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[Article Peter Storm]/Dear Cheerleaders, we need to have a chat about imperialism

Saturday, 4 April, 2015

Written for Libcom, and just published on my blog there.

In Rojava, in the North of Syria, Kurdish fighters are struggling against IS, Islamic State. That struggle deserves out interest, because it is not just a fight between armed groups fighting for territory but at the same time a struggle for a different social and political order, called Democratic Confederalism. Direct democracy, a central rol of women in the fight and in the running of society, space for people of different ethnic backgound to express themselves and co-determine their own fate, libertarian socialist inspiration and a clear break with the Marxist-Leninist and nationalist orthodoxies of the Kurdish movements involved , the PYD in Syria, the PKK in Turkey with which the PYD is connected… all this gives many people reason to cheer the events as an important revolution – the Rojava Revolution. Others, however, are less convinced, some – myself not excluded – have serious reservations. Exchanges of opinions, sometimes furious ones, have been going on for months now. What follows is a contribution to this polemic.

 

 

 

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Gerechtshof: Vluchtgarage mag worden ontruimd/Een nieuw dieptepunt in de behandeling van vluchtelingen

 

Dansende vluchtelingen op de manifestatie bij de Tweede Kamer gisteren.

 

PROTEST VLUCHTELINGEN BIJ DE TWEEDE KAMER
Tentenkamp Osdorp

Vluchtkerk

Vluchtflat

Vluchtkantoor

TENTENKAMP OSDORP
VLUCHTKERK
VLUCHTFLAT
VLUCHTKANTOOR
Surinameplein

SURINAMEPLEIN
Vluchthaven

VLUCHTHAVEN
Vluchtgarage

VLUCHTGARAGE
Vluchtmarkt

VLUCHTMARKT
Vluchtopvang

VLUCHTOPVANG
UIT DEZE PLEKKEN WERDEN DE VLUCHTELINGEN
VERDREVEN
EN IN DEN HAAG UIT DE SACRAMENTSKERK
NU MOETEN DE VLUCHTELINGEN OOK
DE VLUCHTGARAGE ONTRUIMEN EN
WORDEN ZE DE STORM EN DE HAGEL INGESTUURD
ZIEHIER HUN HUIDIGE LOCATIE HET VLUCHTGEBOUW
MAAR HOE LANG NOG?

JE MOET WEL PRAKTISCH DE GRAN CANYON BEKLIMMEN
WIL JE IN NEDERLAND EN DE REST VAN EUROPA EEN
VERBLIJFSVERGUNNING  KRIJGEN
”Vrijheid is pas vrijheid als iedereen vrij is”
Het zoveelste drama in de tragedie van de uitgeprocedeerde vluchtelingen
is ingeluid.
De beslissing, in Hoger beroep, van het gerechtshof dat de Gemeente de Vluchtgarage [1] waar sinds 2013 een groep uitgeprocedeerde vluchtelingen onder
barre omstandigheden [2] en zonder enige steun van Gemeente en
Stadsdeel Zuid Oost verblijven [3], mag ontruimen. [4]
Dit gaat in tegen een eerdere gerechtelijke uitspraak van de kantonrechter,
die de ontruiming nog verbood tot 1 mei vanwege uit humanitaire
overwegingen [5]  [winterse kou, etc]
Dat was gewetensvol en daarom al een opmerkelijke uitspraak.
Ook wees de rechter op de crux van het probleem:
”dat de situatie van de uitgeprocedeerden, om wie het hier gaat,
uitzichtloos is vanwege de ”problematische” terugkeer naar het land
van herkomst. [6]

 

 

 

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Gerechtshof: ”Vluchtgarage mag worden ontruimd”/Een nieuw dieptepunt in de behandeling van vluchtelingen/Reactie op AT5

 

 

Dansende vluchtelingen op de manifestatie bij de Tweede Kamer gisteren.

 

PROTEST VLUCHTELINGEN BIJ DE TWEEDE KAMER
Tentenkamp Osdorp

Vluchtkerk

Vluchtflat

Vluchtkantoor

TENTENKAMP OSDORP
VLUCHTKERK
VLUCHTFLAT
VLUCHTKANTOOR
Surinameplein

SURINAMEPLEIN
Vluchthaven

VLUCHTHAVEN
Vluchtgarage

VLUCHTGARAGE
Vluchtmarkt

VLUCHTMARKT
Vluchtopvang

VLUCHTOPVANG
UIT DEZE PLEKKEN WERDEN DE VLUCHTELINGEN
VERDREVEN
EN IN DEN HAAG UIT DE SACRAMENTSKERK
NU MOETEN DE VLUCHTELINGEN OOK
DE VLUCHTGARAGE ONTRUIMEN EN
WORDEN ZE DE STORM EN DE HAGEL INGESTUURD
ZIEHIER HUN HUIDIGE LOCATIE HET VLUCHTGEBOUW
MAAR HOE LANG NOG?

JE MOET WEL PRAKTISCH DE GRAN CANYON BEKLIMMEN
WIL JE IN NEDERLAND EN DE REST VAN EUROPA EEN
VERBLIJFSVERGUNNING  KRIJGEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GERECHTSHOF: VLUCHTGARAGE MAG WORDEN ONTRUIMD/
EEN NIEUW DIEPTEPUNT IN DE BEHANDELING VAN VLUCHTELINGEN/
REACTIE OP AT5
Het zoveelste drama in de tragedie van de uitgeprocedeerde vluchtelingen
is ingeluid.
De beslissing, in Hoger beroep, van het gerechtshof dat de Gemeente de Vluchtgarage waar sinds 2013 een groep uitgeprocedeerde vluchtelingen in
Dit gaat in tegen een eerdere gerechtelijke uitspraak van de kantonrechter,
Dat was gewetensvol en daarom al een opmerkelijke uitspraak.
Ook wees de rechter op de crux van het probleem:

 

 

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Bijlmerboxbaby’s/Arrogante, racistische en minderwaardige column

 

 

 

 

 

FEMME FATALE

DE CARRIEREVROUW
DE HUISVROUW
DE OUDERWETSE VUILNISBAK WAARIN DE COLUMN ”BIJLMERBOX
BABY’S VAN HADJAR BENMILOUD THUISHOORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hoewel de column van Hadjar Benmiloud ”Bijlmerboxbaby’s”
 te vies is om met een tang aan te pakken, laat staan
om het te becommentarieren, waag ik toch maar een poging.

 

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The Wars of the Roses/Manifesto of Margaret of Anjou to the citizens of London in 1461/Letter to Susan Higginbotham

File:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York.jpg
RICHARD OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE
AND ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE WAR OF ROSES
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

13501173331

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EDMUND BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF SOMERSET, THE GREAT RIVAL
OF RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK
HISTORICAL FICTION
King Edward IV.jpg

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK
HISTORICAL IMAGE

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK
HISTORICAL FICTION

image

RICHARD NEVILLE, 16TH EARL OF WARWICK, THE KINGMAKER
COUSIN TO EDWARD IV, FIRST ALLY TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD,
DUKE OF YORK, THEN TO KING EDWARD IV
LATER THEY BECAME ADVERSARIES AND THE KINGMAKER TURNED
TO MARGARET OF ANJOU [BECOMING A ”LANCASTRIAN] TO RESTORE HENRY VI TO THE THRONE
HE FAILED AND LOST HIS LIFE IN THE BATTLE OF TEWKESBURY
HIS DAUGHTER, ANNE, LATER BECAME QUEEN OF ENGLAND,
MARRIED TO KING RICHARD III [BROTHER TO KING EDWARD IV]
[FICTION]
KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
[FICTION]
MANIFESTO OF MARGARET OF ANJOU TO THE CITIZENS OF
LONDON IN 1461/LETTER TO SUSAN HIGGINBOTHAM
Dear Mrs Higginbotham
As you probably know, I am a great admirer of your interesting
historical novels, especially your  accurate historical research.
Perhaps you’ll remember that  I wrote you some comments on  your novel about
Margaret of Anjou ”Queen of Last Hopes”
See
Since then I wrote some critical remarks on your post
”If Margaret, why not Cecily?”
See your post
See my comments, which were published on your webliog
”History Refreshed”
MANIFESTO OF MARGARET OF ANJOU TO THE CITIZENS
OF LONDON IN 1461

 

 

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The Wars of the Roses/Enmity between Margaret of Anjou and Richard, Duke of York/After the battle of Wakefield/Manifesto of Margaret of Anjou to the citizens of London in 1461

File:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York.jpg
RICHARD OF YORK, CLAIMANT TO THE ENGLISH THRONE
AND ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF THE WAR OF ROSES
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
 

13501173331

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EDMUND BEAUFORT, 2ND DUKE OF SOMERSET, THE GREAT RIVAL
OF RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK
HISTORICAL FICTION
 
 
King Edward IV.jpg

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK
HISTORICAL IMAGE

KING EDWARD IV, SON OF RICHARD, DUKE OF

YORK
HISTORICAL FICTION

image

RICHARD NEVILLE, 16TH EARL OF WARWICK, THE KINGMAKER
COUSIN TO EDWARD IV, FIRST ALLY TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD,
DUKE OF YORK, THEN TO KING EDWARD IV
LATER THEY BECAME ADVERSARIES AND THE KINGMAKER TURNED
TO MARGARET OF ANJOU [BECOMING A ”LANCASTRIAN] TO RESTORE HENRY VI TO THE THRONE
HE FAILED AND LOST HIS LIFE IN THE BATTLE OF TEWKESBURY
HIS DAUGHTER, ANNE, LATER BECAME QUEEN OF ENGLAND,
MARRIED TO KING RICHARD III [BROTHER TO KING EDWARD IV]
[FICTION]
 
KING HENRY VI OF ENGLAND
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
 
MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
[HISTORICAL IMAGE]
 

TWO IMAGES OF MARGARET OF ANJOU, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
[FICTION]
ENMITY BETWEEN MARGARET OF ANJOU AND RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK/
AFTER THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD/MANIFESTO OF MARGARET OF
ANJOU TO THE CITIZENS OF LONDON IN 1461
I proudly present one of the rare documents I found in which Queen Margaret
of Anjou  refers to her great enemy, Richard, Duke of York.
It is to be read in a Manifesto she proclaimed to the citizens
of London concerning her military campaigns  after
See the text of the Manifesto  below
But first:
BACKGROUND

 

 

 

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The Wars of the Roses/[Murreyandblue/WordPress.com]/Duke Richard the 3rd Duke of York (3), heir to the throne

DUKE RICHARD, THE 3RD DUKE OF YORK (3), HEIR TO

THE THRONE

The she-wolf of France, but worse than wolves of France

Whose tongue more poisons than an adders tooth

How ill beseeming it is in thy sex

To triumph like an amazon trull

(Henry VI Part 3)

St Albans and its significance

 

The first battle of St Albans represents a landmark in the dispute between York and Lancaster; not as the first battle of a civil war, since it was not that, or as their biggest or bloodiest battle, since it was not that either. Its importance lay in the fact that it represented the ultimate expression of York’s change of tack from being the king’s champion to being the realm’s champion.

 

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The Wars of the Roses/[Murreyandblue/WordPress.com]/Duke Richard the 3rd Duke of York ”……..the King’s true liegeman……?”

 

How now? Is Somerset at liberty?

Then, York unloose thy long-imprisoned thoughts

And let thy tongue be equal with thy heart.

Shall I endure the sight of Somerset?

(Shakespeare: Henry VI part 2)

On his return from service in Normandy, duke Richard was the king’s true liegeman and an obedient servant of the Lancastrian establishment: or so it seemed. If he blamed the government for his enormous debts incurred on the king’s service, he did not show it. If he resented the preferment of John Beaufort and two other Lancastrian earls, he did not show it. If he was angry at the loss of Anjou and Main as part of the queen’s marriage settlement, he did not show it. In fact his reticence was a remarkable display of sangfroid in the face of his worsening financial, dynastic and political situation. Whether this reflected his true feelings or not is doubtful. Although there was now a fracture in his bond of loyalty to the Lancastrian government, he could not afford a public show of pique. He was politically weak and only harm could come to him from making a fuss now. Discretion is indeed the better part of valour; York was keeping his own counsel and biding his time.

 

 

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The Wars of the Roses/[Murreyandblue/WordPress.com]/Duke Richard of York (1), the man who would be king

 

 

On the 10th of October 1460, Richard Plantagenet 3rd duke of York walked into Westminster Hall wearing the full arms of England undifferenced. After a moment, he put his hand on the empty throne. When asked if he wished to see the king, he replied “I know of no one in the realm who would not more fitly come to me than I to him”. With those words, he declared to all those present that duke Richard had finally renounced his allegiance to king Henry VI and claimed the English crown by right of strict inheritance. York’s motive has puzzled historians ever since. Was it really his ‘natural disposition’ to champion the public interest, or was it the notion that he was the rightful king all along that stirred his ambition? This is the first of three essays in which I hope to explore that question from a personal perspective. I should add for the avoidance of doubt, that I have no intention of considering the validity duke Richard’s title: that is for another time. Neither is this a potted biography; I have included a few details of what I believe are some relevant friction points in his life for purely contextual reasons.

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The Wars of the Roses/[Rusell Butcher]/Propaganda in the prepared parliamentary speeches of 1455-1461

 

RUSELL BUTCHER
Propaganda, perceived by many as a twentieth-century phenomenon, has permeated recorded history. The mass propaganda of the world wars and cold war linger most in present memory, due not only to its chronological proximity, but also its potency. Earlier uses of propaganda can easily be overshadowed, in many cases considered mere bias. Yet it has always existed, and in England developed particularly in the years from 1455 to 1485, which saw a growth in the awareness for the need of propaganda to stabilise or undermine the regime in power. Many historians have made reference to propaganda in the prepared speeches in the parliamentary records for 1455-61, but few have scrutinised them as a whole as I intend to do here.

 

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