Forcibly mobilised and then killed by drone: the murderous logic of war in practice

from antimilitarismus
There is not much written about the equally horrific massacres of Ukrainian deserters. One thing is certain, however. The combat capability of both armies is partly based on violent mobilization and torture techniques designed to discourage desertion and force even those who do not want to go to the front to do so. While thousands of soldiers are trying to desert, others are being sent to the front against their will, hoping to live to see another day. That is, unless a “suicide” drone armed with explosives happens to fly into their heads. On the internet, we can see videos of such drones belonging to the Ukrainian army massacring Russian soldiers on motorcycles, in trenches, on roads, in forests, plains, and elsewhere. (2)

From Los Angeles to Ukraine: war prolongation brings new horizons for social struggle

From libcom.org

With the anarchist movement seemingly completely lost interest in the situation in Ukraine, the May impasse in peace talks has become a catalyst for new things not seen since last year. Following the lull and apathy described in our interview, presented on the Balkan Anarchist Bookfair 2025, a new wave of public unrest is beginning in the country.

Germany: anarchist barrio at the Rheinmetall Entwaffnen Camp in Cologne, Aug. 31

From anarchistbarrio.noblogs.org/

Anarchists in the Anti-War-Movement! Spread anarchist ideas among the people! Against war, against colonialism, against exploitation, against domination!

We call for a presence of antiauthoritarian, autonomous and anarchist individuals and groups on the Rheinmetall Entwaffnen Camp from 25th of August to 31st of August 2025 in Cologne. The proposal is to organize according to our ideas of a free society in a self-organized and horizontal way from below.

Stop the War between Iran and Israel - Press Release

From A-infos by the Anarchist Federation. Machine translated

A new war has begun in the Middle East between Iran and Israel. The former is an extremely authoritarian theocratic state that does not hesitate to bloodily repress the slightest social and political protest. It has always had regional pan-Islamist aims, financing and arming, among others, groups such as the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The latter is an increasingly racist, expansionist, and genocidal state that has not hesitated to massacre more than 55,000 Palestinians, including 15,000 children, in recent months under the pretext of fighting an Islamist organization and its atrocious attacks on October 7, 2023: Hamas. These two states have now entered into direct conflict through airstrikes. In less than 48 hours of war, in addition to the destruction typical of all wars, numerous civilian casualties have been recorded on both sides. As in Gaza, children are not spared. Several have already been killed in Iran, including a two-month-old baby, Rayan Ghassemian, following an Israeli bombardment in a Tehran neighborhood. 

Anarchism and Revolutionary Defeatism

From History is What's Happening by K. C. Sinclair

What is “revolutionary defeatism,” where does it come from, and what is its current relevance for anarchists and other social rebels? As a slogan and stance, revolutionary defeatism was devised by the Russian statist socialist Vladimir Lenin and, to a lesser extent, the Ukrainian statist socialist Grigory Zinoviev, in the context of the First World War.

Germany: Turning Veterans Day into a Political Disaster

From Kontrapolis
June 2, 2025

Full Title: Turning Veterans Day into a political disaster – Continuity & Perspective – When a paint bag hit a German wartime foreign minister 26 years ago

26 years ago today, the then Foreign Minister of War, Fischer, was hit with a paint bag :-).

Berlin Anarchist Anti-War Council: Rally Against Veterans Day, June 15

from Provisional Anarchist Anti-War Council & de.indymedia.org

Motto: Against all war – Against all military! Disarm Patriarchy

On June 15, 2025, a so-called National Veterans Day is to be held as a central state-political event, including at the Reichstag. The Bundeswehr explains the reason: "Many veterans have endured personal hardships to protect their fellow citizens. On Veterans Day, the whole of Germany will say 'thank you' to them for this."

International exchange against military service and all militarism, Nov 15-16

From squat.net

In Germany and many other countries, militarism is gaining strength in the face of the new and old wars and genocides of recent years, and the structures and ideas associated with it are taking space at various levels.

Contribution to days of action against nationalism and militarism

From Act for freedom now

received by mail/ Thursday 3 October 2024

As part of the transnational days of action against militarism and nationalism proposed at the end of the anarchist book fair in the Balkans 2024, we chose to attack a power supply point of the technological pole « Effiscience » at Colombelles (France).

Collaboration of pro-war anarchists with the far-right

From libcom.org
September 23, 2024

Masks are off, or the failure of the "anti-authoritarian resistance" myth

Yesterday post by a recently appeared internationalist blog. Screensaver with Makhno's monument during the war is from the translator. Some references are edited on September 27 at the request of the authors.

Subscribe to anti-militarism