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putabonita: In the Name of the People : El Salvador’s...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:07:37 -0400

In the Name of the People : El Salvador’s Civil War 1985 DOCUMENTARY

Amazing documentary on the Salvadoran civil war. Makes me think a lot about my dad…

"Understand that since the proletarian, the manual worker, the common labourer, is the historic..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:10:00 -0400

“Understand that since the proletarian, the manual worker, the common labourer, is the historic representative of the worlds last slave-system, their emancipation is everyone’s emancipation, their triumph the final triumph of humanity
-Bakunin”

- (via common-ground-defender)

"For one thing, the goal of syndicalism is the elimination of capitalism, not merely the amelioration..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:12:34 -0400

““For one thing, the goal of syndicalism is the elimination of capitalism, not merely the amelioration of the workers’ immediate economic problems and labor conditions. Its aim is admittedly revolutionary. Not less important os the syndicalist goal of vesting all economic and social decisions in the hands of the direct producers- the workers in each specific enterprise. The guiding and most important principle of syndicalism is that the management of production occurs at the base of society, not at its summit, and decisions flow from below to above. Hence, syndicalism is anti-authoritarian. The democratic, federalist, and decentralized economic organs of the proletariat replace the political agencies of the state. Authority that is currently vested in political organs is turned over to the economic units of society and the actual producers who operate them.””

- Murray Bookchin, The Spanish Anarchists: The Heroic Years 1868-1936 (via common-ground-defender)

The Soul of Student Debt | Jacobin

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:58:06 -0400

The Soul of Student Debt | Jacobin

theuppitynegras: norttron: fuckyeahmarxismleninism: Philadelph...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:57:49 -0400

theuppitynegras:

norttron:

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

Philadelphia: High school students walk out of class and march to City Hall to protest severe budget cuts and planned school closings, May 9, 2013.

The budget cuts are absolutely horrific. Here are some of the proposed changes:

Schools with more than 1,000 students would no longer be required to have librarians or librarian assistants.

Schools would no longer be required to have counselors, and counselors’ caseloads would no longer be capped.

Teachers could be assigned to unlimited classes outside their subject area, and high school teachers could be assigned an extra class without pay. There would be no limit on amount of consecutive time taught in a school day.

There would be no limit on class size

The district would no longer be required to provide copy machines, or “a sufficient number of instructional materials and textbooks.”

Counselors would no longer be guaranteed to have rooms with privacy and confidentiality, a telephone, a locked filing cabinet and a door.

There’s more here.

notice most of the posters are children of color

I just want you to notice

i-say-no-to-status-quo: psy-che-del-ic: liberatingreality: Thi...

Fri, 10 May 2013 02:53:03 -0400

i-say-no-to-status-quo:

psy-che-del-ic:

liberatingreality:

This may be the most powerfully accurate image I’ve ever seen in my life.

wow

oh

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Fri, 10 May 2013 01:55:37 -0400

josuenin: Farmworker Justice - Santiago Armengod

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:58:06 -0400

josuenin:

Farmworker Justice - Santiago Armengod

Shoutout to all the revolutionary people of color of today and yesterday:

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:02:48 -0400

sinidentidades:

democracynow: "While the cleanup has taken ...

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:24:38 -0400

democracynow: "While the cleanup has taken ...:

twitter.com

“While the cleanup has taken 10 years so far, the U.S. military is only scratching the surface,” -Vieques activist. http://owl.li/kEtE4

enedenacha: Actividades pre 1 de mayo en la U. Central y en la...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:02:45 -0400

enedenacha:

Actividades pre 1 de mayo en la U. Central y en la UAH con BajaVida y Andi Portavoz ¡Gracias a todxs los que fueron!

fuckyeahmarxismleninism: May Day 2013 - San Diego, California

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:45:49 -0400

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

May Day 2013 - San Diego, California

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:48:10 -0400

selucha: “Young combatants of the FSLN during the [Nicaraguan]...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:50:37 -0400

selucha:

“Young combatants of the FSLN during the [Nicaraguan] people’s insurrection of 1978”

thepeacefulterrorist: Nicaragua

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:53:05 -0400

thepeacefulterrorist:

Nicaragua

yosoyico: Cementerio Viejo

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:56:06 -0400

yosoyico:

Cementerio Viejo

israelfacts: (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers evicted several...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:58:06 -0400

israelfacts:

(Reuters) - Israeli soldiers evicted several hundred Bedouins from a village in the occupied West Bank on Monday after the army declared the area a live-fire training zone.

The residents of Wadi al-Maleh, a village mostly inhabited by shepherds in the arid area bordering Jordan, had almost all left their homes by an evening curfew and retreated to neighbouring villages, Aref Daraghmeh, a local leader, told Reuters.

The displacement coincided with several demolitions of Arab properties in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which come as the United States is trying to revive stalled peace.

In January, villagers received a similar eviction order and left without resisting, only to return after 48 hours. Almost all of their 90 buildings, including shelters for their animals, were demolished in 2010, local rights groups said.

Israeli soldiers prevented outsiders, including journalists, from entering the area, saying it was a “closed military zone”.

“It should be emphasised that these structures, located in closed military zones actively used by the IDF, are illegal in nature…the residents of these illegal structures have been requested in advance to vacate the premises voluntarily,” an Israeli Defence Forces spokesperson said.

“This drill is a part of the IDF’s pre-planned yearly exercise schedule,” the spokesperson said.

Wadi al-Maleh is located in “Area C,” a swath of land making up two-thirds of the West Bank under full Israeli control and where most [illegal] Jewish settlements are located.

Half a million settlers live [illegally] in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, territory captured in the 1967 Middle East War which Palestinians want for a future state.

Israeli army firing zones comprise 18 percent of the West Bank, roughly the same size of “Area A,” the land including major cities and towns which is under full Palestinian control.

According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 5,000 Palestinians in 38 herding communities live on army firing zones, along with several sprawling Jewish settlements and farms.

Besides al-Maleh, 12 Bedouin villages throughout the length of the Jordan Valley have received eviction orders since 1999, according to the Association for Human Rights in Israel.

The International Court of Justice and most governments deem Jewish settlements in the West Bank illegal. Israel disputes this and cites Biblical and historical links to the land.

Israeli authorities razed two family homes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of al-Tur on Monday morning, displacing 18 Palestinians who failed to acquire elusive building permits, local officials said.

The army also demolished a well near a Palestinian refugee camp south of the city of Hebron and cleared an agricultural area of dozens of olive trees east of Bethlehem, according to Palestinian government media.

Israeli officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment on those incidents.

Two peoples, one struggle. Solidarity with Palestine.

thepeoplesrecord: “We are all Guerrero”: Mexico’s new popular...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:05:04 -0400

thepeoplesrecord:

“We are all Guerrero”: Mexico’s new popular education revolt, led by educators, takes on the state
April 26, 2013

Catalyzed by a teachers’ strike against federal education reform, a new popular movement is gaining momentum in Mexico. And in expanding its agenda to encompass long-standing grievances ranging from environmental destruction to insecurity and indigenous rights, the movement is posing a serious challenge to not only the policies of new President Enrique Pena Nieto, but the broader economic and political direction of a country ravaged by three decades of neo-liberalism as well.

In the southern state of Guerrero, two mass demonstrations this month (which drew between 50,000 and 120,000 people each, according to different press accounts) exhibited the growing strength and future potential of the popular uprising. In both instances, teachers, students, small farmers, labor union members and housewives, Mestizo and indigenous alike, jammed the streets of the state capital of Chilpancingo in a show of unity by the newly formed Guerrero Popular Movement (MPG).

Declaring the defense of public education as its first priority, the MPG has also taken stands against new mining projects, privatization of the national oil company PEMEX and increasing the 16 percent national sales tax.

In addition to the Guerrero State Coordinator of Education Workers (CETEG)- a large dissident organization within the National Union of Education Workers- the MPG’s adherents include the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Guerrero, #YoSoy 132, the Mexican Electrical Workers Union and the Emiliano Zapata Campesino Organization, among others.

Significantly, the indigenous Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities (CRAC) forms part of the MPG’s backbone. Representing more than 120 indigenous communities (with another 50 communities reportedly on the road to membership) in the Costa Chica and La Montaña sections of Guerrero, the CRAC is the leadership body of the highly-popular community policing and justice system in indigenous regions of the state, which stands as an alternative to the top-down, centralized policing system being implemented by the Pena Nieto administration and the nation’s governors.

In an analysis of the first mass protest organized by the MPG in Chilpancingo on April 10, the anniversary of Emiliano Zapata’s assassination, Guerrero’s Tlachinollan Human Rights Center observed that the teachers’ movement and the MPG have given broad sectors of society their “own channel” to make a deep disaffection known.

“The citizens who’ve suffered grave injuries caused by unemployment, hunger, violence and theft are in the majority,” Tlachinollan wrote. “They are pushing from below in a novel movement that’s struggling against torn-up structures nourished by corruption and which allow the co-governance of delinquency.”

Guerrero’s movement is reminiscent of the 2006 teacher’s strike in Oaxaca that transformed into a popular rebellion and occupation of the state capital before it was repressed by the administration of former Gov. Ulises Ruiz with the backing of the federal government under President Vicente Fox.

Full article

After reading numerous PRI-biased MSM sources about the Mexican teachers revolt, I’m glad I finally found this one that gives real perspective about the threat of a government-controlled & -evaluated education system.

Yesterday, teachers set fire to the PRI headquarters in Guerrero & spraypainted anti-government slogans on the outside of the building. Teachers have also blocked major highways in Mexico City since their strike began two months ago.

thepeoplesrecord: April 25 - Update from Gitmo: The military...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:57:55 -0400

thepeoplesrecord:

April 25 - Update from Gitmo: The military reported on Wednesday that 92 of the detainees at Guantanamo are now considered hunger striking, 17 are being force-fed, & 2 are in the hospital. Get the latest at: www.GitmoJustice.com

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:18:28 -0400