TOTW: Belongingness

Bruce Pennington depiction of a flying saucer

The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore we’ve learned most of what we know. Recently, we’ve waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return, and we can because the cosmos is also within us. We’re made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
Spoken by Carl Sagan in the first episode of "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage"

Anarchist on a talk show

Look ma, I'm on TV!

From Freedom News UK

Peter Seyferth reflects on his experience combating horseshoe theory on the German TV show 13 Questions. The show 13 Questions is moderated by Jo Schück and aired by ZDF, one of the two big German public broadcasting services.

Dimitris Chatzivasileiadis: Synopsis of Judicial Cases and Sentences

WRITE TO ANARCHIST PRISONERS

From Abolition Media

So until my release I will not know how long I will actually spend in prison, it could be anything from 2,5 years from now to 17 years from now, or never! Most probably I will get released in 2029- 2030. These estimations cannot be solid, as they do not take into account political changes that can have an effect in the meantime.

Funeral, Theocracy, & Religious Capital: Observations & Thoughts After a Comrade’s Death

From The Federation of Anarchism Era
March 10, 2024

An accident. An accident tore a family apart. An accident took a brave and kind comrade from us. We will remember the date. It was December 2023.

Call for Event Proposals – CONSTELLATION: An Anarchist Festival in Montréal

CONSTELLATION is seeking event proposals. On Saturday, May 25th, during the tabling event at CÉDA and CCGV, there will be space for both pre-planned and spontaneous activities – order and chaos in equal measure. We aspire not to curate a singular experience but rather to create a space for anarchists to gather, conspire, and share in a multitude of experiences. We’ll provide the space but we need you to fill it!

Isabelle Santin of Chosen Few Software

anarchist tech company?

From The Child and ITS Enemies

Episode 2

Isabelle and mk discuss Chosen Few Software—the trans-anarchist tech company run by entirely youth and teens—as well as liberatory education, trans identity, and why, in Isabelle's words..."anarchy is the purest form of decentralized control. In my mind, its the ideal way to organize a massive network, whether that network is made out of computers or people, it makes little difference to me. The reality is that the computers we build are just as fallable as us. They just tend to do more and more of our thinking for us, as they become more powerful and reliable. I think its an important part of the future of human evolution, but we live at a point in time where our societies are beginning to show their scars, show their weak points."

Against Campism and Nationalism on Ukraine

"welcome to my dojo" - William Gillis

From C4SS by Wiliam Gillis

I haven’t talked much about Putin’s invasion of Ukraine since it occurred, mostly just sharing Ukrainian voices and chastising a now former friend for calling for a NATO enforced no fly zone (e.g. shooting down a nuclear power’s planes). There’s something grotesque about the way slaughter can be turned into posturing discourse among the comfortable while the bombs are falling. The way that horrors in Ukraine and Palestine are so easily turned into abstractions should bring us all up short.

But it doesn’t. For two years now the involvement of the US and NATO in the conflict has drawn out some of the most retrograde campist tendencies in the Left, who seek to turn back the clock on the ascendency of the “Three Way Fight” analysis of antifascists. 

Invitation to the 2024 Montreal Anarchist Zine Fair

an invitation!

From Montreal Anarchist Zine Fair

Our weapons are courage and beautiful ideas.

Every year in May, the blossoming of spring invites anarchists to reflect upon subversive ideas and practices, from throughout history to present day. Total destruction of all authority is the project that sets our hearts on fire. We are wary of political strategies, and instead propose an anarchy wherein the means and ends are coherent, without waiting for the ‘right moment’, without compromise.

Marco Pogo, a legend in the Madison music scene, disdains the conventional world

Wisconsin State Journal
April 15, 2024

Kunin said he’s known for not talking about his work history. “I never wanted to sell my brains to someone who would use them for profit. I’m very against capitalism. I’m an anarchist. I’m against the government.”

THE CAROUSEL OF REPRESSION

From La Nemesi

Machine translated by anon without revision because Act for freedom now! and Abolition Media were taking too long.

Almost eight years after the arrests for Scripta Manent, for the second time the Court of Cassation, on 24 April 2024, will rule on the crime of "political massacre", pursuant to art. 285 c. p., against Alfredo and myself, the last remaining remnant of the trial (i), after a merry-go-round of postponements, recalculations and repressive-jurisprudential wizardry (ii).

Barrage against the new Penal Code by Anarchists (Athens,Greece)

ATTACK!

Via Act for freedom now!

Capital is in an ongoing international crisis, with the economic and geopolitical scene changing rapidly. Large swathes of the base are living the consequences. Wars, impoverishment and destitution are intensifying. In this context, States are arming themselves to manage social discontent and suppress the internal enemy.

When ideology gets in the way of solidarity

From Anarchist Black Cross Belarus

In the 15 years of our collective’s existence, we have gone through several major political crises. During elections, protests, and political repression, the Belarusan anarchist movement has not met with isolation from its comrades. People from all over the world showed solidarity in the struggle against the Belarusan dictatorship and for a just and free society: from Los Angeles to Hong Kong.

Russian Anarchist “will finish tenth grade in pre-trial detention”

From Freedom News UK

Lyubov Lizunova, the 17 year old anarchist accused of terrorism for a graffiti, had her preventive measures tightened on April 11 from house arrest to pre-trial detention. This was announced in a letter sent to another accused in the case, the anarchist Alexander Snezhkov. “Lyuba was also arrested. She will finish tenth grade in a preventive detention center,” Snezhkov wrote from pre-trial detention in Chita, far Eastern Russia.

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