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Poland: feminists occupy Tomosławice Coal Mine

March 9th: As part of the International Women’s Day celebrations, at early hours of today a group of women occupied the coal mine in Tomoslawice, centra…

Russia: thousands sign open letter in solidarity with imprisoned anarchists

February 16th: On February 10th, seven Russian anarchists accused of participation in “the Network” group were sentenced for terrorist offences to a t…

BREAKING: Russian antifascists sentenced to 6- 18 years prison

February 10th: The trial of seven Russian antifascists accused of terrorist offences ended today in Penza, western Russia.

Russia: Bailiff base burns along with debtor files

February 9th: The building in Krasnoyarsk owned by the Federal Bailiff Service (SSP), a State-run body linked to the Ministry of Justice, was set alight by unkno…

Greece: Gare squatters say ‘The best days have yet to come’

February 4th: On February 2nd we took the initiative to burglarize our own house.

Who’s afraid of the Black Vests? The Gilets Noirs and the struggle for migrant rights in France

February 1st: On the 23rd November 2018, the Immigration Museum in Paris was occupied by 300-400 people, convening a general assembly on the oppression faced by …

Brazil: Olive Garden urban occupation under threat of eviction

January 30th: Activists from the Black Flag anarchist collective report that the squatted site, which houses more than 200 families in the southern Brazilian cit…

Israel: co-founder of Anarchists Against the Wall arrested

January 23rd: Jonathan Pollak, a long-time anarchist, co-founder of Anarchists Against the Wall and Palestine solidarity activist, was arrested in Tel Aviv.

Poland criminalises hunt sabotage

January 22nd: The Polish parliament had voted through a new law effectively criminalising hunt sabotage.

Notes from the US

January 13th: Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the las…

The Anarchist Era Collective’s statement on the assassination of an Iranian state terrorist

January 3rd: Qasem Soleimani has long tormented the people and we congratulate the survivors of his crimes in the Middle East, particularly Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

Russia: prosecutor demands prison sentences of 6 to 18 years for anarchist defendants in “Network” case

December 28th: The prosecutor in charge of the so-called “Network” aka Penza/St Petersburgh case demanded on 26th December prison time between 6 and 18 years …

France: Far-right mob attack gay bar and left-wing hangout in masked rampage through Le Mans

December 16th: On Saturday night, a mob of forty far-right militants, carrying iron bars, baseballs bats and batons, rampaged through the city of Le Mans, France …

Notes from the US: Land of the Free (citation needed)

December 16th: Louis Further rounds up some of the horror show that’s been ongoing in the background of US politics this month.

French anarchists on the strike for pensions

December 6th: The following statement from France’s anarchist CNT-AIT union analyses the nature of yesterday’s general strike, which has brought out …