The last significant wave of uprisings in Iran took place a bit more than a year and a half ago. Like all waves of protest in recent years, it was brutally crushed. But in the country of the mullahs, social protests are the order of the day - despite bans and repression. … [Read more...]
GLOBAL SECURITY LAW – POLICE WITHOUT CONTROL, POPULATION UNDER CONTROL
The is a translation with some modifications of a text by Cerveaux Non Disponibles. The ban on broadcasting police actions centralizes all fears, but legalizing drones and surveillance technology is just as damaging to freedoms and democracy. Drones, facial recognition and permanent identification of individuals It is a subject that is little discussed and yet concerns us all. The text provides in these gaps to legalize facial recognition in … [Read more...]
What’s behind the attacks of the “Grey Wolves” in Vienna
After a Kurdish feminist rally in Vienna-Favoriten was attacked by Turkish fascists on Wednesday, hundreds of anti-fascists took to the streets against this attack on the following day. After yesterday's demonstration the fascists escalated the situation again and attacked the EKH, an occupied house in Vienna, with a mob of about 200 to 300 people. Stones, bottles and incendiary devices flew on the squatted house, which is shared by left-wing … [Read more...]
“The Revolution has been televised”
...a call for participation in the current movement Translation of an article by Antifa AK Cologne “When you talk about a revolution, most people think violence, without realizing that the real content of any kind of revolutionary thrust lies in the principles, in the goal that you’re striving for, not in the way you reach them.” –Angela Davis 3 weeks ago, the African-American George Floyd was brutally murdered by police officers. Since … [Read more...]
Monologue of the virus
Originally published by Lundi Matin. Translated by Autonomies. Silence, dear humans, all of your ridiculous calls to war. Lower the looks of revenge you throw at me. Turn off the halo of terror that surrounds my name. We, viruses, from the bacterial background of the world, are the true continuum of life on Earth. Without us, you would never have seen the light of day, nor would the first cell. We are your ancestors, just like stones and … [Read more...]
Evros und Lesbos – die aufgeschobene Katastrophe
Übersetzung des Aufrufs Evros and Lesbos – the postponed catastrophe – Call for solidarity Für offene Grenzen, Bewegungsfreiheit und eine ganz andere Welt Die Barbarei ist in Europa angekommen. Nein, wenn wir von Barbarei sprechen, meinen wir sicherlich nicht die Tausenden von schutzsuchenden Geflüchteten, die es aus der Hölle des Nahen Ostens - dem globalen Spielfeld für Imperialisten aller Couleur - heraus geschafft haben und nun vor den … [Read more...]
Soleimani getötet – Worst-Case-Szenario. Ein Kommentar.
This is a german translation of the Soleimani Killed – Worst Case Scenario. A comment. Wir erhielten einen Kommentar von Kian Zeytani, einem in Berlin ansässigen freien Journalisten mit iranischen Wurzeln, der sich seit 2009 in verschiedenen Solidaritätsnetzwerken engagiert. Er wirft einen Blick auf die Reaktionen auf die Ermordung des iranischen Spitzengenerals Qassem Soleimani durch die USA und die aktuellen Kriegsdrohungen, die die globalen … [Read more...]
A Greeting from the Future
Communique of the "...ums Ganze!" Alliance concerning the events around the G20-Protests in Hamburg It’s not as if they haven’t tried. Like never before, the ‘Security Departments’ and the political establishment undertook all measures the bourgeois-democratic state has to offer. All repressive and ideological apparatuses were employed to keep the protests small and under control. Firstly - intimidation, then the restriction of camping, of … [Read more...]