World Popular Resistance Clippings 9/5/2013

Chinese woman’s death after allegations of gang rape sparks unrest in Beijing

Earlier today, the Beijing Public Security Bureau reported that “non-Beijing residents” were gathering in Fengtai District, in southwest Beijing, to “reflect discontent” with the May 3 death of a woman who had allegedly been gang raped (link in Chinese). The death of the [...]

Proletarians of all countries, unite!-2013

Joint Statement on the occasion of May 1, 2013:

In the general crisis of imperialism, prepare, initiate and develop Peoples War till communism!

We welcome the international proletariat, the workers exploited and oppressed of the world, we salute the armed national liberation struggles in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kurdistan and heroic Palestine . We salute [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 18/4/2013

Riot Broke Out as Street Vendors Being Evicted

A riot broke out at Pasar Minggu Station when authorities attempted to evict street vendors on Thursday, April 18. A number of street vendors, aided by students from the University of Indonesia, stood up against roughly 900 officers from PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) who tore [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 13/4/2013

 

25 petrol bombs thrown during riot in Fountain, Derry

About 25 petrol bombs were thrown during rioting in the Fountain area of Londonderry on Friday night, police have said. The trouble broke out at about 19:30 BST with nationalist youths throwing stones in the area. When police arrived, petrol bombs were thrown towards [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 29/3/2013

Philippinnes: Armed men chop DOLE banana plants

Armed men believed to be NPA guerillas chopped down undetermined number of banana plants 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Ortiz and Pagaran areas of DOLE STANFILCO, located at Brgy. Anahao Daan, Tago in Surigao del Sur. Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office reported to the regional police headquarters here [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 8/3/2013

 

Meeting held on mine row as four locals held for arms

A Thessaloniki prosecutor met on Friday with the lawyers of four people arrested by police following a protest against a gold mining project in Skouries, near Halkidiki, and with members of the Hellas Gold Company in a bid to diffuse an intensifying [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 7/12/2012

Peru industrial pollution feeds conflict

LIMA, Dec. 7 (UPI) — Peru’s industrial progress is proving costlier than expected as protests widen over industrial pollution, contamination of underground water resources and lead poisoning. Peru depends on exports of minerals and other raw materials, including gold, and has drawn many international investors to its untapped natural [...]

Mapuche in Hunger Strike was Hospitalized for Tachycardia

One of five Mapuche’s prisoners on hunger strike in Temuco prison in Chile was transferred to the regional hospital in the town after suffering palpitations, reported on Monday Mapuexpress website. According to the source, the teen Leonardo Qujón, who is 22 days on Monday without food, his starvation state became more severe four days ago [...]

Mapuches in Hunger Strike Refuse Force Feeding

Santiago de Chile, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) The four Mapuche prisoners on hunger strike rejected attempts today by authorities to force-feed them and promised that if necessary they will sew their mouth. In a brief statement issued after going 51 days without food, inmates promised to continue without stopping, no matter the consequences. “We know [...]

Chilean police clash with Mapuche Indians in a protest

SANTIAGO, Chile – Chile’s police have clashed with Mapuche Indians who were holding a protest to demand land rights and autonomy. Police shot tear gas and water cannons when the demonstration by 3,000 Mapuche Indians in the capital Santiago turned violent. Police said 16 people were arrested in the rally timed to coincide with a [...]