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The Greek uprising is truly going European!

March 10th, 2010 · posted by occupied london · marked as: Articles · resistance

It is Wednesday, March 10th – the eve of the third recent strike in Greece. “I don’t really earn enough to get a cab to tomorrow’s demonstration”, writes a commentator on Athens IMC. “And there’s no public transport, as everyone is participating in the strike. Good for them. We are driving down there tonight, staying with a friend. And we’ll be using the car’s engine oil to wash the streets, our little gift to the thugs of the police’s motor-cycle Delta force.” Our friend’s from Occupied London give some context on what might happen tomorrow at the general strike, which we’ll be covering here tomorrow.

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Nazis prevented from marching in Dresden

February 16th, 2010 · posted by anon · marked as: Articles · resistance

Over 10000 antifascists successfully blockaded and barricaded Dresden on Saturday 13th February, preventing an annual march of 6000 nazis.

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The State of State Repression in the US

January 28th, 2010 · posted by anon · marked as: Articles · resistance

A letter from people charged with organising against the Republican National Convention, looking at the current state of attack on anarchists by the US government.

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Looking back on the COP15

January 13th, 2010 · posted by anon · marked as: Articles · resistance

The COP15 climate change conference was meant to be a significant moment in the global response to the threats of climate change, convening governments after years of negotiation and producing results. The mobilisation to it was huge on all fronts. Delegations from 193 countries, NGOs, scientists, journalists, lobbyists, as well as anarchists and activists either [...]

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Revolt Chic (if you can’t beat it, recuperate it!)

December 24th, 2009 · posted by occupied london · marked as: Articles · resistance

Antonis from Occupied London writes about how the last December’s revolt has been recuperated by the very organisations and institutions that it was targeting. Alexis Grigoropoulos’s death becomes just another event for the corporate media to sell objects with. But… But perhaps, there’s still some glimmer of hope left on the streets?

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Copenhagen mobile updates

December 18th, 2009 · posted by anon · marked as: Articles · resistance

Over the last two weeks Last Hours has been making mobile updates from Copenhagen. We’ll be writing a full feature in the coming days, but for now, they give a flavour of some of what happened.

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The fake jump of the diver: Greece, eleven months on

December 6th, 2009 · posted by occupied london · marked as: Articles · resistance

Our friends from Voices of Resistance form Occupied London recently penned this article contributing to the long term analysis of the uprising in Greece last December. On the anniversary of the death of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, the spark for the uprising, we publish the article in full.
How fast does time run? A bit of a [...]

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N30: ten years on

November 29th, 2009 · posted by anon · marked as: Articles · resistance

It’s the 10 year anniversary of the Battle of Seattle, a significant event in our movements’ history.

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This December the United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP15 will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Those organising the conference claim it aims to be a step towards the building of a ‘new global climate treaty’ in an attempt to tackle climate change.

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Viva La Minga!

October 18th, 2009 · posted by Raz · marked as: Articles · resistance

This report on the opening demonstration of the Minga Social y Communitaria in Bogotá, Colombia by two activists from Brighton, UK, gives an insight into the ‘congresses’ going on around Columbia linking up indigenous peoples, workers and students across the country.

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