Elephant in the room – Liberate Hong Kong an interview about the protest #21

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Today the trial against some of the most famous protestors in Hong Kong began. Joshua Wong (24), Agnes Chow (23) and the 26 years old Ivan Lam. The prosecution accuses the three activists of having been present at an unauthorized demonstration outside a Hong Kong police station in June last year. They are also alleged to have asked others to join the illegal protest action. The three are facing up to five years in prison. The activists said this morning: „Neither prison bars, nor exclusion from elections, nor other arbitrary actions by authorities can stop us from our democracy activism.“ Demonstrations and protests like the one that put the three activists on trial would be impossible in Hong Kong today. Since July, a state security law has been in force in the Chinese special administrative region to prevent such actions. Continue reading „Elephant in the room – Liberate Hong Kong an interview about the protest #21“

„System Fleischindustrie“ – Novemberausgabe des anarchistischen Hörfunk Dresden

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Die Tierindustrie steht beispiellos für die Ausbeutung menschlicher-& nichtmenschlicher Lebewesen. Sie symbolisiert ökonomische Macht und politischen Einfluss, erklärt Tiere zu Produktionsmitteln und Waren und ist maßgeblich für die globalen Treibhausgasemissionen & den Klimawandel mit verantwortlich. Millionen von Menschen bekommen die Auswirkungen bereits jetzt am eigenen Leib zu spüren. Continue reading „„System Fleischindustrie“ – Novemberausgabe des anarchistischen Hörfunk Dresden“

Elephant in the Room – Interview on recent Protest in Poland #20

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Abortion in Poland was legal during Communism and became illegal (with a few exceptions) after the political shift to democracy. Since then, feminists have been active in resisting the abortion law but with little success in gaining public support or influencing legislation. This changed in 2016, when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in what became known as the Czarny Protest, or Black Protest.  It was a victory for the feminist movement and came as a surprise, especially after a similar proposal in 2011 received almost no public attention and failed to mobilise even within the feminist movement. We talked to activists from the antirepression structure and the Anarchist Black Cross Warsaw about the recent protest, how it changed the last four years, which difficulties big protest face and how the state try to repress the protest.

More information: Straijk Kobiet – womens strike

Kritische Blicke auf 30 Jahre „Wiedervereinigung“- Oktoberausgabe des anarchistischen Hörfunks Dresden

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30 Jahre ist es her, dass Deutschland offiziell wieder ein Staat ist. 30 Jahre ist es her das Familien vereint und die Stasi als Repressionsapparat eines autoritären Staates aufgelöst wurden. Seit 30 Jahren wird eine Geschichtsschreibung etabliert, die von der friedlichen Revolution erzählt und die Vereinigung als Erfolgsgeschichte schreibt.

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Elephant in the room – review and update on protest in belarus an interview #19

For two month people have been protesting in the street in Belarus.

The 9th of August was the election day and Lukashenko hoped to be reelected like in the past 5 election periods. But this didn´t happen. First time in his ruling period real results were published. And to no ones surprise Lukashenko didn´t achieve 80 % as he usually orders everybody to announce.

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