Sean Swain’s Final Straw Radio segment aired July 2016; available on SeanSwain.org Full transcript: I’ve never understood the obsession of regulating other people’s sexual behavior. It sure seems like we live in a world where most people are more concerned about what other people are doing with their pants down […]
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On the Finnish independence day 6th of December there was a big riot (on local scale) in the capital Helsinki and the police estimates that a 100 000 euros worth on property was destroyed. December 6th is the national independence day of Finland. It is a day when the nationalists […]
1. Student problems as such, as specific problems, don’t exist. Problems that students have are closely related to the totality of society, that is, the totality of what represents the life of every student. Inability to pay tuition is not only caused by (ever increasing) amount of university fees, but […]
We’re working hard to restore order. — The service I’m looking for is temporarily unavailable. Here are a few steps to fix your slow system. — No thanks. Turn this feature off. You don’t have to put the entire question on hold while you troubleshoot. — But a few months […]
In the early evening of December 31st, 2013, around 50 people gathered in front of the local prison in Freiburg to express their solidarity with the political prisoner Thomas Meyer-Falk and the social captives. Initially, a rally was held close to the preventative detention section of the prison. A salute […]
Syncope is a momentary suspension of the blood flow and the cerebral activity provoking a sudden and temporary blackout. The effects can be irrelevant, limited to momentary discombobulating, but sometimes they can be worse. In some cases, if the interruption of the blood flow in the human organism is extended […]
We are taking over responsibility for the attacks and the breakings of name tags and windows of the Unemployment offices in Varaždin, Rijeka and Pula (Croatia) which took place on the night of 25th-26th of December 2013. In these moments, during which we are being raped by an artificial division […]
From time to time, resistance ends in prison. So at this juncture: combative and heartfelt greetings from Freiburg’s death-house. The building where preventatively detainees are locked up is called death-house over here. The Sicherungsverwahrung, preventative detention after completion of one’s sentence, is based on a Nazi law of November 24, […]
There’s big news in Finland right now. An estimated 500 people protested the December 6 presidential celebration in Tampere during ice hockey demo against nationalism and capitalism. Banks and department store windows were smashed and cops attacked. December 6 is Independence Day. It’s also the day of annual elite party […]
September 4, 2013 “To my goal I will go—on my own way; over those who hesitate and lag behind I shall leap. Thus let my going be their going under.” Friedrich Nietzsche This open letter is not addressed to the official milieu and its weathered structures. I despise its stereotypes, […]
We are working on our campaign “Time for Plan A” for several months now, and we can finally present it to you. From October to December 2013, there will be various different events and activities in the Rhine-Ruhr area around the theme Anarchy. Together with some friendly groups, we have […]
“When a prison riot starts, even those who accept the rules of society are roused by the noble temptation of freedom; when the ceilings of the prisons are pulled off by fire or rebels, we throw their hands off our shoulders and identify the enemy.” Editor’s note: In their zeal, […]