In the night between January 31st and February 1st, 2014 we embellished the SEG building located in 10, Spittelauer Lände street with paint bombs. The SEG-“Urban Renewal and Condominium Association” is just one of many companies that are actively involved in the revaluation of formerly cheaper districts. The SEG has […]
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previous info here November 23rd On Saturday, nearly 6,000 protesters marched in the city centre of Berlin during the annual demo in remembrance of comrade Silvio Meier, who was killed by neo-Nazis in 1992. However, on the same day, approximately 150 thugs from the neo-Nazi scene held a rally in […]
The banner reads: “Our dreams will become your nightmares. Empty homes belong to us. Villa Amalias” Below is a text by the Villa Amalias collective. Villa is here. It still stands at the full height of those who gave rise to the squat for 22 consecutive years, the thousands of […]
This demonstration was called as a sign that the autonomous spectrum will never accept an eviction of the 24-year-long Rote Flora squat. However, the mobilization has had two other main reasons, too. Gentrification in Hamburg, and other cities, is moving rapidly every day. In Hamburg’s district St. Pauli, the Senate […]
In the early hours of October 17th, 2013 Paulo Roberto Pinho de Menezes, 18, was beaten to death by officers of the ‘Police Pacification Unit’ (UPP) in the Manguinhos favela of Rio de Janeiro. The cops immobilized the teenager and took him in a dark back-alley, where they fiercely beat […]
Here is an article from the anarchist newssheet “Wut im Bauch” (distributed only in paper form) about recent events in Hamburg. Additionally, there is a short report-back from a further “wild stroll” against control, which occurred recently. The texts in German here. Out of Control For the last few months, […]
This is a revolt Urban transformation projects have long been threatening living spaces of Istanbul residents. First slum demolitions, and then 63 million square meters of forests to be pillaged for the third bridge, shopping malls built one after another, luxury hotels, and while the pedestrianization project continued, next was […]
The TV channel CNNtürk broadcasted a documentary about penguins at the same time that thousands of people were clashing out on the streets, so somebody made this video to mock them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRZJhszz-6Q In the morning of June 3rd, after two days of heavy clashes in the district of Beşiktaş, police […]
Banner on Lesvos Island (opposite Turkish shores): ‘Solidarity with the rebels in Turkey’ On June 1st we were in Taksim at about 3pm. After clashes that started in the morning, police was forced to leave the area. The cops disappeared for some hours. For two hours there was no police […]
faşizme karşı omuz omuza / stand shoulder-to-shoulder against fascism hükümet istifa / government, resign katil Erdoğan / murderer Erdoğan Taksim bizim, İstanbul bizim / Taksim is ours, Istanbul is ours direne direne kazanacağız / we will win by resisting her yer Taksim, her yer direniş / everywhere is Taksim, resistance […]
Please contribute info from the streets. The occupation of Taksim Gezi Park in İstanbul began on May 28th, 2013. Following the police raid in the park area on May 30th, hackers from the RedHack sabotaged the website of the Beyoglu police headquarters in response to the morning attack. The occupation […]
It is the third day of occupation of Taksim Gezi Park in İstanbul. The protest camp started when construction vehicles entered the park and tried to pull out the trees. Government wants to build a shopping mall at the location of the park. So, many people are camping in Taksim […]