An estimated 30 000 demonstrators marched through Mexico City on Sunday accusing President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto and his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), of massive electoral fraud. The protesters carried placards with messages such as: “Fraud, Fraud”, “Winning by cheating is not winning at all and is illegal”, “You launder money, we
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Sketchy Thoughts: Christa Eckes – Honor Her Memory!
The first time Christa Eckes made the news was back in 1970, when as a teenager growing up in the West German city of Hamburg she was expelled from high school for starting a political action group. The “Basisgruppe LS-Schülerinnen” (LS Students Grassroots Group) was said to have distributed leaflets,
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Anti-Capitalism and Violence: Gord Hill Interviewed by Kersplebedeb
The opening graphic in The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book is striking, showing a Black Bloc member squaring off against a cop, each as representatives of the clash between Empire and free peoples from centuries past. To what degree do you feel that the clashes at today’s summits represent a continuity
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Repressive Tactics Smack of History
Of course the so-called budget bill, stuffed to the gills with non-budgetary items as such, has multiple political purposes, but one of them is clearly to limit dissenting voices within parliament itself and to usurp parliamentary power and transfer it to cabinet – as can be seen, for example, in
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Report on Quebec’s Student Strike
Reposted from the excellent signalfire blog: We are now in the 13th week of a Quebec student strike against a 75% tuition hike – the longest student strike in Quebec history – the conflict has become a rallying point for any and all opposition to austerity here, and clearly represents
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Repression 2.0
Given its evolution, so to speak, the state of Tennessee’s new attempt to control and criminalize people’s thoughts and acts can hardly be seen as astonishing. Recommend this Post
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: MESSAGE AUX ARRÊTÉ(E)S DU 1ER MAI à MONTRÉAL de CLAC-Montréal
click here to read this in english Le 1er mai dernier, pendant et dans les heures suivant la manifestation anticapitaliste de la CLAC-Montréal (Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes), 107 personnes ont été arrêtées et plusieurs ont été brutalisées par la police. Selon nos informations, la majorité des arrêté(e)s ont reçu une
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: A Message To Those Arrested on May 1st in Montreal
This past May 1st, in the hours following the anti-capitalist demonstration organized by CLAC-Montreal (the Anti-Capitalist Convergence), 107 people were arrested and several were brutalized by the police. So far as we know, most of those arrested received tickets for unlawful assembly, while some people received criminal charges. Everyone was
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR IRAN:SAVE ABDOLREZA GHANBARI: Abdolreza Ghanbari is an Iranian university professor who has been sentenced to death by the regime basically for the “crime” of receiving unsolicited political emails. Here is his story and appeal for solidarity from the online labour solidarity site Labour Start.################# Iran: Stop the execution
Continue readingRedBedHead: Tory Terrorists More Dangerous Than Child Pornographers
The Tories’ “Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act” has more to do with suppressing dissent than with stopping child pornographers. I mean, where is the evidence that child pornography is such a major problem that it requires the introduction of a piece of legislation that is a serious intrusion into
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-02-10 19:42:00
AMERICAN LABOUR: MORE ANTI-WORKER LEGISLATION IN ARIZONA: The following item is from the National Public Radio in the USA. ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼Arizona Lawmakers Target Public Workers’ Unionsby Ted Robbins February 9, 2012 Labor unions plan to rally in front of the Arizona State Capitol on Thursday afternoon to protest four bills quickly
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Jalil Muntaqim Sent to SHU on Bogus Charge
Jalil Muntaqim has been sent to the SHU on a bogus charge (see below). Comrades from Jericho are asking that people speak with their own organizations and ask them to write or call the folks below to get Jalil out of the SHU and if possible a transfer to another facility.
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: From Bad to Worse: Transferred from Red Onion to Wallens Ridge State Prison
Wallens Ridge State Prison This is the latest dispatch from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, Minister of Defense of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party-Prison Chapter, and author of Defying the Tomb: From Bad to Worse: Transferred from Red Onion to Wallens Ridge State PrisonBy Kevin “Rashid” Johnson On January 20, 2012,
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Abuse Reports Culminate In Hair-Raising Assault By Red Onion State Prison Guards
In the following report, Rashid details a vicious racist attack on his person by guards at Red Onion State Prison, which occurred on December 12, 2011. Since this report was written, Rashid’s situation has gotten even worse, as earlier this week he was transferred to Wallens Ridge State Prison (Virginia’s
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INTERNATIONAL ANARCHISM: SOLIDARITY WITH INDONESIAN PUNKS: In the countries where anarchism is a tradition the idea of “anarchist subcultures” is definitely a peripheral matter. Even in countries where anarchism is not a large tradition but where historical memory has been preserved anarchists are well into moving beyond subcultures. But in
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Political Arrests in Montréal
Statement from the Canadian Revolutionary Communist Party (not the same as the u.s. Avakian group):Update (07/13/11): The four individuals who have been arrested and charged went in court last Wednesday. The Crown disclosed its evidence to the defendan…
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2011-07-16 01:50:00
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR GEORGIA:RESPECT WORKER RIGHTS IN GEORGIA:The now independent Caucasus republic of Georgia is (in)famous as the homeland of Soviet dictator Josep Stalin. Sorta like being noted as the homeland of malaria. Living down to this “fine” …
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INTERNATIONAL POLITICS BAHRAIN:TELL US WOMEN’S WORLD CUP PLAYERS TO SUPPORT THEIR FELLOW PLAYERS IN BAHRAIN:As this is being written the US Team at The Women’s World Football Cup has advanced to playing in the finals against Japan. With each advance th…
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2011-06-30 23:30:00
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR COLOMBIA: STOP VALE UNION BUSTING IN COLOMBIA:The other year workers in Ontario and Newfoundland were “treated” to an exhibition of just how hard hearted and tight fisted the international mining giant Vale is. But Canada and Brazi…
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR IVORY COAST:FREE BASIL MAHAN GAHÉ:Free Ivory Coast union leader Basil Mahan Gahé! ********************The following appeal is from the international union confederation the IUF.*******************On April 26, Basil Mahan Gahé, g…
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