From abc brighton via 325. **NB: There is a demonstration organised for Brighton at the Clock-Tower on Sunday 12th at 6pm** Last Monday (April 30th) there was a new repressive strike against the anarchist movement in Spain. Thirty-eight people were arrested in a police operation under the name ‘Operación Piñata‘. … Continue reading
Via Squat.net. Early afternoon on Wednesday 1st April, the judge of the Audiencia Nacional [National High Court] Eloy Velasco, remanded in prison 5 of the 15 individuals arrested on Monday 30th March during the police operation named Piñata. 24 others were arrested during the 17 raids, which took place in Madrid, Barcelona, Palencia … Continue reading
On Monday 30th March, 27 people were arrested in their homes in the Spanish cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Palencia, in a police crack down operation on anarchists who are accused of terrorism. The raids follow on from the police attack on anarchists in December 2014 when 7 people were … Continue reading
Via contrainfo. In the night of January 30th, 2015, the 7 comrades who were still imprisoned following the arrests on the 16th of December 2014 as part of Operation Pandora were released. One day before, the instructing judge of the Audiencia Nacional (Madrid) permitted access to the investigative file, and … Continue reading
It’s now nearly a year since dozens of African migrants were massacred on the fences of the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. For years, Ceuta and Melilla - remnants of Spanish territory in the state of Morocco - have attracted large numbers of African migrants seeking access to Europe. Spain’s response … Continue reading
Round-up of a few pictures from around the world, showing some words and symbols of solidarity with the seven comrades imprisoned in Madrid after the raids of 16 December. And below them a short text written some months back by some of the imprisoned anarchists. Pictures and the translated text … Continue reading
On 16 December police arrested 11 comrades in a wave of raids on anarchist spaces and homes in Barcelona and other cities in the Spanish state (earlier articles here and here). Seven are still held in prison in Madrid: there is a list of their names and prison addresses here … Continue reading