In the early morning of November 15th, in the light of the full moon, an autonomous group welcomed forest workers with a heartwarming fire. Flaming barricades were set up on the main road to the Hambach Forest to prevent the RWE-hired forest-killers from reaching their working-site. The barricade attracted the […]
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Received April 13th: Fennovoima-Rosatom tries to build a new nuclear power plant to Pyhäjoki, Finland. Nuclear energy is by every standards outdated technology, financially unprofitable, increases the centralization of energy production and produces hazardous nuclear waste for generations to come. On top of it all, Fennovoima-Rosatom is destroying unique nature […]
Received as a background to Hambach forest activist Huba in jail: Sara has been found guilty by the municipal court Cottbus (trial from the 29.01.16) to have committed shoplifting of goods of low value. The penalty has been extraordinary high, instead of the usual fine she has been sentenced to […]
After the courtcase of LAUtonomia activist Sara on the 22nd of march at Cottbus district court, our compa Huba got arrested. Sarah was released and got arrested straight away again for something else, but we don’t have info on why and for what. Sarah was in jail for a month for […]
Yesterday morning [March 14th] the meadow occupation was surrounded by cops. This turned into a huge police operation: All main paths in the forest were cleared, fixed and broadened, all barricades and triprods destroyed. Until today four unoccupied platforms were evicted. Police forces are still present all around, chasing people […]
The conflict against RWE at hambacher forest has intensified with every day since the beginning of this new year. Many individuals embracing a diverse variety of tactics have been hard at work bringing anarchic mischief to the mine. Some elements of practical refusal from the occupiers of the forest include: […]
Yesterday (21.01.2016) RWE security guards hit activists with a car as the latter were defending the ancient forest against logging operations (see video below). Two activists were kidnapped. One was successfully de-arrested, the other, Fledermaus, was beaten and handed over to the police, accused of assault, and will likely stay imprisoned […]
On the night of December 31st we carried out 3 acts of arson and sabotage against the open cast lignite mine operated by RWE at Hambacher Forest. We set up homemade stingers on the road used by the mine security forces to harass and distract them whilst we set fire […]
In the night of Saturday 12th to Sunday 13th December 2015, we beautified the headquarters of the RWE energy company in Essen with paint-bombs and pieces of bitumen, to insist that RWE is responsible for climate change. RWE is the largest European CO2 emitter at the top, in addition to […]
Some anarchists at the squatted Hambach Forest sent us these pictures as a display of solidarity with comrades facing repression in the Spanish State. Their banner reads: “Mateo Morral, Pandora, Piñata, Ice… Same repression, same solidarity.”
7 weeks ago our comrade Jus got taken from us at the eviction of Remi’s Tower, a huge baricade build in honour of Remi Fraisse, who got killed by the freakin cops. The first 3 weeks Jus was on hunger strike and as a reaction to that the cops told […]
June 2015 This zine tries to give a short overview over the struggle against the lignite mining in the Rhineland in Germany. It is a compilation of texts that were written by people who also participated the occupation. One thing that is important to understand is that it is an […]