Mexico

Neither Dead nor Defeated

From It's Going Down by Scott Campbell

Anarchism and the Memory of Ricardo Flores Magón

On November 21, 2022, one hundred years after his death, anarchists gathered at the tomb of Ricardo Flores Magón in Mexico City, where clashes ensued with members of the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers (CROM), leaving several compañerxs injured. In December, IGD contributor Scott Campbell interviewed Jaime, one of the anarchists present that day. The interview covers not only the events of November 21, but the life and legacy of Ricardo Flores Magón, the State’s attempts to recuperate his memory, and more

Taking responsibility – Against the war industry

ATTACK!

From Athens Indymedia, Translated by Act for Freedom Now!

While we try to develop anarchist considerations and analyses of every interstate war conflict, one of the most important aspects of the multifaceted anti-military struggle is often ignored: sabotaging the death machine on the ground we are on. Since we are in NATO’s territory of influence, we have a duty to sabotage everything used by the armed forces of the Greek state and its allies, the arms industry, the financiers and those who give orders and make decisions.

International Fair of Agitation and Anarchist Kulture

Received by email, English translation by Anarchist News

It's a proposal to meet up among anarchists from different latitudes without regard for borders nor flags, with the goal of sharing ideas, practices and experiences, to put them into play in our everyday lives and in our particular contexts. The intent is not to create a burdensome and broad organization that agglomerates the anarchic ones all under a single voice or program; we rejoice in diversity and in the strength of affinity and solidarity, and what may emerge from that.

We Don't Feel Shame or Remorse for Our Cause

NO REGERTS!

From Anarquía, English translation by Anarchist News

The Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) has identified most of the anarchist, dissident, feminist, activist groups…. We want to express that while it's true that this is nothing new in the history of anarchism, and that it doesn't surprise us that it's carried out by the current [leftist] regime, we want to emphasize the responsibility of the State for what may happen to our comrades. Including ourselves.

Responsibility Claim for Explosive Attack Against Precinct

imagine that...a police station named after an anarchist

From Anarquía English translation by Anarchist News

We are anarchists. We repudiate that the Mexican police dared to use the name of Ricardo Flores Magón, who we consider to be an important reference point of internationalist anarchist struggle and who detested all forms of government during his life, to name a police station of the repressive police of Mexico City. We warn you that we will burn this station over and over until they stop tarnishing his name in such an opprobrious manner.

Anarchist and Autonomous Formations Hit the Streets of Mexico City on May Day

from It's Going Down

Report from Mexico City on May Day, as various anarchist and autonomous groups and initiatives take the streets.

In Mexico City, a city where the revolutionary tradition of Flores Magon, Zapata, and Villa is alive and well, there were countless celebrations of May Day. Leaving aside the sparsely attended marches organized by Stalinists or the large glum parades led by bureaucratic unions and top-down clientelist “social movements” controlled by the ruling political party Morena, there were at least three marches that had notable participation from autonomist, anarchist or anti-state communist sectors, all of which converged in the Zocolo, the central plaza of the city.

In Defense of Anarchist Memory

In Defense of Anarchist Memory: One-Hundred Years Since the Death of Ricardo Flores Magón

From It's Going Down by Anonymous

One-Hundred Years Since the Death of Ricardo Flores Magón

Statement from anarchists in so-called Mexico calling for a year of activity to defend and continue the anarchist memory of Ricardo Flores Magón, one-hundred years since his death. La versión en español sigue a la versión en inglés.

“It Was Wartime”

“It Was Wartime”

From Return Fire

eco-anarchist struggle against Nestle’s water-grabbing & state-sanctioned hit squads in Mexico

This interview was conducted more than two years ago from when it will be read. The delay in publication has more to do with the appropriate publication outlet than security or, more so, concerns for providing feedback on how an action group was “effectively halted.” The proliferation and intensification of violence in Mexico against anarchists, and especially organized women, has only increased since this interview.

Jacinto Lives! Memories from St. Louis

from Kate Sharpley Library
https://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/c2fsjs

This week we discovered sad news. Jacinto Barrera Bassols, anarchist, historian, and friend, had died in July of Covid-19 at age 65. We spent only a handful of days with this funny, inquisitive, warm-hearted man. He defied all our stereotypes of an academic historian, and left a deep impression on us.

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