A number of South Wales Anarchists attempted to disrupt this year’s ‘Aerolink Wales’ aerospace and defence fair, held at The Vale Hotel and Spa near Hensol on 7th April.
While members of the Red Choir, Campaign Against the Arms Trade, CND and Stop the War maintained a presence in a designated area at the front of the hotel, local anarchists approached the doors to attempt to gain access. However, they were prevented from doing so by police officers who described the group as ‘hardcore activists’ trying to ‘storm’ the building.
In the next few months, the US military intends to send 17,000 new soldiers to Afghanistan. This will increase by one half the size of their hugely unpopular occupation. Vice President Joe Biden himself has gone on the record to say he expects an "uptick" in American deaths in Afghanistan. The CIA and US military have begun bombing civilians in, and even sending in ground troops into, Pakistan, to much popular opposition from the Pakistani people. The current administration is already preparing to escalate and spread military campaign further into Pakistan.
A call out for common actions against the construction of a new nuclear power station in Belarus. 26 April the day of Chernobyl nuclear accident.
Eine Standortbestimmung autonomer Politikansätze
The revolts which are presently rising in Europe and the other parts of the world are a reaction to the global economic and social situation which deteriorates at an exponential rhythm. The impoverishment of resources also causes numerous conflicts. IMF have already asked the countries to get ready to face numerous uprisings due to the generalized recession, insisting on the importance to be able to control those resistances to insure the safety of capitalism.
Update 2. Januar 2009
Germany
Am Samstag, dem 4. Oktober fand eine Demonstration gegen den Bau einer Militarbasis der italienischen Armee in Mattarello (Trentino) statt. An der Demo nahmen etwa 700 Leute teil. Faschisten wollten dort provozieren, was eine Reaktion der Leute verursacht hatte.
Am Samstag, dem 4. Oktober fand eine Demonstration gegen den Bau einer Militarbasis der italienischen Armee in Mattarello (Trentino) statt. An der Demo nahmen etwa 700 Leute teil, die aus verschiedene Realitäten und Ortschaften der Region kamen.
Gestern begann das erste Queer Festival in Sarajevo in Bosnien und Herzegowina mit der Eröffnung einer Ausstellung über queere Kultur und queeres Leben. Die OrganisatorInnen des Festivals wurden bereits im Vorfeld von verschiedenen Seiten angegriffen - unter anderem haben sie Todesdrohungen erhalten und ihre Namen und Adressen wurden in Anti-Queer-Foren im Internet veröffentlicht.
Yesterday started the first Queer Festival in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo with a opeing ceremony and an exhibition of Queer life and culture. The festival and its organizers had already received opposition from various sides, going so far as death threats along with the publication of names and addresses in anti-queer internet forums.