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Montreal Bank Trash

This from Bash Back! news: 06/07/10: The Laurentian Bank was attacked in the middle of the night. The atms, windows and sign were smashed with a hammer and rocks. An attempt was also made to obscure one of their cameras with paint bombs. The words “Solidarity with the G20 arrestees” …

Army Recruitment Center Bombed in Quebec

Around 3am on July 2nd, a bomb exploded just outside a Canadian Army Recruitment Center in Trois Rivieres, a small city roughly half-way between Montreal and Quebec City. The building was empty at the time, and nobody was hurt. While one man was arrested at the scene of the attack, …

Arab Queers Say NO to Pinkwashing at the USSF

From the hit-or-miss MRZine, an important statement as one of the most vulnerable sectors of Arab society struggles to resist imperialist manipulation: Arab Queers Say NO to Pinkwashing at the USSFby Helem, Al-Qaws, ASWAT, and Palestinian Queers for BDS SAY NO TO PINKWASHING AT THE USSF! We, the undersigned queer …

Child Sexual Abuse, Psy Ops, and the Red Army Faction

The following by AndrĂ© oncourt and J. Smith, authors of The Red Army Faction: A Documentary History Volume 1: Projectiles for the People… On May 11, 2010, Anja Röhl – the stepdaughter of Ulrike Meinhof, a founding member of the Red Army Faction – released a public statement describing sexual …

Anja Röhl: "The Time is Right to Talk About Paedophilia"

What follows is a text by Anja Röhl, the stepdaughter of Ulrike Meinhof, in which she details a childhood of sexual abuse at the hands of her father Klaus Rainer Röhl, the founder of the important New Left magazine konkret. The Time is Right to Talk About Paedophilia by Anja …

Moncourt and Smith on the Recent Statement by Some Former RAF Members

The following was written by AndrĂ© Moncourt and J. Smith, to provide some context for North American readers to the recent statement by some former members of the Red Army Faction. Moncourt and Smith are the co-editors and translators of The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History Volume 1: Projectiles …

Statement by Former RAF Members: A Note Regarding the Current Situation

The following was recently released some former members of the Red Army Faction. The translation was provided by the comrades in question. The Red Army Faction was an important urban guerilla organization active in developing armed opposition to imperialism in West Germany between 1970 and 1998 (for more information see …

I’ve Learned to Dissimulate: Michael Ryan’s Introduction to Clenched Fists, Empty Pockets

Clenched Fists, Empty Pockets is a pamphlet recently published by Kersplebedeb, comprised of texts by Swedish working-class activists detailing their experiences in their country’s middle-class left. This edition also includes an introduction by Michael Ryan, presenting his own experiences in the North American left. I’ve Learned to DissimulateIntroduction to the …

Clenched Fists, Empty Pockets: true life experiences of working-class activists in the middle class left

Hot off the copy machine, Clenched Fists Empty Pockets is a pamphlet just released by Kersplebedeb, examining the true life experiences of working-class activists in the middle class left. In Clenched Fists Empty Pockets six working-class activists from Sweden discuss their experiences with class and middle-class hegemony in a variety …