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State of Exception in Hamburg. From Libcom Over 8,000 protesters have clashed with riot police as they protested against the planned eviction of squatters from a popular social centre, and against the eviction of hundreds of people from heir homes.

State of Exception in Hamburg

The largely peaceful protest erupted following a baton charge, and use of teargas, and water cannons by the police. The protesters responded by building barricades, throwing stones, fireworks, and bottles. It is reported that over 500 people has been injured, and around 150 arrests made. Fear and Power, Control and Chaos – the Refeminization of Capricorn. True facts about Ocean Radiation and the Fukushima Disaster. On March 11th, 2011 the Tōhoku earthquake and resulting tsunami wreaked havoc on Japan.

True facts about Ocean Radiation and the Fukushima Disaster

It also resulted in the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl when the tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Radioactive particles were released into the atmosphere and ocean, contaminating groundwater, soil and seawater which effectively closed local Japanese fisheries. Rather unfortunately, it has also led to some wild speculation on the widespread dangers of Fukushima radiation on the internet.

Posts with titles like “Holy Fukushima – Radiation From Japan Is Already Killing North Americans” and ”28 Signs That The West Coast Is Being Absolutely Fried With Nuclear Radiation From Fukushima” (which Southern Fried Science has already throughly debunked ) keep popping up on my facebook feed from well-meaning friends. INFORUM. We Are in the Midst of Defeating the Largest Corporate Trade Agreement in History. November 15, 2013 | Like this article?

We Are in the Midst of Defeating the Largest Corporate Trade Agreement in History

Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. We Are in the Midst of Defeating the Largest Corporate Trade Agreement in History. Meet The 17-Year-Old Who Blew The Lid Off Racial Profiling With His iPod. How to Heat Your Room for 15 Cents a Day. This video shows us an ingenious way to heat a whole room for under 15 cents a day or possibly even cheaper if you find cheaper candles.

How to Heat Your Room for 15 Cents a Day

It’s simple, here’s what you need: Tealight candlesA metal bread panTwo terracotta pots, one smaller than the otherA lighter/matches to light the candles Image: Youtube DIYheatingvideo Related Posts « 22 Medical Studies That Show Vaccines Can Cause Autism Judge who Ruled Raw Milk Illegal In Wisconsin Conveniently Now Works For Monsanto Law Firm » Ex-Workers' Collective : Ümlaut. Hear this and fear this, mothers and fuckers!

Ex-Workers' Collective : Ümlaut

Ever since they burst into the hardcore scene on the biggest, loudest, dirtiest stolen motorcycles ever smuggled into Scandinavia, Umlaut—the most feral, furious, and above all Finnish band in the history of punk rock blast beat destruction—has represented the epitome of nihilistic, transgressive energy. Creativeclass.typepad.com/thecreativityexchange/files/Florida_Mellander_Housing_Values_1.pdf. Can We Be Lovers & Not Have Sex? I want a life of a million lovers.

Can We Be Lovers & Not Have Sex?

I want to love you. I want to love you if you are male or female, young or old, single or married… When I see you we will embrace and hold a hug long enough to glimpse some insight from each other’s heartbeat. When we walk down the street we shall link arms, pause frequently, and turn our toes and noses towards the other to speak directly without modesty. I would like us to share the couch together, rather than creating a “do not cross” line where we may as well be sitting on brick blocks seated four feet away. Ex-Workers’ Collective : Podcast. Fuck marriage, fuck equality. This is a excerpt from my book Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution.

Fuck marriage, fuck equality

If you like this text, please consider buying a copy. For about a decade, same sex marriage has been the flagship issue of the GGGG movement*. Marketed as the single-issue battle which would bring equality and solve GGGG-phobia for all, it has been the main focus of GGGG activist and political effort. MYSTICMAMMA.COM : consciousness, spirituality, wisdom, inspiration. On September 19th we will have a Harvest Full Moon in the mystical sign of Pisces!

MYSTICMAMMA.COM : consciousness, spirituality, wisdom, inspiration

Top 10 list: How not to respond to Indigenous experiences of racism in Canada. Op-Ed: Where Have All the Butches Gone? Searching for Decolonial Love. 51st Day Without Food, CDCR Continues to Crack Down on Prisoners’ Peaceful Protest, Forcibly Relocate Strikers, Stonewall Mediation Team. As prisoners mark day 51 of their hunger strike, lawyers and advocates continue to express outrage at the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) attacks on prisoners’ peaceful protest.

51st Day Without Food, CDCR Continues to Crack Down on Prisoners’ Peaceful Protest, Forcibly Relocate Strikers, Stonewall Mediation Team

After being internationally lambasted in the media last week for threatening prisoners with force feeding as well as ignoring their medical wishes, the CDCR continued to punish strikers by moving as many as 50 prisoners from Pelican Bay to other prisons. The CDCR issued a confusing press release on Monday evening, claiming it had met the demands of the strikers, while also maintaining it did not recognize the legitimacy of their protest, nor would it negotiate with them. Attempts by the strikers’ mediation team to keep open dialogue with the strikers and prison officials have been rebuffed by CDCR.

On Miley Cyrus, Ratchet Culture and Accessorizing With Black People. Femme is inspiration, femme is Dainty. Dainty Smith seems to love the stage and we love seeing Dainty up there.

Femme is inspiration, femme is Dainty

She is a talented performer, actress and writer working hard in the city of Toronto. I had never seen a woman of colour perform burlesque before Dainty. That sort of visibility makes way for possibility and healing. Artist Feature: Richard Olmsted. [Mount Vernon, Washington] If you live in the Northwest and have an interest in art, you probably about Mount Vernon-based artistic mastermind/wizard Richard Olmsted. Specializing in pencil drawings, relief printmaking, and etching, Richard’s work has a classical element to it; while the subject matter is more conceptual, the execution harkens back to an old school of artistry — something like H.R. Giger meets Albrecht Dürer. I tried to find out what’s underneath that signature beanie of his in this interview: Artist Statement:

GOLDRUST. But I cant stop thinking about this amazing piece of clothing which has an unfortunate name. It comes in XL! I’m getting so used to my prosthetic that my brain is having a hard time comprehending not walking all the time. 30+ years minus one. 5 Tips For Calling Out Transphobia. Let me give you an idea of what it’s like to be a transgender woman. A few months ago, I decided to try watching Conan O’Brien’s show again. 27 Problems Only Introverts Will Understand. Surge in Mexico issued a new EPR guerrilla group. Hugo Hernández/El Sol de México Ciudad de México.- Un nuevo grupo guerrillero dio a conocer su nacimiento a través de un comunicado al cumplirse 18 años de la masacre de Aguas Blancas, Guerrero.

Changing The Creepy Guy Narrative — chrisbrecheen.blogspot.com.au. How being a writer helped me rewrite a sexist trope...for real. [Edit 3 (7/25/13): I speak to some of the more common comments, questions, and criticisms I've recieved in this Mailbox article. Edit 2 (7/18/13): Continue comments at the dedicated entry for the continuation of comments if you want a reply from me.Edit 1 (7/16/13): This post has gone viral and it now accounts for over half the traffic that this blog has ever received since I started it in February of 2012. Unfortunately, that means it's starting to show signs of conforming to the laws governing the "bottom half of the internet. " PERSPECTIVE - Introvert in Wonderland. Susan Cain, author of ‘Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking’. I can’t, for the life of me, make small talk.

And it hinders my social life, earns me labels of ‘socially-awkward’, ‘culturally-backward’ and inundates me in advice about dating, pop-culture and conversation-starters. I take it all in before retiring to my place of Zen with a book. I ponder the futility of comparing analyses of the previous night’s Big Bang Theory and rue the utility of random, mindless chatter. The truth is that society has passed its judgment on the likes of me and we are the misfits. High Plains Reader. Last Monday, local artist and Fargo cultural magistrate, Modern Man, held the opening of his first show in more than a decade. Implicit Association Test. Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops.

“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”: The new warrior cop is out of control. İstanbul, Turkey: Raw updates from the occupation at Taksim Gezi Park. Crowd of protesters at Istiklal street, Istanbul. Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That. Tuiten published some results from small, preliminary trials in the March issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine.

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Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome. Polyamory: Common Mistakes. With grateful acknowledgement to Suzie, for her insight and contributions There is an excellent guide to screwing up poly relationships on the alt.polyamory site, which describes in some detail the petty, meanspirited, malicious things that you can do to help ensure that your relationship fails in the most dramatic, painful way possible.

15 photos of Seattle May Day mayhem and destruction; plus bonus video. SMH at people involved in the Seattle May Day... like seriously? #SeaMayDay— Nicholi (@NichWyto) May 02, 2013. 17 arrested as Seattle May Day protests turn violent. NEW: 17 are arrested, police sayNEW: Police say eight officers are injuredMany take to the streets on May 1 to demand better working conditions (CNN) -- A May Day protest in downtown Seattle turned violent Wednesday night, with police saying they resorted to pepper spray to disperse demonstrators who pelted them with whatever was at hand. Kris Hermes: Chasing Anarchists: May Day and the Federal Government's Use of Grand Juries as Political Counterintelligence. If an Agent Knocks...

Renny Wilson: Human Sugar Glider. The DIY Couturier. 21 Tips to Keep Your Shit Together When You're Depressed. Wednesday’s New Moon in Aries – Full Speed Ahead. 2 Samuel 1:26 I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women. Giving Pit Bulls a Second Chance [Infographic] Monsanto’s Dirty Dozen. Untorelli Press. Why The Transgender Community Hates HRC. How not to burn bridges « Aragorn! blog. Support the NW Grand Jury Resisters. Support the Tinley Park Five! OccuBooks. 2 Ways to Get Bad Smells out of Leather. Blogs.psychcentral.com/relationships-balance/2013/01/28/12-steps-to-creating-motivation-when-depressed/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook. Photoshopping away police torture in Greece. Greek Police Try to Photoshop Away Signs of Prisoner Abuse.

Witnesses of Central District Bar Shooting Recount Horrific Event. Committee Against Political Repression. Sadie's Dream For The World. Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy. Police bust up Capitol Hill 'dance party' protest. The anarchist subculture: A critique - Feral Faun / insurrection.ca. Four Pacific Northwest ports headed for possible labor clash. FBI OWS Documents.

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14 November 2012: International call to general strike. I've started telling my daughters I'm beautiful. A Third Day of Protests in China Against Refinery. Queer Liberation and Class Struggle at Decolonize/Occupy Seattle. And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison. A distributor of anti-political books.

Locked Up But Never Forgotten. The Long Con by Brendan Kiley. Recent Features : Breaking With Consensus Reality, From the Politics of Consent to the Seduction of Revolution. Political Convictions? by Brendan Kiley - Seattle News. Movement Psychology. How To Utterly Destroy The Myth That You Don’t Have Time To Create. Civil Liberties Defense Center. Vermont activists receive FBI visit. BREAKING: Interview and Documents from FBI Raid Show Feds are Targeting Anarchists. Priorities News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Lifehacker. Www.deanspade.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/complianceisgendered1.pdf. The Anaheim Anti-Police Riot, A Love Story : Orchestrated Pulse.

Wp-content/uploads/2012/07/raidsolstatement.pdf. Cloudfront.crimethinc.com/pdfs/vortext_reading.pdf. Caught in the Web of Deception: Anarchists and the Media (Anonymous) Cortázar’s language of love: rearticulating sex as semantic & phonetic action « the evening redness in the west. Seattle SWAT raids home of Occupy activists. Vandalism vs. Political Vandalism. SPD Reportedly Raids Occupy Collective Looking for "Anarchist Materials"

Rolling Thunder : Say You Want an Insurrection. We Know Better : hivster. Guest Post: Personal Account of Queers Fucking Queers. Capitol Hill Protest Draws Pink Clothes and Police Presence - New City Collegian. Capitol Hill protest of police pepper-spraying. Seattle Gay News - Page 3 - Pride 'dance party' bust-up by SPD raises questions - Videos of event outside Madison Pub appear to conflict with official story - Friday, June 29, 2012 - Volume 40 Issue 26. Protest against Pride weekend police action takes to the streets. Friday night solidarity rally starts on Broadway as activist talks about Pride weekend police action. Chase 5 found not guilty of trespassing in Broadway bank protest.