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from thelocal.se, 20 December 2008: "The streets of Malmö’s Rosengård district were relatively calm on Friday evening, as the hundreds of youth who rioted earlier in the week refrained from engaging in renewed clashes with police. After cars and garbage bins were set ablaze and stones were thrown against police in violent clashes on Wednesday and Thursday in the heavily-immigrant populated neighbourhood of Rosengård, youths assembled relatively quietly on Friday..." more

Updated 8 December 2008: The Greek embassy in London was blockaded by protestors. There have been some arrests - more soon +++ More rioting is expected in Athens and across Greece on Monday (8 December 2008) as protests and insurrections continue.

On the night of Saturday 6 December 2008 police in Exarchia Square in Athens shot and killed Alexandros Grigoropoulos, aged 15. Thousands have rioted in many cities, including Athens, Thessaloniki, Chania and Patras... more

from email, 15 September 2009: "7pm till 3am, £5.00 on the door, at Charlie Wright's Bar, 45 Pitfield Street, London N1 6DA +++ Live bands include: London Afrobeat Collective, The Vamp, Babar Luck, The Moombas; PLUS Pigsnoots - DJs on the decks playing the best of 50's and 60's jazz, rhythm and blues, rock'n'roll, reggae, ska, latin, afrobeat, boogaloo and the wildest funk jams. All money raised goes to anti-bnp, anti-racist and autonomous anti-fascist activities..." more

from guardian, 5 December 2008: "• Jurors told to return open or lawful killing verdict • Inquest told to put any emotion to one side +++ The family of Jean Charles de Menezes walked out of his inquest yesterday as the coroner ruled the jury was forbidden from considering whether he was unlawfully killed. Sir Michael Wright said he did not believe the testimony justified him allowing them to return a verdict which was tantamount to accusing police officers of murder or manslaughter..." more

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from imc-london, 8 December 2008: After police shot and killed a teenage boy last Saturday (6 December 2008), protests have errupted all over Greece. Today the Greek Embassy in London has been blockaded since the early morning hours. Clerks were sent home, and police closed off the road.

There have been reports of some arrests and police violence, one officer being caught on tape when hitting a handcuffed protester. The press has been forcibly removed from the site of the protest...

from OL, updated 23 February 2009: "Occupied London #4 is finally out. A post- (and pre-) revolt special: * Illustrations by Max Andersson * An interview with Manuel Castells * A 16-page colour story by Edd Last Hours * A crisis map of Pula, Croatia; articles on love&riots, on the recent arrests in France squatting in the Netherlands, the recent revolt in Greece and much, much more... Free as always. Donations go towards the prisoners of the Greek revolt..." more

from email, updated 10 July 2009: "On the way towards a better life we won't rely on the state, governments and political parties who use every possibility to cover up the obvious conflict of classes with nationalist and racist propaganda... we have to do it ourselves!

Whatever happens now is depending from us! We produce all the social wealth and with this force we can make it possible that there is a good life for all people on the planet instead of constant crises. A society without reign, without mind- and health-killing wage slavery. A world, in which the still necessary means of production belong to all. A world without wage labour, money and borders..." more

from infoshop, updated 15 November 2008: Long time prisoner and jailhouse lawyer and activist Harold H Thompson has died Tuesday November 11th 2008 of heart failure. Harold, born in 1942 to Irish parent in West Virginia, USA was an anarchist activist during the 1960’s and 1970’s. His exploits, including expropriation of capital to fund further activities, landed him in prison on more than on occasion over the years... In his time inside he has been a fearless activist and prison house lawyer. more

from email, 9 January 2009: Benefit Party for N E London Hunt Sabs - 6 bands / 12 DJs first band on at 9 Saturday 10th January - Hunt Sab benefit party ++ Bands: Retcher - dbeat punk Rabies Babies - fast fun punk Radio Revolucion - geurilla rock Ratface - hiphop/punk Headjam - frantic dub beats Sorro - slow dark punk First band on 9pm ++ DJs: Boycey Timberwolf Dredfox Scammin Jamtart Styless Gergl Magneze Babel Tab Louise + More playing breaks, techno, jungle, old skool, drum and bass, house, dubstep, dancehall... more

from friends, 23 February 2009: "A very interesting book for easy reading and perhaps bedtime, if you have stopped yourself laughing..."

"Sometimes policemen cannot find any young black men to arrest so they have to arrest some white men instead..." more

Updated 9 January 2008:

Saturday 2nd Feb @ Ramparts starts 7pm
15-17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA (near Whitechapel, off Commercial Rd)

"Everyone working for social change is familiar with the clichés of pacifism. And to many people it seems that using more radical, illegal, or violent tactics is naturally isolating.

But what if it's actually our supposed allies, or our own revolutionary practices, that are isolating us? What if violence is something diverse, undefinable, a hopelessly broad category that encompasses institutions that perpetuate oppression and actions that can empower and liberate us?

What if we are all cogs in a violent system, and what if pacifists are tools of a violent system?"  more