According the CKRZ FM’ 9am report, all is quiet at the Reclamation Site this morning. Ontario Hydro is claiming that the electricity is out because of sabotage – presumably the power tower which was brought down to reinforce the new First Nations barricade – and that it will remain out …
Two news items from the mainstream media today in regard to the standoff at Caledonia: Canada rebuked again for failing to protect rights; UN watchdog panel revisits economic, social, cultural issues in harsh review, puts Canadian delegation on defensive; Hamilton Spectator May 9th Natives meet federal mediator Tuesday; Ottawa Citizen …
Today’s news roundup: Peterson optimistic, but natives erect new barrier; Hamilton Spectator May 8th Peterson feels there’s hope – He says the Caledonia issues are ‘not easy,’ but he’s optimistic; London Free Press May 8th Also check out Budget to feel political heat on aboriginal issues: native leaders (The Hill …
Gramsci Is Dead: Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social Movements ISBN 0745321127 Pluto Press 2006 In Gramsci Is Dead: Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social Movements, Richard Day of Queens University argues for a supposedly “new” kind of radical activism, one which is neither revolutionary nor reformist. He describes this …
Caliban and the Witch: Women the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Sylvia Federici, Autonomedia 2004) Reviewed by Karl Kersplebedeb Back in May 2005, at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, i bought a copy of Silvia Federici’s latest book, Caliban and he Witch: Women, The Body and Primitive Accumulation. Suffice to say, i …
I have a few friends who don’t have access to the internet, and I was thinking of writing something for them about the rebellion in France, a kind of synopsis of what I have been reading and translating. Having written it, I am not sure how coherent it is, but …
As popular resistance to globalization and Western imperialism strengthens around the globe, something disastrous is happening: Leadership of the opposition is swinging steadily from the Left to the radical Right. Right-wing forces around the world are gearing up to fight against capitalism’s new world order. Every day on the streets …
Greetings and my best to you. I read your piece, “Huey P. Newton – revisited.” I found it extremely interesting although at this point the depth of my knowledge of Newton’s writings is still insufficiently shallow, so I’ll limit myself to those issues you raised. Newton and those around him …
Revolutionary Greetings Everyone! I take this opportunity to address all of you in this fashion to save time and conserve material and energy for tomorrow’s fight. In this missive I wish to notify you that I have “relinquished” my right to my appeal to the Division of Parole from my …
I started off wanting to like “A Commune In Chiapas?” (This major essay about the Zapatistas, written for the English “liberation communist” journal, Aufheben, is distributed as a pamphlet by Arm the Spirit/Solidarity, Canadian anti-imperialist publishers who represent u.s. political prisoners such as David Gilbert, Albert Nuh Washington and Jalil …