Hello friends of the Spanish Revolution,

To celebrate the 70th Annniversary of the beginning of this special time in history, some postgraduate students from the Department of Political Science at Melbourne University gathered at Baretto's Cafe, Grattan St., on Wednesday 19th July 2006. The following motion was put to the gathering:

"We honour those who were killed and wounded, their families, collectives, unions and descendants and all those who struggled and continue to do so for the cause of land and freedom." The motion was passed unanimously.

The students then proposed a toast to those who, in 1936-39 demonstrated that a worker - and peasant - controlled society was possible. Most drank coffee whilst a minority drank water in honour of the Spanish peasants and working class who found coffee too bourgeouis.

There is going to be a small celebration to mark the beginning of the Spanish Revolution "July 19th 1936-2006"

12.30pm on next Wednesday (19.07.2006) outside the
Spanish Tourist Bureau, 221 Queen Street, Melbourne.

It's been called by Dr Joseph Toscano Email: anarchistage@yahoo.com

As others will focus on the Spanish revolutionaries themselves I intend
to read out the following:

"One rebel worker who went to Spain and died there alas was IWW
organiser speaker and editor of Direct Action 1928-29 Ted Dickinson.

Dickinson, Edward Alexander (1903 - 1937) Birth: 21 April 1903,
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

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http://www.con-census.org/

http://www.resist.com.au/forum/

You can refuse to take part in the upcoming Census. Why?

Many people feel uneasy, frustrated, and even helpless with our involvement in the illegal war in Iraq, our treatment of Asylum Seekers, the recent introduction of the new Anti-Terrorism and Sedition laws, and other post-9/11 related events at home and abroad.

Witnessing death, destruction and human suffering day after day, compels us to seek a change.

Our government hasn't been listening. Instead of attending to our needs - the reason why it was elected - the government continues to act outside of our interests and many people are suffering as a direct result.

A History of the Car Bomb (Part 1)
By Mike Davis

Buda's Wagon (1920)
tomdispatch.com

You have shown no pity to us! We will do likewise. We will dynamite you!
-- Anarchist warning (1919)

On a warm September day in 1920, a few months after the arrest of his
comrades Sacco and Vanzetti, a vengeful Italian anarchist named Mario
Buda parked his horse-drawn wagon near the corner of Wall and Broad
Streets, directly across from J. P. Morgan Company. He nonchalantly
climbed down and disappeared, unnoticed, into the lunchtime crowd. A
few blocks away, a startled postal worker found strange leaflets

Reviews

Sir! No Sir! (2005)

Directed by David Zeiger

USA Documentary Runtime: 85 min

The film tells the story of the GI resistance movement during the Vietnam war.

The depiction in "Sir! No Sir!" is accurate and balanced. The GI's who opposed the war when they were on active duty took great risks.

Solidarity Forever

(tune: John Brown's Body)

When the union's inspiration through the workers blood shall run There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one? But the union makes us strong

Solidarity forever! Solidarity forever! Solidarity forever! For the union makes us strong.

Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might Is there anything left to us but to organise and fight? For the union makes us strong.

Try http://www.freecycle.org to find local folks who want to take your old crap, and give you their's...for free. Its all about reducing waste, expecially wasting items in perfect working order.

Pissed Off Projectionists: Bringing The Class War To A Theater Near You!

[From The Northeastern Anarchist #8, Fall/Winter 2003]

by Class Against Class

Boston has a rich history of anarchism and class warfare. Unfortunately, at least until recently, the days of anarchist influence within labor struggles was exactly that: a relic of the past. The last time an anarchist had played an influential role in a successful Boston-based labor struggle was in 1938, when Rose Pesotta led a strike to organize over a thousand women dressmakers. Since then, anarchism has been defined mainly as a counter-culture or form of identity politics, with very little relevancy to the everyday struggles of the working class in this city.