World
Notes from the US: This is what impunity looks like
July 14th: There is increasing evidence that the MAGA cult was always prepared to break the law when it suits them ~ Louis Further ~ Last weekend saw the first major loss of life whose severity was partially caused by the MAGA/Trump/DOGE cuts to public services: over 120 people died at a summer camp in Texas where
The footballing lives of Handala
July 11th: Palestine solidarity gestures have multiplied in football—often referring to Handala, an iconic cartoon character and symbol of hope ~ Yann Dey-Helle, Dialectik Football ~ At MetLife Stadium in suburban New York, Wessam Abou Ali recently celebrated his second goal against FC Porto by posing with one hand behind his back and the other making the
Tunis: “Our shared vision is stronger than ever before”
July 2nd: Delegates and international activists with the Global March to Gaza, Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Al-Soumoud Convoy met in Tunisia to chart a collective path forward for Palestinian liberation ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ Over the past two weeks, thousands of international Palestine solidarity activists have gathered in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea
Thessaloniki event: “The road to the Nakba”
June 28th: Report from a presentation on the roots of Zionism in the lead-up to 1948 ~ Giannis Voliatis ~ On Thursday (26 June) the Thessaloniki libertarian communist group Orizontia Kinisi (Horizontal Move) hosted an even at Ovradera social centre, presenting its research on the early history of Zionism.
Notes from the US: Reaction and Resistance
June 13th: As action erupts against ICE raids, the MAGA cult moves on with its legislative onslaught ~ Louis Further ~ What you see in reporting on protests against arbitrary and sadistic raids on non-White families—first in Los Angeles and increasingly in other cities across the US—is by and large what you get on the ground.
Dockers successfully block arms shipment to Israel
June 11th: French and Italian dockworkers unite in practical resistance to the Israeli genocide in Gaza ~ David TNnzk ~ On Thursday, 5 June, workers at the port of Marseille unionised with CGT and backed by a solidarity presidium, successfully refused three containers full of military equipment which were scheduled to be loaded onto the Contship Era,
Russia: Anarchist partisans sabotage the war machine
June 9th: The trial and sentencing of Ruslan Sidiki has exposed both the terror of an authoritarian state and the power of clandestine direct action ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ At the Ryazan garrison military court, Judge Oleg Shishov on 23 May sentenced Ruslan Sidiki to 29 years of imprisonment for bombing railway tracks leading to the
Poland: Presidential victory for Trump’s candidate
June 4th: Although the role is symbolic, Karol Nawrocki will continue to block any liberal reform while fascism gains ground ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ After the first presidential election polls were published on Sunday, it seemed like Polish society had just dodged the bullet—the far-right Karol Nawrocki trailed the centrist Rafał Trzaskowski by only 1%.
France: Anarchists claim mass power outages in Cannes, Nice
May 28th: Communiqué describes Cannes film festival as an “obscene ceremony held at the edge of a sea that has become a cemetery for refugees” ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Two anarchist groups have claimed responsibility for a series of power outages that struck southeastern France over the weekend, affecting over 200,000 households in Cannes and Nice.
Russia: Anarchist war saboteurs on trial
May 21st: Alexy Rozhkov sentenced to 16 years, Ruslan Sidiki faces life imprisonment for political ‘terrorism’ charges ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ Update: Sidiki was sentenced to 29 years on May 23.
