On July 25th, the FBI conducted an early morning raid on a home in Portland and kidnapped a 24 year-old on federal charges related to a protest at the ICE building. They are facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly “assaulting an officer” and damaging the facade of the ICE facility in SW Portland in early June. The FBI identified them by running a photo (in which their face was visible) through facial recognition search software. The photo was taken by Mark Graves, a photographer from the Oregonian.

Every camera is an asset to the state and a threat to those who fight back. From the professional journalist “just doing their job” to the movement livestreamer who’s “on your side,” to the protester waving their phone around for a social media post- all cameras are cops. This case is just the latest example, but there are many more that have come before. As AI and facial recognition software use expands, it is more important than ever to block, paint, and smash cameras at protests. Continue reading All Cameras are Cops (Portland, USA) →

It is dark, large stones lie scattered on the fresh asphalt. Next to the new lane that is being built here, a highway stretches into the infinite black of night. The air smells of summer and instead of noisy hustle and bustle, there is only timeless silence.

I often come here to this construction site, which will one day become another expressway. Like a labyrinth, I follow the path that the large stones point out to me. It is a long walk until I reach my destination, but deep down I know that the effort is worth it – that it has been worth it every time I have come here. After I’ve left the last stone behind me, I’m standing in front of a paved hill, just like you know it from San Francisco. So I set off on the climb to finally reach my destination, the long-awaited meeting point.
Continue reading Next to a highway at night. Greetings from clandestinity, year 9. →

June 24, 2025

Note from Informativo Anarquista:

We spread these words from Tehran to not disregard international geopolitics, especially the recent wars in the Middle East. But we want to clarify that we remain distant from pacifist vision to confront nationalist and fundamentalist wars. Anarchist antimilitarism has no reason to deny political violence. We share what some comrades who recently carried out an anti-militarist attack told us:

   “It’s not surprising that anti-militarists attack military companies, but rather that all those who loathe war and massacres do not attack military companies. It’s not surprising that anti-militarists want to sabotage war, but that all those who are against militarization and rearmament don’t add their grain of sand to contribute to disarmament.”

Furthermore we believe that speaking of “zionist militarism”, could suppose the unquestionable existence of another zionism, which we totally reject. This could signify some issues regarding anti-militarist tendencies that question war but not states. We shouldn’t lose the horizon with respect to the grotesque existence of national zionism as colonial and supremacist thought in the 21st century. As anarchists, we seek the destruction of all states through our acts, whether theocratic, zionist, socialist, progressive and many other systems that perpetuate domination.

(Iran) Tehran Beneath the Bombs: Testimony of an Anarchist

From Tehran, an anarchist activist gives testimony of the Israeli attacks, the daily chaos and the role that anarchists attempt to play between war, repression and survival. A moving account that I translated with tears in my eyes. My condolences are with those on both sides who fight for peace and freedom! With the deserters, the only war heroes! Continue reading (Iran) Tehran Beneath the Bombs: Testimony of an Anarchist →