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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 …

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 …

“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 t…

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 br…

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 ~ I…

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 …

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…

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 spr…

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 i…

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 hea…

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 esca…

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 gueri…

“Don’t Pray – Go Gay”: Confronting the fundamentalists in Zurich

September 17th: Activists in Switzerland storm the stage at the homophobic and anti-abortion “March for Life” event ~ from Barrikade ~ As they do every…

Spanish firefighters sound alarm on precarious working conditions

September 12th: As climate change increases fires’ frequency and magnitude, risks grow due to local authorities’ incompetence ~ Mateo Sgambati ~ The Se…

Turkey’s Escalation in Iraqi Kurdistan

September 4th: Turkey has exponentially increased its military presence in Iraqi Kurdistan recently, causing concern over regional stability in a crisis that show…