Greifswald, Germany: Solidarity Action for Anarchists and Antifascists in Russia

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18.03.18: In solidarity with the anarchists and antifascists who have been tortured and arrested in Russia we protested in front of the court in Greifswald (North-east Germany) today, on the day of action for the (political) prisoners and the day of the presidental pseudo-election in Russia. With two banners saying “freedom not torture (A)” and “Stop torture of anarchists and antifascists in russia” we want to send warm greetings to the affected and imprisoned activists, their friends and families.

You are not alone – all around the world there are people who stand behind you!

Stop torture by Russian secret service FSB! Free the prisoners!

Support the activists with solidarity actions, collect money, print leaflets and spread them!

(via Indymedia)

Posted in Anarchist Prisoners, Antifa, Antifascism, Antifascist Prisoners, Banners, Direct Action, Fuck Putin, Fuck The FSB, Germany, Greifswald, International Solidarity, Russia

#Fight4Afrin Communique 2: Now or Never – Resistance is Life

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The revolution of Rojava is going through her darkest hours. Despite the worldwide and relentless actions of millions and countless acts of militant resistance in solidarity with the struggle of Afrin the rulers of this world decided to slaughter the people in Rojava. Today the fascist Turkish army and their Islamist mercenaries entered the city of Afrin.

We are not shocked. We are furious. We showed in the last weeks that we are ready to risk everything to save this revolution. Now it is the time to spread the heroic resistance of YPJ/YPG and the people of Afrin in the most radical way all over the world. Now is the time to light up the Newroz fires right in the heart of the beast. In these fires our furious, determination and hope will shine.

Now, we will take the war against Turkish fascism and its supporters to the streets of the metropoles. We will defend our hopes and attack everyone who is part of this plot against Afrin. Whatever might be necessary, we will stop this war right now!

Rise up for Afrin and the revolution of Rojava!

Death to Turkish fascism and its collaborators!

War against war!

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18th of March 2018

Posted in #Fight4Afrin, Afrin, Defend Afrin, Direct Action, Erdogan Terrorist, Fuck AKP, Fuck Erdogan, International Solidarity, Kurdish Struggle, Rojava, Rojava Revolution, YPG, YPJ

Sydney, Australia: Solidarity Action for Anarchist and Antifascist Prisoners in Russia

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Received on 19.03.18:

In response to a solidarity appeal from comrades in Russia, on the 18th of March, the day of the Russian elections, a group of anarchists in Sydney gathered at the Russian consulate. We distributed leaflets about the situation of imprisoned Russian anarchists and antifascists and chanted slogans against police, prisons and the Putin regime.

Posted in Anarchist Prisoners, Antifa, Antifascism, Antifascist Prisoners, Australia, Banners, Direct Action, Fuck Putin, International Solidarity, Russia, so-called 'Australia', Sydney

Breaking the Silence – Organize the Resistance: #Fight4Afrin Communique 1

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“It is not a matter of wishing success to the victim of aggression, but of sharing his fate; and accompanying him/her until death or victory.” – Che Guevara

54 days of resistance in Afrin. 54 days where the self-defense forces of YPG / YPJ inflicted heavy blows to the fascist hordes. The AKP / MHP government of Turkey, and its barbaric ground forces from ISIS and Al-Nusra, are only advancing through massacres and the use of advanced military technology. For almost two months, NATO’s second largest army, together with islamist mercenaries and with the approval of Russia, have been murdering, raping, looting and destroying Afrin.

We are against the war and against the Turkish fascism supported by the international community. Millions of people worldwide are protesting against this injustice, but the responsibles of the massacre are not listening. While the bombs and rifles in Afrin do not rest, and the stranglehold of fascism gets tighter around the city, the nights in the heart of the beast are lit with flames of solidarity.

People are carrying this war back to the places where it is approved, concealed, supported and made possible. Until now, in more than 70 actions in 9 different countries, the agitators and intellectual arsonists of this war, as well as the ones who profit from it, were called to account. Different revolutionary groups and structures are accomplishing their historical responsibilities, and have joined our call and actions. We send them our fiercest greetings.

Answering the first call of fight4afrin, at least 22 acts of resistance have been carried out against fascist institutions and their supporters. Government parties, centers of fascist propaganda, arms companies and their financial partners, police, army and other NATO structures were among our targets. Fire against MIT agents in France, against fascist propaganda institutions of the DITIB and against NATO army vehicles in Germany, against the Turkish consulate in Greece, against the arms company Leonardo-Finmeccanica in Italy. These and many other actions, such as attacks against banks and against the capital that made this war possible, are some examples of what we are able to do.

These actions were responses to the cruel war of extermination against the people and revolution in Rojava. Those who claim these actions have been done by Kurds alone are wrong. The attempt made by the nation-states and the media conglomerates to hold the Kurdish diaspora responsible for the past and future actions, is an attempt to reduce a political conflict to an ethnic conflict, an attempt to criminalize Kurdish people once again and look for the enemy outside. When we claim to be revolutionary cells in the heart of the beast, we are not lying.

The revolution in Rojava is developing an alternative to capitalism, patriarchy and racism. It is an expression of the societal emancipation from rule and state. This revolution is not just a revolution of the Kurds, it is a revolution of all people who fight for freedom and justice in this world. And that’s why we decided not only to protest against this war, but to end it. Russia and NATO, the US and the European states, are responsible for this war. They have the influence to bring it to an end, and if this does not happen we will continue our actions.

As soon as the first Turkish flag waves over Afrin, we will move on to a new phase of resistance. If the fascist forces of the AKP / MHP / ISIS / Al-Nusra set foot in the city of Afrin, we will take our global actions qualitatively and quantitatively to a new level. We make a call in solidarity with the people of Afrin, to continue and intensify the actions in all their diversity and radicality, and to make all necessary preparations in the event of the invasion of the city.

For the rulers of this world: there is only one way to stop us. Stop the attacks on Rojava, stop the war in Afrin.

fight4afrin

March 14, 2018

(via #Fight4Afrin)

Posted in #Fight4Afrin, Afrin, Analysis, Antifascism, Defend Afrin, Direct Action, Erdogan Terrorist, Fuck AKP, Fuck Erdogan, International Solidarity, Kurdish Struggle, Rojava, Rojava Revolution, YPG, YPJ

Santiago, Chile: Anarchist Compañero Juan Flores Sentenced to 23 Years

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On March 15, 2018, the sixth oral criminal court again decided on the life of a person. Imbued with their supposed moral superiority and with the penal code in hand, they performed their mathematical calculations to decide the time in which an individual should remain kidnapped in prison.

Around noon, the court delivered the sentence against compañero Juan Flores for the following crimes:

Attack against the Los Dominicos subway station (action that took place on July 13, 2014): Under the arms control law + 6 crimes of causing non-serious injuries + damages; condemned to 8 years in prison.

Attack against the Subcentro shopping mall (action that took place on September 8, 2014 in which the police were warned minutes before the detonation). Under the anti-terrorist law they condemned him to 15 years.

Simultaneously the court accepted a civil suit executed by 3 people injured during the attack, condemning him to pay 2 million pesos to each of the injured. The judges decided not to charge the costs of the lengthy process to either party.

Recall that in the same judicial process that the compañerxs Nataly and Enrique were absolved of all charges.

This is the first conviction under the anti-terrorist law for explosive attacks since the start of the criminal procedure reforms for more than two decades. The prosecution, after several attempts over the past 10 years to get a conviction under the anti-terrorist law through legal actions, had the said crime ratified by a court for the first time, legitimizing their judicial arsenal of emergency.

Down with the anti-terrorist law and the arms control law!

Down with the police state!

(via Publicacion Refractario, translated by Insurrection News)

Posted in Anarchist Prisoners, Anti-Terrorist Law, Bombs Case 2, Chile, Enrique Guzmán, Fire To The Judiciary, Fire To The Prisons, Nataly Casanova, Santiago

Italy: Updates on Militant Anti-Fascist Actions in Trento, Lecce and Bologna (Eng/Esp)

Some updates from the Act For Freedom Now! comrades regarding recent militant antifascist action in Italy…

Trento: Bomb Attack Against the Premises of Fascist Group CasaPound

08.02.18: We learn from the newspapers that during the night of March 7 a device exploded outside the premises of Casapound in via Orna Marighetto, Trento. Outside the premises was written: “THE ONLY USEFUL VOTE ANTIFASCISM ALWAYS”.

Martano (Lecce), Italy – Paint and Stones Against the Premises of the Northern League

From the local press: 14th February 2018. In the night before Matteo Salvini [the Northern League leader]’s visit in Martano (Lecce) for the election campaign, the windows of the Northern League’s election committee were trashed with red paint and hit with stones.

Bologna: Molotov Attack Against the Fascist Azione Universitaria Premises

01.03.18: The following claim: “BOLOGNA, TIRED OF WAITING. FEBRUARY 19. MOLOTOV ATTACK AGAINST AZIONE UNIVERSITARIA. ALL FASCISTS ARE THE SAME. FOR AN ANARCHIST PERSPECTIVE OF ATTACK ON FASCISM. BELGRADO PEDRINI BRIGADE”.

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(Italia) Acciones antifascistas.

[Traducido por Sin Banderas Ni Fronteras desde Actforfreedom]

*Trento: Bomba contra local fascista Casapound*

Nos enteramos por la prensa que durante la nche del 7 de marzo, un artefacto explotó fuera del local de Casapound en calle Orba Marighetto, en Trento. Afuera del local fue escrito “EL UNICO VOTO VÁLIDO: ANTIFASCISMO SIEMPRE”

*Lecce: Pintura y piedras contra local de la Liga del Norte*

Desde la prensa local: 14 de febrero. En la noche antes de que Matteo Salvini [Tíder de la coalición fascista Liga del Norte] visitara Martano (Lecce) para la campaña electoral, las ventanas del comité electoral de la Liga del Norte fueron destrozadas con pintura roja y golpeadas con piedras.

*Bolonia: Molotov contra local de los fascistas de Azione Universitaria*

“BOLONIA, CANSADA DE ESPERAR. FEBRERO 19. ATAQUE MOLOTOV CONTRA AZIONE UNIVERSITARIA. TODOS LOS FASCISTAS SON LO MISMO. POR UNA PERSPECTIVA ANARQUISTA DE ATAQUE AL FASCISMO. BRIGADA BELGRADO PEDRINI”.

Posted in Act For Freedom Now!, Antifa, Antifascism, Bologna, Direct Action, Explosive Attack, Fuck CasaPound, Fuck the Northern League, Graffiti, Italy, Lecce, Molotov Attack, Sin Banderas Ni Fronteras, Trento, Vandalism

Paris, France: #Fight4Afrin – Arson Attack Against the Personal Cars of MIT Agent Ayşe Barış by the Şehit Avesta Xabûr Team

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13.03.18: Rojaciwan.eu reports that an action was carried out against the cars belonging to Ayşe Barış, who works in the Turkish consulate for the AKP-MHP regime, by the Şehit Avesta Xabûr Team. They made a statement regarding the policy of the AKP-MHP regime against Kurds in the Diaspora:

“The AKP-MHP fascism tries to institutionalize itself and wipe out the Kurdish people and the Kurdish youth. As a result, they have recently begun their invasion attempt in Afrin. Erdogan and his gangs are aiming their bombs at us for both our physical extermination and a massacre”.

The Şehit Avesta Xabûr Team, who make it clear that the massacre and extinction policy is going nowhere, added the following:

“On the other hand, the patriotic Kurdish youth in Afrin, and everywhere else, are resisting Turkish colonialism. In this context we have selected the cars of Ayşe Barış who works as an MIT agent in Paris. This person works for the consulate and arranges meetings and organizations. We as the Şehit Avesta Xabûr Team have chosen them and set fire to two of their cars as part of the Serî Hilde (Rise Up) offensive. People carrying out massacres will drown in the hatred of the Kurdish youth”.

Link to video HERE

(via Nûçe Ciwan, translated by Insurrection News)

Posted in #Fight4Afrin, Afrin, Arson Attack, Defend Afrin, Direct Action, Erdogan Terrorist, France, Fuck AKP, Fuck Erdogan, Fuck MIT, Kurdish Struggle, Paris, Rojava, Rojava Revolution, Şehit Avesta Xabûr Team