World
State attacks elderly protestors in Buenos Aires
March 20th: Javier Milei’s ultra-liberal policies have doubled the prices of medicines and essential services, with a sharp decline in the value of pensions ~ Rob Latchford ~ A demonstration by pensioners, supported by football fans and social organisations, in Argentina on Wednesday 12 March ended in violent clashes with the police, the arrest of at least
Notes from the US: Quack remedies
March 14th: There has been little effective, determinative resistance to the fascist coup underway since Trump’s inauguration on 20 January ~ Louis Further ~ Articles of impeachment have been filed.
Tesla attacks, Iran repression, Mali teachers’ strike
March 13th: World news in brief ~ Rob Latchford ~ Colorado police arrested Lucy Grace Nelson (40) on Monday outside a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado, after a week long investigation into previous attacks on the dealership.
International Women’s Day Worldwide
March 11th: Women and their allies took to the streets to demand gender equality and an end to violence, in global resistance against regressive policies ~ Alisa-Ece Tohumcu ~ International Women’s Day is a global call to action against patriarchal oppression, economic injustice, and state violence.
A turning point for the Kurdish struggle?
March 4th: Öcalan calls for PKK dissolution, but Turkey may refuse to release him ~ Blade Runner ~ In a historic declaration, the imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, has called for the organisation’s disarmament and dissolution.
Greece: Anarchist views on Tempi riots
February 28th: The fatal Tempi train crash has reignited the streets of Greece with some of the largest protest rallies the country has ever seen ~ Rob Ray ~ Mass demonstrations have taken place on the streets of Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities in Greece on the second anniversary of the Tempi train crash.
Canada: Pro-Palestinian author released after ‘harassment’ arrest
February 28th: “When I wrote about it, they claimed I was harassing the police” says Yves Engler ~ Daniel Adediran ~ Yves Engler, a prominent pro-Palestinian Canadian journalist and author was released on bail from detention in Montreal jail on 25 February 2025.
Peasant communities under attack in Honduras
February 20th: Palm oil company Dinant accused of land theft and murder of local activists ~ Rob Latchford ~ In the Aguán Valley in northern Honduras, heavily armed men linked to organised crime have been employing intimidation and violence towards farmers, who have recovered their ancestral lands from the palm oil industry.
Barcelona: Mass resistance to eviction at Casa Orsola
February 3rd: Live-streamed mobilisation continues in latest battle against gentrification ~ Blade Runner ~ The planned eviction of tenants at Casa Orsola was temporarily halted this weekend after large-scale resistance by housing groups, residents, and local supporters.
Greece: Mass protests demand justice for train crash victims
January 31st: Tempi disaster investigation widely seen as a cover-up for infrastructure neglect ~ Kit Dimou ~ Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters flooded the streets of Greece last weekend, responding to a call from families of the 57 victims of the Tempi train crash in February 2023.
