WOMBLES - Insurrection

Soyinka defends Nigeria's militants as attacks continue

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:31:33 +0000

from priceofoil, 16 March 2010: "Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Nobel peace prize novelist warned that Nigeria is close to breaking up and had become a failed state. He said the leadership of the country has descended into a “theatre of the absurd”. Soyinka’s warnings came soon after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) – the leading militant group in the delta region – set off two car bombs, in the government building in the southern oil city of Warri, where talks were being held about implementing an amnesty programme..." more

The Anti-Poll Tax Movement, Trafalgar Square and the Defendants' Campaign

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:55:28 +0000

from email, 13 February 2010: "On March 31st 1990, the day before the tax was to be implemented, over 200 Haringey residents met up at Turnpike Lane tube to travel together to join over 250,000 people marching through Central London calling for mass non-payment and resistance to the tax. It was a carnival atmosphere. As the demonstration passed Thatcher's headquarters (Downing St) there was a confrontation with police, and it soon turned into a battle with mounted police and riot units. Eventually, Trafalgar Sq became a battleground as thousands of people fought police for control of the square and the area around it. The anti-poll tax movement gained world-wide coverage..." more

Rosarno: Racist attack provokes riot in southern italian town

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:40:30 +0000

from nbb, 8 January 2010: "A racist attack on African migrant farm workers in the Southern Italian region of Calabria by a gang of local youths armed with air rifles has provoked a series of disturbances in the town of Rosarno. Last night hundreds of cars were damaged and set on fire as the migrants sought revenge for the attack that left several of them injured..." more

Freedom for Alfredo Bonanno & Christos Stratigopoulos!

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:41:09 +0000

from some anarchists, 1 January 2010: "Its been over two months now that two anarchists - Alfredo Bonnano and Christos Stratigopoulos had been arrested in Greece following bank robbery. Needless to say those anarchist comrades need our solidarity and support now. Especially 72 years old Bonnano is in grave danger due to his health problems and extremely bad conditions he is kept in Amfissa prison..." more

UK: Guide To Public Order Situations, updated January 2010

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:28:07 +0000

from friends, 1 January 2010: "Police tactics are currently in flux post-London G20 - this change is very important, so please feedback any new things they are doing on the ground, anything you've tried, whether they've worked or not. Feedback contact details are at the end of this guide. The aim of this guide is not to show you how to conduct a riot. Neither is it intended as a critique on the pros and cons of fighting with the police..." more

"A bank expropriation is as detached from a bank robbery as politicians are from real life": interview with Yiannis Dimitrakis

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:19:45 +0000

from occupied london, 1 November 2009: "Translators’ note: The interview below was published in an Athens paper today (November 1st 2009).

It contains some very powerful words by a comrade who has managed to deal with the barbarity of incarceration with endless dignity, sobriety and the will to keep fighting. Our warmest greetings to Yiannis Dimitrakis and all other victims of the incarceration machine: until all are free, none of us truly is..." more

Let the dumpsters roll! Comic about the G20

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:57:23 +0000

via crimethinc, 30 October 2009: "Imagine, if you will, gentle reader, the animist version of this story in which dumpsters, long accused of complicity in anarchist “lifestylism,” step out of their social role to join the social war. Free food, even when distributed via programs like Food Not Bombs, is not enough—we want freedom itself, and the dumpster does too, and it gains momentum down the hill as it rolls, alone and magnificent, directly into a pair of oblivious policemen..." more

Newswires: Bonanno / Stratigopoulos

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:35:52 +0000

Updated daily: On 1 October 2009, anarchists Alfredo Bonanno and Christos Stratigopoulos were arrested in Trikala, Greece on Thursday on suspicion of having carried out a bank robbery at a branch of the Piraeus bank. They were ordered into pre-trial detention. This, according to greek law, can last up to 18 months.
Keywords: Alfredo, Bonanno, Christos, Stratigopoulos... more

News from the Pittsburgh G20 protests

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:31:51 +0000

from crimethinc, 24 September 2009: "This was written the night of September 24, immediately following the events described, without time to verify all the reports summarized or assemble additional information. There may be errors; if so, we will correct them shortly.

This is on-the-spot reporting just in from the first day of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, which has seen a great deal of spirited resistance and confrontation—perhaps as much as has occurred at any anarchist mobilization in North America in half a decade. This gushy, hastily composed account presents the context, attempts to convey the spirit of the day, and raises a few preliminary questions..." more

Petrol bomb attack on police station in Santiago, shots fired, one wounded, 2 arrested

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:10:04 +0000

from various sources, updated 10 September 2009: Action report and communique, internet translation of the statement from Revolutionary Students - "In several towns and areas we saw as the repressive organs of State have already begun to act against the next September 11. Already some people are beginning to cornering, to raid houses in the popular sectors, to carry out mass identity checks, to make tracking possible demonstrators, and so on..." more

Newswires: Riot, Molotov

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:20:08 +0000

Updated daily: Articles from external web site news feeds, filtered for the keywords: Riot, Molotov... more

Newswires: Greece

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:37:02 +0000

Updated daily: Recent articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: Greece, Greek, Thodoros, Iliopoulos, Thessaloniki, Patras, Athens, Alexis, Alexandros, Grigoropoulos... more

Newswires: Seattle 1999

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:50:38 +0000

Updated daily: In November 1999 the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Seattle, USA, was confronted by tens of thousands of people. Black blocs took to the streets (and windows) as the the city police fired all the gas they had. Hundreds were gassed, pepper sprayed, injured or arrested. But thousands more were radicalised and continue the struggle today...
Articles from the external newswires filtered for keywords like 'Seattle', 'N30'... more

Bodyhammer: Tactics and self-defence for the modern protester

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:36:19 +0000

updated 18 March 2009: "Technology has changed the street protest. In centuries past, a mass of people wishing to express themselves could only be silenced by live gunfire. But the advent of riot armour, lachrymatory gases and “less-lethal” projectiles have allowed ruling establishments to squelch the voice of protesters with great ease, and even better PR. It is the interest of this booklet to help preserve our freedoms of speech and public movement in expressing ourselves. The objective is not to ‘up the ante’ or encourage street battles..." more

Info-night on the situation in Greece at the Lift’N'Hoist, 14 January 2010

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:03:28 +0000

from occupiedlondon, 11 January 2010: "What’s happening in Greece? Just over one year ago, the shooting of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos by the police fired a massive scale reaction from the anti-authoritarian youth. The riots kicked off (and still go on) in a country facing a big economic crisis, but what impresses us most is the determination and resistance of this movement. Their aim is a complete change in state and society: so should we dare to speak the word? A revolution..." more