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Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor

A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor. The ingredients are basically meth and filler things like battery acid, engine oil, shampoo, and cooking salt. It acts faster and the effects last longer than coke, and it can be produced in home-based laboratories. Full story

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Protesting Thatcher's Funeral

On the morning of Wednesday April 17, 2013, the Iron Lady was laid to rest. Anti-Thatcher protesters planned on congregating at Ludgate Circus so they could turn their backs on the coffin as it went past. We went along to count the vicious socialists who booed. They weren't that Full story

Eighty-One Years for Weed?

Here’s how absurd the war on drugs has gotten: an activist from Keene, New Hampshire, is facing 81 years in prison for dealing marijuana, and while he's admitted to the crime, he’s still fighting the case in court today in hopes the jury will acquit him. Full story

Olympia’s Grand Jury Resistors Speak

In a rather harrowing act of modern civil disobedience, Matt Duran and Katherine "Kteeo" Oleknik refused to rat on their friends' political beliefs after being scooped up by the FBI after May Day protests last year in Seattle. They spent five months in prison but were released wh… Full story

Greece's New Anarchist Generation Is Being Tortured by Police

A group of eight people armed with AK-47s attempted to rob a bank and a post office in the Greek town of Velventos. Although bank-robbing anarchists armed with AK-47s might not seem like individuals deserving of pity, the police tortured them so badly that NGOs like Amnesty Inter… Full story

Meet the Nihilist-Anarchist Network Bringing Chaos to a Town Near You

The FAI is a nihilist-anarchist organization whose members aren't out to protect anybody from the ruthless grip of inequality. They are not Hugo Chavez or Vladimir Lenin—they don’t care that your plight isn’t represented if you're just standing by with your hands in your pockets… Full story

Egypt's Black Bloc Doesn't Want to Be Your Friend

Modeling themselves on the anti-establishment ideals of their Western counterparts, the Egyptian Black Bloc shares the same tactics and uniform, but have adopted the name with its capital letters intact: Black Bloc as anti-Islamist movement, rather than lowercase anti-CCTV strate… Full story

Egypt's Black Bloc—An Exclusive Interview

On Tuesday Egypt’s chief prosecutor ordered the arrest of anyone participating in a “black bloc,” with a spokesman calling the blocs an “organized, terrorist group.” The state news agency announced the arrest of 18 alleged black bloc members on Thursday. Local media also reported… Full story

Ultras, Anarchists, and Street Fighting in Egypt

As darkness fell on Friday, pro-democracy demonstrators across Egypt were digging in for a long night of fighting with police after a day of generally peaceful marches marking the second anniversary of the revolution that brought down dictator Hosni Mubarak. Full story

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Teenage Riot: Spain's Neo-Revolutionaries

Dumpster-diving with Barcelona's Robin Hoods. Full story