World
Supporting peoples’ resistance in Myanmar
May 2nd: The International Solidarity with Antifascists Collective recently put on a fundraiser gig in South London in solidarity with the anti-dictatorship, anti-fascist struggle in Myanmar ~ Members of ISAC ~ The conflict in Myanmar is often called the “forgotten war” due to the lack of international attention it receives.
Three squat evictions in a week as Greek state ramps up attack on anarchist movement
April 23rd: The series of raids, have been labelled a desperate response as State forces struggle to contain public anger over percieved corruption and incompetence.
In Brasilia, Teko-Haw village resists violent eviction
April 18th: For years, Indigenous families have faced pressure from real estate developers seeking to evict them in order to develop the area on lands known as Santuário dos Pajés, a sacred place for Indigenous spirituality ~ Aldo Santiago, Avispa Midia ~ On Tuesday morning, 15 April, members of the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF),
Anarchists in Sudan: “We were able to rescue comrades trapped in conflict zones”
April 17th: A report on the group’s contrubutions during the disastrous factional war, calling for continued support ~ Sudanese comrades ~ Every day, we witness global conflicts over resources, power, and ideology, with peoples divided into camps—either supporting the existing authority in their countries or seeking to seize control of the state.
Lukashenko’s tentacles: Scams, phishing and threats to families
April 15th: How the Belarussian KGB has been targetting the diaspora in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ In 2023, a scandal broke out when a Belarusian opposition activists signed up for a job to “research” the Belarusian opposition for a special EU commission that was supposedly investigating corruption.
24 hours in a Tijuana shelter: “Don’t forget us”
April 9th: Some 80 migrants are anxiously following Donald Trump’s policy of closing and militarizing the border from their nylon homes, increasingly seeing a future that has been denied them with the cancellation of the One Appointment System for obtaining the humanitarian visa that will allow them to cross into the United States ~ Patricia Labrador Gracia,
Argentina: Retirees don’t jump turnstiles
March 28th: The Insurgent Retirees remind us that in all human societies, the active sector of the population produces a surplus to support the inactive sector ~ Cousin Jonas ~ There is an old tradition in the retirees’ movement in Buenos Aires: the Wednesday march, which gathers at the National Congress building.
Wave of people’s power in the Balkans
March 25th: In Turkey, Serbia and their neighbours, mass mobilisations are rising to challenge corrupt regimes ~ Rob Latchford ~ Mass mobilisations in Turkey have seen tens of thousands on the streets for almost a week, an uprising inflamed by the arrest of the opposition-party Mayor of Istanbul.
State attacks elderly protestors in Buenos Aires
March 20th: Javier Milei’s ultra-liberal policies have doubled the prices of medicines and essential services, with a sharp decline in the value of pensions ~ Rob Latchford ~ A demonstration by pensioners, supported by football fans and social organisations, in Argentina on Wednesday 12 March ended in violent clashes with the police, the arrest of at least
Rojava in the balance: SDF agrees integration with Syrian state
March 17th: Concerns about communal democracy and gender equality in the region, despite constitutional guarantees for Kurds ~ Blade Runner ~ On 10 March, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi Kobani was transported to Damascus aboard a U.S.
