Latin America
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On Wednesday, May 9th, police detained two comrades, one of them at his working place and the other one at his house. They were both transferred to the Department of Special Operations, and in the morning of Thursday, May 10th, they were taken to the Court to testify. The one […]
December 1st, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63g42GKRWoY April 18th, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz5E-i5Yr0Y On April 18th, 2012, several individuals, most commonly called ‘capuchos’/hooded—anarchists in their great majority—assembled in the University of Antioquia in Medellín aiming at clashing against all authority, in order to demonstrate their diverse struggles and staging of freedom as praxis, that is […]
From its origins, the heterogeneous multitude of groups that make up the anarchist scene have generated and disseminated millions of papers all over the world, both to share their ideas and facilitate the cultural development of contemporary men and women. These have been the main reasons for its past existence […]
On April 25th the demonstration called by the Confederation of Students of Chile (CONFECH) ended with 69 arrests in Santiago alone. Several students were injured by pellet rifles. Apart from the use of anti-riot shotguns, the march was marked by arsons on public safety booths, among other actions. In Valparaíso, a […]
To create spaces antagonist to Power! Comrades, In the squatted space ‘La Kólera’ (located on Presidente Errázuriz #2845, on the corner with Libertad Street, in downtown Santiago), the creation of an anarchist library is attempted, with the aim to spread the anarchist seed. This library is raised as one of […]
“Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice; socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality.“ Mikhail Bakunin December 2011: After the third eviction of the residents’ collective of the Ocupação Sem-teto Guerreiro Urbano (Homeless Urban Fighter Occupation ), in the Santa Teresa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, anarchist fighters started to […]
As those that live in Campina Grande already know, the Cine São José was an important cinema-theater of the city, that ended its activities back in the 70s; it was preserved as an historical heritage, stayed abandoned until 2010, when it was occupied by students and the artistic-cultural movement of […]
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/38613868[/vimeo] The student march, which was not ‘authorized’ by the government, was held on Thursday morning, March 15th, but there were also demonstrations in the late afternoon of the same day in various parts of Santiago, in support of the resisters in Aysén. Amid clashes and riots, hooded protesters (encapuchadxs) tried […]
A picture is worth a thousand words. Nonetheless, after seeing this disgusting sexist frivolity, designed by advertising agents for the lingerie and underwear brand ‘Duloren’, we chose not to remain quiet. The company is based in Brazil and has representatives in the US and Japan, but also sells its products through […]
‘We placed this banner alongside a busy bridge as our modest contribution to the flame of solidarity that can never be extinguished; Tortuga, we want you free on the streets, conspiring, as corresponds to us savages.’ The banner reads: IN WAR AGAINST THE DOMINATING SYSTEM – TORTUGA BACK ON THE […]
As you may already be aware, after the earthquake on the early hours of February 27th, 2010, the walls of the extermination centre called Chillan prisons were torn down due the wild nature’s violent blow. In this context, and as a natural response to the fortunate prison’s collapse, 269 inmates […]