above: Jan Butterman From xtra.ca, this report on transphobia in Alberta: When Alberta substitute teacher Jan Buterman told his public school board employer that he had been diagnosed with gender identity disorder, their response was to treat it as a medical issue and file the appropriate paperwork. It did not …
These thoughts are provoked by a number of recent incidents: the assault on Sofia Papazoglou in Greece, bricks thrown through the windows of anti-racists in Bridgeland, Alberta, threats from Blood and Honour boneheads against Barricade Books in Australia, an autonomist youth center burned down by neo-nazis in Germany, as well …
A response to Don Hamerquist’s Lenin, Leninism and some Leftovers, by Nate from What In the Hell blog: [What In the Hell] … did I think of Hamerquist’s piece on Lenin? I took a whole mess of notes on Don Hamerquist’s recent essay on Lenin and contemporary radical organization. Then …
I can’t sing “John Johanna” cause it’s his story and his people’s story – I gotta sing “With God On My Side” because it’s my story and my people’s story – – Bob Dylan The “social patriotism” that had inspired activists in the first half of the sixties came to …
It was several years after the net existed before i got an email address, and in that i was not alone. i remember the opinion of many activists, that the web was a silly fad, a distraction, a toy for privileged people that could not be used in the struggle. …
From today’s Counterpunch, this report on a recent spate of ELF-style anarchist bombings in Mexico: Wave of Anarchist Bombings Strikes Mexico By JOHN ROSS Mexico City An unprecedented wave of anarchist bombings here and in provincial capitals has Mexican security forces on red alert. Beginning September 1st, bombs have gone …
From libcom. (Note that the scum from Golden Dawn have been active recently, according to this Indymedia report they collaborated with police in carry out attacks on immigrants last month…) Sofia Papazoglou, a popular folk singer was attacked by members of the Golden Dawn neo-nazi party in Athens after throwing …
The following from comrades working for Sundiata Acoli’s freedom: Sundiata Acoli is a 72 year old prisoner at FCI Otisville, NY, who is sentenced to life with the possibility of parole, afflicted with common old age infirmities and has been imprisoned 36 years to date. He was arrested for the …
A comrade is being investigated by the FBI for using twitter during the anti-G20 activities in Pittsburgh, helping to inform people as to how to avoid the cops. The details as to how much and how easily twitter cooperated with the police in identifying and locating Madison will be interesting …
Eyes of the Rainbow is a video interview with Assata Shakur filmed in Cuba in 1997. Shakur was a Black political prisoner, freed by the Revolutionary Armed Task Force in a daring prison break in 1979 – she surfaced in Cuba a few years later, where she had lived as …