World
Poland, Belarus, Lithuania: A border crisis hell
January 4th: In November, Ruhi Loren Akhtar (Founder & CEO of Refugee Biriyani & Bananas) travelled to the Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus border to assess the situation, raise awareness, and provide humanitarian aid, where possible, to the people who were affected and displaced there.
France: Revolts in the migrant detention centres
December 17th: Rebellions are increasing in the detention centres of Vincennes and Mesnil-Amelot, with deportation refusal, protests against appalling living conditions and police racism adding to unrest over the health crisis and rising Covid case numbers among detainees.
Notes from the US: a Winter solstice tale
December 16th: A Year’s End Yarn Once upon a time in a country far far away called the Untied States of Amnesia (with due acknowledgement to Gore Vidal) there arose a puzzling and preposterous political party which took the name, ‘Thump for White Exceptionalism and Racial Purity’ – ‘TWERP’ for short.
Ireland: A farewell to the Workers Solidarity Movement
December 9th: After 37 years the WSM has announced that it intends to disband, shutting down Ireland’s best-known anarchist organisation.
Notes from the US
November 21st: Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the last few weeks.
Belarus: anarchist Mikola Dziadok sentenced to 5 years incarceration
November 17th: On 10th November, a judge at Minsk City Court announced a sentence in the case of anarchist and blogger Mikalai Dziadok.
Notes from the US
October 19th: Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the last few weeks.
Tag X: Køpi-Platz is violently expropriated by Sanus Beteiligungs AG
October 18th: It was still early in the morning when the tanks entered the red zone.
Calais, France: Message from the refugee people after the death of our brother
October 11th: On 28th September, a young Sudanese man Yasser died at the French-British border.
Greece: two members of Rouvikonas threatened with life imprisonment (call for support)
September 30th: Two members of anarchist collective Rouvikonas are facing a potential life imprisonment if convicted in a trial that was described as Kafkaesque.
