Dead on Arrival: A Critical Assessment of the Days of Action Against Harris (1995-1998)
By Gerard Lefebvre - September 3, 2011
...[T]he [Days of Action] against Harris can only really be called a failure – if an instructive and ultimately useful one. The moment was not seized and Harris felt safe in pursuing his class-war agenda. There was a glimmer of possibility, of widespread frustration and dissent lying beneath the surface of daily life – and it burst forth for a moment, only to be shoved back into the corner by a union leadership too afraid to rock the boat.
London Burns: Causes and Consequences of the Riots - An Anarchist Perspective
Saturday, August 13, 2011 - Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland)
...George Orwell provided a useful general starting point for how anarchists view riots, writing..."I have no particular love for the idealised 'worker' as he appears in the bourgeois Communist's mind, but when I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on." What happened in London and spread elsewhere was not some idealized glorious proletarian uprising, but the very real explosion of anger that occurs when years of poverty, police repression, and racism finally reach bursting point.
Post-Civilization in Theory and Practice
A new publishing house in Minneapolis, Subsect Press, will be releasing a book to describe how a non-hierarchical, regenerative and anti-capitalist society can meet human needs.
Anarchists Respond to the London Riots
August 9 2011 - Libcom
It is no accident that the riots are happening now, as the support nets for Britain's disenfranchised are dragged away and people are left to fall into the abyss, beaten as they fall by the batons of the Metropolitan Police. But there should be no excuses for the burning of homes, the terrorizing of working people. Whoever did such things has no cause for support.
Anarchists Are Under Attack Because Their Ideas Are Gaining Ground
By Alasdair Thompson - Infoshop News
The conflation of anarchism and criminality is a key tactic in the state offensive against anarchists, driven by the fear that anarchist ideas are gaining ground within a new politics that eschews parties and favours direct action...The mainstream left has failed to achieve the change we require in society...[A] more radical break with the status quo is now our only option.
UK "Anti-Terrorist" Cops: Anarchists Should be Reported
By Robert Booth - Sunday 31 July 2011
What should you do if you discover an anarchist living next door?...[A]ccording to an official counter-terrorism notice circulated in London last week...you must report them to police immediately..."Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy. Any information relating to anarchists should be reported to your local police."
"Anarchists Are Like Tories" and Other Fairy Tales
By Joseph Kay - August 1 2011
Anarchism has been getting a lot of attention lately, including some oft-peddled but easily refuted myths...[T]he result has been a torrent of disinformation ranging from the spectacularly dishonest to the tragically ill-informed.
Montreal Police Squad Accused of Pursuing People for Political Beliefs
Thursday, 21 July 2011 - Ainfos
...[A] woman who answered the phone Wednesday at a Montreal bookshop popular with anarchists took a swipe at the city’s police, calling them deceitful, full of plots and violent...“I think it’s surprising...They’re not hiding what they want to do. They’ve given it this Orwellian title. It’s a reflection of how much power they have.”
Montreal: Police Unit Will Monitor Anarchists
By MAX HARROLD - July 15, 2011
The creation of a Montreal police unit targeting anarchist vandals is "a declaration of war" and further proof that cops discriminate against people because of their political beliefs and lifestyles, an anarchist sympathizer says...[A] spokesperson for the Coalition against repression and police brutality, said [the] Montreal police unit...highlights police use of social stereotyping to hinder the legal expression of opposition to social and legal policies.
Vancouver Police Chief, Media Commentators Blame 'Anarchists' for Stanley Cup Riot
By David P Ball - June 16, 2011
VANCOUVER - Activists are outraged after Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu accused 'anarchists' of orchestrating the Stanley Cup riots last night...Chu's statement follows one media commentator's allegation that, "These are people that we've seen in the past associated with the Black Bloc so-called anarchist group that targeted the Bay one year ago during the Olympic Games.["]
They Can’t Kill Our Spirits: Post-G20 State Repression in Southern Ontario
May 21, 2011 - Vancouver Media Co-op
The recent wave of repression against anarchists in Southern Ontario comes as no surprise considering recent anarchist organizing in the region...With the growing strength of anarchists, state repression will intensify no matter how “safe” the practices are of those involved. That being said, it’s important to be taking intelligent steps towards keeping ourselves safe while understanding that repression is inevitable.
Why We Don't Welcome the Visit of the British Queen
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - Workers Solidarity Movement
There is a drive to normalise the British occupation of the six counties and partition. It is part of a wider pattern to integrate Ireland into the loose alliance of imperialist nations. There has always been a desire on behalf of the British state, the USA and the European Union to engage Ireland as a junior partner in the imperialist club. The ending of the war in the north and the gradual normalisation of relations between Britain and Ireland has allowed an acceleration of this process. The visit of Britain's Queen Elizabeth is all part of it.
The Conservatives Have Won and This is Not Exceptional
Friday, May 06 2011 - Infoshop News
A Harper majority changes the game significantly. Let's not kid ourselves: politicians are all bastards, but they also have their differences between them. While every major party pushed for austerity measures during this campaign...it is the Conservatives who have an ideological agenda that goes well beyond mere economic pragmatism. They see before them an inefficient and morally bankrupt Canadian state; they see themselves as the only ones who can guide this country through the looming crisis. There will be structural adjustments.
May 1 2011: Against Capitalist Exploitation and Oppression - Direct Action and Solidarity!
April 26, 2011 - International Worker's Association
At the time of writing there are wars in Libya, Ivory Coast, Iraq and Afghanistan, revolts in Maghreb and the Middle East and workers in every continent are resisting attempts to impose austerity measures. The capitalist powers are desperately scouring every part of the globe in search of increased profits and market control, while they are united in their determination to wage war on the working class. This is the true reality of global capitalism: death, destruction and relentless attacks on the working class, pay, conditions and rights!
International Anarcho-Syndicalist Days of Struggle Against Borders and in Solidarity With Immigrant Workers
Saturday, 09 April 2011 - Ainfos
The 24th International Worker's Association Congress decided...that the Sections of the IWA mobilize to carry out during the two weeks before May First of 2011, an international anarcho-syndicalist campaign against international borders and in solidarity with immigrant workers..."The problems of borders and xenophobia are weapons that State, Capital and politicians...use in order to divide workers, hiding the real reason behind the worsening of their condition."