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(Athens-Greece) Solidarity Slogans at the Italian embassy for the hunger strike of anarchist Alfredo Cospito,and Solidarity call for a gathering on 30 November, 18:30, at the Italian Embassy in Athens.

Athens, Slogans at the Italian embassy for the hunger strike of anarchist Alfredo Cospito

During the march for the anniversary of 17 November in the centre of Athens a slogans were written against the 41bis regime and in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito. One slogan was written on the historic building of the National Bank of Greece

and the other one at  the Italian embassy, despite the suffocating presence of the riot police that followed the anti-authoritarian and anarchist blocks.

 Gathering call at the Italian embassy on Wednesday 30/11 at 18.30 in Athens

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https://athens.indymedia.org/post/1621879/

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Athens: On December 1, the court will decide whether the hunger striker comrade will be released from his 41 bis status, and on December 5, the court will decide whether to continue  the charges against him under Article 285.

As the “Assembly of Solidarity with the imprisoned, fugitives and persecuted militants”, we stand in solidarity with his struggle and call for a gathering  in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito on 30 November, 18:30, at the Italian Embassy in Athens.

THE 41 BIS REGIME IS TORTURE

SOLIDARITY WITH ALFREDO COSPITO AND TO THE COMRADES ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALFREDO C.

UNTIL THE DEMOLITION OF THE LAST PRISON

Assembly of Solidarity with the prisoners, fugitives and persecuted militants

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Between Storms: Anarchist Reflections of Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Resistance

We have assembled this publication in solidarity with the ongoing Wet’suwet’en resistance to industrial expansion. This struggle for Indigenous self determination and land defence has become a landmark moment of rupture across the colonial nation of Canada and beyond. We felt the need to compile this zine in an effort to take a step back and witness the breadth and fierceness of these last few years – with a particular focus on the year that has just passed since the start of ‘Coyote Camp’ and the specific battle against the attempt to drill under Wedzin Kwa.
Not to produce some stale collection for the history shelves, but to inspire and learn from these events as they continue to unfold. As we go to print, CGL has just begun the drilling under the river that many have fought so hard to prevent. It’s a sad day and this part of their destruction will have devastating effects. But this doesn’t mean that this fight has been in vain, the project is not complete and opportunities for intervention abound.

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Sabotage, Arsons Attacks, Solidarity Means Attack

Night Owls #2: Summer of Sabotage (USA)

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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz writes in An Indigenous People’s History of the United States, “Everything in U.S. history is about the land.” All nation-states rely on maintaining control over a particular territory, while capitalism has forced people across the world into dependency by taking away their access to land. But the United States is also a settler colonial state, built on anti-indigeneity alongside anti-blackness. Colonial regimes like the U.S. “create their legitimacy by occupying indigenous land and trying to delegitimize indigenous sovereignty. […] That’s the fundamental core of the colonial project” (Amrah Salomon, O’odham Anti-Border Collective). Understanding the deep significance of “land back” as an objective is of critical importance, especially as the Defend the Atlanta Forest campaign and other place-based struggles gain momentum across this territory. Prioritizing indigenous sovereignty can be difficult for settlers in the U.S. to navigate, but it is critical to the success of liberatory struggle. [1]

So are practices of autonomous and offensive direct action, which this column aims to bring together. Struggles to defend land, especially when intertwined with reassertions of indigenous self-determination, pose an existential threat to the United States as a settler colonial project. This means that such struggles are met with brutal repression. We can help avoid the containment that repression seeks by spreading the active defense of land to new places, while evading state control by taking action in unexpected and decentralized ways.
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Solidarity with the 11 political prisoners and hunger strikers from Turkey | Symbolic hunger strike inside the prison, and in solidarity with Anarchist A. Cospito (Greece)

Solidarity with the 11 political prisoners and hunger strikers from Turkey | Symbolic hunger strike inside the prison

On 16 November, the appeal trial of 11 political prisoners from Turkey Ali Ercan Gökoğlu, Burak Agarmış, Hasan Kaya, Sinan Çam, Şadi Naci Özpolat, Halil Demir, Anıl Sayar, Harika Kızılkaya, Hazal Seçer, Sinan Oktay Özen and İsmail Zat, who have been imprisonment in Greek prisons since 19 March 2020, will begin.

During their trial in a special court, they were not allowed proper interpretation, the testimony of defence witnesses was interrupted several times by the court, they were attacked by the cops inside the courtroom and on 17 July 2021, they were sentenced to 33 years in prison each one, the main charge of participating in a “terrorist organisation”.
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Solidarity Brochure: Erhobenen Hauptes, Flammenden Herzens (German, France)

Solidarity Brochure: Erhobenen Hauptes, Flammenden Herzens

In solidarity with Boris, who has been hospitalized for more than a year following the fire in the cell in which he was imprisoned for having set fire to two cell phone antennas, a collection of texts has been circulating since May 2022 on paper throughout France. Titled “From technological chains to prison bars, a whole world to be torn down”, this extensive booklet has inspired comrades from across the Rhine, who have added new texts to their translation, in order to continue to carry the solidarity with Boris across borders, and whose introduction can be found below.

Erhobenen Hauptes, Flammenden Herzens. Textsammlung rund um den Fall von Boris und den Kampf gegen die technologische Infrastruktur in Frankreich, (in German), 76 pages A4, November 2022

Preface to Heads High, Hearts Burning: Collection of texts about the Boris case and the fight against technological infrastructures in France.

More than two years ago, on the night of April 9-10, 2020, an anarchist from the French city of Besançon named Boris went for a little night stroll and left behind two burning antennas, which caused the collapse not only of the regional telecommunication network of the various French cell phone operators, but also of the cops’ radio network. Two pillars of techno-industrial civilization, at least for a while.

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Sabotage, Arsons Attacks

Leipzig (Germany): prison manufacturer continues to suffer

Leipzig : prison manufacturer continues to suffer

 

Translated from German via Sozialer Zorn, November 4, 2022
(from the press)

The series of attacks on the construction company Hentschke seems to be continuing. On Thursday night, November 4, two excavators were set on fire in the Stünz district of Leipzig, causing 375,000 euros of damage.

The arsonists went to the railway construction site in the east of the city around 2 am. They set fire to two excavators and fled. The construction equipment burned to the ground before firefighters could extinguish it.

Police began to collect evidence overnight. State Protection (Staatsschutz) was involved in the investigation. The Saxon Police Center for Combating Extremism and Terrorism (PTAZ), specifically the special unit called Soko LinX, has been investigating the attacks on the Hentschke company for a long time.
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Claim of sabotage act against rail lines in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito on hunger strike (Rome, Italy, November 6, 2022)

NOVEMBER 6, ROME – SABOTAGE OF TRAIN LINES IN SOLIDARITY WITH ANARCHIST ALFREDO COSPITO

On the night of November 6, we sabotaged high-speed rail and other train lines in several places in the city. Writings against 41 bis were left at the site. The goal of this action was to give visibility to the struggle of Alfredo and the other prisoners on hunger strike. The action, despite being successful (we verified that there were heavy delays to circulation the following day) was silenced by the media.

We recognize the state and its institutions responsible for Alfredo’s condition and health, and these attempts to invisibilize his struggle will not stop us: we will continue to stand by Alfredo because his struggle is our struggle.

NOT A STEP BACKWARD!
GET ALFREDO OUT OF 41 BIS!
CLOSE THE 41 BIS!
WITH JUAN, IVAN, ANNA AND ALL ANARCHIST PRISONERS!
LONG LIVE DIRECT ACTION!
LONG LIVE ANARCHY!

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Letter of D released from custody: how the cops investigate (France)

Letter of D released from custody: how the cops investigate

Received 16/09/22

Hello,

HelI was released from Draguignan prison on 31 August. We think there are a couple of things that should be known.

To quickly explain their judicial pastiche in October 2021 they condemn me to 6 months for violence that I did not commit, the trial is really bad because it is not me who decided on the defence and thus the attitude to be held in the court, well I am here condemned for having put une mite à un pointeur. I get out in February 2022. Once out I knew I had to move away from there but I couldn’t. In March 2022, they put me in police custody with crazy accusations of death threats. A detention that would last 6 months..

In police custody in March the cops mentioned the anarchist site Attaque to me.

An exchange with a cop that struck me:

– Can you explain to me why I’m the one in custody?
– We know that in this story you’re the victim but you’re not completely innocent (well on other occasions I would have answered that I’m neither victim nor innocent nor guilty and that I’m screwing him, but given the crazy stuff I found myself involved in, I nevertheless wanted to know)
– But you think I did what exactly?
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Italy - General news ,sabotage, actions and Solidarity with anarchists arrested and all those under investigation, Solidarity Means Attack

Shattered windows and smashed ATMs for Unicredit, Benetton, Banca Popolare di Milano and firecrackers for RAI in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, Anna Beniamino, Juan Sorroche and Ivan Alocco on hunger strike (Rome, Italy, November 12, 2022)

Rome, Shattered windows and smashed ATMs for Unicredit, Benetton, Banca Popolare di Milano and firecrackers for RAI in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, Anna Beniamino, Juan Sorroche and Ivan Alocco on hunger strike

 November 12, 2022)

On the night of November 12, on a street in Rome, we smashed the windows and ATMs of Unicredit, Benetton and Banca Popolare di Milano and threw firecrackers at RAI in solidarity with anarchist comrades on hunger strike. To Alfredo, Anna, Juan and Ivan goes our boundless solidarity.

A conspiratorial salutation to the Mapuche people in struggle.

Against 41 bis, against life imprisonment without parole and against any jail.
For anarchy.

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France,Houdelaincourt (Meuse): sabotaging the ANDRA atmospheric station

Houdelaincourt (Meuse): sabotaging the ANDRA atmospheric station

When Andra offers toys to scientists, we also want to play
Indymedia Lille, October 31, 2022

In the spring of 2022, three months before the results of the declaration of public interest (DUP), the National Agency for the Management of Radioactive Waste unveiled an “excellent” atmospheric station in Houdelaincourt, near Bure (Meuse). The most modern in France.

In its constant search for ideas to gain acceptance for its radioactive waste project, Cigéo, and always in its drive to buy acceptance, to give itself a good image and support on the territory, Andra has offered the national and European scientific community an atmospheric station at the cutting edge of the latest technologies.

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Italy - General news ,sabotage, actions and Solidarity with anarchists arrested and all those under investigation, Solidarity Means Attack

Anzola dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy: MARR truck burnt

We received by anoymous mail and spread:

Anzola dell’Emilia (Bologna)

In the night of 5th November 2022 we set fire to a number of trucks belonging to the MARR. MARR is a company that has been involved in the supply of meals to prisons and expulsion centres for migrants for years. Its profits come from the reclusion of thousands of people.

We did this for all the meals of shit they have delivered.

It is for all the people who fall ill due to unhealthy alimentation in the structures supplied by this company.

And it is above all for those who have chosen to struggle in prison, precisely by renouncing food.

WE ARE WITH ALFREDO COSPITO, ANARCHIST PRISONER IN THE 41 BIS SECTION OF THE PRISON OF BANCALI IN SARDINIA, ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE 20TH OCTOBER AGAINST 41 BIS AND LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROLE.

WE ARE WITH IVAN ALOCCO, JUAN SORROCHE AND ANNA BENIAMINO, ANARCHIST PRISONERS WHO HAVE JOINED THE HUNGER STRIKE, UNITING THEMSELVES WITH ALFREDO’S STRUGGLE (we learned of Anna’s decision after our action).

Their struggle is also ours. Ours is theirs.

For the freedom of all, against prisons and those who profit from their existence! Against 41bis and life imprisonment without parole!

A FIGHTING EMBRACE TO THE COMRADES ON HUNGER STRIKE AND TO THOSE STRUGGLING EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

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via: infernourbanoTranslated by Act for freedom now!

Italy - General news ,sabotage, actions and Solidarity with anarchists arrested and all those under investigation, Revolutionary Prisoners News

Greece: EN/IT/EL,Text of Solidarity for the comrade Alfredo Cospito by prisoners members of Revolutionary Struggle Pola Roupa and Nikos Maziotis

Text of Solidarity for the comrade Alfredo Cospito by the members of Revolutionary Struggle Pola Roupa and Nikos Maziotis

15/11/2022

The physical and moral extermination of revolutionary fighters and political prisoners, or the coercion of them into political renunciation and repentance, has been the goal of the State and capital throughout time. In order to achieve this aim, States have created special conditions of detention and isolation for those who took up arms against the regime, for those they call “terrorists”.
One example of special detention today is the Italian model under Article 41 bis. Under Italian law, the Minister of “Justice” is given the right to lift the rules of treatment of some prisoners and order their transfer to special conditions of detention. The special conditions based on Article 41 bis impose complete social and sensory isolation, limiting contacts with other prisoners, limiting visits to one (1) per month with relatives, not by physical contact but through a glass partition, limiting, prohibiting, correspondence and the possession of books, shrinking prisoners’ exercise period to one (1) hour per day and increasing the time of confinement inside the cell.
These conditions are a form of torture aimed at crushing militant prisoners and in general those under this regime.

Anarchist comrade Alfredo Cospito, who is convicted for actions of the Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI-Informale), has been under this regime since May 5, 2022 in Bancali prison (in Sassari) in Sardinia on orders of the former Minister of “Justice” Marta Cartabia. The comrade has been on hunger strike against the solitary confinement regime since 20th October.Three comrades have also been on hunger strike in solidarity with comrade Alfredo, Juan Sorroche since October 25th, Ivan Alocco imprisoned in France since October 27th and Anna Beniamino since November 7th.
This repressive policy of States using special conditions of detention is something that has been going on for decades and has developed and grown.
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The Guide to Peer-to-Peer, Encryption, and Tor: New Communication Infrastructure for Anarchists

An exhaustive anarchist overview and guide to various apps and tech that utilize peer-to-peer and encryption.

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Secure encryption chat apps are essential infrastructure for anarchists, so they should be closely scrutinized. Signal is the dominant secure encryption tool used by anarchists today. Conspiracy theories notwithstanding, the fundamental architecture and development goals of Signal have potential security implications for anarchists. Signal is a centralized communication service, and centralization results in potential security implications, especially when contextualized within the current threat landscape. Alternative secure chat apps like Briar and Cwtch are Peer-to-peer communication tools that, in addition to being Encrypted like Signal, route all traffic through Tor (PET). This approach to secure communication offers great advantages for security, anonymity and privacy over more common services like Signal, but with caveats. However, anarchists should seriously consider trying and using Briar and/or Cwtch, in the interest of developing more resilient and more secure communication infrastructure.

Despite all that, the best way to communicate anything securely is still face-to-face.

Shhh…

This is a discussion about digital tools for communicating securely and privately. To begin, it must be stressed that a face-to-face meeting, out of sight of cameras and out of earshot from other people and devices, is the most secure way to communicate. Anarchists were going for walks to chat long before encrypted texting existed, and they should still do so now, whenever possible.

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ITALIA: CALIGINE Nº4 (ES/EN/IT)

El cuarto número de Caligine, palabras en negativo entre los matices oscuros de la realidad.
36 páginas A4
Para escribir y recibir copias: caligine@riseup.net
CALIGINE, Sobborgo Valzania 27, 47521 Cesena (FC)
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ÍNDICE
Editorial
El coro de la unidad nacional
Odas en el zumbido
Kairos
El poder al descubierto
Soledad y autorrealización
Para calmar el viento y el insomnio
Un peine lleno de nudos
Espejos
Contar es dar
Pequeño cuento de hadas. Una cuestión de paradigmas
Al borde del vértice

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