From May 2 to 8, a week of agitation for Gabriel Pombo da Silva and the imprisoned anarchists
Freedom for Gabriel Pombo da Silva
and the imprisoned anarchists
Let’s break the silence.
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UK: Two statements from anarchist prisoner Toby Shone
First of May 2022
As a minimal gesture I refuse to eat from the prison servery to mark the Revolutionary 1st of May, to join in the demonstrations around the world using my body as a means of solidarity and to protest the denial of my correspondence by the security company G4S. I will not be isolated from my family, friends and comrades and I continue to define my anti-political convictions. Honour and dignity to all those who have fallen.
Remember Haymarket.
Toby Shone
G4S Parc, UK.
Statement for J11 International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners
“We will have to go to sea and embark on a journey into the unknown. It is up to us to choose the course from the march. We are free to make mistakes.” Gustavo Rodriguez – ‘Brief Informative Report About The Weather’.
An embrace of life, fire and complicity to all imprisoned anarchist comrades for this June 11th. I have been invited to participate by the comrades in North America, for which they have my thanks and agreement. Whilst I am not condemned to a particularly long sentence, I faced well over a decade at my trial last October in “Operation Adream” and next week I will go to trial again in Bristol on the 6th of May. This time the “anti-terrorist” prosecutors demand up to five years house arrest and special surveillance, which could see me returning to prison frequently. It also has a precedent for the rest of the anarchist space in the UK if the State is successful. International mobilisations are essential for learning about and combining our shared struggles. Opening a space for discussion and praxis enables us to escape the walls and barbed wire which divides and isolates us. I’m locked up for 23 hours a day in a solitary cell, subject to enhanced monitoring and censorship, categorised as “high risk” and placed on the “escape list”. I could not care less. I will leave this place without stepping back one millimetre.
“One who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” – F. Nietzsche.
There are storms gathering on the horizon.
Toby Shone
Written on the eve of Revolutionary 1st of May, 2022. G4S Parc, UK.
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Munich (Germany): Raids and charges (article 129) against anarchists
On Tuesday 26.04.2022, coordinated raids were carried out in various flats in Munich and at the anarchist library Frevel, as part of an investigation into criminal organization.
Those involved are accused of incitement to criminal activity through anarchist publications. The cops confiscated almost every anarchist newspaper and pamphlet along with all printing equipment. Two of the accused were identified and DNA samples were taken; the two were then released. All of the accused are out of custody.
The cops are trying to intimidate, scare, and terrorize us, but we are not surprised that in times of state of emergencies and war, the state is cracking down on its enemies, on anarchist ideas and on the means to spread them.
More info will follow…
No speculations…
ACAB 4 eva
* Note of Sans Nom: Article 129 of the German penal code, is the one known under the name “constitution of criminal organizations”, which criminalizes not only the creation of criminal associations, but also the membership of, and the support for such organizations. It is regularly used in Germany against revolutionaries, and has been used in recent years in Leipzig, Weimar, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Berlin.
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https://de.indymedia.org/node/186335 (the German statement)
https://sansnom.noblogs.org/archives/11892 (french translation)
UK: SOLIDARITY IS OUR WEAPON,THE STATE IS THE ONLY TERRORIST. EN/ES
Send letters to Toby :
Toby Shone
A7645EP,
HM Prison Parc,
Heol Hobcyn John,
Coity, Bridgend CF35 6AP
South Wales,
UK
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REINO UNIDO: ¡JUSTICIA PARA EL ANARQUISTA ENCARCELADO TOBY SHONE!
El 6 de mayo, un juez decidirá si concede o no la Prevención de la Delincuencia Organizada Grave (SCPO) contra el anarquista encarcelado Toby Shone. Declarado inocente de los cargos de terrorismo en relación con una supuesta participación en 325.nostate.net, fue encarcelado en cambio por posesión de medicamentos psicodélicos, entre ellos psicocibina y LSD. La policía intenta vengarse de su incapacidad para presentar un caso político contra él debido a la falta de pruebas, solicitando una orden que pondrá las finanzas de Toby, el uso de dispositivos, los movimientos, la vivienda, el empleo y sus amigos y familiares bajo una intensa vigilancia y control por parte de la policía durante por lo menos los próximos 5 años. La razón que da la policía para justificar esta SCPO es el «estilo de vida alternativo y las creencias» de Toby.
Para mostrar tu apoyo a Toby, acude al Tribunal de Crown de Bristol a las 8.30 horas el 6 de mayo.
Demostración de solidaridad en el Tribunal de Crown de Bristol el 6 de mayo de 2022, a las 8.30 de la mañana.
And one beautiful night, internet was cut in a good part of the country…
“Sabotage”: several severed cables at the root of a major internet outage in France
L’Obs/Toms Guide, April 27, 2022 (excerpts)
This Wednesday morning, April 27, many French people are complaining of difficulties to connect. And for good reason: incidents are multiplying in France, following a major sabotage. An official state source confirmed to “L’Obs” that this was a “coordinated act of malice”, particularly “serious” and “very rare”. According to AFP, several French cities have experienced Internet connection cuts during the night after cables were cut. Paris, Lyon, Grenoble, Reims, Strasbourg and Lille were particularly affected.
A telecom engineer said that “around 3:20, 3:40 and 5:20, cables of several long-distance fiber networks have been partially cut.” These were cables “from Paris to Strasbourg, Lyon and Lille“. These “long-distance” fiber optic cables connect major French cities, particularly for infrastructure such as data centers. It is also through this network that fixed Internet access (ADSL and fiber) and certain telephone lines function.
The quasi-simultaneity of the outages last night (between 3:20 and 5:20) indeed seems suspicious, especially since it is not just “general public” connections that have been affected, but strategic underground long-distance links used for peering and IP transit, linking Lyon, Strasbourg, Caen, Lille, and Rennes to Paris, and on at least three locations, they were several hundred kilometers apart.
By domino effect, several local and (inter)national operators using these conduits or leasing bandwidth on these fiber links, such as Sparkle, Alphalink, euNetworks, Colt, F5, Zayo or Netalis, are affected by these events. At Netalis, the failure was confirmed this morning via a particularly transparent announcement, the operator adding that the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region would have been for a moment totally isolated from the Internet. The major incident has in practice isolated varied transmission equipment from the Internet backbones of long distance transport operators.
It is important to understand that the locations of these cables are not very accessible. They are not cabinets that can be found in the street, but buried pipes [under covers, or along SNCF tracks, highways and VNF canals]. A source in the telecom industry tells us that the cut on the Paris-Lyon cable is located in the village of La Chapelle-la-Reine (Seine-et-Marne) and is due to “an act of vandalism”. “Le Parisien” reports that cables were cut in Fresnes-en-Woëvre (Meuse), Meaux and Souppes-sur-Loing (Seine-et-Marne), and Le Coudray-Montceaux (Essonne). Continue reading And one beautiful night, internet was cut in a good part of the country…
Patras, Greece: Taking responsibility for an attack on a police station by Revolutionary Virus
At dawn on Monday 10 April 2022,we gave back some of the violence we receive daily from the State and its executive organs.We attacked the police transfer station in Patras with fire in a coordinated and silent way.
Endless, alternating and daily restrictions, full prisons, the many imprisoned souls, permanent injustice. Constant economic exploitation, dependency, the social media of degradation, the dominant livestream of competition and obsession with appearances, State plans for altering and dissolving the relationships we create autonomously from below.
Athens, Greece: Update from the event on April 14 2022 at ASOEE on the case of anarchist Claudio Lavazza
On Thursday, April 14th, the event of Anarchist Initiative against State Killings, concerning the case of the anarchist comrade Claudio Lavazza, took place at the ASOEE with quite a massive presence of comrades.
The presentation was read as well as the transcript of an interview Claudio has given about his case and a video was shown concerning the expropriation of a bank in Cordoba and the subsequent confrontation with the police forces when he was arrested.
Italy – War a piece at a time
War a piece at a time
On 5th April an outrageous meeting was held at the university of sociology in Trento, a meeting on “participatory processes” centred on the TAV project in Trentino, where the main guest was the mayor of Trento, Franco Ianeselli. In actual fact, a lesson in propaganda on behalf of RFI [Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, Italian Railway Network]. Not long afterwards, in the morning, the university of Sociology made one of its lecture rooms available for a conference entitled “The war in Ukraine and politics in Italy”, organized by the “Jean Monnet” research centre. An initiative in the streets in protest against the presence of the mayor awaited him at the exit (who complains about a “non democratic” confrontation), but also pointing out the role of the university in its collaboration with the war industry. Here we report a speech made by a comrade on the occasion.
A few years ago we wrote a small pamphlet, which ended up on the desks of prosecutors in the anti-anarchist operation denominated “Renata”, saying that in order to be against war it is necessary to attack the health of the State, because to attack the State means to strike the essence of war.
Athens, Greece: Letter of the prisoner anarchist Vanggelis Stathopoulos read at the event SOLIDARITY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE TODAY & THE NEED FOR A FEDERATED MOVEMENT held on 10/04/2022
Letter of the anarchist Vanggelis Stathopoulos
read at the event SOLIDARITY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE TODAY & THE NEED FOR A FEDERATED MOVEMENT held on 10/04/2022 by the Assembly of Refugee Squats (SY.KA.PRO) at the Self-managed Canteen of Law university in Athens
Letter:
I greet the comrades who organized and participated in this event.
I would like to refer to the question of social solidarity. Solidarity is a relationship-concept that inspires the broader movement, it is a basic component to build a world against the exploitation of man by man, a common practice of subversive movements worldwide. Practical solidarity is not a position, it is an attitude of life, it is a matter of consciousness, it becomes an experience in our lives. It is the practical critique against social cannibalism. By expressing it each and every one of us in our personal lives, we grow with it, giving it practical and meaningful significance. Solidarity is an experience, we hold it in our hands and distribute it generously when needed.
Practical solidarity is an idea, it defines our conscience, it is a code of values, it is the act between people without the mediation of money or power, and it is based on selflessness and characterises the human condition. It is our history and our future. It is the choice to remain human. Continue reading Athens, Greece: Letter of the prisoner anarchist Vanggelis Stathopoulos read at the event SOLIDARITY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE TODAY & THE NEED FOR A FEDERATED MOVEMENT held on 10/04/2022
Montpellier (Hérault): the authorities are concerned about sabotage against their construction site
Montpellier: vandalism on the building site of the Lien, “significant” resources to identify the culprits
Midi Libre, April 14, 2022
Since its launch, the Lien construction site (Intercommunal link of northern bypass), in Grabels and Saint-Gély-du-Fesc, has been the target of acts of vandalism. Each time, complaints have been filed. Last December, the departmental council, the project owner, denounced damage amounting to “several hundred thousand euros”, while the prefecture brought together the companies and the gendarmerie to set up reinforced surveillance.
Four machines destroyed, seven others damaged
Flyer: Caen, The battle is played out in the streets ! (France)
The battle is in the streets!
“There are no supreme saviours.
Neither god, nor Caesar, nor tribune”,
An old song
The results of the first round of the presidential elections, which in any case had nothing cheerful to offer except the funeral oration of the old parties of the PS and the Republicans, have arrived. In a pale replay of 2017, we should delegate our power and march in step behind the ideal gendarme and, above all, the State and Capital, or abandon ourselves to the throes of racism and an ”anti-system” complicit in the reign of hierarchy and money. Another possibility is to express our revolt without waiting.
The electoral system and their democracy are illusions, where we are urged to identify with the concerns of the power, to accept the language and the agenda. All this reveals what elections have never ceased to be: a moment synonymous with passivity where the appetite for delegation and resignation is stimulated. We should, with sorrow or enthusiasm, confuse our interests with those of the established order and empathize with representatives vying for an extra share of wealth and power. Continue reading Flyer: Caen, The battle is played out in the streets ! (France)
Greece: Text by anarchist prisoner Thanos Chatziaggelou: During a witch hunt, pride is hidden in the fire beam.
Thanos Chatziaggelou: During a witch hunt, pride is hidden in the fire beam.
Since the first day of my arrest, I have consciously chosen to keep a consistent position and refused to cooperate with the prosecution and interrogation authorities. Every time I spoke, I did it to claim certain historical and political responsibilities. Responsibilities towards my individual and collective path in the acts of revolutionary violence, as well as towards two of my comrades, on whose names from the very first moment the anti-terrorist unit tries to personify the lost pieces of the puzzle of the so-called deracination of Anarchist Action.
In this case, beyond what is objectively true and what is a lie, the greatest danger lies behind the political goals of the anti-terrorist unit. So, what are the shocking pieces of evidence of the service, infamous for its methodical lies: A ridiculous anonymous phone call that names me personally as the one responsible for a set of arson attacks in the region of Thessaloniki (a phone call whose number I assume is going to be missed in the trial by the hackers of the service), surveillance of ambiguous quality and origin taken from my personal daily life, my arrest together with my companion Georgia Voulgari in the house of Panos Kalaitzis, where I had in my possession a set of confiscated items that are named as “arsenal” and two clear political statements: the common responsibility claim of one and only arson attack at the FNRC from me and my companion and my personal responsibility claim of being a member of the Anarchist Action. Continue reading Greece: Text by anarchist prisoner Thanos Chatziaggelou: During a witch hunt, pride is hidden in the fire beam.
Santiago (Chile): Sabotage of surveillance cameras
Contra Info / Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Sabotage of the panopticon of power
On Sunday night, April 10th, we went to Simón Bolívar square, in Quinta Normal, to destroy some cameras of the government and the police, three of which were on a metal pole two stories high.
We claim responsibility for this sabotage a few days before the 33rd anniversary of the death in combat of the fighters Erick Rodríguez and Iván Palacios, who died on April 18, 1989, in an ambush by the CNI [Note of Attaque; Central Nacional de Informaciones, the Chilean political police between 1977 and 1990 (during the dictatorship)], during their attempt to blow up an electric transformer at the intersection of San Pablo and Radal avenues, in the same neighborhood Simón Bolívar.
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Five Russian enlistment offices set on fire in protest against the war
Five Russian enlistment offices set on fire in protest against the war
from The Moscow Times, 22 April 2022
As many as five Russian military enlistment offices have been set on fire since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, independent Russian media reported Thursday.
The latest incident took place in the remote Mordovia region Monday, according to the 7×7 news website. Molotov cocktails destroyed several computers and a database of conscripts in the Zubova Polyana settlement. “The recruitment campaign in the [local] districts was put on pause,” media outlet iStories reported.
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Zubova Polyana (Russia) : a fifth military enlistment centre goes up in flames
Molotovs thrown against a military enlistment office in Mordovie
translated from Russian via a2day, 19 April 2022
During the night of April 18 unknown persons attacked the military Commissioner’s office of the Zubovo-Polyansky and Torbeevsky districts – in the village of Zubova Polyana, two and a half hours from Saransk.
Continue reading Zubova Polyana (Russia) : a fifth military enlistment centre goes up in flames