Notices by acrata (acrata@mastodon.starrevolution.org)

#Greece: ex-finance minister and frequent commentator Varoufakis has launched a new anti- #austerity party, the European Realist Disobedience Front (!), and it will challenge the currently ruling Syriza party in the next general election https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/greece-ex-finance-minister-varoufakis-launches-new-party/2018/03/26/5187c860-30fc-11e8-b6bd-0084a1666987_story.html?utm_term=.63662190eb32

#UK's so-called snooper's charter, authorizing a mass #surveillance regime, has been ruled unlawful by an appeals court. The Security ministry remains defiant and will seek additional legislation https://www.rt.com/uk/417419-snoopers-charter-mass-surveillance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

#Philippines Department of Justice orders filing of murder charges against the 3 cops who shot and killed 17 year old Kian De Los Santos in a drug operation "They're being charged for murder because treachery was found to be present because the sudden and unexpected attack on the hapless victim Kian was clear and convincing." https://www.rappler.com/nation/194749-doj-murder-charges-cops-kian-delos-santos-slay?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rappler+%28Rappler%29

#Catalonia, the Anarcho-sindicalist tradition and its present-day incarnation, the #CNT (Confederación Nacional de Trabajo), the "No State Solution", and discussion of the question of whether #anarchists have a dog in the present secession fight https://itsgoingdown.org/no-state-solution-cnt-members-catalonia-spain-general-strike/

#Catalonia: Esther Vera, under the headline "Infuriatingly Peaceful" writes "#Spain’s decisions all appear to be designed to provoke a reaction that justifies a massive crackdown" http://www.ara.cat/en/Infuriatingly-peaceful_0_1889811178.html

#Catalonia's political leadership says it will not accept the liquidation of its parliament and dismissal of officials ordered by #Madrid, which parliament speaker Forcadell characterized as a "coup" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-catalonia/catalonias-leaders-fight-off-direct-rule-from-madrid-idUSKBN1CQ0AQ