The Global Sumud Flotilla reported that Israeli boats stopped them at gunpoint and intercepted about twenty of 58 boats ~ Directa ~ Flotilla source…
Israel intercepts flotilla heading to Gaza off the coast of Crete
Tag: Direct Action
Filton acquittals: The start of a sea change
The public is clearly uncomfortable with jailing peaceniks for trying to stop weapons supplies to a genocidal regime ~ Andy Meinke ~ Woolwich Crown…
StS sabotage snow machines at Davos
World Economic Forum opens with power-cut and graffiti against the elite “death cult” ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Shut the System says its activ…
2025: A gilded year for the right, hubris fulfilled on the left
Both the “centre” and the cobweb left wallowed in failure, while the far right easily had its best year ~ Rob Ray ~ Reform UK has consistently …
Forest defence in Canada and Australia
Direct action opposes deforestation as year comes to a close ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ On 17 December the Ada’itsx / Fairy Creek Blockade released f…
Germany: ‘Anti-fascists’ claim responsibility for burning down far-right aristocrat’s castle
“Several incendiary devices led to the complete destruction of the castle”, claimed letter—police investigating ~ from Contre-Att…
Protesters blockade Sheffield weapons factory in national day of action against the F-35
Stop Arming Israel targets Forged Solutions over role in supplying fighter jets used in Gaza ~ Scott Harris ~ Sheffield-based protest group Stop Ar…
Finland: Struggles against the right-wing government
Two years of anti-government protests raise questions about organising around collective struggles ~ Antti Rautiainen ~ The current government of F…
Germany: Hambach forest excavator occupied
“It says a lot about our economic system that it’s profitable to clear forests and demolish villages to fill toxic lakes”, say ac…
Berlin blackout: Anarchists claim attack on industrial park
It was “by no means our intention” to cut power to households, says communiqué, but to “turn off the juice to the military-indus…
Proscription Action: It’s magnificent, but it’s not war
Arrests outside Parliament risk centring liberal freedoms instead of Palestinian survival ~ Kell w Farshéa ~ Its 9pm, last Saturday (6 September).
Sumud flotilla heads to Gaza “to break the blockade and stop the genocide”
While Israel brands it as ‘terrorism’, Genoa dockworkers threaten mass action should the flotilla be intercepted ~ Santiago Navarro F, …
Direct action targets UK military tech and fossil finance
Fossil fuel investors utilities sabotaged and Palantir recruitment event disrupted in actions linking climate crisis and Gaza genocide ~ Alisa-Ece …
Beyond civil disobedience: Why the Palestine Action ban demands an even bolder response
The state’s crackdown on arms trade protests shows moral pressure is no longer enough—it’s time to target the war machine at its source ~…
Elbit blockade in Germany: “Genocide starts here”
“We want Elbit Systems out of Ulm, Koblenz and Berlin” say group Shut Elbit Down Deutschland ~ Cristina Sykes ~ About three dozen activ…
Recent Articles
The Case of the Spinning Judge
Imagine what it feels like to sentence war resisters as terrorists ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ My smallish eyes blink, and my central incisors catch the …
Heavy repression in Geneva as G7 summit opens
Over 60,000 people faced tear-gas and an overnight kettle in protests against meeting of the world’s richest states ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ Tens o…
Antifascists mobilise after racist pogroms
The UK far-right surge builds on deep-rooted resentment and social fragmentation ~ Blade Runner ~ Antifascists on Saturday (13 June) mobilised agai…
Filton sentencing explainer
De-proscribing Palestine Action will not make a difference to the “Terrorism connection” enhancement ~ Andy Meinke ~ The Filton defenda…
No consent to confinement
UK Supreme Court muddies the waters on deprivation of liberty, as safeguards are stripped away ~ punkacademic ~ The Supreme Court last week ruled o…
