Housing activists murdered in Durban
Activists in the South African shack dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo have been attacked in Durban, leaving several dead.
Kennedy Road Development Committee (KRDC)
Emergency Press Release, Sunday 27 September 2009
Abahlali baseMjondolo Attacked in Kennedy Road – People Have Been Killed
Last night at about 11:30 a group of about 40 heavily armed men attacked the Abahlali baseMjondolo office in the Kennedy Road settlement where the movement was holding an all night camp for the Youth League.
Socialist Party Hq evacuated during anarchist attack in Athens
The Socialist Party (Pasok) Headquarters in Athens were evacuated when they came under sustained attack by anarchists early on Friday evening. The attack is believed to mark the first reaction to the arrest of the 4 youngsters accused of urban guerrilla activities.
On the evening of Friday 25 of September and as the four youngsters arrested earlier this week now stand accused under the notorious anti-terrorist law which renders any petty crime punishable by 10 years imprisonment, the new and shiny Headquarters of PaSoK, the Socialist Party of Greece, which is preparing itself to head the country’s government next week, came under attack by anarchists, who le
Tower Hamlets College strike ends with mixed results
After a month-long strike against cuts, teaching staff at Tower Hamlets College have voted to return to work.
UCU said it was “delighted” that an agreement has finally been reached.
UCU head of further education Barry Lovejoy said: “Our members have fought a tremendous campaign and UCU is pleased to have finally reached an agreement with the college.
Anti-repression demo leads to clashes in Athens
Anti-repression march in down-town Athens leads in clashes and flaming barricades after demonstrators attack police station with rocks.
The anti-repression protest march of Thursday 24 of September organised by the Neighborhood Committee of Exarcheia, the radical enclave of central Athens, took place in response to increasing police pressure on the area and its inhabitants as well as recurring incidents of police brutality across Athens, culminating at the public torture of a 20 year old man on September the 5th, when tied to a tr
4 arrested in Athens for urban guerrilla activities
Four young persons were arrested in relation to urban guerrilla warfare activities after anti-terrorist police stormed a house in north Athens hours after bomb attack against MP apartment.
On Wen. 23/09 evening the greek antiterrorist police stormed a two-story house in Chalandri, a middle-class neighborhood in the north of Athens in relation to urban guerrilla warfare activities.
Staff, students to walkout at 10 University of California Campuses
In an effort to protest education cuts, students and staff at ten University of California campuses will stage a walkout on 24 September 2009.
University of California administrators say they want to keep things running as smoothly as possible Thursday — the first day of school at many campuses — when many faculty, staff members and students are expected to walk out of classes, host rallies and stage a systemwide labor strike for technical employees.
Tower Hamlets College strike continues into fourth week
ESOL teachers in east London continue their indefinite strike. A striker reports…
Teachers again affirmed support for continuing the indefinite strike action in a mass meeting Tuesday. About 150 people voted to stay out, with 13 abstentions and no votes against.
New Zealand Dairy Workers Locked Out
New Zealand company Open Country Cheese, part-owned by Talleys and tied to various National Party MPs via New Zealand’s Dairy Investment Fund and Kaimai, is fighting dirty in an attempt to break workers seeking a collective agreement with basic redundancy and transfer of undertakings protection.
From Aotearoa Indymedia:
Coal Miners Killed in Methane Explosion.
Miners Claim that Mine Knew of Dangers and Covered them up.
Twelve people died in a methane explosion at Ruda Slaska-Kochlowice mine in Poland. Dozens of others were injured, some very seriously.
The “accident” again raises the issue of poor safety in Poland’s mines, where making money often takes precedence over humand life.
Financial help for Serbian anarchists
Call for solidarity with 6 comrades from Serbia.
On 04.09.2009, following the decision of the investigating judge of the District Court in Belgrade, the groups of six anarchists who were arrested 3rd of September 2009 were sentenced to detention measures up to thirty days. year.