[Campaignforrealdemocracy] [climate09-int] Re: Fwd: #SpanishRevolution comes to Greece: #M25Gr = #GreekRevolution

Fri May 27 07:03:09 UTC 2011

Anna that is a great point.

On 27 May 2011 07:43, Anna Harris <anna at shsh.co.uk> wrote:

> I see nothing in the above yet recognising the need for women to be
> involved in this decision making, and this cannot happen while there
> is no provision for looking after the children. How come all these men
> pictured in the videos have the possibility to roam freely in the
> streets?? BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEONE AT HOME LOOKING AFTER THE FAMILY,
> CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY AND PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE. Provision has
> to be made for sharing these resonsibilities so that women can take a
> full share in creating a new society. Otherwise it will be just more
> of the same.
>
> Anna
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Mark Barrett
>  <marknbarrett at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry for spamming but thought compas might like this message:
> > [International organization May 15] Hi guys, in greece the movement
> > started very...
> > Isabel Onassis de Alba posted in International organization May 15.
> > [image: Hi guys, in greece the movement started very strong. Yesterday
> > started to camping in Plateia Syntagmatos and today is much more
> > organised. Still caotic but the working groups are gathering together,
> > people is talking on the microfon. :) We have a web page and we will
> > try to contact you as soon as we solve the comunication problems we
> > have (thousands of emails, not so many administrators...) We are very
> > happy!!! Greetings from Greeceeee!!!!
> >
> > On 26/05/2011, Mark Barrett <marknbarrett at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> Thanks for the heads up Julien.
> >>
> >> I imagine such an event would be bound to attract nationalists and
> facists
> >> among with lots of others. As I am sure yo know, one principle the DRY
> >> movement in Spain has kept to, along with no alcohol, non violence and
> the
> >> development of popular assemblies is the banning of flags. These
> principles
> >> are important to keep to so let's hope they can be consensually followed
> as
> >> part of a solidarity with the Spanish uprising wherever M15 inspired
> camps
> >> and assemblies form. Maybe Spaniards should ask other countries to not
> even
> >> carry Spanish ones (as many did in Athens yesterday, to say thanks) . I
> >> do think we all need  to put out the message of no flags to nip the
> >> nationalist/fascist tendency in the bud. Just a few thoughts anyway and
> >> will
> >> mention to comrades in Barca.
> >>
> >> There is another Athens report here, which I just saw you also commented
> >> on:
> >>
> http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/05/26/598-what-time-is-it-time-for-all-of-them-to-go-tens-of-thousands-take-to-the-greek-streets-against-the-crisis/
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> On 26 May 2011 16:49, Julien Chaulieu <julien at eagainst.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I might need to inform you that things are not so bright as you
> describe
> >>> regarding Greece. There were many fascists-far right nationalists in
> the
> >>> event of Athens yesterday waving flags and chanting the national anthem
> >>> among with xenophobic slogans, like "Greece belongs to Greeks" and "Our
> >>> anti-Greek politicians should go away". I am Greek I know very well
> what
> >>> I
> >>> am saying. I would recommend you to remain standoffish about what you
> saw
> >>> in
> >>> Athens yesterday and not make false assumptions as you may spread false
> >>> news
> >>> around the world.
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Mark Barrett wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Athens yesterday:
> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNGW0x5shuM
> >>>
> >>>    + new article, be great if you can pass on...
> >>>
> >>> #SpanishRevolution comes to Greece: #M25Gr =
> >>> #GreekRevolution<http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876>
> >>>
> >>> Yesterday was a beautiful beautiful day and a very very important one.
> 10
> >>> days after the "Spanish Revolution" kicked off peacefully all over
> Spain,
> >>> it
> >>> has been replicated massively in the homeland of Democracy, Greece.
> >>> Yesterdat, M25, 20,000 people took to the streets and squares all over
> >>> Greece... 7,000 alone and absolutely peaceful in Constitution square in
> >>> athens. They have been inspired by Spain and the simple core idea of
> the
> >>> movement; That we have had enough, that we are "indignant", we will not
> >>> take
> >>> it any more, its time to stand up, take to the streets, occupy squares,
> >>> create a "true democracy"... and hope that the Spark of peaceful
> >>> Revoution
> >>> spreads all over this little planet...
> >>>
> >>> Follow the #GREEKREVOLUTION as it unfolds and spreads...
> >>>
> >>> Real democracy Greece - http://real-democracy.gr/
> >>>
> >>> [image: M25 -
> >>> #greekrevolution]<http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/may2011/saf.jpg>
> >>> M25 - #greekrevolution
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *Instaling Democracy 2.0 █████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 10% *
> >>>
> >>> *“Peoples of Europe, Rise Up” *
> >>> In many ways this is almost an echo, a year ago the Greeks hung a
> massive
> >>> banner from the Acropolis with a simple message: “Peoples of Europe,
> Rise
> >>> Up”. Over the last year we have seen some responses, In October we saw
> >>> massive strikes in France, we saw the students of London rebel against
> >>> the
> >>> harsh cuts being imposed at Christmas and in Spain we saw a general
> >>> strike
> >>> on S29, September 29. But none of this seemed to take off quiet as
> >>> powerfully as that which has unfolded here in Spain over the last 10
> >>> days.
> >>> In recent months we have seen the "Arab Spring", which was a massive
> >>> inspiration to the "indignant" in Spain; the idea that it IS POSSIBLE
> to
> >>> mobilise the masses (especially more so now with social networking
> tools;
> >>> facebook, twitter etc...) and to absolutely change things PEACEFULLY.
> The
> >>> movement here in Spain continues to grow and grow, and outside too it
> has
> >>> sparked in a very quick profound way (650 global events around planet 3
> >>> days
> >>> ago) but this response from Greece is something very very special,
> >>> because
> >>> of the size, because this is all about re-questioning, re-examining,
> >>> re-creating the whole idea that came from Greece so many centuries ago;
> >>> DEMOCRACY.
> >>>
> >>> We have to remember that Greece has seen massive and very violent
> >>> protests
> >>> for a long time, so there was a fear that yesterdays first day of
> action
> >>> could lead to the normal stand off between riot police and petrol bomb
> >>> wielding anarchists, thankfully this did not surface, in fact 1
> >>> protestors
> >>> message in 1 of the papers is that the government can deal with the
> >>> violence, it doesnt threathen them, but this, this massive peaceful
> >>> action
> >>> does, they do not know how exactly to deal with it. So hopefully we
> will
> >>> see
> >>> these numbers growing, taking to the streets and starting to occupy
> >>> squares
> >>> to set up little free zones to talk, but also to demonstrate what true
> >>> democracy looks like; a more direct and participative form as opposed
> to
> >>> the
> >>> once every four years version we see at present, which has failed us
> and
> >>> left us in this sorry state of affairs.
> >>>
> >>> *S2S - communication is our weapon *
> >>> Also last night, the second beautiful moment; When we in the occupied
> >>> square of Placa Catalunya in Barcelona, #acampadaBCN (campsite
> Barcelona)
> >>> connected live with the thousands in the square outside the parliament
> in
> >>> Athens via live stream (again how great these new tek tools enable us
> to
> >>> connect, even on this massive scale; S2S : square to square). After the
> >>> massive cheers of greetings from each square of defiance and revolution
> >>> to
> >>> the other, we had about 5 or 10 minutes of exchange, giving updates on
> >>> the
> >>> situations and hoped for plans for where we go from here....
> >>>
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