On Monday, February 27th, the prosecuting authorities of Rio de Janeiro attempted to intimidate activists associated with the wider social movement against the increase in public transportation fares. Specifically, political activists were summoned to appear in the 76th police department of Rio de Janeiro, after circulating a video via Internet […]
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by Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña, OFRANEH Last Tuesday night, February 14th, the penitentiary centre at Comayagua burned down, with the deplorable result of more than 355 charred prisoners. This is the third time in less than 10 years that horrific fires take the lives of hundreds of prisoners; many of […]
Murderers in uniform beat and detain young people for standing up for their rights, as ongoing protests of numerous students and supporters face an epidemic of police brutality. On Wednesday, February 15th, 2012, large police force attacked a protest of school students outside the IES Lluís Vives (Institute of Secondary […]
an interview of Rebellyon.info (Lyon, France) with a member of Indymedia Athens here (in French/English) Since the generalized attack on an entire society in terms of labour, social and political rights has been answered massively last Sunday, 12/2, with the concentration of hundreds of thousands of protesters across Greece, the […]
On February 16th, 2012, only a few days after the unprecedented protests against the second memorandum agreement and the vast riots in Athens and other Greek cities, ‘police sleuths’ under orders of their political superiors — who are obviously in big panic — released photographs and details of protesters (four […]
According to your court indictment, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire is a terrorist organization. But words were never, nor are or will ever be neutral. Words acquire the meaning given by the person who uses them. We do not speak the language of the judges and prosecutors. We speak the […]
Pamphlets found in the streets of Barcelona against the Catalan police, a repression force responsible for the murder of many people: ASSASSINS 1/1-2012: A young man arrested in Manresa by the Catalan police, dies in hospital after being beaten while he was handcuffed. 7/1-2012: Death of a young man imprisoned […]
Responsibility claim for arson attacks on car dealerships and the Ministry of Culture ‘Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached’ —Franz Kafka The seemingly invisible We are going through a period of ‘deep’ economic crisis; another artificial crisis, according to a known and […]
On January 19th, 2012, a huge demonstration took place in İstanbul. According to some sources, more than 50,000 people took to the streets to protest the court’s decision regarding the murder of Hrant Dink case. Hrant Dink was an editor of the newspaper AGOS, which was the voice of the […]
Since January 2011, residents of Keratea built a critical meeting point for their anti-landfill struggle, the ‘Aparto Kastro’, made out of sheet metal and wood, where numerous assemblies, discussions and musical evenings were held. For the past 4.5 months, this self-made space housed once more their need to meet regularly […]
In the morning of January 10th, nearly twenty members of the solidarity assembly for the case of Revolutionary Struggle (Epanastatikos Agonas, whose trial is currently underway) entered the corporate radio station flash.gr on Kifisias Avenue and interrupted the station’s program, to transmit a message of solidarity with those on trial. […]
Ovriokastro, Keratea Total time under occupation by police squads (MAT): 128 days & 9 hours (December 11th, 2010, 4am – April 18th, 2011, 12pm) Total of 37 youths detained by the cops Notes on the resistance in Keratea original by kerateaartres1stance Shortly before That cold night of December 11th, 2010, […]