Some thoughts on International Women’s Day

From Freedom News UK

It’s International Women’s Day, and I am conflicted. I feel both elation at the opportunity to share the work and ideas of groundbreaking women throughout the centuries and thoroughly depressed that we still need a ‘day’ to remind the world that women exist, that our creative expression matters, that our intellectual endeavours are valid, and that the emotional labour we often give freely in service to our communities is valuable. I also write this as Freedom’s new Culture Editor. It is both an honour to be working at Britain’s oldest anarchist publication and a responsibility. I’m not here to write fluff pieces.

Will Aaron Bushnell’s Death Trigger Anarchism Witch Hunt?

 This sign commemorates Aaron Bushnell, who self-immolated last week on behalf of Palestine, in Portland, Ore., on March 2, 2024. Photo: John Rudoff/Sipa via AP

From The Intercept By Ken Klippenstein

Sen. Tom Cotton demands the Pentagon root out leftist extremism.

Aaron Bushnell’s death by self-immolation in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington last month has provoked nationwide soul-searching about the war in Gaza. For the U.S. government though, the airman’s death excites a different kind of search: for so-called extremists, particularly left-wing ones.

ANTI-WAR CONGRESS / PRAGUE / 24 to 26 May

From actionweek.noblogs.org
February 28, 2024

From 20 to 26 May 2024, groups and individuals from different parts of the world will meet in Prague to coordinate anti-war activities as part of the Week of Action. The series of events will also include an anti-war congress, which will take place from Friday 24 to Sunday 26 May 2024. Campaigns, direct actions, projects, publications and analyses related to the issue of war will be presented at the congress.

Against Patriarchy, to Achieve the Foundations of the Negating Paths of Anarchy

Via Abolition Media By: Mónica Caballero

The economic system that currently governs the territory dominated by the Chilean State and practically all Western states, is capitalism. Capitalism, in simple words, was based on the fact that trade and industry (means of production) are organized and controlled by their owners, that is: entrepreneurs.

8th ASN Conference: Anarchism in/with/as/beyond CONFLICT

From Anarchist Studies Network

Call for Papers

Is conflict a problem to solve, an awkward fact of life, or even a virtue to uphold? Are particular conflicts ‘good’ or ‘bad’? Is anarchism in conflict with itself? Does peace simply equate to an absence of conflict, or is it an ‘equilibrium’ of conflicting social forces? War, huh? What is it good for? ‘Absolutely nothin’!’ (Edwin Starr, 1970).

The “Good War” of Italian Immigrant Anarchists in the US 1914-1920

From Act for freedom now!
(new publication)

In the United States between 1914 and 1920, the greatest armed revolutionary offensive of the 20th century was unleashed against the governmental, judicial, industrial and financial institutions of the most important capitalist country on the planet. These direct actions weren’t the work of the militant factions of a political party or of a more or less radical mass movement, but of a handful of anarchists who had emigrated from Italy at the turn of the century. It was from this context that Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti came, sadly famous their execution on the electric chair in 1927.

Greece: the Counterterrorism Witch Hunt against Anarchist Fotis Tziotzis

from dark nights via athens indymedia, by Fotis Tziotzis

I cease to be amazed and wonder what the police and journalists come up with for cases that disrupt their peace. I have seen and read a lot these days about the alleged major operation of the DAEEV (Directorate for Dealing with Special Violent Crimes ΔΑΕΕΒ, Anti Terrorist) and the dismantling of a dangerous terrorist organization.

Tsvetana Jermanova (March 20, 1938 - February 19, 2024)

From АнархоСъпротива (Anarcho-Resistance) (facebook)
February 21, 2024

On Monday, February 19, 2024, the anarchist Tsvetana Jermanova, who was the last living surviving prisoner of the largest camp for political opponents of the Communist Party - Belene, died. Tsveta Jermanova would have turned 96 on March 20 this year. The farewell to the former Bolshevik regime camp inmate will take place in her native village of Leskovets, Pernik, on February 23, 2024 at 1 pm.

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