Anarsist Kara Ay writes:

The trial of 5 Turkish anarchists from Usak has just
ended and all of them have been acquitted! The court
started on 10:15 with participation of 30 anarchists
(for solidarity) and ended about 11:35.
Thanx to all comrades for their solidarity!

In the name of a world without prisons!

Anarchist Black Crescent/Anarsist Kara Ay - Ankara

abcankara@yahoo.com

Anonymous Comrade writes "Middle East News Online has posted an examination by Ray Hanania of the curious, destructive and symbiotic relationship between the Palestinian HAMAS organization and the Israeli Likud Party: How Sharon and the Likud Party Nurtured the Rise of Hamas.

An Excerpt: In 1978, [former Israeli Prime Minister and Likud founder Menachem] Begin sought to undermine Arafat's influence by funding a program of pacification to win over the hearts and minds of the Palestinian masses. Years later, Begin would unleash his war-mongering defense minister on Lebanon to finish Arafat.



Over the objections of many Palestinian Islamic leaders including the Commissioner of the Muslim Waqf in the Gaza Strip, Rafat Abu Shaban, Israel registered the newly formed 'Islamic Association' which [religious leader Sheik Ahmad] Yassin founded.

"G-8 EPILOGUE: Movement at the Crossroads"

Garth Mullins

VANCOUVER: Given the blanket prohibition on public assembly, and the largest
peacetime deployment of the repressive apparatus of the Canadian state, it is a
victory that our movement defied authorities and held a series of anti-G8
events in Calgary and Kananaskis. However, this is a qualified victory -- we
cannot paint a sunny face on a movement that is at a crucial moment in its
development. We face some serious political questions and are at a strategic
crossroads. The limited numbers and support we were able to mobilize against
the G8 reflects our slow recovery from the conservative backlash and
political disorientation of 9/11, as well as internal contradictions and
weaknesses that were only exacerbated by the September attacks.

Tom Keefer writes

"THE ANTI-G8 PROTESTS IN CALGARY:

SOME CONTRIBUTIONS TO A CRITIQUE OF THE ANTI-GLOBALIZATION MOVEMENT

By Tom Keefer, July 2nd, 2002. (tom@tao.ca)

[Synopsis: An analysis from an anarcho-communist perspective of the
anti-globalization movement in the context of the G8 protest in
Calgary
with a special focus upon the impact of Sept 11th, and
contradictions
between the movement's reformist and revolutionary tendencies.
Contains a
discussion on the weaknesses of the concepts of "anti- capitalism"
and
"diversity of tactics" as expressed by the movement's radical wing.
Tom
Keefer is a member of the North -Eastern Federation of Anarcho-
Communists
(NEFAC) nefac]

THE LONG SHADOW OF THE TWIN TOWERS

It is clear that after a string of successes (beginning with Seattle
and
carried on in Washington and Quebec City), that the anti-
globalization
movement has lost ground in its ability to mobilize large numbers in
North
America in the wake of September 11th and the attendant "war on
terrorism"
launched by US imperialism. The forces of reaction have been
strengthened
by the attacks of Sept 11th, and many of those we would seek to
rally to
our cause have lined up behind the flags of patriotism or have been
intimidated into silence by a dramatic increase in state
surveillance and
repression in conjunction with the mass detention and deportation of
"suspect" Muslims, Arabs and undocumented immigrants.

Brothers and Sisters:

In the interest of solidarity and humanity we, workers in the so called "underdeveloped" countries, call upon our brothers and sisters in the United States of America to heed President Bush's words and, "elect new leaders -- leaders not compromised by terror."

hydrarchist writes:

This is an interview conducted by a participant in the Generation mailing list with Hobo, an Italian militant.

* Am I right in thinking that the panther movement (a wave of
university occupations in 1990, so named because it coincided with
the escape of a panther from Rome Zoo) caused an expansion and
de-ghettoisation of the social centres? Did students get involved
with the social centres at this time?

Yes, even if the the panther movement marked just a beginning of the
longer process of de-ghettoisation. Which can be considered
accomplished, years later, with a big opening up to "civil society"
and its heterogeneous component (grassroots associations, NGO's,
catholics, etc.). We can say that a big boost in this sense was given
by the Zapatistas after their first "encuentro internacional" where
they introduced the concept of "enlace civil". Going back to the
panther, yes they brought a real renewal in the social centres,
giving vital energy and wiping out that diffuse sense of defeat. Many
new social centres (actually, most of the existing social centres)
were occupied in those years by the panther students themselves.

Juliana Fredman writes

Everything in this account was observed first hand by one or more
internationals from Ireland, South Korea, U.S.A, and Sweden, as well as
by numerous Palestinian civilians.

When the Israeli military re-entered Jenin camp on June 19, 2002
one  of their first actions was to order all men between the ages of 15
and 50 out of their homes where they were removed in at least 12 military
buses. The tanks ruptured water and sewage pipes below the road in what
appeared to be a systematic effort to destroy the civilian infrastructure of the community. Soilders were observed emptying water
tanks from civilians' roofs and on one occasion giving a family's water supply
to their bomb sniffing dog to drink. After over 48 hours of total curfew many
people were left without running water and with  supplies of food,
diapers etc,  growing low.

Here's a list of some of the more interesting executive orders (not
subject to Congressional review) granting FEMA and presumably any new
"national security police" draconian police state powers in an
emergency.

The United States of America has been in such an EMERGENCY since
9-11-01 as proclaimed by the current occupant of the white house. See:
white house news

Kissinger May Face Chilean Justice

The Guardian, June 12, 2002

Judge investigating US role in 1973 coup considers forcing former
secretary of state to give evidence


by Jonathan Franklin in Santiago and Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles

Henry Kissinger may face extradition proceedings in connection with
the role of the United States in the 1973 military coup in Chile. The former US secretary of state is wanted for questioning as a
witness in the investigation into the events surrounding the
overthrow of the socialist president, Salvador Allende, by General
Augusto Pinochet. It focuses on CIA involvement in the coup, whether US officials
passed lists of leftwing Americans in Chile to the military and
whether the US embassy failed to assist Americans deemed sympathetic
to the deposed government.

"Under the Nuclear Shadow"

Arundhati Roy

London Observer, Sunday June 2, 2002

This week as diplomats' families and tourists quickly disappeared, journalists from Europe and America arrived in droves. Most of them stay at the Imperial Hotel in Delhi. Many of them call me. Why are you still here, they ask, why haven't you left the city? Isn't nuclear war a real possibility? It is, but where shall I go? If I go away and everything and every one, every friend, every tree, every home, every dog, squirrel and bird that I have known and loved is incinerated, how shall I live on? Who shall I love, and who will love me back? Which society will welcome me and allow me to be the hooligan I am, here, at home?