Greece: Anarchists march in solidarity with immigrants

Recently the Greek state has intensified it's attacks on poor immigrants. Anarchists and anti-authoritarians from Greece called for a march in Athens on 7 July 2009 at 7pm, against what they call a "modern apartheid" (refering to the recent attempts by fascists in the Saint Pandeleimonas district, where many immigrants live, to disallow them from entering into communal spaces such as play grounds or parks, but also to the cop operations in central Athens "clearing" the city of unwanted immigrants en masse with no regard for their human rights). There are also alarming government plans for all unwanted immigrants to be arrested and held at concentration camps for years.

The march had about 2500 comrades, and this made the cops to keep themselves at safe distance. During the march various texts were distributed, anarchist graffiti was drawn, security cameras were destroyed, as well as bank ATMs. The march proceeded towards Saint Pandeleimonas and when the head of the march was about to enter the district the cops immediately fired tear gas and shock grenades, with the comrades replying with stones and flare bombs.

Many immigrants were participating in the march and they attacked Delta guards (Deltades) in Victoria Square (Deltades are thugs the state uses as light-cops until real cops arrive). After the march, the Saint Pandeleimonas district was full of immigrants and clear of fascists or cops. The fascists supported the cops in their attempt to drive the march out of Saint Pandeleimonas.
A fascist accidentaly set himself on fire.

A march also took place in Thessaloniki in northern Greece.

Read more here.
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Grecia: Anarquistas marchan en solidaridad con inmigrantes

Recientemente el estado Griego ha intensificado sus ataques contra inmigrantes pobres. Anarquistas y antiautoritarios griegos llamaron a una marcha en Atenas el 7 de Julio de 2009, contra lo que llamaron ¨un moderno apartheid¨(refiriendose a los recientes ataques perpetrados por grupos fascistas en el distrito de Saint Pandeleimonas lugar dónde residen numerosos inmigrantes, impidiendo el libre acceso de los inmigrantes a los espacios comunes como plazas, juegos de niños y parques. Y tambén las operaciones policiales en el centro de Atenas para ¨limpiar¨la ciudad de inmigrantes indeseables).
El gobierno también tiene planes de arrestar inmigrantes indesables y retenerlos en campos de concentración por años.

La marcha contó con más de 2,500 compañerxs, lo que hizo que la policía mantuviera su distancia de la manifestación. Durante la marcha varios textos fueron distribuidos, se pintó graffiti anaquista, de destruyeron cámaras de seguridad así como cajeros automáticos bancarios. Cuando la marcha se dirigió a Saint Pandeleimonas y se encontraba a punto de entrar al barrio, la policía arremetió inmediatamente con gas lacrimógeno y granadas de choque, a lo que lxs compañerxs contestaron con piedras y bombas molotov.

Muchos inmigrantes que participaron en la marcha atacaron a los Guardias Delta (Deltades) en la plaza Victoria ( los Deltades son un civiles que actúan como policías mientras que los policías reales llegan a la escena). Después de la marcha el Distrito de aint Pandeleimonas se encontraba lleno de inmigrantes y sin rastros de fascitas ni de policás. Los fascistas apoyaron a la policía en todo momento. Un fascista se prendió fuego accidentalmente.

También hubo otra marcha en solidadridad en la ciudad de Thessaloniki en el norte de Grecia.

Más información aqui

Repression and Action: the G8 in Italy/ Represión y Acción en Italia

The G8 is set to meet in L'Aquila (which was recently hit by a massive earthquake) , Italy not far from Rome. This is the first G8 meeting in Italy since 2001 where there was massive rioting, Carlo Guliani was shot and killed by Caribineri and brutal police attacks. 8 years later and italy seems to be moving further fascist. Vigilante groups have been legalized to operate in Italian cities and fascists have been quick to take advantage of this to parade around in Mussolini era garb:

Rome also is home to Casa Pound a Fascist 'social center' in the middle of Rome's Chinatown.

It seems like the turnout for the protests this year under the current climate have been small, though there have been a few actions including a blockade at Rome's central train station where a group of 150 or so masked individuals shut down train traffic.


Solidarity actions have also been held in Berlin. There has been a lot of repression leading up to the G8 with raids against students, 'anarcho autonomous' groups and others accused of 'armed band' taking place across the country.

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Como repuesta contra la repression del estado Italiano estudiantes en Roma ocuparon sus escuelas. Mas por "la Haine"

Summer Fun in Europe

Anarchists from Hamburg’s autonomous scene battled police for six hours late Saturday and early Sunday in the trendy Schanzenviertel neighbourhood after a street fair. At least 67 rioters were arrested and 27 police officers injured.

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In Berlin a G8 Solidarity demo was held

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And in Venice a protest against a US military base flared up as demonstrators clashed with police, in the lead up to the G8 mobilizations in Italy.


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And a report from Athens, Greece on a hot summer...

The Coming Insurrection via Glenn Beck

The book "The Coming Insurrection" authored by an anonymous 'Invisible Committee' has recently been translated into english and has been published by semiotext(e). This book has already attracted alot of attention.


In New York City an impromtu book release party was covered by the NY Times, and more recently right wing hack and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck had an incredibly amusing rant about the book on his TV show:




Happy Reading Glenn Beck!!!

Towards a collective security culture

New text about resisting state repression, especially important in light of recent events and with anti G20 activities in Pittsburgh scheduled for this fall which will likely involve much federal and local police attention. Be careful kids!

"For as long as anyone can remember, the FBI has infiltrated radical communities in hopes of framing people on criminal charges. This has intensified in anarchist circles over the past few years. A handful of unfortunates now languish in prison, serving up to decades for actions they never carried out and probably would never have even considered were it not for the efforts of agents provocateurs. How does the government choose who to target? What factors put people at risk? Most importantly, what can we do to protect ourselves and each other?"

read the article

Some snitches from the past to keep in mind:



More info on snitches and strategies to resist state repression at Snitch Wire

Iran: What if the insurrection doesn’t end?

From Insurrection in Iran:
"Years of student strikes, militant street battles, workplace struggles, constant repression―and then a spark. One spark to unleash the tidal wave of rage and despair that was once confined to barely audible whispers behind closed doors. Now the fury is here and everyone is in the streets, young and old, men and women,militant and pacifist. No one is waiting any longer: Iran has exploded and not even the Islamic regime is surprised."



The Insurrection in Iran continues. Thousands upon thousands of Iranians continue to take to the street, putting their rage into practice. As politicians on all ends of the political spectrum scramble to take advantage of or control these events the insurrection at this point shows little signs of stopping nor of being recuperated into a specific political demand.

For updates and info on the insurrection please see Insurrection in Iran.


Timeline of events:
On Saturday June 13, after election results announced that Ahmadinejad had won, supporters of Mousavi took to the streets to protest. The next day, protests grew, as did violence. On the night of June 14, the pro-Ahmadinejad Basij paramilitary group raided Tehran University, injuring many.

On June 16, protests continued, and the Guardian Council announced a partial recount would be conducted; however, the vote was not annulled.

On Thursday, June 18, more than 100,000 protesters held a candle-light vigil in Tehran following Mousavi's call for a day of mourning for those killed in protests.
* It is interesting to note that Mousavi was one of the high ranking officials of the regime during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war. He was involved in the death of a million Iranian youth in the war and played a key role in the execution of political prisoners including the massacre of 30,000 prisoners in summer of 1988.

On Friday, June 19, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini spoke during religious services, saying the election was legitimate and protests would no longer be tolerated. Protests occurred on a smaller scale. The next day, June 20, fewer protesters took to streets. At the protests that did occur, said to number in the tens of thousands of people, much violence occurred, causing many would-be protesters to stay in their homes the next day, Sunday, June 21.

On June 20 a young Iranian woman, identified as Neda Agha-Soltan, was shot by the Basij and died in front of cameras on Kargar Avenue in Tehran.





"They have no future to offer us; the democratic lie can’t hide this.
The children of the metropolis are everywhere bound by common conditions, by lived experience;no more so in the West than in Iran. It takes the uproar and rage of an entire generation born outside of the democratic process to expose its illusions and false hopes.

There could be so much more than a regime change. What if the insurrection doesn’t end? What if the fires keep burning, and spread to the whole of society? This is the real threat, the potential for revolution: that the return to the university, the workplace, and the home might not ever take place. That the paralysis becomes total, that finally there is no going back…

Fundamentally, we must reach this point of no return."

Dance Party Benefit Saturday night in Brooklyn!!!

Sorry for being out of the loop lately (summer travels and all)
But come out saturday night if you are in NYC:

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DANCE PARTY!! with NINJASONIK's dj teenwolf
+ dj hostility
+ unseen footage from the occupation

10pm - late
Sat, June 27th

687 Park Ave. #1
btwn Tompkins & Marcy
Brooklyn, Flushing G Stop
All money goes to legal crap.