"Nearly three years ago, Steven Bass' tent led to a police ticket - a ticket that led to a trial, an appeal denied and 160-day sentence in El Paso County jail. Bass, the first person cited under Colorado Springs' camping ban, remains mired in a legal battle backed by a University of Denver assistant professor working for free."

I might adopt "apostasy, not prayer" as a personal slogan.

Propaganda for the angry wage worker.

I will print out, assemble, and post a free hardcopy of any pamphlet on this website for anybody who wants one. (Send requests to cynic@mretc.net)

"Mikhail Bakunin, an anarchist born in Russia 200 years ago, is being investigated by the Rio de Janeiro police under the suspicion that he is participating in protests against the World Cup and social injustice. Police suspect Bakunin of participating in “vandalism acts during protests.”"

Nice table and map

"One of the two lead contractors for Israel’s apartheid wall in the occupied West Bank, Elbit Systems, has won a $145 million contract from the US Department of Homeland Security to provide similar systems on the Mexico-US border."

1. The headline is hilarious
2. The author says the Islamic State is "ultraconservative" and that it has destroyed many cultural artifacts, in the same sentence.
3. "If we didn't intervene when they were killing people, it would be kind of grotesque to intervene over a building"

An illustration of workers alienated from the products of their labour.

"While it’s tempting to dismiss IS supporters as brainwashed or bloodthirsty, conversations with a group of these young men reveal theirs is a more nuanced position than that."

"Police wearing riot gear raided a well-known Newtown squat amid protests on Thursday evening."

A few minutes of video with commentary:

"The eviction of "The Hat Factory" Social Centre"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7a4RGJpS9k

"In the face of official inaction, dozens of Palestinian organizations recently issued a call for ordinary people around the world to mark ten years since the ICJ ruling by making July the month of action against the apartheid wall."

This is the online click-through version of the prole.info pamphlet. I will print out, assemble, and post a free hard copy of this pamphlet for anybody who wants one. (Send requests to cynic@mretc.net)

libcom.org's short introduction to work.