Iranian anarchists: Uprising is “genuine self-organisation by ordinary people”
From Freedom News UK by Gabriel Fonten
Interview with members of Anarchist Front, a collective spreading information about events in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan
From Freedom News UK by Gabriel Fonten
Interview with members of Anarchist Front, a collective spreading information about events in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan
From Abolition Media - Italy, Spain
The Italian authorities are continuing judicial repression against anarchist militant Gabriel Pombo da Silva, who was sentenced to two years in prison for “incitement to crime” as part of Operation Scripta Manent, despite the recognition by the Spanish state that he has already served 2 years and 8 months of excess detention.
From Debate Me, Bro by Ann R. Chism
Q: What are some novel and radical ways to spread the true meaning of anarchy, to counteract the false/negative image that the dominant culture tries to impose?
From Anarchism Perspective
States love one thing: to make us invisible. Each of us separately, in separate houses, with separate pains until we imagine that we are “alone,” that we imagine that we are “insufficient,” that we think that “there is no one like me.” This is precisely what the oppressor feeds on: to make each body a case, each case a fear, and each fear a daily obedience.
From The Comics Journal by Kristian Williams
What is a history? Is it an account of the past? An explanation of the present? A guide for the future?
Ben Passmore's Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance is something else: A search for identity.
From Anarchist Front (telegram)
This movement is radical because it is rooted in the complete negation of any imposed authority; it rejects not only the Islamic regime but also every form of hierarchical domination. There is no savior here, no crown, no Supreme Leader or prince to come from the outside and set the direction. Real power is in the bare hands of women, youth, workers, and the marginalized, who have risen up against all structures of oppression without intermediaries, without a pre-written program. But it is this uncompromising radicalism that frightens some. The monarchists, these wandering ghosts of the past, have entered the fray with their old tricks to harness this unbridled fire for their own benefit.
The Kate Sharpley Library aims to preserve what anarchists have written (published or not) as an essential way to understand the ideas and history of the movement. To the best of our ability we try to make those things available, which leads into publishing. Which may be less librarianly, but has always has always been a concern of the KSL.
The fact that the uprising has lasted more than eleven days is itself a sign of a fundamental change. In previous uprisings, the regime was able to break the tide with rapid and focused repression, but this time the geographical dispersion and tactical diversity (from strikes to direct clashes) have not allowed for full control. With each passing day, the cost of repression for the regime is becoming heavier; not only in human terms, but also in terms of legitimacy and internal cohesion.
From CrimethInc.
An Account from the Streets
On January 7, 2026, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed our comrade Renee Good in cold blood. The following is an account of the events that immediately followed her murder from the perspective of an anarchist in Minneapolis. These words are dedicated to her memory.
From Freedom News
Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr died on 6 January at the age of 70, after a long illness. His body of work stands among the most severe and distinctive in late twentieth century European cinema, ranging from the early social dramas Family Nest, The Outsider, The Prefab People, Almanac of Fall and Damnation to the later landmark films Sátántangó, Werckmeister Harmonies and The Turin Horse.
From Fifth Estate # 417, Winter 2025
A review of Beyond the Final Whistle, Soccer for a Better World by Vasilis Kostakis. Pluto Press, 2025
On a hot night in Houston Texas, two teams played during a social and political moment that carried more meaning than just the end result of the match. The significance was shown by supporters’ shirts depicting half split Mexican and American flags worn by those in attendance.
From Anarchist Front
January 5, 2026
The turning of a part of society towards the forces known as the “left” or “pluralist forces” cannot be reduced simply to the media success of rival currents, including the Pahlavis. Although these forces have been able to effectively exploit existing gaps, these gaps were already formed in the social context and in the relationship between a part of the left and the lifeworld of society. The main problem is not simply a failure in the field of narrative, but a crisis of social and linguistic connection.
translator's note: this communique (originally posted at https://de.indymedia.org/node/565575) uses a couple of phrases that need explanation. The first is "Handarbeit" which I have translated as "DIY." In this case, the phrase handarbeit (work done by hand) has a special meaning among autonomists etc, as in the phrase "Antifa Bleibt Handarbeit" -- Antifa remains done by hand-- meaning both that you need to do it yourself, it can't be done FOR you, and also that you must literally use your hands to do it.
Plastic in Utero: Anti-Civ Anarchy Reborn from the Compost of Wasteland Modernity issue 6 is out! Hope, nihilism, optimism and pessimism are on the agenda. $3/copy if mailed, free to prisoners, free if you find us tabling!
From the intro:
Plastic in Utero: Anti-Civ Anarchy Reborn from the Compost of Wasteland Modernity (PIU) is back in issue #6 for Winter 2025. This issue came out a little late, pending a delayed submission (Anews note: it never came, so, oops...) and continued editorial work.
From Act for Freedom Now! - Athens Marousi, Greece
On Saturday 20/12 we carried out a nighttime paint intervention at the RWE company at 1 Artemidos Street in Marousi. The company in question owns the largest open pit mine in Europe, next to which is the ruined Hambaker forest in Germany.