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One crisis after another – The corona eruption increases the distrust of the population in the Iranian state

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by Mina Khani, translated by Kian Zeytani. First published at German newspaper Analyse&Kritik on April 21st, 2020. The Corona outbreak reached "Iranian soil" much earlier than the government in Iran admits. As alte as February 18th, right after the 41st anniversary of the revolution (February 11th) and shortly before the parliamentary elections (February 21st), the Iranian state confirmed via the Revolutionary Guards newspaper that … [Read more...]

The saviour will not come from above – Leave no one behind

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Banner drop action by Antiauthoritarian Movement Thessaloniki It was not a coincidence that we chose the building at Nikis Av. 39 in Thessaloniki to hang this banner. We are political emotionally attached to it. It was the home of a few of us, till it was evacuated -simultaneously with two other squats- from the cops of the leftist Syriza government at the 2nd July 2016. The common ground of these three squats was the fact that refugees were … [Read more...]

Call for Action: Evacuate Moria – Shut Down Capitalism

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Take part in the action week from 24 April to 1 May! We share with you the call for action by ...ums Ganze! from Germany/Austria: While in Germany measures such as the contact ban will be continued at least until May 4th, 40.000 people are living in excessively overcrowded camps on the Aegean islands, detained at the EU's external borders even before they were able to reach the European mainland. The reason why they have to stay there is to … [Read more...]

Riots after Villeneuve la Garenne’s injury: The people are fed up!

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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

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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

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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”

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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...]

Floating between viruses and parasites

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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!”

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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...]