English translation of an article by the comrades from Désarmons-les. Villeneuve-la-Garenne has been on fire since Sunday evening. The revolt erupted after a city resident, Mouldi, crashed into the door of an unmarked Passat police car, stopped at a traffic light, Saturday night around 10 p.m. on Verdun Avenue. In the police car were four officers from the Anticriminality Brigade of the Hauts-de-Seine district, who had noticed Mouldi while … [Read more...]
Universal Basic Income is (not) the Solution
Around the world, the sudden lockdown to limit the pandemic's spread is leading to an abrupt economic slowdown. With cash handouts as the only way to avoid starvation and social unrest, the topic of Universal Basic Income is back on the table. Here is why it is (not) the solution. by Jan Fürth UBI as a bandaid or a permanent fix? “In times of crisis, we are all socialists”, as social media memes liked to comment economic measures taken by … [Read more...]
Face masks won’t protect your housing
Our friends from Kolektiv 115 in Prague just launched their mutual help campaign for tenants threatened by the crisis with this great video: https://www.facebook.com/kolektiv115/videos/2559170814344757/ Many people have lost their job because of the crisis and cannot pay for their housing. The government has presented a law which is supposed to protect tenants, but it has many shortcomings: many people won't be protected and risk … [Read more...]
“That’s what started the spark of revolution”
We share with you the article and podcast by Julia Lindblom on the latest amazon workers protest in New York. It was first published on arbetaren.se Online giant Amazon continues to grow during the corona pandemic. Just some month ago, the company announced that they were hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers in the United States to meet increased demand during the corona crisis. Now they plan to employ another 75,000 people in the … [Read more...]
Spread the virus of solidarity!
Short videoclip by our comrades from Antiauthoritarian Movement on solidarity in times of corona https://www.facebook.com/AntiexousiastikiKinisiAthinas/videos/219428672725180/ … [Read more...]
Floating between viruses and parasites
by Stefanos Batsis. First published in Greek from our friends in Babylonia magazine and translated by Beyond Europe. Ι. The reality of a threatening pandemic that has spread like a shadow over our cities has created a weird, unpleasant condition, a numbness and a suffocating feeling. The virus was born in the furnace of Wuhan, one of the engines of the Chinese capitalist miracle, an area where hot and humid climate meets the frenzied industrial … [Read more...]
Video and update on “Fight the dirty conditions everywhere!”
Some news from our spontaneous campaign "Fight the dirty conditions" in support of the people in Moria and the occupied factory VIO.ME in Thessaloniki: *** Thanks to many of you we have collected around 2.500 Euro! *** The first load of soap is already on the way to Lesbos. We will give you an update once it arrives! *** VIO.ME has still dificulties to produce on large scale because of the electricity shutdown. The small generators from … [Read more...]
“Those at the bottom” will only help “those at the bottom”
Solidarity in the Corona-crisis will only come from those who are most affected by it, says Christopher Wimmer* The corona pandemic poses enormous social challenges for capitalism. Its contradictions are currently more evident than ever before. Every day we are shown how badly a mode of production whose purpose is profit is equipped to protect human life. It is true that governments are trying - in order to prevent millions of deaths - to … [Read more...]