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A Mayday in Paris
Tag: Mayday
Beneath the hustle, the human
Mayday is the workers’ day and thus this is written on a Friday, scheduled via automaton. Our writers and editors have set down quill, doused keyboard, darkened shop, and will be spending their time precisely how they like. An anomaly, based on a story told of Martyrs, a stillness from a section of the public
Evictions make us sick!: squatters take action on Mayday
Squat solidarity! This Mayday squatters from across the U.K. have come together to co-ordinate decentralised actions across the country to highlight our plight and address our needs. Both residential and commercial buildings have been occupied to provide housing for ourselves and the others left high and dry during this time of crisis, and banners have
Mutual aid, solidarity, and direct action: GAF calls for Mayday actions
Despite the lockdown, the Green Anticapitalist Front (GAF) has called for Mayday actions: just in a different from traditional format. Here is their callout: This Mayday is unlike any previous Maydays. There will be no marches in the streets and no public speeches. Yet, now more than ever, we need to show that we are
London: TERFs crash Mayday march
Today in London, a group of Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) attempted to join the Mayday march with a transphobic banner. After being challenged by the London Anti-Fascist Assembly (LAFA) and other members of the parade together with two members from Edinburgh Antifa, the TERFs then called the march stewards who also agreed that their
Indonesia: solidarity call for anarchists imprisoned in Yogyakarta
Some worrying news reached us from Indonesia. On Mayday this year, workers, students and youths took to the streets of Yogyakarta to protest against the ‘feudal monarchy society and the repression of the state apparatus in building the New Yogyakarta International Airport (NYIA) infrastructure mega project that rid the peasants of Kulon Progo’. During the protest,
Turkey: Anarchist magazine distributors jailed for six months
Repression against the team at Meydan anarchist magazine in Turkey took another twist on Thursday after three members of the distribution team were jailed for six months each. The three volunteers, Nergis Şen, Rıfat Güven and Zeynel Çuhadar were taken into custody (picture above) after the publication of Meydan Gazette issue 33, which called for an
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My expectations were high, and I was not disappointed over the weekend ~ Don B ~ The 9th Annual Derry Radical Bookfair took place last weekend (1 February), in a city that has a long history of radical political action.
Legal ‘wins’ on the road to ecocide
Carbon capitalism is going nowhere without social transformation—and it won’t happen through the courts ~ Blade Runner ~ In what has been described as “a huge victory” for Greenpeace and Uplift, Scotland’s Court of Session ruled on 30 January that the government’s approval of the Rosebank oil field was unlawful.
Anarchist News Review: Spain evictions, Greek protests, and UK climate politics
Southern Europe offers us food for thought while New New Labour fails to surprise— and Reform is taking advantage of the situation As ever, Spain is showing us how to do things when it comes to eviction resistance, while context is key to understand the ongoing anger over mass uproar related to the sidelining of
Mobilise against Trumpism—also in the UK
It might be small scale to begin with, but we all need an opportunity to come together in positive resistance ~ Jon Bigger ~ Like many people in the UK, I awoke the morning after the US presidential election feeling numb and despondent.
Barcelona: Mass resistance to eviction at Casa Orsola
Live-streamed mobilisation continues in latest battle against gentrification ~ Blade Runner ~ The planned eviction of tenants at Casa Orsola was temporarily halted this weekend after large-scale resistance by housing groups, residents, and local supporters.
