In Tension Issue 2 Out Now!

Bloomington, Indiana's own anarchist agitation is back with a second issue, featuring: an "Oath of Refusal," "We Choose to Live," "Moving Beyond Fares," "How to Wheatpaste," a profile on local rent-a-cops, an exploration of barricades, a profile on the local naval base, an explanation of direct action, a reportback from an anarchist fight night, a music review and a poem!

https://intension.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/11/in-tension-issue-2/

Malaysia: 3rd Conference of Anarcho-Syndicalists of the Asia-Pacific Region

From Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists (KRAS)

On December 27-29, the 3rd conference (“convergence”) of anarcho-syndicalists from Asia-Pacific countries was held in the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. It was attended by delegates from Australia, Burma (Myanmar), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia, representatives of the Secretariat of the International Labor Association and the M.A.T. Sub-Secretariat in Asia-Pacific, as well as on-line comrades from a number of other countries.

Austin, TX: 10th Annual NYE Noise Demo

From Austin Autonomedia
January 3, 2025

An anonymous transmission

We did our math wrong last year! This year, the actual 10th annual New Year’s Eve Noise Demo was a blast of sounds and fireworks. A few dozen rowdy rebels marched to the jail with noisemakers, a sound system, and tons of fireworks.

The following was read out before the noise demo started:

Mountain Camaraderie: A Story of an Anarchist Meeting in Germany

From avtonom.org
December 23, 2024

A subscriber sent a story about an anarchist meeting in Germany.

The outstanding mountaineer David Lama said that joint ascents are based on similar ideas about routes, tactics and willingness to take risks. Where extreme conditions mercilessly expose hidden personal qualities, camaraderie takes on a special role.

Prague: Anarchist Book Party

From Anarchistické federace

Report from a scaled-down winter version of the anarchist book festival

Last year, the Anarchist Book Festival collective , in addition to its flagship event in May, also organized a smaller meeting in early December . This was met with enormous interest and there was almost no movement in the then-closing Prostor39. Since the idea of ​​a “winter bookfair” was so popular, the collective decided to repeat it in 2024 and organized an “Anarchist Book Party” on Saturday, December 7.

Scotland: Clydeside Anarchist Zine 2 + Radical Bookfair Reportback

From Clydeside Anarchist Noise
December 12, 2024

On Saturday 7 December, Clydeside Anarchist Noise sent a delegation of rabble-rousers to the Glasgow Radical Bookfair, at the Quaker House. We handed out loads of our zines (and ran out – possibly slightly too early!), participated in the discussions, chatted to comrades from across the anarchist scene in Scotland, and made loads of new pals! Additionally, we were able to raise some money for legal fees and to help a single mother pay her rent this month – thank you to everyone who contributed to these efforts.

San Antonio Anarchist Bookfair Reportback

San Antonio had a sliding scale anarchist bookfair december 7th 2024 at presa house gallery. tablers came from dallas, houston, tuscon, san antonio, and rio grande valley. It was raining so the food vendor had to scrap the menu and did soup instead and did sliding scale, she was happy with how it turned out. as far as i know only other booth doing sliding scale was feral distro.

Brazil: Reportback from the 14th Sao Paulo Anarchist Bookfair

From Feira Anarquista de Sao Paulo (instagram)
November 30, 2024

The 14th SP Anarchist Fair took place on November 24th. For the third year in a row, collectives, artists, social movements, and publishers that fight for anarchism occupied EMEF Des. Amorim Lima for the entire day.

Report from Porto Alegre Anarchist bookfair

From Freedom News UK

Keeping the flame of anarchist agitation alive and spreading throughout the city, meetings between anti-authoritarian individuals and those eager for change, and distributing books and publications—we gathered in the hall of the Acadêmicos da Orgia Samba School

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