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Nationwide FBI Raids on Activists Going On – Minneapolis, Chicago, Michigan, NC

From Twin Cities Indymedia, about today’s raids on Freedom Road Socialist Organization (Fightback) activists in the u.s.: Three houses in Minneapolis raided, other houses in Michigan, NC, Chicago targeted. Urgent – Community Meeting tonight! 5:30 pm Walker Church 3104 16th Ave S (Minneapolis) regarding the FBI Raids On Friday morning, …

FBI Raids on Activists In Progress Now (Friday morning)

This just in from Fire on the Mountain blog: I just saw a Facebook post from Steff Yorek, whom I have known for many years, in Minneapolis. It reads, in full, The FBI is executing a search warrant on our house right now. The claim to be looking for evidence …

Fundamentalism, feminism and anti-fascism

The following of interest from the london anarcha feminist koelektiv: June saw the fascist and undeniably opportunistic English Defence League (EDL) announce plans to march through Whitechapel in apparent protest at a planned United Kingdom – Islamic Conference (UK-IC) at the Troxy Centre, a conference which would see extreme Islamic …

Support and Solidarity for Juan, G20 Arrestee

Update: Support and Solidarity for Juan * Juan Pablo Lepore, 28, was arrested in Montreal on September 2nd for accusations of mischief at the G20 Summit in Toronto this June. The crown has refused his release on bail during his first appearance on Friday, September 3rd. Juan is still detained …

Montreal Cops Sought Army Advice After 2008 Riots

File this under “not surprising, but important”: On October 30 and 31, 2008, Montreal’s Assistance Chief of Police Pierre Brochet met with a Canadian Army commander to discuss working together. Mr. Brochet wanted to take advantage of the Army’s experience on the ground in similar situations. “Events such as those …

Free Jock Palfreeman

Comrades in europe have asked me to pass this on: Jock Palfreeman is a 23 year old Australian who had the courage to stand up against 16 Nazis on a night out in Sofia, Bulgaria. He witnessed the fascists chasing and attacking two young Roma boys. Jock ran to the …

Support Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

i strongly encourage visitors to this blog to read the following call to support Kevin Rashid Johnson, put out by comrades Kim and Than. As somebody who (tries to!) correspond with Rashid – we’re working on getting a book of his writings out this Fall – i can personally attest …

Reflections on the Demise of Bash Back!

The following article, “Reflections on the Demise of Bash Back!”, is from the recently released zine Pink and Black Revolution #6, available for download here. Bash Back! was started in 2007 as a network of queer anarchists to have a specifically queer presence at the Democratic National Convention and Republican …

Thinking about Warlordism

Nothing guts a thought so much as apologetic blahblahblah stuck at the beginning, letting all and sundry know that you can’t stand by what you’re about to say without establishing all your escape routes ahead of time. But there you go… i’ve spent (wasted?) too many hours over the past …