Newswires: Seattle 1999
Updated daily: In November 1999 the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Seattle, USA, was confronted by tens of thousands of people. Black blocs took to the streets (and windows) as the the city police fired all the gas they had. Hundreds were gassed, pepper sprayed, injured or arrested. But thousands more were radicalised and continue the struggle today...
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Seattle Activists Target JP Morgan Chase
Activists in Seattle have been busy lately targeting their local JP Morgan Chase branches. Here’s a description of last Saturday’s protest from Chad in Seattle: “It was another fun filled day of protest at Chase Bank. A lot of people stopped and chatted with us and a lot of info was handed out to the [...] more >>
(en) Canada, Vancouver, Media, During the Olympics, two young activists learn the finer points of militant action, , Printer-Friendly Version
In monumental buildings in Vancouver, people gathered to bear witness to the strength of the human body and the spectacle of the recent Olympic games. On the streets, thousands gathered to mourn and protest to its current and future cost: the mountains and trees removed to build lodges and ski trails on un-ceded indigenous territory; the eviction of low-income people from homes designated for Olympics inspired renovation and demolition; the homelessness beyond “Project Civil City,” an initiative that criminalized aggressive panhandling and sleeping outdoors. ---- Beneath the surveillance cameras recently installed on public streets, two Seattle residents, Michelle Woo and Stephen Clark, raised their voices in protest. ---- When did you decide to go and why? ---- Michelle: We decided a month or two before the Olympics, but I had been thinking about it for a long ... more >>
IPS: Community fears World Cup will cause homelessness
http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/19456.html South Africa: Community fears World Cup will cause homelessness Inter Press Service (IPS) / Monday, 08 March 2010 Cape Town (South Africa) - While South African parliamentarians attended a swanky pre-International Women’s Day celebration at Cape Town’s International Convention Centre, a group of destitute women in decaying Kewtown, just seven miles away, worried about looming homelessness. The women were notified by the municipality that their homes will be bulldozed to make way for an extended parking lot for Cape Town's Athlone Training Stadium, while others were asked to vacate their flats for renovations. But residents fear their flats, situated in a prime location for the Soccer World Cup in June, will be rented out to soccer fans. read more more >>
Media: Community fears World Cup will cause homelessness
Inter Press Service (IPS) / Monday, 08 March 2010 Cape Town (South Africa) – While South African parliamentarians attended a swanky pre-International Women’s Day celebration at Cape Town’s International Convention Centre, a group of destitute women in decaying Kewtown, just seven miles away, worried about looming homelessness. The women were notified by the municipality that their homes [...] more >>
Some photos of slogans and of a banner from the antifascist action at Larisa on 21/2
And We’re Off!
We're packing up now to hop on the plane and we thought we'd send a quick note before we took off! We'll be landing in Seattle tonight and will cross the border tomorrow morning into Vancouver. Speaking of borders, the repression in Vancouver seems to have already started as a reporter has been denied access [...] more >>
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Reclaim the Future 5: A vast day/night party event in a liberated, occupied space in London, 5 September 2009
from email, updated 6 September 2009: "Reclaim the Future 5 is a vast all-day all-night information and party event in a liberated, self-managed occupied venue somewhere in London on Saturday 5 September 2009.
* At least two rooms of live bands 9pm-4am
* DJs 4am-7am
* Cabaret * Workshops and stalls all afternoon - info on the arms trade, the G20, prisoner & detainee support, squatting, samba, permaculture, climate change, bike repair, and more... more
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