Anarchists
Ένας Μετανάστης Περιγράφει τη Ζωή του στα Εξάρχεια ως Ντίλερ Χόρτου
«Το χόρτο έρχεται από την Ελλάδα και την Αλβανία. Η αλβανική μαφία κάνει κουμάντο, αλλά δεν τους έχω δει ποτέ. Ο άνθρωπος που με προμηθεύει δουλεύει για αυτούς».
Is Vahid Brown an Agent of the State, or Are Portland Anarchists on a Witch Hunt?
A link was posted on my Facebook wall a few weeks back warning that a man I knew from Reed College was "an agent of the state." According to the dossier posted on the website of the Committee Against Political Repression, an anarchist group in...
Crass’s Penny Rimbaud Doesn’t Care About Urban Outfitters Profiting Off His Band’s Name
"What do I care? Money’s filth anyway," the founder of the legendary anarcho-punk band said.
Turkey and Greece Are Working Together to Punish Dissidents
An arrest of suspected terrorists trying to go from Greece to Turkey is giving the Greek cops an excuse to crack down on anarchists, while Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan gets more paranoid about "foreign plotters."
Gerald Koch Hasn't Been Accused of a Crime, but the Feds Put Him in Jail Anyway
Gerald Koch was sent to jail two weeks ago for refusing to tell a grand jury all about his anarchist friends and their political beliefs. Grand juries are secretive by nature. Prosecutors won't acknowledge if a grand jury exists, let alone what is...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...