World
Founding of a New International
May 12th: The first reports are coming in from the Foundational Congress for a New International — an effort to draw together some of the biggest syndicalist unions worldwide.
ABRA Anarchist Social Centre opens in Havana
May 8th: The ABRA social centre and library, which opened on May 5th, marks a major milestone for the anarchists in Cuba, who have struggled to reassert themselves after the Castro crackdowns of the 1950s.
Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour convicted of ‘Facebook incitement’
May 4th: A Palestinian poet was convicted of “inciting violence” and “supporting a terrorist organisation” on Thursday for a poem she posted on social media that the prosecution claimed called for violence against the occupation.
No pasarán: neo nazi march successfully blocked by citizens of Warsaw, Poland
May 2nd: Mayday march organised by Polish fascists under the slogan “National Workers Day” was successfully stopped by the coalition of antifascist groups and the citizens of Warsaw.
Poland: Anger as hipster clothes firm patents “Women’s Strike”
April 26th: Last week saw a series of deletions of some groups and fan pages using the name “Dziewuchy Dziewuchom” – an umbrella term for a large grassroots group of women who organised the recent Polish Women Strikes.
Netherlands: harsh sentences for squatters
April 25th: The six squatters who occupied a water tower in Utrecht last October to mark 7 years since squatting were made illegal in Netherlands were sentenced this week.
Friends of Haukur Hilmarsson call for help bringing him home
April 24th: Iceland has been shocked to hear of the death of Hilmarsson, a well-known anarchist activist caught in a Turkish airstrike just outside the Kurdish enclave of Afrin — now his friends are calling for help confirming his death/finding his body and say they may travel to Syria to get him.
Notes from the USA
April 23rd: 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.
Germany: European neo-nazis gather to celebrate Hitler’s birthday
April 21st: European neo- nazis are gathering in Ostritz: a sleepy German town of 2,300 people near Polish and Czech borders, to celebrate 129th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s birthday.
Berlin: Protest against gentrification and rent hikes draws 25,000
April 20th: 25,000 people demonstrated in Berlin last Saturday against rising rent prices and the lack of housing.
