French newsblog france24 reports about the actions of feminists (amongst them sexworkers) in Ukraine who staged protest at independence day (boycotting it) and the fact that Ukraine is becomming the international brothel.

Here's their website
Spiegel wrote earlier this year

They use instruments from the kommunkationsguerilla toolbox, such as superheroes and recently a well aimed pie: On the picture you see Group member Alexandra throws a cream cake at writer Oles Buzina, known for his book "Ladies, back to the harems", and for his open stance against the right for a woman to say no to sex. April 2009.



See the original posting here

As you know - I hope - Honduras is in hands of the military and their corporate masters at this moment of time. The leader of the coup-junta is a politician called Micheletti and tries to suggest he has the support of the population. So they organise mass-meetings (and shoot at people protesting against the coup).

If you take a close look at the picture you can see some people in the front holding some very strange signs. And in german! It says things like "ein volk, ein land, eine stimme" and "die wahrheit macht uns frei".
Probably Micheletti and his fascists don't know german and think it's to praise them.

As for the 'other side': here you can see how they are prevented from getting at a meeting: the soldiers just shoot the tires of the bus they are traveling in.

At this moment (Saturday July 4) there are heavy battles in several cities in Honduras between demonstrators and police/military. According to Mexican newspaper La Jornada the military are sometimes getting a beating. See a nice picture of that here:

In Tübingen hat sich ein Kreis von Aktiven getroffen und sich Gedanken darüber gemacht, wie die Verleihung der Ehrendoktorwürde an Wolfgang Schäuble gebührend gewürdigt werden kann.

Der Kreis kam zum Ergebnis eine Aktionsform zu wählen die der Position und dem Amt eines Innenminister würdig ist. Am Freitag, 26. Juni 2009 um 11 Uhr möchten sich doch alle Menschen vor dem Clubhaus (Wilhelmstraße 30) treffen, um anschließend vor dem Bonatzbau in spontanen Jubel für Wolfgang Schäuble auszubrechen. Natürlich sind auch die Gäste, bspw. Ministerpräsident Günther´Oettinger, dieser ehrwürdigen Veranstaltung im Bonatzbau mit Sicherheit davon begeistert, daß Wolfgang Schäuble in Tübingen einen so großen Freundeskreis hat. Falls sich eine spontane Gegenveranstaltung von "Nicht-Jubel-Freunden" bildet, werden wir mit unserer toleranten und einnehmenden Art und Weise dieser Missachtung eines schwäbischen Idols und tollkühnen Politikers entgegenwirken.

Der Freundeskreis trifft sich zu einer gemeinsamen Bastelstunde am Mittwoch, 24.06. um 16.30 Uhr im Clubhaus (Wilhelmstraße 30) - wer Lust und Zeit hat ist gerne eingeladen mitzubasteln - wer Farbe und weiteres Bastelzeug hat könnte dies vielleicht mitbringen, damit der Jubel so bunt wie möglich´ausfallen kann.

Die Flyergestaltung ist am Laufen und ab Montag sollen im Clubhaus (vor den Studierendenvertretungsbüros, linker Eingang, links die Treppe hoch) die Flyer für alle zur Abholung ausliegen. Wir hoffen alle auf eine reichhaltige Verteilung in und um Tübingen!!!

Jubel-Grüße


PS: Schafft Platz für Satire:

http://www.spiegel.de/spam/0,1518,630041,00.html

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-42671-15.html

June 18, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Newspaper Ignites Hope, Announces "Civil Disobedience Database"



In a front-page ad in today's International Herald Tribune, the leaders of the European Union thank the European public for having engaged in months of civil disobedience leading up to the Copenhagen climate conference that will be held this December. "It was only thanks to your massive pressure over the past six months that we could so dramatically shift our climate-change policies.... To those who were arrested, we thank you."

There was only one catch: the paper was fake.

Looking exactly like the real thing, but dated December 19th, 2009, a million copies of the fake paper were distributed worldwide by thousands of volunteers in order to show what could be achieved at the Copenhagen climate conference that is scheduled for Dec. 7-18, 2009. (At the moment, the conference is aiming for much more modest cuts, dismissed by leading climate scientists as too little, too late to stave off runaway processes that will lead to millions or even billions of casualties.)

The paper describes in detail a powerful (and entirely possible) new treaty to bring carbon levels down below 350 parts per million - the level climate scientists say we need to achieve to avoid climate catastrophe. One article describes how a website, http://BeyondTalk.net, mobilized thousands of people to put their bodies on the line to confront climate change policies - ever since way back in June, 2009.

Although the newspaper is a fake (its production and launch were coordinated by Greenpeace), the website is real. Beyondtalk.net is part of a growing network of websites calling for direct action on climate change, building on statements made in recent months by noted political figures. (For example, in September Nobel laureate Al Gore asserted that "we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants.")

Leading American environmentalist Bill McKibben was enthusiastic about the newspaper's message and the methods BeyondTalk.net calls for. "We need a political solution grounded in reality - grounded in physics and chemistry. That will only come if we can muster a wide variety of political tactics, including civil disobedience."

"Non-violent civil disobedience has been at the forefront of almost every successful campaign for change," said Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men, who helped write and edit the newspaper and are furnishing the technology for BeyondTalk.net. "Especially in America, and especially today, we need to push our leaders hard to stand up to industry lobbyists and make the sorts of changes we need."

"Roosevelt would never have been able to push through the New Deal if people hadn't taken to the streets, occupied factories, and demanded it," noted newspaper writer/editor and University of California professor Lawrence Bogad. Segregation, British rule in India, and apartheid wouldn't have ended without a lot of people being creatively uncooperative - even if that meant getting arrested. Nonviolent civil disobedience is the bread and butter of progress."

The fake newspaper also has an ad for "Action Offsets," whereby those who aren't willing to risk arrest can help those who are.


A HOPEFUL NEWS PANDEMIC?

Today's fake International Herald Tribune is part of a rash of recent publications which mimic prominent newspapers. Last November, a fake edition of the New York Times announced that the Iraq War was over. A few days earlier, a hoax USA Today featured the US presidential election result: "Capitalism Wins at the Polls: Anarchy Brewing in the Streets." And this April 1st, a spoof edition of Germany's Zeit newspaper triumphantly announced the end of "casino capitalism" and the abolition
of poor-country debt.

The rash of fakes is likely to continue. "People are going to keep finding ways to get the word out about common-sense solutions those in power say are impossible," said Kelli Anderson, one of the designers of the fake International Herald Tribune and co-designer (with Daniel Dunnam) of BeyondTalk.net.

"We already know what we need to do about climate change," said Agnes de Rooij of Greenpeace International. "It's a no-brainer. Reduce carbon emissions, or put the survival of billions of people at risk. If the political will isn't there now, it's our duty to inspire it."


* Civil-disobedience database: http://BeyondTalk.net
* PDF of printed newspaper: http://iht.greenpeace.org/todays-paper/
- Online version: http://www.iht-se.com/
* Video: http://iht.greenpeace.org/video/ (coming soon)
* CONTACT:
- The Yes Men, mailto:press@theyesmen.org
- Mark Breddy (Greenpeace),
mailto:mark.breddy@greenpeace.org,
- Lawrence Bogad, mailto:l.m.bogad@gmail.com,

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