Republished from Ideas & Action

The Workers Solidarity Alliance stands in solidarity with all of the people brutalized, kidnapped, and put in cages by the police in Oakland, California—and around the world—as more and more people defy the sanctity of private property and capital and put human life before the profit margins of the people who own and operate our world.

On January 28, 2012, people from Oakland and beyond bravely attempted to take an abandoned building to build a community center for living space, organizing infrastructure, medical facilities, and so on. It is absurd that huge buildings lay empty while families live in the streets and are denied basic access to shelter, food, and the necessities of human life. But such is the logic of capitalism.

From Libcom: http://libcom.org/history/collectivized-creativity-rediscovered-films-cn...

Christiane Passevant interviews Richard Prost and Andres Garcia-Aguilera about the CNT film industry, which was directed by SIE Films (‘Union of the amusement industry’).

From Cairo to Oakland to Detroit: Build popular resistance of the working classes and poor!

Flier produced by: The Committee for a General Strike PO Box 15455, Detroit, MI 48215 –

Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria. Across North Africa and the Middle East we are witness to a great rising up of the popular classes: the working classes, poor, marginalized and oppressed! Young and old, women and men!

When Mohamed Al Bouazzizia, a Tunisian street vendor, set himself on fire in an act of anger and frustration in protest of the abuse and extortion by police and agents of the Ben Ali dictatorship, his act became one of martyrdom that set in to motion a worldwide revolutionary movement. These movements are ones of mass radical action whose struggles have confronted, challenged and toppled ruling autocrats.

On the day before the OFL rally in London, community members and allied trade unionists in Toronto, Hamilton, Peterborough and Kingston held a coordinated day of action against CAT retailer Battlefield CAT-Rentals. This action was carried out to show how simple it is for those outside CAW 27 to show solidarity with their working class brothers and sisters, and to hopefully inspire other people to get involved in broadening the battle against Caterpillar to include new fronts.

Below is the text of a broadsheet that was handed out at the rally in London on January 21st. You can download the broadsheet here:

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On Friday, January 20th cities across Ontario held information pickets in support of the workers in an attempt to mobilize community members to act against a union-busting employer. Secondary pickets—against Battlefield Cat Rental—were held in Toronto, Hamilton, Peterborough, and Kingston.

Occupy London Ontario is calling on Occupy groups, Anarchists and everyone to join us for the London Day of Action against Caterpillar, in an anti-capitalist bloc. This will coincide with the Ontario Federation of Labour’s rally. We expect thousands, if not tens of thousands of people to converge upon our city for this action, and we would like to express ourselves in Solidarity! Please bring your banners, flags, signs and let's fight back for the working class!!

We will gather @ 10 am in the south-east corner of Victoria Park, at the cenotaph at Wellington and Dufferin across from London City Hall. We will then join the Labour rally in progress.

Also see:

http://www.occupylondononca.org

http://www.facebook.com/occupylondonontario

Electromotive diesel is locked out by Caterpillar inc. Caterpillar has record profits but wants to cut wages by 50% and remove all benefits. This after Caterpillar recevied help from the Harper Goverment (The tax payer)..

Filmed and Edited by Mike Roy
Filmed in London Ontario Canada
Filmed with a camera on loan from my friend Tammy :)

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http://www.occupyto.org

Statement on “Project Marvel” Raids in Hamilton

NO MORE POLICE TERROR IN OUR CITY!

Hamilton CopWatch statement on recent ‘Project Marvel’ raids

On Tuesday December 13th Toronto police launched a coordinated series of pre-dawn raids across Canada involving over 900 cops from several jurisdictions executing 67 warrants targeting Toronto based ‘street gangs’ and their extended networks. Locally a total of 5 homes were attacked by Hamilton and Toronto Police, including the residence of a 68-year-old Sharon McCrudden (Toronto Police later admitted they had the wrong address) and another of Pamela Markland and her 6 children. Despite the use of dangerous paramilitary tactics, Hamilton Police have come up with no arrests or charges as a result of the raids.