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(de) FDA/IFA - GÇi DÃo Mai Der 1. - Ursprung und Gegenwart Eine anarchistische AnnÃherung
a-infos-de@ainfos.ca
Thu May 23 11:05:56 GMT 2013
In vielen LÃndern der Welt wird der 1. Mai als âTag der Arbeitâ begangen: Volksfeste,
Fahrradtouren und hoher Alkoholkonsum bestimmen das Bild. Nur wenige nehmen an den ritua
lisierten Demonstrationen der etablierten Gewerkschaften teil. Kaum jemand kennt den
kÃmpferischen Ursprung des 1. Mai als Kampftag der internationalen Arbeiter innenbewegung.
Ein Blick zurÃck in die Geschichte bringt lÃngst vergessene Ziele und TrÃume von
Arbeiter_innen ans Tageslicht, die weit Ãber heutige Forderungen, wie z.B. LohnerhÃhungen,
hinausgingen... ---- 19. Jahrhundert: Die Situation der Arbeiter_innen in den USA Obwohl
der 8-Stunden-Tag in der zweiten HÃlfte des 19. Jahrhunderts schon Gesetz war, wurde er
von den Arbeitgeber_innen ignoriert. Mindestens 12 Stunden tÃglicher Arbeit und
Kinderarbeit trotz gleichzeitiger hoher Arbeitslosigkeit bei den Er wachsenen waren an
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(de) FDA/IFA - GÇi DÃo Mai Der 1. â Inhalt + Editorial + Ãber uns
a-infos-de@ainfos.ca
Thu May 23 11:00:17 GMT 2013
Inhalt ---- 04 Ursprung und Gegenwart -- Der 1. Mai - Eine anarchistische AnnÃherung ----
06 Auf zu neuen Taten -- Der 1. Mai in Bonn ---- 08 Es bleibt spannend -- Berlin, 1. Mai
und der Anarchismus ---- 10 Zu KÃmpfen um eine gerechtere Gesellschaft -- Ein Ãberblick
aus Dresden ---- 14 Nieder mit der Arbeit. Gegen Staat, NaÂtiÂon und KaÂpiÂtal! -- Aufruf
zur libertÃren 1. Mai-Demonstration in Freiburg ---- 15 âWas hier gerade so gehtâ -- Ein
kurzer Blick auf Stuttgart ---- 17 Arbeit, Arbeit, Arbeit -- Nicht guter Lohn fÃr gute
Arbeit â sondern Abschaffung der Lohnarbeit! ---- 19 FdA hautnah -- RegelmÃÃige Termine
der FdA-Mitglieder ---- Editorial ---- Hallo Menschen, ---- ihr haltet nun, nach der
Ausgabe zur 2. Anarchistischen Buchmesse in Mannheim, die zweite Sonderausgabe der Gaidao
in 2013 in der Hand. Darin dreht sich alles um den 1. Mai.
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(fr) Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - Grèce : « Un jour, les jeunes sans avenir prendront le pouvoir » (en)
a-infos-fr@ainfos.ca
Thu May 23 09:56:26 GMT 2013
Les plans de « sauvetage » successifs ont imposé depuis 2010 une insupportable litanie de
mesures d’austérité qui n’en finissent pas de ravager le système économique grec et le
tissu social du pays. Essai d’état des lieux des résistances sociales. ---- Depuis trois
ans, les salarié-e-s grec-que-s ont subi une baisse du salaire moyen de 45%, un chômage
officiel supérieur à 26% et une réduction de 20% des pensions de retraite de plus de mille
euros. Plus de 200 000 entreprises auraient fait faillite : partout dans le pays, des
paysages de désolation, où se succèdent des commerces fermés, des immeubles à l’abandon,
des chantiers stoppés depuis des mois… ---- Des mesures d’austérité mortifères ---- Les
privatisations touchent aussi bien les compagnies gazières et pétrolières, l’eau,
l’électricité que les autoroutes, les ports, les transports… L’État doit lever 19
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(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - Greece: 'One day, young people without future will power " (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Thu May 23 09:56:10 GMT 2013
Plans to "rescue" imposed since 2010 successive unbearable litany of austerity measures
that do not end up ravaging the Greek economic system and social fabric of the country.
The inventory of social resistance test. ---- For three years, the employee-es that
Greek-s suffered a decline in average salary by 45%, official unemployment above 26% and a
20% reduction in pensions of more than a thousand euros. Over 200,000 businesses have gone
bankrupt: across the country, the landscape of desolation, with a succession of closed
shops, abandoned buildings, construction sites stopped for months... --- Austerity
measures deadly ---- Privatization affect both oil and gas companies, water, electricity
highways, ports, transport ... The State must raise 19 billion euros by 2015 through asset
sales and total of 50 billion by the end of 2020, for the benefit of the financial oligarchy.
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(pt) [terralivre] 25/05 - VELHAS VOZES LIBERTÁRIAS: Homenagem aos velhos militantes do CCS
a-infos-pt@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 21:07:52 GMT 2013
SÁBADO agora, dia 25/05, as 16 horas, dando continuidade ao Ciclo de Debates de 80 Anos do
Centro de Cultura Social, acontecerá uma homenagem ao velhos militantes. ---- VELHAS VOZES
LIBERTÁRIAS: Homenagem aos velhos militantes do CCS CARTAZ: ----
http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/13472_309832809150050_43896376_n.jpg ----
Exibição de entrevistas, videos e fotos com Jaime Cubero, Chico Cuberos, Antonio Martinez,
Diego Gimenez, Carlo Aldegheri, Virgilio Dall'Oca, entre outros. ---- Debate por Marcolino
Jeremias (Nelca/CCS) e Miquelina (CCS). ---- ENTRADA FRANCA !!! ---- TODOS ESTÃO
CONVIDADOS !!! ---- Sábado, 25/05, às 16h ---- Local: Centro de Cultura Social ---- Rua
General Jardim, 253 Sala 22 ---- Vila Buarque São Paulo – SP ---- Próximo ao metrô
Republica ---- O cartaz com a programação completa está aqui: ----
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(it) Torino: 23 – 24 – 25 maggio. Tre giorni No CIE
a-infos-it@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 18:11:23 GMT 2013
23 – 24 – 25 maggio. Tre giorni No CIE
Tre giorni contro i CIE a cinque anni dalla morte di Fatih, immigrato
tunisino, lasciato senza cure nel Cpt di Torino.
Giovedì 23 presidio al CIE di corso Brunelleschi.
ore 19,30 aperibenefit antirazzisti sotto processo
ore 21 Alessio Lega canterà la sue canzoni in ricordo di Fatih.
A seguire… ricordo, interventi, samba…
Venerdì 24 punto info
in via Po 16 dalle 19,30
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(it) SERAVEZZA(LU): Omaggio a Fabrizio de' Andrè
a-infos-it@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 18:00:48 GMT 2013
SABATO 25 MAGGIO , dalle ore 21,30 AL CIRCOLO RICREATIVO OPERAIO DI
RIOMAGNO,SABATO 25 MAGGIO , dalle ore 21,30 AL CIRCOLO RICREATIVO
OPERAIO DI RIOMAGNO,SERAVEZZA(lu), Matteo Bogazzi presenta:
Omaggio a Fabrizio de' Andrè
PRIMA PARTE: 'Non al denaro,non all'amore nè al cielo': letture e proiezioni
SECONDA PARTE:'Storia di un impiegato' : letture e suono dal vivo
TERZA PARTE: 'Suono Libero'
CIRCOLO RICREATIVO OPERAIO DI RIOMAGNO
USI-AIT NUCLEO DELLA VERSILIA
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(it) Roma: Ciclofficine popolari
a-infos-it@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 17:57:42 GMT 2013
Roma, 24-31 maggio 2013. Cyclocamp e Forum delle Ciclofficine @ CSOA eXSnia
10 giorni di eventi a due ruote. Programma provvisorio.
Dopo 10 anni di attivita', di chiavi inglesi e di concetti, le
ciclofficine romane vogliono chiedersi cosa significhi una
ciclofficina oggi, quale sia il senso della riappropriazione degli
spazi della condivisione delle conoscenze. Sentiamo il bisogno di
riflettere sulla direzione del nostro andare in bicicletta e sul senso
delle nostre abilita' meccaniche. E' a partire da queste domande che
abbiamo pensato di allargare la discussione alle altre Ciclofficine
d'Europa e del mondo, che con noi condividono pratiche e orizzonti,
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(en) My experience of Anarchism in Bulgaria - 88 yr old exile Jack Grancharoff at Jura books + audio
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 17:22:49 GMT 2013
Jura Books in Sydney recently hosted 'Anarchism in Bulgaria as I see it' by the 88 year
old exiled anarchist Jack Grancharoff. Around a dozen people listened intensely to Jack as
he described his upbringing and his involvement in anarchism and challenges faced by both
fascism and Stalinism. ---- In the early 20th Century, anarchism entrenched itself as a
mass organisational movement in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland - anarchists having
already been active in the 1873 uprisings in Bosnia and Herzegovina against
Austro-Hungarian control. But it was primarily in Bulgaria and its neighbour Macedonia
that a remarkable case of anarchist organising arose, in the midst of the power-play
between the great powers. This was the area of conflict where jack focused much of his
early talk on.
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(de) FDA/IFA - GÇi DÃo Nr. 28 â Inhalt + Editorial + Ãber uns
a-infos-de@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 13:36:46 GMT 2013
Inhalt ---- 04 Ursprung und Gegenwart -- Der 1. Mai - Eine anarchistische AnnÃherung ----
06 Auf zu neuen Taten -- Der 1. Mai in Bonn ---- 08 Es bleibt spannend -- Berlin, 1. Mai
und der Anarchismus ---- 10 Zu KÃmpfen um eine gerechtere Gesellschaft -- Ein Ãberblick
aus Dresden ---- 14 Nieder mit der Arbeit. Gegen Staat, NaÂtiÂon und KaÂpiÂtal! -- Aufruf
zur libertÃren 1. Mai-Demonstration in Freiburg ---- 15 âWas hier gerade so gehtâ -- Ein
kurzer Blick auf Stuttgart ---- 17 Arbeit, Arbeit, Arbeit -- Nicht guter Lohn fÃr gute
Arbeit â sondern Abschaffung der Lohnarbeit! ---- 19 FdA hautnah -- RegelmÃÃige Termine
der FdA-Mitglieder ---- Editorial ---- Hallo Menschen, ---- ihr haltet nun, nach der
Ausgabe zur 2. Anarchistischen Buchmesse in Mannheim, die zweite Sonderausgabe der Gaidao
in 2013 in der Hand. Darin dreht sich alles um den 1. Mai.
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(fr) Courant Alternatif CA #229 - Big Brother - chroniques du contrÃle et de la rÃpression
a-infos-fr@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 12:57:32 GMT 2013
Des dossiers mÃdicaux en accÃs libre sur Internet! ---- Tout commence par une banale
enquÃte dâun journaliste sur un praticien. Il tape son nom sur Google. Ce moteur de
recherche, en premier lien, lui donne le serveur de lâhÃpital oà il exerce. Le journaliste
obtient ensuite, en quelques clics, sans difficultÃ, un bilan oncologique fait par ce
mÃdecin ! --- Est-ce une faille unique ? FrappÃs par cette premiÃre dÃcouverte
surprenante, les rÃdacteurs dâActu Soins (site dâinformation dÃdià aux infirmiÃres) vont
poursuivre leurs recherches et constater à de nombreuses occasions la possibilitÃ
dâobtenir sur Internet des donnÃes mÃdicales confidentielles. Ces dÃcouvertes se font Ã
partir de Google sans lâaide dâaucun outil ou logiciel spÃcialisÃ. Les renseignements
ainsi glanÃs sont de toute sorte :
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(fr) Coordination des Groupes Anarchistes (CGA) de Perpignan: Le Libertaire 66 #18 - Le Libertaire 66 #18 Ni dieu, ni maîtres chez nous!!
a-infos-fr@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 12:06:48 GMT 2013
« Maîtres chez nous ! [...] là où certains croient encore que la solution sera nationale
et étatique, là où certains fantasment sur l’État fort... nous, nous savons que la
solution est en nous ! [...] Alors plutôt que les lois écrasantes de l’Assemblée
parisienne, nous voulons la démocratie directe, locale, participative.[...] L’autonomie,
et pourquoi pas même, j’ose le mot, l’autogestion, parce que nous voulons prendre notre
destin en main partout où nous le pouvons... dans nos quartiers, dans nos entreprises,
dans nos villes. Il faut en finir avec cette classe dirigeante qui paralyse et enferme le
peuple. --- Reprenons notre destin en main ! Autonomie, Autogestion, Autodéfense ! Maîtres
chez nous ! ---- Maîtres chez nous !»
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(en) Britain, Solidarity Federation, Education #10 - Halesowen Four: victimisation in FE +
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 11:59:32 GMT 2013
Halesowen Four: victimisation in FE ---- Earlier this term, members of the EWN in London
had an early start to join a coach-load of supporters from SolFed, UCU, and NUT heading to
the midlands to support the sacked teachers at Halesowen College. Dubbed the 'Halesowen
4', these four maths teachers, including UCU Branch Secretary, David Muritu were dismissed
by the college in Dec 2012 and Jan 2013.The move stunk of victimisation - teachers judged
as 'good' in internal observations were scapegoated for management shortcomings. ---- Once
in Halesowen, we joined hundreds of other supporters and found a vibrant, demo outside the
college, despite the cold weather and early start.We marched alongside local members of
UCU, NUT, Unison, NASUWT and PCS along with Dudley, Wolverhampton, Shropshire and Telford
Trades Councils are.The support for the sacked teachers was overwhelming and inspiring.
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(en) France, Coordination of Anarchist Groups (CGA) Perpignan: The Libertarian 66 # 18 - Neither god nor master on us! (fr)[machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 11:59:06 GMT 2013
"Masters at home! [...] Where some still believe that the solution will be national and
state where some fantasize about the strong state ... , we know that the solution is in
us! [...] So rather than crushing laws of the Paris meeting, we want direct democracy,
local, participatory. [...] Autonomy, and why not even, I dare the word, self because we
want to take our destiny in hand wherever we can ... in our neighborhoods, our businesses,
in our cities. We must end this ruling class that paralyzes and encloses the people. ---
Let our destiny! Autonomy, Self-Management, Self-Defense! Masters with us! Masters in us!
" ---- When in November 2010 in Béziers (34), the Führer of the extreme right group Nice
"Nissa Rebela" Philippe Vardon, chanting these words, it is not an audience of black
flags, but in front of a small crowd allergic to kebab, nostalgic of Marshal Petain, the
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(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - Social Forum in Tunis: A full tool contradictions (fr) [machine translation]
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 11:57:44 GMT 2013
The World Social Forum was held in Tunis from 26 to 30 March. The opportunity to review
the strengths and weaknesses of this activist tool. ---- Twelve years after its first
edition, is in Tunis from 26 to 30 March, which this year was held the World Social Forum
(WSF). Symbol of the anti-globalization movement, the WSF contains all the contradictions,
strengths and weaknesses. It is not to be "for or against" the WSF, but to determine how
such initiatives can be useful for social movements, and therefore what should be our
involvement in it and what to use. ---- A congenital weakness of the system "World Social
Forum" is to be animated, since its creation by people self-appointed, co-opted, and that
few have links with community structures. There are also some leaders of unions and
associations, but the operation in a closed circle remains a strong feature.
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(fr) Alternative Libertaire AL #227 - Forum social à Tunis : Un outil plein de contradictions (en)
a-infos-fr@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 11:57:22 GMT 2013
Le Forum social mondial de Tunis s’est tenu du 26 au 30 mars. L’occasion de revenir sur
les atouts et les faiblesses de cet outil militant. ---- Douze ans après sa première
édition, c’est à Tunis, du 26 au 30 mars, que se tenait cette année le Forum social
mondial (FSM). Symbole du mouvement altermondialiste, le FSM en recèle toutes les
contradictions, les forces et les faiblesses. Il ne s’agit pas d’être « pour ou contre »
le FSM, mais de déterminer en quoi ce type d’initiative peut être utile aux mouvements
sociaux, et donc quelle doit être notre implication en son sein et quelle utilisation en
faire. ---- Une des faiblesses congénitales du « système Forum social mondial » est d’être
animé, depuis sa création, par des personnes auto-désignées, cooptées, et dont peu
entretiennent des liens avec des structures collectives.
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(en) Britain, Organise #80 - Anarchist Federation on Solidarity Federation Fighting for Ourselves: Anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle
a-infos-en@ainfos.ca
Wed May 22 11:56:02 GMT 2013
Since its publication in October of last year, Fighting for Ourselves has been the subject
of much discussion and deserved interest in the broad libertarian left. The book
constitutes the first major exposition of the political perspectives of the British
section of the International Workers Association since Winning the Class War, their
previous attempt at providing such an outline in 1991. ---- The book attempts to give an
historical overview of the workers’ movement, in what it describes as its ‘mainstream’ and
‘radical’ forms, before describing the phenomenon of 20th Century anarcho-syndicalism
through the experience of three unions in Germany, Spain and Argentina. Indeed, the bulk
of the book is taken up with history; only the last 17 pages focussing on present day
anarcho-syndicalism and specifically the Solidarity Federation’s (SolFed) strategy for
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