Last Monday, the Catalan riot police (Mossos d’Esquadra) evicted El Banc Expropriat, a long-running squat and neighbourhood hub in the Gracia area of Barcelona. Demos and street clashes have continued all week (the latest going on as we write today) as thousands of people try to retake the building, which … Continue reading
DEMO this Saturday 14 November 6PM at the Spanish Embassy in London. Belgrave Square, SW1X 8SB. Solidarity with anarchists under attack from the state’s “Operation Pandora“, and the Straight Edge Madrid comrades targeted by “Operation Ice” last week. Fakebook event here. Manifestación en la Embajada de España en Londres en … Continue reading
Adapted from solidarity website Efecto Pandora. See there for further details and updates. Early on Wednesday morning (28 October) there was another wave of raids against anarchist spaces in Catalunya. 2 people were arrested in the town of Manresa. In Barcelona, 7 people were arrested in raids on 8 houses … Continue reading
An “anti-repression” demonstration brought together nearly 500 people this Saturday, June 13, 2015 [1] in Barcelona under the slogan “if they attack us for our struggles, we will respond with struggle,” it was called in solidarity with incarcerated and persecuted comrades following operations ‘Piñata’ (two are still detained, three others … Continue reading
Insurrection News via Indymedia Barcelona 11.05.15: A group of hooded activists entered Palau Reial metro station in Barcelona and destroyed ticket validating machines and ticket sales machines as well as painting slogans against exorbitant public transport fares and in favor of free public transport. The activists also distributed copies of … Continue reading
From abc brighton via 325. **NB: There is a demonstration organised for Brighton at the Clock-Tower on Sunday 12th at 6pm** Last Monday (April 30th) there was a new repressive strike against the anarchist movement in Spain. Thirty-eight people were arrested in a police operation under the name ‘Operación Piñata‘. … Continue reading
Via contrainfo. In the night of January 30th, 2015, the 7 comrades who were still imprisoned following the arrests on the 16th of December 2014 as part of Operation Pandora were released. One day before, the instructing judge of the Audiencia Nacional (Madrid) permitted access to the investigative file, and … Continue reading
On 16 December police arrested 11 comrades in a wave of raids on anarchist spaces and homes in Barcelona and other cities in the Spanish state (earlier articles here and here). Seven are still held in prison in Madrid: there is a list of their names and prison addresses here … Continue reading
“They wanted to bury us, but they forgot we are seeds.” Freedom for anarchist prisoners. Solidarity with our comrades arrested by the Spanish state during “Operation Pandora”. ———- On Tuesday, December 16th, at 5am, hundreds of cops broke into several houses, social centers, and ateneos in Barcelona, and also an … Continue reading
On Tuesday (16 December) the Catalan and Spanish police arrested 11 comrades in a number of raids on three anarchist spaces in Barcelona, and private homes in Barcelona, other Catalan cities, and Madrid. (See this earlier report.) The police named the raids “Operation Pandora”, they said they were looking for … Continue reading
