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A Brief History of the West: Gold, Land, Autonomy, and Rebellion

On the 14th of May, 2013, a group of men and women descended from the mountains of Kurdistan and entered the state of Iraq. They carried AK-47s, rocket propelled grenades, and M-60 machine guns. All of them were guerrillas who had fought for the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers Party. As they entered their bases in Iraq, all of them wore smiles, testaments to the joy of peace, however temporary. For years these men and women had endured a dirty war against the Turkish state as they fought for Kurdish autonomy. This war has been obscured by the media and ignored by the larger world. Over 30,000 guerrillas have been killed during the thirty year war against Turkey and the rebel army has faced constant harassment.

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Support Oklahoma

We are collecting information about how people can support independent relief efforts supporting the people in Oklahoma affected by the May 20, 2013 tornado.

*OpOK Relief
*Rainbow Rapid Response Disaster Relief for Oklahoma
*Food Not Bombs - Norman, OK
*Occupy Disaster Relief
*Mutual Aid Official Contacts
Needs list, shelters, drop off points.
*Occupy Norman
*Central Oklahoma Black/Red Alliance (COBRA)

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More updates and information on how to help out

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Mass World Cup Protests Rock Brazil

Sports

I traveled to Brazil last September to investigate preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. It was painfully evident that the social disruption of hosting two mega-events in rapid succession would be profound. Everyone with whom I spoke in the community of social movements agreed that these sports extravaganzas were going to leave major collateral damage.

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Palestine-Israel: Ten years' persistent joint struggle educate Israeli social struggle activists

Middle EastOn February 1968 The antiauthoritarian anticapitalist Matzpen initiated in Jerusalem the first (18 strong) vigil again 1967 occupation. Two years later, the Israeli Black Panthers activist who were in intimate contact with Matzpen members (mostly in Jerusalem) initiated the first social struggle of immigrants from eastern countries. Many of the present social struggle activists regards themselves as successors of the Panthers - many others were in association with or participated in the joint struggle of the anarchists against the wall. The 2013 wave is still much smaller than the 2011 wave of struggle but is more radical and confrontational. The joint popular struggle in the occupied Palestinian west bank is still fluctuating - mainly because the holding back of the Palestinian authority.
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Southern Africa: Nationalist Politics Does Not Work for the Working Class

Africa

What is nationalism? This is the idea that your nation or nationality is more important than your class. That you have more in common with other members of the nation, regardless of their class position and therefore must unite as a nation. This nation should represent itself through its own national state. The state is seen as representing the will of the nation. (Nationalism is not the same as nationalization, which is when the state takes over industries).

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Turkey (solidarity from Chiapas) - From Anarchy in Istanbul

Europe

They asked us how many people the Zapatistas are and we told them there are hundreds of thousands out there who are fighting for their rights and freedoms. Now today, we hear that on the Anatolian lands, the land of Turks, Kurds, Circassians, Armenians, the Lazs, and many more than i can count, thousands of masked people who wants to live in honor are hailing for freedom. Like Kurdish fellows who were in an honorable fight.

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Poland does away with the 8-hour day

On June 13, the Polish government eliminated the 8-hour working day, a right which was won in 1919. The government supposedly is trying to make Poland even more "competitive" for capitalists who want to earn more through exploiting the poor worker protection in the country and the scandalously low wages.

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New Book on Anarchism: The Anarchist Revelation: Being What We’re Meant to Be

Anarchist Movement

The Anarchist Revelation: Being What We’re Meant to Be is the latest work by activist and writer Paul Cudenec. Here, he turns his back on contemporary trends of anarchism in a bid to reconnect with the primal force of its root ideology.

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Greece: Thousands gather in an anti-government protest at suspension of state broadcaster ERT

Thousands in Athens, Greece gathered in the evening of June 11, 2013 outside the national TV headquarters, in solidarity with 2,656 employees that were left jobless in just one day. The protest continued all throughout the night and into the next day to protect the building from the riot police who were supposed to violently evacuate it early in the morning.

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American Occupiers Take Their Protest Global

Occupy Wall Street

After the fizzling-out of the Occupy Wall Street movement in America, protesters from New York arrive in Tunis and Istanbul.

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What the NSA Revelations Tell Us about America's Police State

Spying on You

Ongoing revelations by The Guardian and The Washington Post of massive, illegal secret state surveillance of the American people along with advanced plans for waging offensive cyberwarfare on a global scale, including inside the US, underscores what Antifascist Calling has reported throughout the five years of our existence: that democracy and democratic institutions in the United States are dead letters.

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Urban Trees as Triggers, From Istanbul to Oregon

Earth First

As street protests spread across Turkey following an initial clash between police and demonstrators over the imperiled sycamore trees of Gezi Park (a rare green patch in the sprawl of central Istanbul), I was reminded of “If a Tree Falls,” the fine Oscar-nominated documentary on the roots of the Earth Liberation Front (Dot Earth coverage).

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Are the Young People That Shrinks Label as Disruptive Really Anarchists with a Healthy Resistance to Oppressive Authority?

Mental Health

Many young people diagnosed with mental disorders are essentially anarchists who have the bad luck of being misidentified by mental health professionals, who 1) are ignorant of the social philosophy of anarchism; 2) embrace, often without political consciousness, its opposite ideology of hierarchism; and 3) confuse the signs of anarchism with symptoms of mental illness.

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Hey Radicals: Veganism is Much More Than an 'Option'

Health

All of the above are heinous and insidiously intertwined manifestations of a dominant culture constructed on the foundation of privilege and hierarchy… but only one of them is directly responsible for the murder of 53 billion land animals per year. Only one of them is directly responsible for deforestation, topsoil depletion, overfishing, water pollution, corporate control of the food chain, unspeakable animal cruelty, and so much more.

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Rotterdam No Border Camp 2013

Borders

The organization of a militant week of action, discussion and workshops connects with the tireless actions of migrants in the Netherlands during the past one and a half year. As many people know, a lot of migrants in the Netherlands have been involved in protest actions in a way that has never been done before in the Netherlands. People from different nationalities and backgrounds are resisting the current migration policy openly.

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Riot Police Raid Gezi Gardens and Evict Tree-Sit

Anarchist Movement

As police in Turkey continue to try and remove people from Gezi Park in Istanbul, last night over 100 riot police raided the encampment at Fell and Laguna, arresting 7 people, removed tree sitters, and destroyed crops and structures. A seen in one video, one tree-sitter fell from their tree while being removed, although it is unclear if they have any serious injuries.

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Meet the Black Bloc: Egypt's most talked about radical opposition group

Africa

In an exclusive interview, Ahram Online talks with members of Egypt's most controversial and mysterious opposition group, the outlawed Black Bloc, ahead of nationwide anti-Morsi protests on 30 June

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Greece: Black Panthers to Golden Dawn: 'Don't mess with black people'

Nicknamed the Black Panthers, a new self-defence brigade wants to protect themselves from racists who are targeting people who are not ethnic Greeks Michael Chege (Screengrab from Channel 4) Michael Chege (Screengrab from Channel 4) Fed up of being the target of Golden Dawn gangs, a group of Athens residents has decided to take on the extremists by setting up night-time patrols in their neighbourhoods.

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