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Update from Sofia - Life is So Much Effort

From Free Sofia Johnson by Comrade Candle

Hi ya’ll, my mental health is further deteriorating. I’m struggling to attain regular access to hormone therapy again, I’m dealing with the nausea from trying strattera, struggling to eat with the effects of my mental health.

70 years later: The Man who Blew Up the Sofia Stalin Statue in 1953 & Survived

From Bulgarian News Agency
March 24, 2023

On March 3, 1953 a 19-year-old anarchist did the unthinkable and blew up the large monument of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that stood in the central Sofia Freedom Park – now Boris' Garden – and survived. He lives to this day, aged 90.

As Long As There Are Bars

From Surviving Leviathan with Peter Gelderloos

One of the weird things about prison was how normal it felt. I was already an anarchist at that point, so I knew that none of us were free, but in prison I learned this was not an abstract technicality. It is absolutely horrible to be deprived of your loved ones and deprived of the open sky, the earth, the water. But beneath these things, all of them solvable by an eager prison reformer through better visits or gardening programs, at a fundamental level, prison did not feel qualitatively different from school or the psych ward at the hospital.

Statement on the arson against a vehicle of the Greek Embassy

From Kontrapolis.

We have been closely following the Greek state's crushing of demonstrations in the streets of Athens. The government of Nea Dimokratia and its judiciary have proven that in the hunger strikes of D. Koufontinas and G. Michailidis they are ready to let prisoners die rather than to give way one step. We know the videos of the lynching with the participation of police officers of Zak Kostopoulos. As well as the execution of N. Sampanis in Perama by DIAS is an expression of a ruthless regime, as is the murder of Vassilis Maggos in Volos. Blood drips from the hands of the Greek authorities.

Anarcho-blackness on Immediatism podcast

Immediatism has recently added a number of recordings of writings by Black authors. The first is autobiographical whilst the second starts out biographical then segues to analyses of the laws and institutions that controlled Black people after the end of slavery. The third, No Selves to Abolish, presents afropessimism; "[I]t is not simply at odds with, but is in fact hostile to identity and privilege politics -- whether Black or non-Black" (from the intro on TheAnarchistLibrary.org). The fourth, Anarcho-Blackness makes the point that there are many anarchist factors and aspects at work presently in Black communities and asks the question: If Blackness is anarchic, do Black individuals necessarily need to identify as anarchists? Fifth is Flower Bomb's piece which analyzes The Future as a kind of control limiting us in the present.

Case Revisited - Kaczynski's Lingering Influence in 2021

Kelley and I discuss the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, and his life. We discuss how his anti-technology beliefs and extreme outlook resonate with events and radical, anti-government movements in this current day and age. And finally we explore what lessons can be learned by looking at this case in hindsight.

See the full video and transcript below. I edited the text slightly for clarity’s sake, just to remove filler words and put anything I forgot to say in.

A Raging Heart

From supportericking.org

“It’s about how I’m feeling both physically and emotionally. The rage comes from not only the violence itself, but also their refusal to acknowledge their role in it. this annoying indoctrination where authority convinces us that we did these things to ourselves. Every time the head cracking is brought up someone will say “you should have kicked him” or “well you weren’t innocent”

Eric King: Call In Help Needed URGENT

From supportericking.org

It is important to note that the BOP has held Eric incommunicado since his last legal call. His 20 minutes a week he is allowed to prepare for his case was taken away with no explanation. The BOP is unresponsive as well as the prosecutor who STILL has not responded to this brutal attack.

Eric King No Longer able to receive mail

From supportericking.org

The Warden at FCI Englewood has decided, during a global pandemic to remove all general mail from Eric. This illustrates so well the deliberate indifference that belongs to ALL wardens to the lives of prisoners. Further isolating a prisoner that you have on a suicide management plan.

Hamilton, ON: Two Demos for Barton Prisoners: What’s possible in the streets during Covid?

Last Friday, April 10, the Barton Prisoner Solidarity Project (BAPSOP) published a report that some prisoners had been attacked by guards after refusing a lockdown, and today two actions occurred to support the prisoners and call for their immediate release. During the day, there was a public call for a car demo, then at night, an invite-only action to go set off lights and fireworks.

This kind of solidarity mobilizing happens not infrequently around here, but this time felt a bit different because of the virus and the repressive social context around it. As an anarchist who participated in both actions, I wanted to share a few reflections on this campaign and on doing demos in the covid era, as a letter to others who are also asking what’s possible in these strange times.

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