Javier Milei’s ultra-liberal policies have doubled the prices of medicines and essential services, with a sharp decline in the value of pensions ~ Rob Latchford ~ A demonstration by pensioners, supported by football fans and social organisations, in Argentina on Wednesday 12 March ended in violent clashes with the police, the arrest of at least
Despite reduced prison terms, the Court of Appeal clearly indicated the end of leniency for conscientious disruption ~ Andy Meinke ~ After Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain protesters received harsh sentences, activists and their legal teams—ten counsel in court and many more working in the background— trooped to the Royal Courts of Justice in
While heavy repression will prevent any mass protests, resistance from below continues ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ On Sunday 26 January Alexander Lukashenko will be re-elected for his seventh term as president; in contrast to the 2020 elections, which became a culmination of political mobilisation for hundreds of thousands of Belarusians, this round of re-elections is
“No one will be left alone against the repressive campaign of the state and capital”, declare demonstrators ~ Kit Dimou ~ Greek anarchist Nikos Romanos has been arrested in connection with the explosion in an Athens flat on 31 October, which authorities attribute to a bomb-making accident. According to media reports, Romanos’s fingerprint was found
Court reduces two Palestine activists’ sentences from 12 to 10 months, again ignoring social work reports which did not recommend jail time ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Two Palestine Action activists, imprisoned for taking action to disrupt the operations of French arms company Thales in Govan, Glasgow, have been refused their appeal for immediate release from
Televised appeal and surveillance operation preceded the arrest, as authorities clamp down on alleged associates in the Antifa East and Budapest cases ~ Juju Alerta ~ Antifascist activist Johann G. (31) was arrested in Thuringia on Friday by the fugitive squad of the Saxony State Criminal Police Office, media reported. The arrest is said to
Lawyer warns ‘anti-terror’ investigation being used to target wider radical movements ~ Kit Dimou ~ Anarchists in Greece and Germany have released solidarity statements with the comrades killed, injured and arrested following an explosion in an Athens flat on 31 October, which authorities attribute to a bomb-making accident. In the ensuing media frenzy, wild speculation
Matrozou 45 re-occupiers sentenced to 77 months together while 79 defenders of the Prosfygika community go on trial today ~ Kit Dimou ~ In Athens, the trial continues today of 79 defenders of the Prosfygika community who resisted a police raid in 2022. On Tuesday, four participants in the re-occupation of the Matrozou squat in
Solidarity actions being organised with “Nanuk”, accused of attacking Nazis in Saxony ~ Juju Alerta ~ Anti-fascist Thomas J., also referred to as “Nanuk”, was arrested by investigators from the Saxony State Criminal Police Office in Berlin on Monday 21 October, reported German media. Following his arrest, he was brought before a judge in Karlsruhe and
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. All were taken to a police station for “holding an unauthorised event”.
Or could this all be an undercover anarchist joke to show the system’s bankruptcy?
A few thoughts on where we are as we teeter on the cusp of a decade-defining shift into armed nationalism ~ Rob Ray ~ In the deluge of capital-N News we’ve had over the last month, by far the most consequential for our war-distanced isles has been the announcement, Europe-wide, of massive rearmament.
Not only are we still around, we’re also setting up our own non-hierarchical school, organising a free cafe, and collaborating with other grassroots groups ~ The LMA Collective ~ There’s a story of how Lambeth Mutual Aid began, as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic: that immediate desire people had in March 2020 to support
Javier Milei’s ultra-liberal policies have doubled the prices of medicines and essential services, with a sharp decline in the value of pensions ~ Rob Latchford ~ A demonstration by pensioners, supported by football fans and social organisations, in Argentina on Wednesday 12 March ended in violent clashes with the police, the arrest of at least
The Glasgow anarchist poet and propagandist was a seeker of peace ~ Ethel McDonald ~ One of the leading lights of contemporary anarchism, John Couzin, died at home in Glasgow, Scotland in his partners arms aged almost 91.
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