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Kurdish news weekly round-up

January 17, 2015 news

This is a REPOST of the weekly news briefing put together by “Peace in Kurdistan”. It gives links to latest updates from Kobane, and also from the very tense situation in Cizre and other parts of Northern Kurdistan inside the Turkish border. Turkish police have killed six people in Cizre … Continue reading

Call for solidarity with Brasil world cup prisoners

December 14, 2014 news

From Cruz Negra Anarquista (Anarchist Black Cross) Rio de Janeiro via 325. Slightly edited for English language. On July 12, the day before the World Cup final match, the Police of Rio de Janeiro arrested 19 activists. Their aim was to disintegrate the big protest scheduled for the cup final … Continue reading

Why we are with the fighters

December 8, 2014 ideas

by rabble LDN We are with the fighters in Kobane, defending their lives and freedom against the fascists of ISIS. Just as we are with all those who take up arms against oppressive regimes, in Turkey and Syria and across the world.** We are with the rioters and looters in … Continue reading

Malatesta on revolts and revolutions

December 7, 2014 ideas

Here’s another classic anarchist article by Errico Malatesta (1853-1932), recently translated into English in the new collection “The Method of Freedom”. Like this article on “Propaganda of Deeds”, which it complements, it was written in 1889 but makes points that are just as relevant today. Then, as now, there were … Continue reading

Athens: city on fire for Nikos

December 3, 2014 news

The streets of Athens have burst into life with a rush of demos, the occupation of Polytechnic school, riots in the city centre, and other revolts in solidarity with imprisoned anarchist Nikos Romanos, now into his fourth week of hunger strike. Here we just round-up just some highlights, drawing on … Continue reading

Uprising against killer cops in the US

November 28, 2014 news

Protests have been continuing across US cities this week after the decision to not even charge Darren Wilson, the cop who shot and killed unarmed black youth Michael Brown. There have been riots in Ferguson itself, people have stopped traffic in many US cities including New York and school students … Continue reading

Justice for Mike Brown

November 25, 2014 news

Following the decision to not even charge Darren Wilson, the cop who shot and killed unarmed black youth Michael Brown, protests have been kicking off again across US cities, with riots in Ferguson itself. In the US, a black person is reportedly killed by the cops, security guards or vigilantes … Continue reading

Uprising in Burkina Faso

October 30, 2014 news

On Thursday 30th October, thousands of young protestors marched to the national parliament in protest against a change in the law that wold allow President Blaise Compaoré to extend his 27-year rule. Following days of protest, mobs stormed, looted and torched the parliament building on the day legislators were due … Continue reading

Open The Second Front

August 11, 2014 ideas

by Martin Wright. REPOST from theanarchistlibrary. A little bit of history. This article, originally published in the newspaper Class War in 1984, in the heat of the miners strike that finished off the British trade union movement, was a gem of anarchist thinking and writing in the UK. Obviously it … Continue reading

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