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Violent Misogynists, Reactionaries, And Fascists Wanted 2018 To Be The "Counter-1968." They've Gotten Their Wish.

In the first few months of 2016, the spirits of three young women - all fighting in various areas of the Global South, against poverty, Apartheid, fascism, and fundamentalism - hung over the world. Anna Campbell, 22, a British anarchist and eco-feminist, gunned down by the forces of Turkish dictator Erdogan and extremist groups tied to ISIS. Ahed Tamimi, 17, a rebellious child prisoner in the wider prison state of Israel. Marielle Franco, 38, a Brazilian murdered in the belly of a neoliberal police state. All three represented popular resistance against an increasingly hostile and patriarchal world, governed by the supreme diktats of markets and Empire. Their dreams reflect the ideals of millions of young women - but not just women - in the poorest regions of the earth. 2018 was supposed to be the "year of the woman." Between a massive March manifestation - lively, anarchistic, and rebellious - against the patriarchy in Spain, the exposure of sexual violence by the obs...

The Tocsin 8/15

Turkey In Crisis Amid Erdogan Repression, Economic Targeting By Trump Erdogan Arrests Another German Leftist For Kurdish "Propaganda".... Turkish State Banning Socialist Websites En Masse..... German Left Prepares Mass Protest For "Day X" Visit.... “Get Up” – Sahra Wagenknecht In An Interview About Her Collection Movement Big Seebruecke Protests Against Frontex In Berlin.... Merkel To Deport Asylum Seekers En Masse As She Caves Before AfD Pressure.... Inhabit.global: A Worldwide Autonomist Project From Rojava To France Gaza Schools Run By UN Agency Face Closure Over Funding Shortfall Israel’s War On Jeremy Corbyn: The Anatomy Of A Coup Ash Sarkar: Power Imbalance And The "Terrorism" Double Standard Talk Of National Governments And New Parties Shows The Desperation Of Those Opposed To A Radical Labour Government Labour Complains To Press Regulator Over Wreath Ceremony Coverage Boris Johnson's New Puppeteer Steve Ba...

The Tocsin 8/14

#Seebrücke Documents & Texts: Causes Of Fleeing - A Global Perspective On Climate & Migration More Letters From Eco Activist In German Jail For Protecting Forest From RWE Germany: SPD Crumbling As Repressive Pro-Detention Camp "Left Caucus Of CDU" Donald Trump Cuddles Up To Far-Right Antisemite Viktor Orban The NSA’s Role In A Climate-Changed World: Spying On Nonprofits, North Pole The Disappearance Of The Aral Sea Is An Ecological Tragedy – So Why Is Tourism Booming? Monsanto's Fraudulent Attempt To Overturn Cancer Ruling Won't Succeed - Experts The Hope Of Alterglobalist Ecosocialism: "A Crisis Not Of Nature But Of Society" Labour Prepares For Sellout On IHRA Code With Few Caviets Corbyn Wreath Attack Narrative Collapsing Even As Labour Gains In Polls McDonnell: Forget The Smears, Fight For No. 10 - The Poor Are Getting Poorer. How The Thatcherites Sold BP - And How An Arab State Almost Got Control PODCAST: Setting...

The Tocsin 8/13

CORBYN, NETANYAHU SPAR ON TWITTER Galloway: Media Drowning In Its Own Mendacity Over Wreath Scandal...... Details Emerge Of Plot To Oust Corbyn Or Split UK Labour Party..... Israeli Journalist Says Corbyn Should Be PM And That Israeli Lobby Working To Smear Him Boris Johnson Courts Far Right, Insults Journalists With Column And Bizarre Tea Stunt What's With The UK Media's Double Standards On Racism? Brazil: Minister Of Public Security Confirms That “State Agents” Were Involved In The Assassination Of Marielle Franco Lula De Silva: There Is A Right-Wing Coup Underway In Brazil Repression Intensifies In Argentina After Macri Unleashes The Military For IMF Rule Think Tank EUDisinfo Blames Interest In Benalla Affair On "Russian Trolls," Smears Melenchon And Leftists As Part Of Information War Campaign #DisinfoEUGate: Flawed Data And Shoddy Methodology Mark Atlanticist Report Amid "Benalla Affair," French Police Working With Pr...

The Tocsin 7/30

  “Hidden in Plain Sight”: Hundreds of Immigrant Children and Teens Housed in Opaque Network of Chicago-Area Shelters Alt-Right Attackers Attempt To Destroy #OccupyICE Camps   Virgin Airlines Says It Will No Longer Help To Deport Immigrants "Doing The Right Thing": Trump Hails Deadly Anti-Refugee Policies Of Salvini Government Italy Launches Criminal Investigation Against Lifeboat Rescue Group Thuggish, Gangster-Like, And Random Violence Against Migrants In Athens   #Seebrucke: Demonstrators Across Germany Protest Against Seehofer Immigrant Policies #DayX: Dictator Erdogan To Travel To Germany, Receive A State Banquet, Honour Guard   #Rojava #YPJ: Kurdish-Led Forces Work With Syrian Government In Bid To End War #AffaireBennalla: Protestors Demonstrate In Paris Over Ongoing Macron Government Scandal     'I'm Impulsive, But Not Violent,' Says Sacked Macron Bodyguard The Benalla Incident: Hearkening Back To Gladio?   ...

The Tocsin 7/26

ICE Still Holds Thousands Of Children In Their Captivity As Family Reunification Deadline Passes ICE Coerced Dozens Of Immigrant Parents To Give Up Their Kids, ACLU Says ICE Detainee Diagnosed With Schizophrenia Spent 21 Days In Solitary Confinement, Then Took His Own Life UN REPORT: 1,500 Refugees Have Died In Mediterranean in 2018, Italy Deadliest Route Italy: Police Forcibly Clear Huge Roma Camp, Salvini Hails "Law And Order" Ismail Khawari, 26-Year-Old Migrant Elin Ersson Protected, Has Now Been Deported. Germany's New Culture Wars: Artists, Theatres Face Off Against Anti-Refugee AfD As It Threatens To Cut Their Funding, End Reign Of "68ers" The International Movement Of Human Beings And The Racist Backlash The Extreme Right Radicalised The US Public. Now They're Doing The Same To The FBI. PODCAST: Paul Mason On How To Defeat The Rising Fascism In Europe And The US EU-US Soybean Deal Means GMOs Will Be Pouring Into Europe Wi...