Freedom News

Thailand: A challenge to dictator and king

October 12th: Pressure and factionalism among the elites is high, but can the massive protests pushing for change go further than liberal demands which leave out the working classes?

Greece: Golden Dawn trial ends with guilty verdict

October 7th: CW: descriptions of murder, violence, racism and racist violence.

Ten years illegal: Actions against the Dutch ban on squatting

October 5th: This year, October 1st marks the ten year anniversary of the Squatting Ban coming into effect in the Netherlands.

France: Cops spend their nights stopping migrants from sleeping

September 30th: For the last few days officers have been showing up at camps along Paris’ Saint-Denis canal in the evening to prevent migrants from settling for the night, in an escalation of bully tactics.

Azerbaijan: anarchist detained for making anti-militarist statements

September 29th: Azerbaijani anarchist Giyas Ibrahimov was detained by security services for alleged anti-war statements yesterday.

Chilean anarchist on trial for death of fascist in Spain

September 18th: Chilean anarchist Rodrigo Lanza is facing 20 years in prison for the death of a fascist in Zaragoza, Spain.

Notes from the US

September 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.

Two, Three, Many ZADs

September 14th: A ZAD means a “zone to defend” (zone à défendre in French).

Mexico: Zapatistas launch caravan for indigenous life

September 11th: The Chiapas-based, libertarian socialist-inspired movement is marching against poverty, drug wars which have ravaged the nation, and the failure to act of “left-wing” president Obrador.

Europe is stained by the ashes of Moria refugee camp

September 10th: Yesterday morning we awoke to the news that Europe’s largest refugee camp burnt to the ground overnight.