Ukraine. Comrades of the anti-authoritarian Resistance Committee published a manifesto which we republish below. Originally published by Resistance Committee. Manifesto of Resistance Committee Context What does Putin’s regime and imperialism bring with them? We saw it in the grim example of Donbass and Crimea. We saw it in the bloody suppression of…
Ukraine. Today Operation Solidarity want to share some thoughts about militarism, which they posted earlier on their social media channels. Originally published by Operation Solidarity. Operation Solidarity – Day 84 May 19, 2022 Militarism. One can hear this word in almost every discussion about the war in Ukraine. Many in Europe today, while condemning…
An incomplete portrait of winter 2021 to spring 2022. Originally published by The Archive. By Cinema Committee. Share this:Like this:Like Loading...
Assembly for the relaunch of revolutionary solidarity. On May 25th, a hearing is scheduled at the Court of Cassation (Appeal) in Rome, for the “Scripta Manent” case, in which some anarchist comrades are being charged for association with crimes for the purposes of terrorism and provocation of massacres that carry heavy penalties. Originally published…
More than eighty writers and academics call on “all those who demand freedom for themselves” to “stand with the Ukrainians.” Originally published by Le Monde. Since February 24, Vladimir Putin has been waging a war of conquest against Ukraine. His army has been bombing and destroying cities, killing civilians by the thousands, as it did in Chechnya…
Sudan. Riot Turtle interviewed Karari Resistance Committees Coordination spokesperson Sajida El Mubarak about the ongoing revolt in Sudan. Image above: Protests in Sudan on January 9, 2022. Image by Wikimomsd. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Can you tell us something about the situation in Sudan…
Moscow. Russia. Guerrilla attacks again! This time in the Moscow Region. The military commissariat in Shchyolkovo was hit. Originally published by A2Day. Translated by Riot Turtle with assistance of translation tools. It is impossible not to note the partisan ingenuity. Two “molotovs” flew into the building, two offices were damaged, including the…
Statement by Thanos Chatziaggelou, captive member of organization Anarchist Action. Originally published by Athens Indymedia. Solidarity message of the imprisoned member of the Organization Anarchist Action to the repentant anarchist Claudio Lavazza, in response to the appeal of his 25-year-old sentence which is to be examined on the 17th of May. While…
A few days before the start of the war of aggression, we exchanged views with comrades from Ukraine, among others. What to do in case of war? For us it was clear that we would answer the call for help of our friends. We saw our possibilities of support very concretely in starting a fundraising campaign to support Operation Solidarity directly in Ukraine…
Welcome to another episode of System Fail. In the news this week we do a quick rundown of May Day celebrations around the world. Although there were other May Day festivities we focused on Montreal Santiago de Chile, Istanbul, Berlin and Paris. Originally published by SubMedia Kolektiva Channel. For our next segment we cover the drastic curtailing of…
To begin the discussion on popular power it is important to return to the idea of a strategy of social transformation, since our political practice, as anarchists, is what could point toward this transformation. Originally published by Anarkismo. Written by Felipe Corrêa. CREATE A STRONG PEOPLE Contributions to the debate on popular power[1] Felipe…
After the war began, many of our comrades in Kyiv became either volunteers or members of the Anti-Authoritarian Squad within the Territorial Defense. Now the squad is mainly engaged in training and guard duty. When the enemy was still in the Kyiv region, the guys went to frontline positions to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) with surveillance…
Comrades from the Enough 14 and Cars of Hope collectives were in Ukraine. Here are some first impressions by Riot Turtle. Saturday, April 30, 2022. “Do you have any weapons or drugs with you?” No. “Although… actually, weapons wouldn’t be bad at all.” The Ukrainian customs officer demonstratively does not look into the trunk of the car and…
In March, Anton, a friend of mine, told me about his intention to travel to Kiev. We agreed to stay in touch, and before his departure came up with the idea of collecting his experiences, thoughts and encounters into a series of articles that we could use to keep anarchist and anti-authoritarian comrades updated on the situation of anarchists in Ukraine…
Belarus. On April 22 the verdict was pronounced in the so-called “Pramen case”. Aliaksandr Bialou, Jauhen Rubashka, Artsiom Salavei were sentenced to 5 years in prison, another Artsiom Salavei – to 4.5 years. The gravamen is unknown, since the trial was held in camera. Originally published by ABC Belarus. Aliaksandr and Jauhen were arrested on…
Atlanta. Georgia. On April 21st, forest defenders overheard workers state that forest destruction and eviction is expected to begin on May 3. Originally published by Scenes from the Atlanta Forest. This is a CALL-TO-ACTION for eco-warriors worldwide to come help defend the forest from any further police intrusion and destruction! The kkkops would train…
Messolonghi. Greece. Urgent financial need in order to pay the state’s revengful bails. Originally published by Fire Fund. On Friday 25/2 afternoon the Minister of Internal Affairs, Makis Voridis (former member of a fascist organization), was about to attend at an event of the party in power in our town, Messolonghi (Western Greece). A small group…
Olympia. Washington. Olympia anarchist May Day festival 2022. WHEN?? May 1st, 1-5ish PM WHERE? Y(A)UGER P(A)RK, OLYMPIA, WA WHAT??? A celebration of the spring! A commemoration of our fallen! A communion of old friends and new! Originally published by Puget Sound Anarchists. Come kick it! Invite your friends! Your neighbors! Scream it on the street…
Call to Action May 8-15 to defend the Atlanta Forest. Mobi-Video. Originally published by SubMedia Kolektiva Channel. For just over a year, people in Atlanta have been resisting the destruction of hundreds of acres of precious forest to build a massive police training facility and a Hollywood sound stage. By combining forest defense tactics with tactics…
Kanehsatake. So-called Quebec. So-called Canada. Indigenous Land Defenders in the community of Kanehsatake planted the Haudenosaunee Confederacy flag on a contested piece of land to let the public know that the land will be reclaimed. Originally published by No Borders Media Twitter Account. The action was undertaken [the morning of April 27th] on a…
One of the guerrillas resisting the Turkish invasion attacks in South Kurdistan said: “Just as Turkey was defeated in Zap in 2008 and in Garê in 2021, they will be defeated today.“ Originally published by ANF News. YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) guerrilla Nûşîn Botan spoke to ANF about the Turkish invasion attacks that have been going on…
Amsterdam. Netherlands. New squatted social centre R.A.A.K. (Radikale Anti-Anti Kraak) opens its doors. Write an email to get involved or pass by. Originally published by Indymedia NL. AIMS We are openly anarchist and use methods that seek to built collective power against and alongside that of the state and capitalism. We want this space to be one…
Switzerland. Elany is free since today. Or at least as good as free. Originally published by Feral Fire. The evidence is not sufficient for further imprisonment but the entire process is not yet off the table. There is a persistent fight to find evidence. Elany is recovering at me from a recent covid infection and will be back in touch both here and…
Ukraine. Anarchists who are fighting together against the Russian invasion express their solidarity with the defendants in the Revolutionary Action trial in Belarus. Text and video. Originally published by Rev Dia. Translated by Riot Turtle with the support of translation tools. We apologize for possible minor errors. On April 25, the trial of this…
We just got the message on our email from the anti-authoritarian activists who had a symbolic solidarity action in front of the Turkey embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine. Originally published by U-Antifa. That’s their message: We stands with the people of Southern and Western Kurdistan in their resistance against the invasion by the fascist regime of Turkey…