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“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.
Bulgaria’s LGBTQ+ community fights for its existence
September 23rd: The legislature has rushed through a law that mirrors Russia’s notorious “gay propaganda” legislation ~ from You Are Not (A)lone ~ In the heart of Sofia, under a sky that couldn’t decide between sun and rain, a rainbow flag fluttered defiantly.
Not just a ‘rogue state’: Israel’s pagers attack in Lebanon
September 20th: Israel is being allowed to model a new iteration of state power bound by no limits, which answers to no one ~ Blade Runner ~ This week, Israel escalated its war tactics to new levels of terror: thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies rigged with explosives detonated, causing horrifying injuries to those holding them and to
The Revolution in Myanmar
September 18th: An American currently fighting for the revolution in Myanmar discusses the avoidance of ethnic and political schisms, the decentralisation of guerilla combat, the confusions generated by counter-insurrection, and the complex geopolitical dynamics at play ~ Azad, intrerviewed by Ill Will ~ Ill Will: How did a civil protest movement using the tactics and strategies of
