ideas
We’ve had enough of this shit. So how are we gonna finish off this rotten system and make a world we can live in? Any ideas?
Via 325. “I attack, therefore I am” by imprisoned anarchist comrade Nikos Romanos (Greece) “The proposal unfolded, the rebellion was generalized, some people undertook to respond to the call, fighters were active and the clock started to move: with different activities ranging from roadblocks, blockades, marches, closing of schools, explosive … Continue reading
The wave of rebellion unleashed in France in response to the El-Khomri labour law has been impressive. The fighting spirit and political acuity shown by many of those blockading their colleges, blocking the railway lines, looting supermarkets and distributing the goods, attacking police stations, and disseminating tracts against work itself … Continue reading
(Until events improve…) In Defence of Smashing Cameras Anonymous submission. We are making ourselves vulnerable to attack. More seriously, we are making each other vulnerable. Photographers at demonstrations will soon outnumber demonstrators, those who are willing to take action. This is something we need to take a stand against. Cameras are tools of surveillance, and whether it is us or the enemy that … Continue reading
Belated repost from Bristol ABC, with some spot-on analysis of the implications of how groups engage in the spectacles of the media & criminal trials. This is an article by Free to Fight, a collective of anarchist organisers based in England who have experienced the impacts of repression first hand. … Continue reading
Letter from Thomas Meyer-Falk, a comrade who has been imprisoned in Germany since 1996 for bank robbery to fund political struggles. In 1933 the Nazis passed the Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals, allowing the courts to indefinitely imprison “habitual criminals” if they consider the person to be dangerous to society: … Continue reading
An informative article from London-based Kurdish anarchist Zaher Baher discussing both positive and negative points of the revolution in Syrian and Turkish areas of Kurdistan. By Zaher Baher 30/01/2016 Many articles from different people about Rojava have expressed different views. The vast majority of them have covered the positive and … Continue reading
Below we repost a thoughtful article from the blog “On the Refugee Trail“. This text is written from the perspective of someone volunteering “humanitarian” support to migrants at the borders of Fortress Europe. On this site, we have been critical of humanitarian approaches to the so-called “migration crisis” (e.g., this … Continue reading
We are very happy to receive & publish this text from a new zine by moldy publications daring to challenge the unmentionable: bullshit excuses for speciesist attitudes prevalent in anarchist circles. See also ‘8 reasons why meat-eating anarchists need a kick up their anthropocentric arses‘ for more on this topic. … Continue reading
In the wake of the state execution of Jermaine Baker, this article talks about why reformist ‘debates’ on issues like police body cams are a dead end — and why longer term, more ambitious visions are needed if we really want to protect ourselves from the cops. The police murder … Continue reading
All states are murder cults. Two of the worst massacres committed in Paris since World War II: 17 October 1961. French police attack a demonstration of Algerian immigrants and kill perhaps 200 (the numbers have never been confirmed), dozens are beaten, thrown off bridges and drowned in the Seine, others shot by impromptu firing squads in the police station courtyards. 13 November … Continue reading