This week the Anarchists Against the Wall (AAtW) were involved during the week and Friday in the south and the center of the west bank. In the Hebron area it was mainly in confronting the atrocities of the colonialist settlers around the olive picking near colonial settlements. At the Bethlehem region it was demonstrations against the separation fence and other occupation atrocities. In the region west of Ramallah there were the Ni'ilin protracted struggle along the week and the Bil'in 193th Friday demonstration. The Friday demonstration in Bil'in was "flooded" for the second week by international supporters. This week, mainly from Belgium and France, but also a band of Musicians from the USA.

Zinn says real change will come when people take direct action to stop house foreclosures.

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This new video features The Defenestrator Newspaper, Wooden Shoe Book Store, and footage from the April 19 rally to free Mumia and all political prisoners.

Autonomous / Anti-Authoritarian / Anarchist People Of Color from across the Northeast (and beyond) are gathering in Philly to build a new vision for the future, and a new plan of action for today. Featuring films, music, discussion, and more!

WHEN: Friday and Saturday, August 8th-9th at The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St. MORE INFORMATION

* During mid-June 2008 the Iberian counter-information collective A Las Barricadas www.alasbarricadas.org posed several questions to the MLC www.mlc.acultura.org.ve, an affinity group of Cuban anarchism abroad. The complete text of this interview follows.

* El Libertario published in its 51st edition (Venezuela, Novermber - Dicember 2007) a text compilation that expresses important aspects of what anarchism proposes may be done to face the growing problem of gender violence.

Workers at Sanitarios Maracay Fight for Dignity
Cleveland Militant Labor in the 40s
Vermont Communes in the 60s
Public Sector Strike in South Africa
The Ecological Challenge and more...

ººº With respect to the situation in Cuba these past few weeks, the Cuban Libertarian Movement – MLC (affinity group of Cuban anarchists in exile) speaks up to answer the unknowns and the challenges facing Cuban society. Ours is the voice of uncompromising commitment to freedom, equality and solidarity that has always been the sound of the Cuban anarchists.

* This is a brief outline of the libertarian footprint in the history of Venezuela, prepared by members of the Collective Editorship of El Libertario www.nodo50.org/ellibertario. We hope that this serves as a useful point of reference for those who are interested in the subject.