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Anarchist comrade Alfredo M. Bonanno has died on 6th December at the age of 86

You will always be alive with us through our action and our lives. “ACTION REPLACES TEARS”

Alfredo Maria Bonanno, born in 1937 in Catania, Sicily, is one of the most prolific contemporary anarchists, responsible for Anarchismo editions and other publishing ventures. In 1977 he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his book La Gioia Armata (Armed Joy). This book had been published at a historical moment when the Italian revolutionary movement was openly going on the offensive, while similar conditions existed in other European countries (Germany, Spain, England, Greece, Chile and more) and the question of violence was on the daily agenda. His contribution lies in a celebration of the pervasive class violence that liberates and satisfies the individual, but at the same time he sounds the alarm about the emergence of the armed party, which reduces the class conflict to a militaristic dimension, imposing the mediation of a small minority of armed men on the complexity of tens of thousands of people struggling by all means against the current reorganization of Capital, which at that moment seemed weak.

In the spirit of the book, all authentic liberating and destructive action comes from a logic of satisfaction in the struggle, not a self-sacrificing duty in accordance with the dictates of a micro-bureaucracy. The Italian Supreme Court ordered the destruction of the copies of the book that were in circulation, and sent a circular to public libraries to dispose of any copies they might have had.

Several librarians objected to this Nazi-inspired tactic. Its circulation was generally banned, and copies were confiscated from the homes of anarchist militants in the context of police raids on houses.

Shortly afterwards, the author was accused of being an “instigator” of the Azione Rivoluzionaria, an armed organisation of 1976-79, which operated on the basis of “affinity groups” throughout central Italy, mainly against newspapers and party offices, and similar “manipulative mechanisms of consensus-building”. In 1979 the organisation was practically dismantled with the arrest of 86 people and the arrest of Salvatore Cinieri and Gianfranco Faina. The first went on to die in prison in a scuffle with criminal inmates when he defended a prisoner suspected of submitting an escape plan, while the second was released to die of lung cancer after being diagnosed with a tumour while in custody.

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South ,London: Week 3 : Discussion Series ,’Gradualism’ ‘On Syndicalism’, The Anarchist Revolution Errico Malatesta

In this series of discussions we will go back into the heritage of anarchism to look at specific written contributions to the theory and practice of attack, informal organisation and permanent revolt. Each week some extracts will be shared beforehand which can be read to prepare for the next discussion or not. Each discussion will start with a short presentation of the book.

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Greece: December 6 – We don’t forget, we don’t forgive

 

Greece: December 6 – We don’t forget, we don’t forgive

15 years have passed since the night of December 6, 2008 when the murderous cop Korkoneas killed the anarchist student Alexandros Grigoropoulos with his colleague Saraliotis watching.

15 years since the night that shocked the whole society and led to a huge social uprising that exploded like a bomb across the country and lasted for months.

15 years since night-time stopped. The promises we made then remain open. They show us all that has been lost and all that needs to be done now.

15 years and the murders have not stopped, just as the beatings, arrests, abuse and torture have not stopped. The State has continuity. Before and after December 6. That is why we continue to be in the streets.

We don’t forget, we don’t forgive.

Calls for 6 of December:
• Athens: Propylaia, 12:00 | Propylaia, 18:00 (Tsamadou gathering 16:00) | Messolonghiou, 21:00


• Thessaloniki: Kamara 12:00 | Kamara, 18:00

Patras: Annex, 12:00 | Annex, 18:00

CITY OF VOLOS : Tholos, 18:00

• Agrinio city : Pl. Dimadis, 18:30

•City of  Karditsas: Pl. Eleftherias, 18:30

• City of Komotini: Palaia Nomiki, 19:00

• Down of Chalkida: Pl. Post Office, 19:00

• City of Kavala: Municipal Garden, 18:00

https://athens.indymedia.org/feature/10556/

South ,London: Week 2 : Discussion Series ,God and the state Mikhail Bakunin.

In this series of discussions we will go back into the heritage of anarchism to look at specific written contributions to the theory and practice of attack, informal organisation and permanent revolt. Each week some extracts will be shared beforehand which can be read to prepare for the next discussion or not. Each discussion will start with a short presentation of the book.

“Government by science is becoming as impossible as that of divine right, wealth, or brute force. All powers are henceforth to be submitted to pitiless criticism.

If it is allowable to cite any one name from those of the revolutionists who have taken part in this immense work of renovation, there is not one that may be singled out with more justice than that of Mikhail Bakunin.”

Carlo Cafiero, Elisée Reclus. Preface to God and the State (First French Edition)

PDF of God and the State:
https://lib.anarhija.net/library/michail-bakunin-god-and-the-state

Tuesday 5th of December at 19:00

Touchpaper Anarchist Library
385 Queens Road
New Cross
SE14 5HD

South London ,UK: The unique and its property : Max Stirner , Discussion Series at the Touch paper anarchist library

PDF of the Unique and its Property:

https://lib.anarhija.net/library/max-stirner-the-unique-and-its-property.pdf


Sections and Page Numbers:

The Free

“The bourgeoisie professes a morality that is most closely connected with its essence.” Page 102
to
“The state is founded on the—slavery of labor. If labor becomes free, the state is lost” Page 105

The Owner

“Egoism has no intention of sacrificing anything, of giving up anything; it simply
decides…” Page 212
to
“ …the egoist behaves as a property owner.” Page 213

on the “free press”
Page 232-233

“…If we want to rid the world of many sorts of bondage…” Page 250
to
“…because the association doesn’t possess you, you possess it or make it of use to you.” Page 255

“Revolution and insurrection should not be looked upon as synonymous…” Page 258
to
“…the insurrectionist strives to become constitutionless.” Page 259

Tuesday 28 Th of November  2023

AT 19:00 pm

Touchpaper Anarchist Library
385 Queens Road
New Cross
SE14 5HD

London,UK: Solidarity Action with Antifascists in Greece.

London Solidarity Action with Antifascists in Greece.

Fascists across Europe cheduled a rally on November the 1st in Athens, Greece to commemorate a decade since the fatal shooting of two Golden Dawn members.In response to this, a dynamic antifascist front called for a counter-demo with the aim of cancelling their gathering. Unsurprisingly, the Greek cops – loyal to their fascist, murderous ideology and networks- issued a ban to all related demos.

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Solidarity with Lollo ( Berlin-Germany )

via: https://de.indymedia.org/node/316520

***german and italian below***

On the night of Wednesday the 18th October many people were arrested in the streets around Sonnenallee (Neukölln, Berlin), where people were expressing their solidarity with people under attack in Gaza. Amongst the arrested was an italian person, who until now (November the 6th) is detained in the JVA Moabit.

Except the accusations which are raised against him, the reason to keep him in preventive detention is mainly because the judge doubted his address in Berlin.

In germany in the last decades, the struggle of palestinian people has been suppressed and their history distorted in the name of antisemitism. In a country with such a dark history, the demonisation of the palestinian struggle for liberation works as a tool for germans and the western world to washout their guilt and cover their own antisemitism and islamophobia, to sustain colonialist policies and establish their power worldwide. Practically that meant that palestinian voices have been silenced, palestinian struggles and culture criminalized and palestinian organisations and days of remembrance have been banned. During the last months german politics have been getting more aggressive and this has led to the ban of any type of demonstration and solidarity with palestinian realities.

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Athens,Greece : Call for a nationwide day of action on Tuesday 7/11 in solidarity with Vasiliki, seriously injured in the head, anti-fascist who was beaten by Ο.Π.Κ.Ε. cops in N. Heraklion area.

AGAINST STATE VIOLENCE AND REPRESSION

We are calling for a nationwide day of action on Tuesday 7/11 in solidarity with Vasiliki, a 16-year-old anti-fascist who was beaten by OPKE (Group of Crime Prevention and Suppression) in N. Heraklion area.

We invite the people and collectives of the anti-fascist, anarchist and more broadly antagonist movement to a Pan-Hellenic Mobilization Day on Tuesday, November 7 At propeilaia in Athens at 19:00

SOLIDARITY IS THE WEAPON OF SOCIETY VIOLENCE TO THE VIOLENCE OF POWER

HANDS OFF FROM THE ANTI-FASCISTS

NO ALONE IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE

TODAY B. TOMORROW WHO?

Athens Solidarity Assembly for B.

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Athens, Greece: ABOUT THE INJURED 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL
About the injured 16 year old girl

On Saturday 28/10 an anti-fascist concert was organized in Heraklion Square, regarding the callouts against the fascist celebration of the 10th anniversary of November 1st (execution of two members of the golden down neo-nazis X.A.). During the concert, a group of antifascists patrolled the streets of Neo Heraklion area. At a very close distance from the concert venue the group crossed with cars of the O.P.K.E. The cops, without the slightest reason and although it was clear that the group had no intention of a confrontation with them, made a surprise attack, splitting the group of antifascists into two parts.

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Fundraiser to support the 1st International Gathering of Anarchist and Anti-authoritarian Practices Against Borders in Tijuana, Mexico

https://www.firefund.net/fenipraancof2024

We are a group of individuals with years of experience agitating for anarchist and anti-authoritarian ideas and practices in Tijuana: from solidarity events for prisoners and fugitives to propaganda activities like bookfairs and discussion groups to mutual aid like childcare and bicycle workshops.

Unfortunately we could no longer maintain our old, squatted space–Centro Social Okupado Mauricio Morales–out of which we raised confrontational proposals. The turbulent and disgusting requirements of daily life in capitalism proved too much of a constant struggle to keep the space. Nevertheless, with our networks and wills we have continued to bring together new proposals.

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On the edge of the precipice: the text of a leaflet given out in Trento by anarchist comrades on the occasion of an initiative against repression in solidarity with the oppressed in Gaza.(Italy)

We are publishing here – in a slightly modified version – the text of a leaflet given out in Trento by anarchist comrades on the occasion of an initiative against repression that turned into a meeting in solidarity with the oppressed in Gaza, against the attempted genocide in act at this moment by the State of Israel. A first contribution of ours to  orient oneself in the abyss that is opening in the Middle East – and everywhere.

Here in leaflet format in  it pdf: Aprecipizio

We are also adding a graphic version made by a comrade, whom we thank: a_precipizio_grafico

On the edge of the precipice

As State repression strikes harder and harder, in Gaza the gates of the abyss are opening wide.

What has been experienced here against rebel minorities for years – constant mystification of the concept of «terrorism», prison isolation of comrades to prevent them even reading and writing, closure of websites and detention of the editors of an anarchist fortnightly – now spreads to anyone who disagrees or even remembers the history that war propaganda would like to erase. Newspaper editors hailing the destruction of Gaza in television parlors, students beaten in Livorno for a banner reading «Neither with Israel nor with Hamas», French and German governments banning demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinian people as it «supports terrorism» – all this is telling even the most distracted one precise thing: we are at war.

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