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Fuelling the fires

Submitted by Malatesta Black on Jun 9 2017 07:51

The hope that the end of apartheid would herald a better life for the oppressed in South Africa has evaporated. Their conditions today are materially as bad as under apartheid - and even worse in some cases. But the upper classes are having the time of their lives. Working class struggles should be intensified and linked, based on self-organising and direct democracy to bring about real change.

Anger from the underground: Bulgarian miners in wildcat strike

Submitted by evgeni5150 on Jun 5 2017 21:37

The miners from Obrochishte - the third largest manganese mine in the world, located in eastern Bulgaria, went on wildcat strike on 01.06.2017. The strike was supported by the anarchosyndicalists from ARS (Avtonomen Rabotnicheski Sindikat / Autonomous Workers Union), while the bureaucratic union in the mine opposed the strike and sided with the bosses.

Land, law and decades of devastating douchebaggery

Submitted by Malatesta Black on Jun 2 2017 08:58

This article looks at the recent wave of community protests in South Africa with a focus on the case of Freedom Park in Soweto

Activists arrested in Turkey for solidarity with hunger strikers

Submitted by mikail firtinaci on May 24 2017 18:11
Nuriye Gulmen and Semih Ozakca, left-wing educators dismissed from posts.

An anarchist comrade along with several others were arrested violently by the police during a solidarity demonstration with Nuriye Gulmen and Semih Ozakca*.

Manchester’s self-organised homeless challenge Andy Burnham over housing pledge

Submitted by Rob Ray on May 18 2017 11:35

Organisers at squatted former arts space Cornerhouse have called on new Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to go a step further than simple charity donations and engage directly with homeless people in finding solutions to the city’s rough sleeping crisis. Cornerhouse, owned by Network Rail, has been occupied by homeless people and Manchester Activist Network (MAN) since January and successfully saw off an eviction attempt late last month.

Alt-right crowdfunding site disappears

Submitted by Jim on May 16 2017 16:16
Where's the money gone?

A major alt-right crowdfunding site has gone offline, raising questions about where the money has gone.

Recent developments in Turkey's transition to fascism

Submitted by mikail firtinaci on May 13 2017 06:25

Report from Turkey on recent developments in the country as leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan strengthens his grip on power.

A call from Venezuela to the anarchists of Latin America and the world: solidarity is much more than a written word

Submitted by Craftwork on May 12 2017 21:05

El Libertario call on all "real anarchists" to wake-up about the situation in Venezuela. Events in Venezuela are genuine expressions of working-class frustration, against a corrupt and dysfunctional state-capitalism, no longer able to sustain itself given the sharp fall in global oil prices.

Notes on a factory uprising in Yangon

Submitted by Steven. on May 10 2017 15:04
Yangon H&M factory
Soe Lin Aung examines a recent strike-cum-riot at a Chinese-owned H&M; supplier in Myanmar, digging beyond the headlines into its local context and broader political significance.

Dirty energy resistance roundup: court cases, blockades and police aggression

Submitted by Rob Ray on May 10 2017 11:48

As Reclaim the Power and Earth First! activists are ordered to pay £10,000 compensation to coal firm Miller Argent following their blockade against its Ffos-y-fran opencast coal mine last month, direct actions are happening across Britain to head off fracking firms.