World
Frontex: 20 years of human rights violations
October 25th: The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, which “assists” European countries in “border management, control and security”, is 20 years old tomorrow ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Frontex is a tool for European countries, with an outsized budget of 845 million Euro in 2023.
Escalation in Chiapas: Priest assassinated, attacks on Zapatista communities
October 24th: Social movements denounce murder of Mexican priest as conflict intensifies with state-complicit cartels ~ Mateo Sgambati ~ Amid reports of attacks against Zapatista communities in southeast Mexico, an activist Jesuit priest who denounced the drug cartels has been murdered.
Green colonialism in Western Sahara
October 24th: Under Moroccan occupation, renewables projects are being used to reinforce dominance ~ Tommaso Marconi ~ While renewable energy is seen as part of the solution to many environmental issues we are facing, it is also used as a pretext by capitalist lobbies and occupying states to overcome territorial sovereignty and implement privatisation.
“People are disillusioned, they believe Lebanon’s fate is corruption and war”
October 15th: Interview with Lebanese activist Maroun, an active participant in the 2019 popular uprising in Lebanon ~ From Aftoleksi ~ Let’s pick up the thread from 2019, when many young people in Western countries heard about the Lebanese world for the first time.
Martinique revolt grows, airport invaded
October 11th: France declares curfew as second overseas territory erupts with protests over failing services and high cost of living ~ From Contre Attaque ~ A brand new gendarmerie barracks was completely burned down in Martinique on October 9, and yesterday the island’s airport that was invaded by protesters, preventing planes from landing.
Apocalypse war by proxy
October 11th: The Middle East war joins Ukraine as a permanent site of conflict, the new model for superpower dominance in the age of collapse ~ Blade Runner ~ In just one year, the devastation has been staggering: since Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis, Israel’s military onslaught has retaliated thirty-fold, with over 41,000 Palestinians killed, including 13,000 children
Hate fascism, hate the spectacle: Far right wins Austrian elections
October 9th: Instead of self-righteous identity politics, our practice should oppose fake empowerment narratives ~ Anon Grata ~ A right-wing populist party has won the elections in yet another European country—but as the international media reminds us, it’s not any country: it’s both the birthplace of the leader of historical Nazi-Fascism, and the cradle of modern post-fascist
Food Not Bombs activists arrested in Russia
October 7th: Police protocols noted that the event was a protest “against militarism and poverty” ~ Scott Harris ~ Four people, including a minor, have been detained in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg after handing out free food to the homeless, rights website OVD-Info reported.
Israel-Lebanon war: Regional conflict looms
September 30th: Israel’s extremist government threatens to invade Lebanon and draw Iran into the fighting ~ Blade Runner ~ The Israeli state continues to spread death and terror throughout the region.
Mexico: Ten years on, families of missing students have not forgotten
September 28th: The students were abducted from Ayotzinapa in the state of Guerrero, in collusion between police and cartels ~ Mateo Sgambati ~ Thousands marched in Mexico City Thursday (Sep.
