On June 9th, we will be discussing two short readings, one fiction and one nonfiction. Towards Freedom: Points of Departure is a section from Crimethinc’s anthology From Democracy to Freedom. In line with the book’s aim to explore the meaning and limitations of democracy, this essay presents ways…
Yves here. Satyajit sent along some cerebral fare, since the fictional treatment of death can’t be depicted as “lighter”. He features one of my favorite films, Ikiru, prominently, and spares us bromides like Love Story. By Satyajit Das a former banker and author of numerous works on derivatives…
Seon Lee (aka Sean / Vegas) is a far-right reactionary who helped FBI informant Mickey Windecker infiltrate and entrap participants of the George Floyd uprising in Denver. Seon has been active at pro-Palestine street actions and protest camps in Denver as a medic, though most participants are not aware…
Today’s episode of Timcast IRL — the YouTube show hosted by right-wing streamer Tim Pool — came to an abrupt end after Trump ally Laura Loomer called for executing Democrats. Loomer made the remarks in response to the former president’s conviction at his hush money trial. During the show, which…
اسناد کمون کرونشتات- مشتمل بر ایزوستیایِ کرونشتات و اطلاعیه های صادره از سوی کمیته موقت انقلابی ملوانان، سربازان و کارگران شهر کرونشتات هدف ما دامن زدن دیگرباره به تشتت…
Via Dark Nights ...of Ex Latteria Occupata in Genoa DN Note From: Radio Onda D’urto Repression: Eight anarchists arrested of Ex Latteria Occupata in Genoa On the night between Friday and Saturday 8 people were violently arrested by the carabinieri in front of Ex Latteria Occupata (the former dairy…
Pride Month begins tomorrow and if the Nationalist Social Club was really concerned about protecting children against predators with their protests, they could have left the drag queen events alone, saved some gas and went to the home of one of their members. A onetime member of a neo-fascist group formerly…
The president of the Fourth International Conference of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Gaston Alphonso Browne, accused wealthy nations of empty climate pledges on May 27, referring to a lack of financial help to developing countries, along with the inadequacy of carbon emission reduction efforts…
Via : [link] Why vote? Look at the person you are thinking of voting for, what makes them not look sound, or feel like any politician you’ve ever seen strutting and lying on your TV screens? What makes them so excel in virtues you don’t have that you should hand your power and autonomy over to…
It’s a sunny day on campus in late spring. But on the main quad facing Convent Avenue, there is no music, no loud conversations or laughter. The pathways and benches between buildings are oddly empty. On the lawn where the North Academic Center (NAC) meets Amsterdam Avenue, there are only black-clad…
I started writing for The Indypendent because I found out the paper was mostly staffed by volunteers and figured they couldn’t afford to reject me. Despite my bachelor’s degree in journalism, I felt like I left college empty-handed — in fact, so convinced was I of my own deficits that I hardly…
Via Dark Nights In mid -April, in the Treviso area, a bug in the kitchen of the parents of our partner (of the Trentino anarchist environment) was accidentally found. The gadget was connected to the refrigerator power outlet, and is made up of microphone, two antennas and SIM card. In these times of…
If you’ve been following what The International Anti-Fascist Defence Fund for any length of time, this is going to sound all-too familiar to you. This time, anti-fascists in Copenhagen planned and ran a peaceful and well-organized May 1st demonstration in solidarity with the colonized people of Palestine…
On Wednesday, BlazeTV host Lauren Chen continued her streak of interviewing white nationalists and antisemites by speaking to Keith Woods. Woods — real name Keith O’Brien — is an Irish white nationalist and self-described “raging antisemite” who’s spoken at white supremacist gatherings, and…
From CrimethInc. ...the Bakunin Family Estate and Museum To observe the 210th birthday of the Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, we present a photoessay and virtual tour of his birthplace and family home, Priamukhino, including the museum documenting his life and the lives of his relatives and friends…
“Together Against Capitalist Wars and Against Capitalist Peace!” May 2024. After a promising start on Wednesday 22nd, things appeared to fall apart on Thursday. After an event hosted by Kites not Drones, news of cancellations came as the original Congress Centre, secured, and paid for in February…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Eastern Phoebe, Leo’s House, Lumpkin, Georgia, United States. “Leo’s House” is such a great location. Is there a person named Leo, who has a house? (Lumpkin has a historic preservation program, so it’s possible there is a house named “Leo’s…
Election special, Final Results Tories winHerr Starmer sworn in as supreme leader. His first statement as supreme leader was that we would protect the people from extremist and arrest Jeremy Corbyn and Dianne Abbot for crimes against the state. Herr Starmer also promised to protect the state from…
Eat It, Eric Adams The night before last we set a police bus on fire as a peaceful protest against the cops for their repression of anti-genocide demonstrators and activists against Cop City (a plague of a project attempting to emerge all over the country, including New Jersey). The NYPD are violent…
“It’s better to make a disorder…”. The small town of Pößneck, some thirty kilometers south of the city of Jena (in the Thuringia region), is not known for its mischief, to say the least. Unlike its little sister, Jena’s walls have, over the centuries, endured the fury of peasant rebels who…
Crash. Whenever I post on TikTok, I have no aspirations or expectations of going viral. I'm grateful when my work has more reach than I anticipated. Still, virality comes with its headaches, as my videos travel beyond a like-minded audience. Some people enjoy arguing and rigorous debate online, but that's…
As the pundit classes have been consumed with the implications of the 34 count conviction of Donald Trump in New York, the Biden Administration has authorized crossing a big Russia red line, that of using US (and other foreign) weapons to hit targets in Russia. The New York Times’ version of the decision…
Last month, in the wake of massive layoffs at Bell Media, MPs from every political party lined up at a parliamentary committee to face off against the company’s CEO Mirko Bibic. Conservative MP Rachel Thomas smiled gamely. “Is it justified that you just laid off 6,100 employees when you have received…
The latest edition of the World Health Statistics, released on May 24 by the World Health Organization, reveals that the COVID-19 pandemic reversed the trend of steady gain in life expectancy at birth and healthy life expectancy at birth. The pandemic wiped out nearly a decade of progress in improving…
