Workers Know Your History - Athens Polytechnic, November 14 1973.

 

      At the moment Greece is in the hands of a fascist grouping, directed by the financial mafia in the name of the Troika. The recent history of the people of Greece has been a long and brutal struggle against tyranny of one sort or another. It has been one continuous struggle for freedom since the German occupation during the Second World War. November 14 is an important date in that struggle.

 

     November 1973 saw the start of the massive uprising in Athens against the military junta. It started at the Athens Polytechnic on November 14, and rapidly escalated to a popular anti-junta revolt. It turned into a brutal shedding of Greek blood, when in the early hours of November 17, tanks crashed through the gates of the Polytechnic. The Junta was eventually overthrown. Sadly that struggle for freedom has been way-laid by the corrupt system of “representative democracy” which has led to the present situation where the people of Greece are being raped and plundered by the financial Mafia and offered up on the altar of corporatism. Though the uprising started on November 14, the people of Greece mark the event with large demonstrations on November 17, to honour those brutally killed and injured in the start of Junta reprisals. Demotix has some photos.

 

     However the struggle continues, not just in Greece, but across the world, people are now aware of the greed and exploitation of this system of capitalism and are rising up against the inequality and in justice. Just as the military Junta was overthrown, so will capitalism, but this time we will get it right.

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Reclaim The Night.

      Violence against women is not uncommon in this society, but then again it is a society that glorifies wars and "great battles", that portrays the idea of "macho-man", and promotes the idea that to be successful, women must be sexy and attractive to men. Hardly the ingredients for an equal society based on respect. It is a sad reflection on a society that claims to be civilised, when women have to campaign against rape and violence, and fight for the right to walk out at night without feeling apprehensive and threatened.  This weekend, women in Nottingham held a "reclaim the night" march, demonstrating against rape and all forms of violence against women. The march proceeded, at night, down Mansfield Street and was well attended. Let's build that society where such marches would a lesson in a history book and long since obsolete. 

Photo by Demotix.

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45th. Anniversary Of The Tlatelolco Massacre.

      Not much appearing in the babbling brook of bullshit, our mainstream media, about what is going on in Mexico. However, the struggle against this corporate fascism that grips the world goes on daily and across the globe. There is not a country in the world where the people are not taking to the streets in anger. From East to West, from North to South, the people are now aware that the system stinks and the biggest stink comes from the politicians.

     In Mexico they were marking the 45th anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre,(The Tlatelolco massacre, also known as The Night of Tlatelolco, was the killing of student and civilian protesters as well as bystanders by Mexican government employees that took place during the afternoon and night of October 2, 1968, The violence occurred ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics celebrations in Mexico City.) when the usual state repression came into play.

     Intermittent clashes caused by anarchists against Mexico City Police take place in main avenues of Mexican Capital, Cops also made ​​arbitrary arrests of demonstrators peaceful and aggressive, 51 wounded and 102 arrested is balance of manifestation.

The first clashes between youths with their faces covered and police occurred at the intersection of Hidalgo Avenue and Paseo de la Reforma, one of the main avenues of Mexico City. The riot police used tear gas, shields and batons to disperse demonstrators who responded by throwing objects.

The mobilization, with the participation of college, academics, trade unions and social organizations, started from the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco led by leaders of the student movement of 1968, during the march also involved young people who reject the reforms proposed by the federal government.

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10,000 Deaths Is Surely More Than Enough!!

       There is horror and anger at the UK deaths in Afghanistan, 444 young people killed in a pointless state adventure since 2001. Admittedly these young people put on a uniform and trained with the expectation that they would have to face the possibility of death, but the blood is still on the state's hands. However, the state is responsible for a greater number of deaths in a much shorter period of time here at home. The state, in 2010 introduced the Welfare Reform Act and tasked ATOS, at a profit, to reduce the disability payments bill. Those on disability did not volunteer, nor were they trained to face possible death, but their death toll under ATOS in three years is more than twenty times greater than the death toll of twelve years in Afghanistan.

From Demotix:

       Disabled activists and supporters came to Parliament Square for '10,000 Cuts & Counting', a ceremony of remembrance and solidarity for over 10,000 who died shortly after the degrading Work Capability Assessments run for the government by ATOS.

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       No matter how you look at it, in Afghanistan or at the hand of ATOS these shocking deaths are on the governments hands, 10,000 deaths here in the UK in three years and hardly a whisper from that babbling brook of bullshit, the mainstream media, they have other things to report, Wills and Harry are doing “things”. The government is obviously delighted with the work that ATOS does, to the extent that this gang of corporate thugs has over £3 billion worth of UK government contracts. This system is all about making money, they can make money from harassing and bullying, and death is just a by-product, a little collateral damage that can be ignored. Think on these figures, it is not just the 10,000 deaths, though that is horrific enough, it's the humiliation, harassment, stress and anguish from that first interview to the death later on. The destruction of the last period in a disabled person's life. A period when we should be adding care and compassion, instead we heap degradation and misery. This is capitalism, where the god of money rules.

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