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Chinese state persecutes Marxists

February 21st: Some quite ironic news from China.

Bulgaria: Antifa stands up to fascist march

February 19th: Bulgarian Antifa held a protest in Sofia under the slogan  ‘No Nazis on Our Streets, No to Fortress Europe” on 17th February against the a…

Iran: two female political prisoners on hunger strike

February 16th: Iranian activists call for solidarity with two female political prisoners, Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee, who are in dire situation due to 13 days …

Louis Further: Notes from the US

February 14th: Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the la…

Russia: Arrested antifascists talk about torture in prison

February 13th: ‘He Would Check My Pulse by Touching My Neck and Monitor My Condition.’ Arrested Penza Antifascists Talk about Electric Shock Torture i…

Amsterdam: ADM Squat wins in court!

February 8th: In a rather unexpected twist of events, yesterday afternoon Raad van State, the Dutch High Court for administrative law, decided that ADM squat in …

Spain: temporary end of the anarchist terrorism myth

February 7th: After a total of 33 arrests, three years of investigation during which hundreds of documents were analysed,  house searches across the country, ho…

Russia: arrests and torture of anarchists and antifascists

February 2nd: Two people in St Petersburg and five in Penza (a city in western Russia) are under arrest, while many others have been connected to their cases as …

Florida prisoner ‘literally tortured’ after detailing prisoner abuse

January 27th: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, an inmate incarnated in Florida State Prison in Raiford and a member of  Prison Chapter of the New Afrikan Black Pant…

Ursula Le Guin dies aged 88

January 24th: One of the most influential writers of her generation, author of possibly the most famous anarchist science fiction ever penned, Le Guin passed awa…

France: Progressives prepare to fight Macron anti-migrant laws

January 23rd: Campaigners are gearing up for the next round of fighting against Macron’s planned tightening of deportation laws in the early part of 2018 w…

Greece: Libertatia occupied centre burned by fascists

January 21st: Members of a mass nationalist rally in Thessaloniki attacked and burned a squatted social centre Libertatia in the city today, though fortunately …

Australia: Over 200 Detainees in Immigration Detention Commence Hunger Strike

January 18th: Over two hundred detainees at two detention centres, Villawood in Sydney and Maribyrnong in Melbourne, have declared a hunger strike in protest at …

France: ZAD declares victory as airport plan dropped!

January 17th: In a communique the famous horizontal community Zone à Defendre (ZAD) has declared a “historic victory” and called for “expropr…

Naples: Anarchists under pressure as anti-mafia tactics employed in crackdown

January 17th: Bearing down on insurrectionist groups, the Italian State is using its organised crime units to cast a wide net and pressure anarchists nationwide.