World
International Women’s Day Worldwide
March 11th: Women and their allies took to the streets to demand gender equality and an end to violence, in global resistance against regressive policies ~ Alisa-Ece Tohumcu ~ International Women’s Day is a global call to action against patriarchal oppression, economic injustice, and state violence.
A turning point for the Kurdish struggle?
March 4th: Öcalan calls for PKK dissolution, but Turkey may refuse to release him ~ Blade Runner ~ In a historic declaration, the imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, has called for the organisation’s disarmament and dissolution.
Greece: Anarchist views on Tempi riots
February 28th: The fatal Tempi train crash has reignited the streets of Greece with some of the largest protest rallies the country has ever seen ~ Rob Ray ~ Mass demonstrations have taken place on the streets of Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities in Greece on the second anniversary of the Tempi train crash.
Canada: Pro-Palestinian author released after ‘harassment’ arrest
February 28th: “When I wrote about it, they claimed I was harassing the police” says Yves Engler ~ Daniel Adediran ~ Yves Engler, a prominent pro-Palestinian Canadian journalist and author was released on bail from detention in Montreal jail on 25 February 2025.
Peasant communities under attack in Honduras
February 20th: Palm oil company Dinant accused of land theft and murder of local activists ~ Rob Latchford ~ In the Aguán Valley in northern Honduras, heavily armed men linked to organised crime have been employing intimidation and violence towards farmers, who have recovered their ancestral lands from the palm oil industry.
Barcelona: Mass resistance to eviction at Casa Orsola
February 3rd: Live-streamed mobilisation continues in latest battle against gentrification ~ Blade Runner ~ The planned eviction of tenants at Casa Orsola was temporarily halted this weekend after large-scale resistance by housing groups, residents, and local supporters.
Greece: Mass protests demand justice for train crash victims
January 31st: Tempi disaster investigation widely seen as a cover-up for infrastructure neglect ~ Kit Dimou ~ Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters flooded the streets of Greece last weekend, responding to a call from families of the 57 victims of the Tempi train crash in February 2023.
Ukraine: Solidarity Collectives & anarchists in the ranks
January 30th: In an interview, Ksusha looks forward to “drone cooperatives, rehabilitation of the war injured, cultural projects, squats for refugees” ~ Cristina Sykes ~ An anarchist based in Kyiv has responded to questions from Kapinatyöläinen magazine in Finland about the activities of anti-authoritarian networks in Ukraine today.
The bizarre ritual of re-elections in Belarus
January 25th: While heavy repression will prevent any mass protests, resistance from below continues ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ On Sunday 26 January Alexander Lukashenko will be re-elected for his seventh term as president; in contrast to the 2020 elections, which became a culmination of political mobilisation for hundreds of thousands of Belarusians, this round of re-elections is
Italy: Terrorism charges dropped against ‘Vetriolo’ magazine
January 22nd: Judge declines prosecution of anarchist prisoner Alfredo Cospito and 11 others for incitement and subversion ~ Sonia Muñoz Llort ~ A judge in Italy has declined to indict twelve anarchists associated with the insurrectionary magazine Vetriolo of various incitement and subversion charges.
