and Jewish Workers in Solidarity with our brothers in Cairo, Tunis and Damascus
Arab and Jewish workers who are organized in the independent union WAC- Maan and many of our allies in social and progressive organizations will march on April 30 in Tel Aviv to mark the First of May and demonstrate solidarity with fellow workers in Cairo, Tunis and Damascus. The slogan “Democracy, Equality and Social Justice” today unites all workers of the world. Our eyes are lifted toward the rebirth of the Arab world, toward the millions who are crying in the city squares: “Away with the dictatorship and for social justice!”
Gathering in Tel Aviv, farm workers and construction workers from throughout the country, as well as college teachers, truck drivers and waitresses—all organized in our trade union, WAC-MAAN- will join their voices to the call, shouting: “Away with the dictatorship of capital! Yes to equality! Yes to social justice!” From the heart of Tel Aviv, we applaud the turn to democracy now taking place in Egypt and Tunisia, and we declare our full support for the Syrian people in its fight for freedom.
The government of Israel frets anxiously over the fall of the dictatorships, which it has supported, covertly and overtly, for more than forty years. The Arab democratic revolution confronts Israel with the challenge of ending the Occupation, dismantling the settlements and joining the historical journey toward justice.
The Israel of today is a state without pity, a state of tycoons, a state of enormous social gaps, where a million workers (a third of the labor force) earn the minimum wage, where even the social workers have had to strike because they don’t earn enough to make ends meet, while the bankers and managers rake in millions.
In commemorating the First of May this year, we shall demonstrate for a fair wage to every worker, against all forms of discrimination, for equality to Arab workers, against unemployment, against the revolving door policy that enslaves migrant workers, against the damage that is now being done in education, health services and social welfare. We call on every worker to join us, because only by organizing will we be able to change our lives!
Tel Aviv, Saturday April 30, 10:30, from Sderot Rothschild (corner of Sheinkin) to Gan Me’ir.
A Statement for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2011
by Asma Agbarieh-Zahalka
In these very days, marking 100 years of Women’s International Day, a new chapter is being written in history by millions of women and men in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and elsewhere. We salute the workers who first raised the banner of revolt in Egypt in 2008, who persisted and who now see the fruit of their sacrifices. This is the springtime of the peoples in the Arab world, opening a gateway of hope for all. At last we may dare to believe that we can determine our destinies, securing the right to live and work in dignity.
It is inspiring to see Arab women marching at the head of the protests, breaking the boundaries of patriarchy, tribalism and fundamentalism that have been imposed on them for generations. These women are securing a place in a future democratic society where gender equality will be a supreme value, protecting the achievements of the revolution.
We, Arab and Jewish women of the Workers Advice Center and Sindyanna of Galilee, are proud at what we see happening around us. It encourages us to continue our struggle in Israel.
On the 8th of March we shall make a march of women—Arab and Jewish, migrant workers and refugees—for the right to work in dignity and to organize. We shall do so in solidarity with working women the world over. We ask women in our region and beyond to join their voices with ours in calling for an egalitarian society, free from oppression and occupation, in which both peoples, Israeli and Palestinian, may live together in peace.
Quelle: Challenge … Mubarak ist endlich weg vom Fenster, aber diverse andere Autokraten von Ahmadinejad über Bouteflika, Assad, Mohammed VI oder Abdullah von Saudi-Arabien sind noch am Ruder, auch die derartige Gestalten hervorbringenden Systeme und Strukturen in Ägypten und umzu sind noch präsent, eine Revolution, die auf halbem Wege stecken bleibt wird scheitern … einen herzlichen Glückwunsch und liebe rote Grüsse nach Ägypten!
The Removal of Mubarak is Vital for Democracy
The Egyptian popular uprising
Organization for Democratic Action – Da’am
Public Statement
The great popular uprising in Egypt has shaken the region’s dictatorships and threatens their position. These regimes fear the people who demand what was achieved in Europe two centuries ago: democracy. Since January 25, the eyes of the entire world have been fixed on Cairo’s Tahrir Square where Egyptians are calling for the removal of President Hosni Mubarak.
The Egyptian president has tried to save his skin and prevent a repetition of the Tunisian fiasco, where the corrupt dictator fled. At first, security forces and the police were sent to forcibly suppress the young revolutionaries. When this failed, and the protests only gained in strength, the regime encouraged anarchy while releasing thousands of criminal prisoners whose role was to create chaos, frighten the residents of the capital, and usher them back to their homes. When the people organized themselves into popular defense committees and the released prisoners had been rearrested, the regime hired the services of gangs and thugs who tried to take over the square on February 2.
Mubarak then played a new card and nominated Omar Suleiman to the position of vice-president. Suleiman, head of military intelligence, was given extensive authority to manage the country instead of the hated president. In addition, Ahmed Nazif’s cabinet was dismissed and a new government was appointed, headed by Ahmed Shafik.
The two new leaders, Suleiman and Shafik, announced they would accept all the demands of the young demonstrators in Tahrir Square and promised to carry out democratic reforms – but only on condition that they would accept Mubarak’s continued leadership until the elections scheduled for September 2011. Accepting this proposal would have emptied the uprising of any significance.
The army, which had stood aside as the thugs tried to conquer the square, changed its tactic when it became clear the thugs were failing in their mission. Towards the end of the same day, February 2, the army announced it would separate those supporting Mubarak from those demonstrating against, thus putting itself in the role of mediator while ensuring it would remain a decisive force in the political equation, no matter what the eventual settlement would be.
The regime led by Mubarak’s National Democratic Party is trying to keep all the cards in its hands: It “recognizes” the justice of the demonstrators’ claims but succeeded in neutralizing the veteran opposition groups, the communist Taggamu party and the Muslim Brotherhood, which responded positively to the regime’s proposal to negotiate. These groups thus turn their backs on the promise they gave to the rebels not to negotiate with Suleiman until Mubarak had gone, and continue to seek status and influence within the framework of the regime.
The US administration is playing a central role in the events unfolding in Egypt, and Suleiman’s actions are coordinated down to the last detail with the White House. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are vainly trying to show they support of the young revolutionaries in Tahrir Square. However, they are actually strengthening the dictatorial regime in an attempt to save it by carrying out a few constitutional reforms while creating a kind of coexistence between the regime and the opposition, including the Muslim Brotherhood.
The young revolutionaries, then, bear a terrible burden of responsibility. They must choose between granting the official opposition the power to speak in their name and negotiate, or continuing the revolutionary march whose central demand is the removal of Mubarak and the complete transformation of the political and economic regime. They must put the army, the political forces and the regime to the test – as well as the US and the entire world: Are you in favor of democracy, and therefore support the removal of Mubarak, symbol of corruption and dictatorship, or do you support the continuation of the oppressive regime and resign yourself to the situation in which Suleiman shields Mubarak in order to perpetuate the president’s rule?
The young revolutionaries are holding up a vision of economic and social justice in keeping with the demands of the Egyptian workers for freedom of association and a life of honor. The working class is the natural ally of the rebels – it was the workers who pushed the uprising forward during extensive strikes in the textile factories of el-Mahalla el-Kubra in 2008. It was the workers who challenged the official unions recognized by the regime and began forming democratic unions.
The neo-liberal policies applied in Egypt since the 1990s led to social crisis and enabled those close to the regime to make enormous profits at the expense of the nation’s future. The democratic uprising will not be complete unless it is accompanied by a social and economic program that meets the workers’ demands. The change of regime is not merely the replacement of the people at the top of the pyramid, but a complete transformation of the economic and social foundations which led Egypt to the current crisis.
Israel’s government fears the fall of Mubarak and democratic change in Egypt. For years the Israeli establishment has relied on an alliance with Mubarak’s oppressive regime, and now, as the Egyptian people rise up, Israel is trying to terrify its citizens into believing that the only alternative to Mubarak is the Muslim Brotherhood.
For us, as a Jewish-Arab workers’ party in Israel, we have no doubt about where we stand: we fully support the heroic struggle of the workers and young people in Egypt. It is time the citizens of Israel compel their leaders to adopt a policy of peace and reconciliation with the Arab world and Palestinian nation, to put an end to the occupation and settlement, and to recognize the rights of Arab nations to democracy and freedom.
We are certain that Egypt, and the rest of the Arab states, will not go back to the way things were before January 25, 2011. The winds of democracy are blowing. The global capitalist regime which has strengthened the dictatorships in this region for decades has reached its final historical stage. There is no democracy without social justice. And there is no force in the world that can suppress those who challenge the fear of oppression.
