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The voiceless’ last scream: a sucide a day among the unemployed in Italy

Submitted by Italy Calling on May 23 2012 21:37

In the last few years many suicides in Italy have been strongly linked to the economic crisis and unemployment. 357 people killed themselves in 2009, compared to the 260 of the previous year: a 37.3% growth. 76% of those people had lost their jobs or couldn’t find one due to the crisis, with a smaller percentage of younger people who were looking for their first job.

Employment emerges as one of the general key causes of suicides: 18.4 suicides were recorded every 100.000 unemployed people, against 4.1 among the employed. This confirms the importance of a job as a way to build and improve someone’s life, especially in the male population, which has the highest percentage of suicides in general.

Media manipulation over school bombing in Brindisi

Submitted by Italy Calling on May 22 2012 20:47

Last Saturday morning a bomb exploded outside the vocational college for young women “Morvillo-Falcone” in the Southern city of Brindisi, killing a teenage girl, Melissa Bassi, and severely wounding several other classmates.

The school is named after the anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone’s wife, Francesca Morvillo, herself also a judge. Both were killed at the hands of the Mafia in a highway bombing in Sicily in 1992. Nevertheless, there were no immediate claims of responsibility for Saturday’s bombing, nothing that could link it to organised crime.

Sussex Uni: 300 staff and students demonstrate at lunchtime protest

Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 22 2012 20:13
Sussex Uni: 300 staff and students demonstrate at lunchtime protest

Staff and students rallied against planned privatisation of over 10% of campus jobs in Library Square this lunchtime.

Staff had come equipped to disrupt a planned 'bidders meeting' with many carrying airhorns, only to discover management had moved the meeting to the Amex stadium across the road. With security and conference staff amongst those facing outsourcing, this suggests management don't feel able to hold such meetings on campus without the details leaking out and the threat of disruption.

Far right arson against DIY bar in Yerevan, Armenia

Submitted by S2W on May 20 2012 00:24

8th of May, 5:30 AM two neo-Nazi brothers, Ambik and Arame attacked club
"D.I.Y" in Yerevan. They broke window of the door and threw bottles
filled with flammable mixture. At first, fire brigade which arrived in
minutes claimed fire was due to a short circuit, but CCTV camera of a
shop next door fixed how a bald young man in a bomber jacket and combat
boots with white shoelaces committed the attack.

9th of May 4:30 PM two Nazis were arrested, but they were soon released
with a bail of one million dram (around 80 000 euros). Money for bail
was donated by deputies of nationalist ARF (Dashnaktsyutyun) party
(ironically, co-formed by anarchists 121 years ago), Artsvik Minasyan
and Grayr Karapetyan. Now police is ignorant towards the investigation.

A bit about the club

Portuguese journalist threatened by Deputy Minister

Submitted by Pedro Macno on May 19 2012 17:14
Minister Miguel Relvas

Summary of the events, so far, concerning a Minister's threats to a journalist in an attempt to stop an "inconvenient" article from being published in Portuguese daily newspaper Público.

On the 19th of May the Conselho de Redacção (Editorial Council) of the daily newspaper Público published a unanimously approved statement denouncing the Deputy Minister’s threats to one of its journalists of filing a complaint with the ERC (Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social – Regulatory Entity for the Media), promoting a blackout of the newspaper and publishing, on the internet, inform

Hondurans burn government buildings, demand that US drug enforcement agencies leave

Submitted by AnaMore on May 19 2012 03:03

After US DEA agents shot 4 villagers in northeastern Honduras, angry residents burned government offices and demanded that the DEA leave.

"Protesters in Honduras have burned down government offices and demanded that US drug enforcers leave the area following the fatal shooting of four people.

Two men and two pregnant women were shot dead in a boat on the Patuca River in north-eastern Honduras on Friday, local officials say.

University of Sussex plans to privatise over 10% of workforce

Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 16 2012 07:03
University of Sussex plans to privatise over 10% of workforce

Last week university management announced plans to outsource 235 campus jobs. Workers and students are meeting to discuss their response.

The jobs facing privatisation include catering, porters and security staff.

French and Greek voters seek a way out of austerity - Adam Ford

Submitted by Django on May 15 2012 05:57

Adam Ford discusses the recent elections in Europe.

The financial markets went into a petulant sulk today, in response to the election results in France – where incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy was defeated by his ‘centre-left’ challenger – and in Greece, where two thirds of the electorate voted for avowedly anti-austerity candidates.

Occupy Abai - day 8

Submitted by S2W on May 15 2012 01:30

One day in the life of protest camp against inauguration of Putin in
Moscow - 14th of May

For photos, check original at http://avtonom.org/node/17655

Before evening Anarchist singer-songwriter "comrade Arkadi" made a
concert. Later, a freemarket was opened, where everyone could leave
their goods and gather what was left by other people. Tomorrow 15th of
May, there will be a lecture on free non-capitalist economy in the camp.

Turkish police forces arrest 60 anarchists in night raids

Submitted by mikail firtinaci on May 14 2012 17:51
Turkish police forces arrest 60 anarchists in night raids

Wave of repression hits anarchists in Turkey following May Day demonstrations.

Yesterday night (May 13) Turkish state organized a night raid to various houses and anarchist social centres in a night raid in Istanbul. 60 people were arrested. It is yet uncertain if some of those people are anarchist or just related/friends of some anarchists.