Getting Active
France: March against police killings unites the left
February 28th: Over a hundred organisations from around the world, including a number of anarchist groups and British organisations, are backing the callout for a massive march in Paris to take place on March 19th against police brutality.
Critical thoughts on an international anti-fascist training weekend
February 25th: On February 10th-11th an autonomous gym in Ghent, Belgium hosted a training weekend bringing together participants from autonomous anti-fascist gyms all over Europe.
Riseup explains what was going on in last year’s server privacy panic
February 18th: Following on from a privacy scare in November, popular activist email and list group service Riseup has explained what all the fuss was about — and announced that it is moving to an encrypted system.
Case study: Dealing with dodgy property firms in Brighton
February 18th: In summer of 2016, Brighton SolFed was organising with a Leaders tenant who was being evicted from their flat.
Anti-fracking update: Mobilisation tour kicks off Monday
February 16th: As part of its campaign to keep shale gas deposits in the ground, campaign group Reclaim the Power will be kicking off a two-week campaign with local groups across Britain, aiming to bring together information on the industry’s latest plans and operations.
May trial for Faslane lock-on five
February 10th: Five activists who earlier this month blocked the main road to Faslane Naval Base — home to the Trident nuclear programme — have been charged with breach of the peace and bailed to the end of April, with a May trial date.
Derry Anarchist Bookfair: ‘Brilliant success’
February 2nd: Derry’s first ever Radical Bookfair was held in over the Bloody Sunday week of events on Saturday 28th January 2017 in Pilots Row Community Centre.
Breaking BAE: Direct Action Against the Arms Trade
February 1st: In the early hours on Sunday 29th January two men, Leeds-based Methodist minister Daniel Woodhouse and Quaker activist Sam Walton issued the following statement: We intend to enter BAE Systems Air Base Site in Warton, to locate warplanes bound for Saudi Arabia, and disarm them.
Empty Cages announce first No More Prisons conference
January 31st: The Empty Cages Collective, a solidarity group supporting prison abolitionists in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Cardiff and London, is backing a major new conference aimed at growing the movement nationally and gearing up for a campaign to fight the government as it pushes forward building new megaprisons.
Hamburg G20: Stop them crawling back to the city
January 30th: There is more than one way to resist the industrial capitalist system.
