RIP

For Steve Paxton (1939-2024)

From Autonomies

Five years ago, we wrote a short piece lauding Steve Paxton’s work as a dancer and his vision of dance, which we entitled: “Anarchic movement: Ambulations in thought after Steve Paxton”. This week (21/02/2024), we learned of his death. In sadness and celebration, we share our modest thoughts anew.

UK: Letter from anarchist prisoner Toby Shone for comrade Alfredo M. Bonanno

From Dark Nights

Farewell, Alfredo

I heard today by telephone as the morning winter sun shone through grey clouds into the confines of my cell that our comrade Alfredo Bonanno passed away during sleep surrounded by the love of his close ones. I too send my incendiary embrace to all those who feel his loss and assert that a combative memory will remain. Alfredo’s contributions to the anarchist movement are undeniable, critical, insightful, and prescient.

Benjamin Zephaniah 1958-2023

Benjamin Zephaniah 1958-2023

From Freedom News UK

“Fuck power – and let’s just take care of each other. Most people know that politics is failing. The problem is they can’t imagine an alternative. They lack confidence. I simply blanked out all the advertising, turned off the ‘tell-lie-vision’, and started thinking for myself. Then I really started to meet people – and trust me, there is nothing as great as meeting people who are getting on with their lives. Running farms, schools, shops and even economies in communities where no one has power. That’s why I’m an anarchist.”

Alfredo Maria Bonanno, ideologue of the anarcho-insurrectionists, has died

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From Domani (machine translation to English)

His name will not mean much to the general public, but for part of the variegated anarchist world, Alfredo Maria Bonanno was much more than a point of reference. He died this morning, Wednesday 6 December, in Trieste, he was 86 years old: the news gradually spread among friends and companions, informed by his wife. The comrades themselves remember him today for his rigor in searching for original texts by anarchist theorists and for the logic pursued in the discussions.

Attack in Memory of the Base in Brooklyn

Via Abolition Media

The storefront of Altitude Cannabis Club in Brooklyn, NY was attacked with three of its windows shattered and a message scrawled on its door. The building that Altitude is located at is the former address of the Base, an anarchist political space that many of us revolutionaries held near and dear to our hearts and gave us a space to build community, make friends and comrades, sharpen our political knowledge, debate with others, and grow into the thorns in the side of the state and capitalism that we are today.

Ponx Not Dead Book Project

We finally managed to independently published the Ponx Not Dead Book project. This is a commemorative, cause-driven and honoring initiatives for our late comrade Gutson Heyres aka Pong Para-atman Spongtanyo. A dedicated anarchist activist and artist who passed away last August 2020.

The content of the book is a collection of his art work, murals, photo collages, coloring book section and testimonial articles including the writings of Keith McHenry the co-founder of Food Not Bombs.

Statement from Tortu, about the death of Tony

Write an anarchist prisoner today!

From Anarquía

Two weeks after the kidnapping of my compañerxs and I, the reason that makes me write this statement today is to hold the investigation police responsible for the death of my cat companion Tony, who on the day of the raid on my home was cowardly beaten with a kick in his stomach, which left him with internal sequelae.

The Anarchist Library Fermento Closes Its Doors

From Act for Freedom Now!

After more than 10 years, at three different locations in Zurich, the anarchist library „Fermento“ with the archive and the distro part will be put into storage. Stored does not mean that it will no longer be accessible, but there will be temporarily no more opening times and we leave the current location at Zweierstr. 42 in Zurich by the end of October 2022.

Juan Carlos Mechoso, 1935-2022

It’s Only Been a Few Days and We Already Feel Your Absence

Troy Araiza Kokinis reflects on the life and revolutionary work of Juan Carlos Mechoso, who passed on October 11, 2022. Juan Carlos was a founding member of our sister organization, Federación Anarquista Uruguaya (FAU) and he will be dearly missed. Black Rose/Rosa Negra sends its heartfelt greetings and solidarity to the family, friends, and comrades of Juan Carlos.

Graffiti in Memory of Jennifer Laude + Call to Action

From It's Going Down

Trans and queer anarchists in so-called southern New Jersey stand in solidarity with our siblings in the Philippines. We remember and lift up the memory of our international trans sister, Jennifer “Ganda” Laude, who was hate-crime murdered by U.S. Marine and transphobe Joseph Scott Pemberton on this day October 11, 2014. Pemberton poses a serious risk to communities everywhere as an “international pig” who got away with murder with the help of the U.S. military.

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