All antagonism, all resistance, all criticism, all dissent, and all seditious attempts can now be predicted based on the automatic detection of data patterns. Hence, algorithmic domination can anticipate the next move and “put the band-aid before the wound appears”. However, we continue to await the arrival of a dystopian future without realizing that the massive processing of data for the purposes of social control, hand in hand with the accelerated technological revolution, has already established that dystopia here and now. While many comrades remain lost, engrossed in a futile struggle against outdated windmills, absolute social control has been established with the help of new technologies. These are prediction machines, “whose goal—according to Pariser—is to constantly create and refine a theory about who you are, what you will do, and what you will desire next”.i

Through this machinic process, power has invaded the most intimate corners of existence, including the horizon of the imaginable. Domination, through information and communication technologies, has effectively penetrated every pore of the collective unconscious. Thus, it expands and strengthens, second by second, quantifying “likes”, “searches”, “visits”, and “content”. In this way, it extracts a vast amount of information that allows it to know not only our tastes and desires but also the slightest hint of unease in hundreds of millions of interconnections, optimizing decision-making in response to even the slightest discontent without needing to resort to forceful action. In other words, without altering the perception of “freedom” and “autonomy” of the digital servitude. This contains a clear irony: since power does not materialize in its traditional form, freedom and power end up being synonymous. Thus, the concepts of oppression, exploitation, and alienation vanish. Just when more exploitation, more alienation, and greater oppression are on the horizon. Continue reading Dark Times by Gustavo Rodríguez , May 15, 2026 →

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Unexpected Items, anarchist paper of beautiful inconviniences. Issue 2. (London)

EDITORIAL

In these pages, our second issue of hissing vitriol to hit the streets of London, readers will find ferocious criticisms of more than a few facts which have been promoted to universal acceptance. Facts like the inevitability of scientific progress and the great efficacy of modern medicine. They will also find noisy jubilation over some limited attacks on certain (in)famous personalities and “critical national infrastructure”.

Given that we are anarchists, it could well be asked what we think these kinds of very peripheral ideas and acts have to do with the realisation of a world without rulers or ruled? What they have to do with a revolution which releases each one’s personal powers and capacities in an unlimited way, across all the domains of life, from sexuality to food-cultivation, from philosophy to the use of weapons? Continue reading Unexpected Items, anarchist paper of beautiful inconviniences, Issue 2. – June 2026 (London,UK) →

Eleven years ago, on April 28, 2015, the police launched a crackdown known as Operation Phoenix (Fénix). As a result, I later decided to go into hiding—that is, to live underground. The following text serves both as a memoir of that period and as a critical reflection on it.

Going Underground

In 2015, the authorities cracked down, and a lot happened in a relatively short period of time: Four anarchists in prison. Media propaganda scaremongering about terrorism. Raids on homes and at the community center. Confiscation of personal belongings. Being dragged through interrogation rooms. Intimidation, sowing discord, police surveillance. There was a lot going on, and taken together, it created enormous tension. At least for me, without a doubt. Continue reading A Rebel’s Memoirs: Going Underground →

In 2022, we published 2,000 french and 2000 german copies of the first edition of our book “How to defend yourself during a police interrogation.” Since then, the content of our practical guide has continued to spread, taking many forms, such as a workshops we conduct, an “interrogation” supplement for the role-playing game Blade in the Dark and translations into English, and Spanish. The book has now also been reissued in French by Éditions du Commun under the title “A Short Guide to Self-Defense During Interrogations,” as well as an audiobook version, a radio spot, a self-print brochure version on infokiosques.net, and posters illustrating the “broken record” strategy.

In short, we’ve put a lot of effort to share our self-defense advice as widely as possible so that anarchists and other rebels can protect themselves against repression. And it’s not over yet, since translations into Arabic, Italian, and Danish are underway, and our door is always open to anyone who wants to help us to diffuse it or to reach other formats and linguistic-geographic areas. Continue reading The Cop, the Neo-Nazi, and the Elephant →