Hundreds arrested in a mass kettle of march closing action camp against the arms industry ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ Police in Cologne, Germany used heavy handed tactics on Saturday (30 August) against a peaceful mass march concluding an anti-militarist camp in the city.
Despite police ban, preparations continue for Rheinmetall protest camp in Cologne at the end of August ~ Cristina Sykes ~ The camp, running between 26-31 August, combines workshops, discussions and cultural events with protests targeting arms companies across the Rhein-Ruhr region.
Fury has erupted in the media regarding the fate of Afghan personnel who fought alongside the British military—but the State’s betrayal of those who fought for it will be swiftly forgotten ~ punkacademic ~ For two years the British press has known—but been unable to report—that a major data breach has resulted in the names
The UK Strategic Defence Review will only deliver security for arms companies—not anyone using a food bank ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ Sometimes you do have to love people in Britain—consider the almost universal reaction to the current prime minister announcing that we’re all now on a war footing: fuck off.
As Europe’s ruling class responds to the post-Pax Americana world with anguish and armaments, here are the opportunities and threats facing British anarchists ~ Rob Ray ~ Part one of this article, covering strengths and weaknesses, is here.
Discussing the news of the week, which continues momentous not just in the US.
In an interview, Ksusha looks forward to “drone cooperatives, rehabilitation of the war injured, cultural projects, squats for refugees” ~ Cristina Sykes ~ An anarchist based in Kyiv has responded to questions from Kapinatyöläinen magazine in Finland about the activities of anti-authoritarian networks in Ukraine today.
I’ve been demonstrating against the bi-annual arms fair in the borough of Newham every two years since 2010, principally because it’s too easy to hurt someone with a weapon.
After a mobile blockade lasting almost two months, a small group of traditional herders and activists has successfully repelled NATO and the Montenegrin military’s efforts to occupy the territory of Sinjajevina in Montenegro – the largest mountain grassland in the Balkans and the second in Europe.
Local people in Brighton have blocked shipments from a Brighton arms factory EDO MBM Technology Ltd today in order to stop its ongoing supply of war crimes.
French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.
To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, at around 7.30 in the morning, an advance bloc of about 150 protesters, their faces covered, suddenly appeared by London City Hall in east London, near to where Britain’s largest arms fair,
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
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