Sabotage and downpours greet a “grandiose” Olympics
July 26th: The authorities decided on a unique opening ceremony in the open air, and maximum security with all the police in the world — both are getting pissed on Hours before the start of the Olympic Games, coordinated acts of sabotage targeted several high-speed lines in France during the night, disrupting all traffic and immobilising 800,000
Naples walkway collapse: Evacuees set up aid points, occupy local University
July 24th: For decades residents have campaigned for fair housing solutions
France: Thousands protest ‘mega-basin’ reservoir expansion
July 23rd: Struggle against hoarding of water by agro-industry sees five days of action, culminating in a 10,000-strong march on the commercial port of La Rochelle
Insurrection in Bangladesh
July 22nd: Lethal repression of student protests triggers widespread revolt against political quotas and authoritarianism
What Does Putin Want?
July 11th: The Russian autocrat is not crazy, war is simply a necessity for his power and economic system
The evolution of National Rally
July 8th: While its parliamentary surge has been forestalled, the French far right remains a neoliberal and repressive menace
Paris Olympics protests: “A concrete mixer for tourists and speculation”
July 3rd: With the Paris Olympics heralding urban exclusion and a hike in surveillance, disruption and protests mark the passage of the Olympic flame through France
The Pergamon: The morning dream
July 26th: In the summer of 2022, I gained insight into the British penal system when I was jailed for a month following direct action against Elbit---this is my prison diary (pt.6)
James C. Scott (1936-2024)
July 25th: The prolific scholar had a monumental influence on Southeast Asian, agrarian, and anarchist studies
The Rat: A Russian anarchist’s story of torture, imprisonment, and compassion
July 24th: Ilya Shakursky was condemned to 16 years on trumped-up terrorism charges; in the midst of hell, he found compassion from a lowly rodent
Notes from the US: Tension and fear
July 22nd: Moves to bring about a rolling coup by individuals and groups across the broad right in the United States are increasing and/or emerging almost by the week
Online Safety Act: a sex worker’s view
July 21st: Co-founder of ELSC, Co-Creator of “Ask A Stripper” and author of The Ethical Stripper (2022), Stacey Clare has long experience of having to work around State interventions that act more to placate public opinion than actually help …
Roger, Roger, Public Nuisance
July 19th: Public Nuisance and Conspiracy are as old as the hills -- what's changed is the convention that peaceful protesters are treated leniently
