Freedom News

Poland: Anarchists successfully stop allotment gardens eviction

November 18th: Anarchists from Rozbrat squat in Poznań, together with other groups, have successfully stopped the eviction of neighbouring allotment gardens “ROD Bogdanka”.

Greece: state suppresses demonstrations in memory of 1973 Polytechnic Uprising

November 17th: This year the anniversary of the 1973 uprising at the Polytechnic University in Athens, which the junta of the colonels drowned in blood by sending tanks to suppress it, is more topical than ever before.

Support revolution in Belarus

November 16th: ABC Belarus has set up a fundraiser to support anarchists in their struggle against the authoritarian regime of Alexander Lukashenko.

Border Violence Monitoring Network publish report on criminalisation of solidarity in Western Balkans

November 10th: Some of the volunteers from the Border Violence Monitoring Network have compiled a report documenting some of the most recent pressures on solidarity work along the Balkan Route.

Open letter in support of Belarus anarchist revolutionaries

November 4th: Several anarchist groups from Belarus have published a joint open letter in solidarity with four recently arrested Belarussian anarchists.

The right-wing wants terror: statement from Rozbrat squat on the protests in Poland

October 30th: During the Women’s Strike demonstrations taking place this Wednesday across Poland, organized groups of men attacked mostly women protesters in several cities.

What the hell is happening in Poland? 

October 27th: I’m assuming you all already know that a massive protest movement took over Poland since last Thursday when the country’s constitutional tribunal ruled that abortion carried out when the foetus is malformed is against the constitution.

Spain: CNT takes on farm exploitation in Andalusia

October 26th: Covid has presented particular problems for seasonal farm workers this year, and CNT Adra is planning to fight back.

Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests

October 23rd: As social movements continue around the world to end the impunity that police forces have, the African continent has seen their biggest movement within the country of Nigeria with the #EndSARS protests.

Notes from the US

October 15th: 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.