“We’re Pro-Choice and We Riot!”

from It's Going Down By Spencer Beswick

How Anarcha-Feminists Built Dual Power in Struggles for Reproductive Freedom

A historical look at how anarchists in the 1990s mobilized against attacks on reproductive freedom and autonomy by taking direct action and building autonomous infrastructure.

Statement by anarchist comrade Toby Shone after strip and cell search by G4S Parc

Write an anarchist prisoner today!

from Dark Nights

The cell search described by Toby Shone is believed to be an attempt at intimidation by G4S Parc following a month of concerted efforts by those on the outside to call to account Gareth Kite, Post Room Manager, for withholding mail and books from Toby. Although Kite has responded by dribbling Toby small amounts of mail, some of it from months ago – whilst continuing to claim that Toby has no mail – we know that there is a lot of mail outstanding, both from HMP Bristol and HM Prison Parc, and particularly letters and cards of solidarity from political groups and letter-writing nights.

After the war. May declaration of anarchists from Ukraine

via libcom

Black Flag militants near the new bus obtained thanks to support of audience. We have translated their preliminary conclusions from the past two and a half months of this madness. Their earlier activity we covered in this and this materials. All photos are taken from their Telegram channel. Also please join our fundraising for work on restoration of the city social fabric and help to civilian residents of destroyed Kharkiv.

Some Initial Thoughts on the Concept of Revolution

revolution is spooky

from Staring Into the Abyss by Tom Nomad

A Review of Specters of Revolt

For the last little bit of time I have been working through some thoughts on the concept of revolution. These are still very much in formation, and will probably be the subject of at least part of a book I plan on working on starting this fall. In doing research for the text I came across a text called Specters of Revolt, by Richard Gilman-Opalsky, and had some thoughts that seemed worth sharing, even as nothing more than an opening salvo in this discussion.

A-ryhmä opposes Finland joining NATO

A-ryhmä opposes Finland joining NATO

by A-ryhmä submitted to Anarchist News by anon

The majority of the Finnish elite have supported the idea of Finland joining NATO for a long time already. After Russia's attack to Ukraine, support of the prospect has risen throughout the entire population due to fear of war. The elite wants to use this situation as an opportunity to submit a membership application to NATO. It is understandable that Putin's hostile policies cause fear and a counter reaction, but Putin is not going to attack Finland. Putin already imagines himself to be surrounded by enemies. Therefore, a military alliance opposing him expanding to the Russian border is not necessarily a punishment, but rather a validation of his deluded worldview. Applying for a NATO membership is about highly theoretical long-term threats, but on a long time span, anything can happen. For example, the US could turn into a dictatorship.

The Cost Of Living Crisis – An Anarchist Analysis

The Cost Of Living Crisis – An Anarchist Analysis

From Anarchist Federation

Intro

The cost of living has shot up recently, and looks like it will continue to rise over the next couple of years. This increase will make life harder for almost everyone besides the rich and powerful. Many who may have been comfortably surviving previously will be forced into a precarious position where one run of bad luck could throw them into poverty. Those already in poverty are facing a disaster.

Attacks in Solidarity with Atlanta Forest in Alabama and Albany, NY

Attacks in Solidarity with Atlanta Forest in Alabama and Albany, NY

From Abolition Media via Scenes from the Atlanta Forest

The militant actions around the US in solidarity with the Atlanta Forest defense continues with recent attacks in Alabama against the Brasfield & Gorrie Corporate HQ and in Albany, NY against ATLAS.

The Age-Old Question: Is Anarcho-Capitalism Anarchism?

ancap in trash

From Center for a Stateless Society by Eric Fleischmann

May 17th, 2022

Is anarcho-capitalism a form of anarchism? The resounding cry from anarchists of all stripes—including myself—is NO! The debate rages on, but two questions are raised by this claim: why isn’t it anarchism and if it isn’t anarchism then what is it?

Position on our solidarity work in Ukraine

from Anarchist Black Cross Dresden

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 and people on the run outside. It was clear to us that there were activists who were already planning to stay and fight in Ukraine. With this, we clearly positioned ourselves and were also criticized for it. Therefore, in the following text we would shortly like to explain why we are doing what we are doing.

Greece: Thanos Xatziagkelou – ‘Don’t ask if we will win or be defeated – War!’

Write an anarchist prisoner today!

from Athens Indymedia via Dark Nights

A message of solidarity from the imprisoned member of Anarchist Action Thanos Xatziagkelou to the unrepentant anarchist Claudio Lavazza, on the occasion of the appeal for the lifting of his 25-year imprisonment which is being considered on 17 May.

How to write letters to prisoners in Belarus so that they reach them?

Write an anarchist prisoner today!

from Anarchist Black Cross Belarus

Most of our comrades who have sent letters to imprisoned anarchists and anti-fascists have most likely not received any response. This is primarily due to the incredible censorship regime, which in many cases does not allow any correspondence through. [...] For those who send letters this situation is also extremely demotivating: it is unclear whether the letter has reached the comrades or not. [...] That is why we recommend writing letters through our online form. You can do it in Russian or English. After we receive your letters we pass them through our own channels to the comrades in prison. This way if you send letters through our form you can be sure that the prisoners will receive your messages. [...] We ask that you do not use the form to write simple messages such as “hang in there” and so on. Take at least 15 minutes to write letters to your comrades.

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