The following is a joint statement from the First of May Anarchist Alliance and The Utopian: A Journal of Anarchism and Libertarian Socialism.

We should strive to convince the movement that the problem in the US today is not just Wall Street or the corporations or the fact that the economic system is somehow being “gamed” or “rigged” by tricky selfish individuals. We need to explain that the cause of the crisis is the capitalist system itself, a system in which production is carried on only when it results in profits, the vast majority of which go to the tiny elite that runs the country. Correspondingly, we should work to persuade the movement that its ultimate aim should be the radical democratization of our entire society, in other words, a revolution in which the vast majority of people seize control of the economy and the country as a whole from the rich and disperse power and direct control of all aspects of social life as widely as possible. As a result, we should propose and support radical demands that both point in this direction and unite the broadest sectors of the population.

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Este 2 de octubre de 2011, tomamos el predio ubicado en la fundición 2 cuadras abajo de la muralla como una forma de movilización pacífica, pero sobre todo encaminada a generar espacios para el pueblo de Oaxaca, en el cual pueda encontrar la posibilidad de organizarse desde abajo, con las colonias, con las personas libres en espacios que han sido utilizados por los que ven en el poder la posibilidad de enriquecerse con lo que es y siempre ha sido del pueblo (...) En las primeras horas de esta mañana en el lugar de la ocupación ubicada en la calle de Valerio Trujano, Colonia Ampliación San Juan; hemos recibido intimidación primero por una persona de complexión gruesa que conducía un automovil compacto marca athos de color gris después por parte de una patrulla de policía de número económico 605, con al menos 7 policías a bordo, después por 3 sujetos los que parecían ser policías vestidos de civil, para que aproximadamente a las 8:30 de la mañana llegaran a rodear al menos 7 patrullas de la Policía municipal de Oaxaca, acompañados de una camioneta tipo van sin logotipos, quienes respaldan a dos personas que dicen ser representantes de un funcionario de Protección Civil de nombre Manuel Maza Sanchez, MISMO QUE ASEGURA POR PARTE DE SUS VOCEROS LOS POLICIAS SER EL DUEÑO DE ESTE PREDIO EL CUÀL NO LE PERTENECE, así mismo varios golpeadores de dicho funcionario circulan por el lugar.

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Quand vient le temps des élections, la classe politique nous sert ses discours les plus doux et nous fait ses promesses les plus belles. Le cirque électoral et ses charlatans sont de retour pour nous vendre leurs salades : chaque député-e, de chaque parti, nous annonce avec conviction qu'un vote en sa faveur sera synonyme de grand changement! On connaît la chanson...

L'Union communiste libertaire (UCL) lance une campagne pour l'abstention aux élections fédérales. À cette fin, nous avons concocté des affiches et autocollants afin de promouvoir un nouveau site web, dédié à la question des élections : http://www.LeVraiChangement.com.  

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==> Please note that, thanks to our good friends at Common Cause, an English version of the campain website is available at www.genuinechange.info/

Appeal for solidarity from the Madison, Wisconsin Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) branch:

International Capital is confronting International Labor on the world stage. Our neighbors in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia have recently shown the world how to bring governments and rulers to their knees. As the struggle unfolds, we are learning from each other minute-to-minute.

In Madison, The Industrial Workers of the World are active in a fight against Governor Scott Walker, who serves the infamous Koch brothers and the wider corporate interests. We believe it will take a General Strike to stop Walker's legislation and strengthen the labor movement. Governor Walker and conservative legislators have pushed through a plan that will virtually destroy all unions for public employees, except for firefighters, police, and the state patrol. They also plan to severely cut welfare and medical programs, and reduce rights for immigrants.

We need to let union and non-union workers, the unemployed, and all disenfranchised people of the world know that true power does not rest in the marble halls of the capitol building or corporate boardrooms. It is through unity and action that our hearts and minds become the pathways of power and resistance.

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The North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists (NEFAC) condemns the Federal Bureau of Investigations' raids on anti-war and anti-colonial organizers, which began the morning of Friday, September 24th in the Twin Cities and Chicago, and the intimidation of organizers across the country.

As one of the FBI's main strategies has been to divide movements for change into small ineffectual factions, we call on our brothers and sisters of all radical, revolutionary, and progressive backgrounds to come together in the streets and in front of FBI offices to demonstrate unity in the face of this repression. We will protest these aggressions as if they were committed against our own membership.

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