Category Archives: Anarchism

“We’re not Nazis, we’re punk-anarchists”!

[Update : April 2, 2007: Gabriel Kolko, commenting on the state of the State of Israel (‘Israel’s Last Chance’, Counterpunch, March 30, 2007) writes “Some indications of these trends [ie, “profound divisions” in Israeli society] range from the banal to … Continue reading

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Bombs, Knives & Batons, Not Food, in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg, Russia : Activists Prevented From Giving Away Food Evgenia Ivanova The St. Petersburg Times Fenruary 27, 2007 Volunteers giving food to homeless people and street children in central St. Petersburg were stopped by police on Sunday, Fontanka.ru reported. … Continue reading

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Anarchy, Memory & ‘Forgetting’: Salvador Puig Antich

“Official history is the bourgeoisie’s history, and its mission today is to wreath nationalism, liberal democracy and the market economy in myth, so as to have us believe that these are eternal, immutable and immovable.” The Age has published a … Continue reading

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Josh Wolf and ‘The vanishing art of standing firm’

MEDIA : The vanishing art of standing firm Edward Wasserman Miami Herald February 19, 2007 Josh Wolf is an activist and freelance journalist who videotaped a small anti-globalism [sic] demonstration in San Francisco on July 8, 2005. The action protested … Continue reading

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Free Free! Free Josh!

According to Friends of Jeffrey Free Luers, on February 14 the Oregon Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that Jeff’s case will be reversed and remanded back to the Lane County Circuit Court for resentencing as a result of Judge Velure’s … Continue reading

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Anarchists 1 : Greek state 0

Nice one! London: Solidarity action with Greek hunger strikers February 13, 2007 Up until yesterday, two people had been on a hunger strike in Greece: together with a third person, they had been detained by the Greek state without trial … Continue reading

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Greek police detain 60 ‘persons of interest’

Greek police detain 60 people after arson attack on central Athens bank [AP] International Herald Tribune February 12, 2007 ATHENS, Greece: Greek police detained some 60 people in Athens after suspected anarchists burnt a bank ATM late Monday, authorities said. … Continue reading

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Wolf to remain caged

[Update : Opinion piece by Ann Woolner, ‘Reporter Today Is Prosecution Witness Tomorrow’, Bloomberg.com, February 2, 2007: … “The rules are changing,” says Kirtley, who until 1999 ran the Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press in Arlington, Virginia. It’s … Continue reading

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Greek protest culture baffles people who still call themselves “journalists”

Yesterday, suspicious and superbly stylish Greek anarchists reportedly exploded bombs in Athens, outside a Citibank branch, and Thessaloniki, outside an office of New Democracy, in what authorities believe to be the acting out of a playful rivalry between anarchists in … Continue reading

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A pained reaction to a wanker

Of any two options, choose the third. If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him. Some bloke called Jef was in Melbourne last November to attend the 2006 Australian Skeptics Convention. When not confronted by the quizzical … Continue reading

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