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San Francisco (USA): to the onslaught of the robots-taxis!

San Francisco , to the onslaught of the robots-taxis!

Whether their designers call them “robot-taxi”, “self-driving car” or “autonomous taxi without driver”, what is certain is that they have been multiplying on the streets of California for some time. Initially authorized in this North American state in February 2022 with a «security driver» on board to regain control in case of major problems, these driverless electric vehicles were finally authorized to circulate alone in August 2023. Two operators then invaded the streets of San Francisco with 600 robot-taxis, Cruise (subsidiary of General Motors) and Waymo (subsidiary of Google, more precisely of its parent company Alphabet), by running them day and night to make trips to book and pay by smartphone.

In order to reassure the good citizens while assuring the profits of the techno-industry, the Californian regulator regularly publishes reports of incidents in return for its travel authorizations, indicating for example that in the first five months of 2023, it had registered more than 240 in San Francisco, during which a Cruise or Waymo vehicle « could have created a security risk» (for walkers, cyclists and other vehicles). But we’ll not exaggerate, these two companies can at the same time conceal the figures about the accidents actually caused by their driverless cars, this time in the name of the sacrosanct «trade secret».

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Solidarity Means Attack

Waymo Vehicles Attacked in Solidarity With Palestine and Atlanta. ( San Francisco ,USA)

Waymo Vehicles Attacked in Solidarity With Palestine and Atlanta

In the past several weeks, we used hammers and knives to sabotage multiple Waymo self-driving vehicles in San Francisco. We attacked Waymo in solidarity with the Palestinian people and resistance. Waymo is owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company. Google, together with Amazon, has a $1.2 billion contract to provide cloud computing services to “Israel” and its military as part of Project Nimbus.

As anarchists, we oppose the proliferation of this dystopian technology on our streets. Each car is a mobile 360-degree surveillance camera and Waymo has already turned over footage to the police. We have a unique opportunity to attack this industry in a critical time and place. In November, Waymo’s competitor Cruise was forced to recall its entire fleet after one of its cars struck and dragged a pedestrian.
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General News Action Sabotage, solidarity in Greece

Athens,Greece: Luxury hotels and airbnbs in Exarchia were spray painted in solidarity with Palestine.


Luxury hotels and airbnbs in Exarchia were spray painted in solidarity with Palestine.

In the last 6 years, Israeli funds and businessmen have been spreading the tentacles of their capital in the neighborhoods of Athens and especially in the Exarchia district, selling gentrification, urban culture and luxuries while contributing to the displacement of the locals and the poor.
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ALF. ELF. E.T.C., Solidarity Means Attack

Fire for Tesla: Berlin,Germany

Fire for Tesla: Berlin

Two Teslas were set on fire in Rummelsburg on February 7 and two Tesla charging stations on Vulkanstraße on February 8.

We think that Tesla is an ideal target for our attacks.

Because:

> Several armies use Tesla’s Starlink satellite system in their wars. Including Israel in Gaza. Also Ukraine. Tesla’s Starlink infrastructure is an important military player and attacks on Tesla can be a sign everywhere: against every war!
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Solidarity Means Attack

APD Patrol Car Torched in Lakewood [Atlanta, GA]

APD Patrol Car Torched in Lakewood

One APD vehicle was burned overnight as an initial response to the repressive operation of February 8, which involved three house raids and the arrest of John “Jack” Mazurek, who is being held without bail.

We wish to dispel any notion that people will take this latest wave of repression lying down, or that arresting alleged arsonists will deter future arsons.

Jack is accused of participating in the arson attack of July 1, 2023, when eight APD motorcyles were burned at the current police training center that Cop City is intended to replace. The group that claimed responsibility for that action called for the movement against Cop City to develop into an urban guerrilla struggle. This is still the only sensible course of action for anyone in Atlanta who considers themselves a serious revolutionary.
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Attack on Police Union Cars in Berlin, Germany

Attack on Police Union Cars in Berlin

The GdP is the largest German police union. It has over 200,000 members across Germany and is a member of the DGB. The GdP is more than one union, but a lobby organization for the interests of German cops.

Their political agenda is as dull and small-minded as one would expect from a police association: more money, more weapons, more powers to use force. Its representatives are busy giving interviews, appearing at congresses such as the European Police Congress and the German Security Conference, and listening to ministers and senior officials across the country. Not infrequently with success.
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Italy - General news ,sabotage, actions and Solidarity with anarchists arrested and all those under investigation

[Italy] Two contributions from Luigi Palli

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We received and we spread these two writings from Luigi, who has been under house arrest for 6 months with all restrictions for the Scripta scelera investigation against the internationalist anarchist newspaper “Bezmotivny”.

Contribution to the Internationalist Days in Prague May 20-26, 2024

Source in Italian: https://lanemesi.noblogs.org/post/2024/02/07/luigi-palli-contributo-alle-giornate-internazionaliste-a-praga-dal-20-al-26-maggio-2024/

First of all, I want to congratulate and salute the comrades from Třídní Válka, for their commitment and perseverance. In these last two sad years of war they have been active, including and especially in contacting revolutionary groups abroad, something that – in my opinion – few in our latitudes have done.
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Italy - General news ,sabotage, actions and Solidarity with anarchists arrested and all those under investigation

Appeal verdict of the trial against Gianluca (Genoa, Italy, February 14, 2024)

Appeal verdict of the trial against Gianluca

On February 14th, the hearing of the appeal trial in the so-called ‘Diamante’ case was held at the Genoa court. The judges confirmed Gianluca’s conviction for ‘illegal possession of explosives’ (art. 1 and 2 of law 895/67) and ‘attempted crime’ (art. 56 of penal code), reducing the sentence to 3 years and 2 months (plus euro 3,000). In first instance, the comrade had been sentenced to 4 years and 6 months (plus euro 15,000), while the other comrade defendant in the trial was acquitted.

Solidarity with all imprisoned and indicted anarchists and revolutionaries!

[Received via e-mail and published at https://lanemesi.noblogs.org/post/2024/02/15/appeal-verdict-of-the-trial-against-gianluca-genoa-italy-february-14-2024/]

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

[IT+EN] Operazione Scripta Scelera: esito dell’udienza in cassazione sulle misure cautelari

Operazione Scripta Scelera: esito dell’udienza in cassazione sulle misure cautelari

Il 21 febbraio si è tenuta in corte di cassazione l’udienza sulle misure cautelari scaturita dal ricorso del PM Manotti della DDAA di Genova avverso l’ordinanza del tribunale del riesame del capoluogo ligure. Il 28 agosto le misure erano state annullate in riferimento al reato associativo (art 270 bis c. p.) e confermate, mantenendole inalterate, per le altre accuse. Il PM, in buona sostanza, ha chiesto che le misure venissero confermate anche per il reato associativo, contrariamente a quanto stabilito dal riesame. Questa richiesta, se accolta, avrebbe potenzialmente condotto in carcere gli otto compagni per i quali il GIP aveva stabilito la custodia cautelare e le restrizioni pure in relazione all’art. 270 bis c. p. La cassazione ha dichiarato inammissibile il ricorso del PM.

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General News Action Sabotage, solidarity in Greece

Athens,Greece: Fierce attack with dozens of cocktail Molotov’s against the MAT (riot cops) in the most police-controlled neighborhood of Athens

Exarchia: A fierce attack with dozens of cocktail Molotov’s against the MAT riot cops took place at the junction of Themistokleous and Tzavella streets, in Exarchia square, late on the evening of Saturday, February 17, 2024, in the most policed ​​neighborhood of Athens, with dozens of cops  stationed 24 hours a day like a peculiar army occupation, since August 9, 2022, when the only square in the neighborhood was fenced off with sheets to build the subway metro construction site>

General News Action Sabotage, solidarity in Greece, Solidarity Means Attack

Patras, Greece: Claiming responsibility for the attack on the City Unity private College by Anarchists

Patras, Claiming responsibility for the attack on the City Unity private College by Anarchists

In the continuous advance of educational restructuring in Greece over recent years, domestic and international bosses have found fertile ground for profit in the name of education and higher education, which, based on European standards, is rapidly moving towards its transformation into another commercial product. From tuition fees in postgraduate courses and mandatory private contractors within the social welfare of the state universities (cooking, cleaning), the managers and sponsoring companies, the businesses on the campuses (Coffee island being a shocking example in the city of Patras) capital is flowing into the areas of what was once asylum, as it tries to go with the policy of privatization in all areas of life.

Within this condition, we do not find it surprising that both in Patras and other cities, they have found fertile ground for the private interests of IEK and colleges to flourish, for which the circumvention of Article 16 through the “free university” bill is the ideal condition for upgrading the degrees they provide to a level equal to that of public universities, leading to a subsequent degradation of public ones as they will not be able to compete with the private ones, leading them either to closure or to the path of commercialization, raising even greater class barriers in accessibility to higher education and literacy.
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General News Action Sabotage, solidarity in Greece, Solidarity Means Attack

Thessaloniki, Greece: Responsibility claim for Parcel – Bomb to the President of the Court of Appeal Anastasia Anthopoulou by ‘Armed Response’

Thessaloniki, Responsibility claim for Parcel – Bomb to the President of the Court of Appeal Anastasia Anthopoulou by ‘Armed Response’

The work of the judicial officials is clearly aimed at torturing and impoverishing all prisoners and in general all those who unfortunately have to face their fate.

Judges, prosecutors, appellants, all together have for years created a closed group of torturers, of course with the help and complicity of the governments of the day.
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General News Action Sabotage, solidarity in Greece, Solidarity Means Attack

Attack on a hotel with Israeli interests by Anarchists for the victory of the Palestinian resistance (Athens,Greece)

Attack on a hotel with Israeli interests
by Anarchists for the victory of the Palestinian resistance

On the evening of January 5th, we chose to target the Bob W Akadimia Athens in the Exarcheia area at 4 Zalongou Street, a hotel with Israeli interests. This action was obviously carried out to support the resistance in Palestine against the murderous state of Israel and to target Israeli capital in our country, but a reason could not exist here without taking into account the gentrification of this particular neighbourhood and the tourism in it aimed at bending the resistance that Exarcheia has had as its roots for many decades. Through gentrification, the neighbourhood is aimed at becoming a middle-class amusement park and ultimately at changing its class status, driving out the residents and activists who live and operate in it.

As far as the Palestinian question is concerned, we understand our obligation to act from our own position and place.

As anarchists, we must stand in practical solidarity with the people of Palestine, show that, contrary to the bigotry and the “puppet government”, Greek society is on the right side of history, which has also been shown by the magnificent demonstrations that have been held in this country from 7/10 on wards.
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Sabotage, Arsons Attacks

Houdeng (Belgium): helping yourself to enemy warehouses


Houdeng, helping yourself to enemy warehouses

Houdeng-Goegnies: a Customs shed burnt down and weapons stolen
RTBF/RTL (Belgium), December 18, 2023

The Houdeng (La Louvière) customs warehouse on the Garocentre site was the target of a fire on Sunday morning. The Mons public prosecutor’s office confirmed on Monday the criminal origin of the building fire, as reported in the local press, as well as a burglary.

The perpetrators entered through a wire fence. They then broke open the sliding door. The hangar was set on fire. Several customs vehicles inside were found burnt out. Weapons, in particular, were also stolen, added the public prosecutor. It remains to be seen whether these weapons were the result of seizures or were customs property.

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Solidarity Means Attack

Germany: Thales Group Vehicle Attacked in Berlin: For Refaat – For Gaza

In the early hours of February 15, we set fire to a Mercedes van belonging to the French arms company Thales in Berlin. Standing up for the oppressed in Gaza and Palestine is a matter of dignity.

If I Must Die

If I must die,

you must live

to tell my story

to sell my things

to buy a piece of cloth

and some strings,

(make it white with a long tail)

so that a child, somewhere in Gaza

while looking heaven in the eye

awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—

and bid no one farewell

not even to his flesh

not even to himself—

sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above

and thinks for a moment an angel is there

bringing back love

If I must die

let it bring hope

let it be a tale

— poem written by the Palestinian poet, writer and professor, Refaat Alareer who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on December 6, 2023 along with 6 members of his family.

source: https://de.indymedia.org/node/340604