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Statement from RNC Welcoming Committee, USA (Wed)

04-09-2008 15:57 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The RNC Welcoming Committee wants to say thank you to all who have stood with us through these challenging days, to all who have faced the brutal attacks and repressive intimidation of the police, and have still gone back to the streets. Thanks to all who have made calls, sent emails, donated money, and expressed your outrage at these brutal attacks.

Terrorist - SHAC 7 Trailer

TERRORIST - SHAC 7 chronicles the journey of a group of grass-roots activists up to and through their trial for Domestic Terrorism. Dark truths about The Patriot Act, the First Amendment, questionable science and political activism all come to light as we live, laugh and fear with the defendants, attorneys, witnesses and law enforcement professionals involved in this precedent setting case.

RNC/USA: Video From Saint Paul Warzone

03-09-2008 18:17 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

media resistance

Direct Action; Mexico, Czech Republic, Sweden & Italy

1st-3rd September

GATES OF NOVARTIS PAINTED (Mexico)
PHOTOS RELEASED FROM HEN LIBERATION (UK)
HUNTING TOWERS SAWED (Czech Republic)
HUNTING TOWERS SMASHED-UP (Sweden)
ACTIVISTS TARGET ESCADA EMPLOYEE (Italy)

Irish Navy flees from Shell to Sea inflatable boats

03-09-2008 11:48 | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

Shell to Sea protesters in inflatable Kayaks braved strong winds and rough seas whilst approaching the Irish Navy Gunboat stationed off the coast, to establish communication with it's Captain.

Pro-ISI senator defends Baluch women killings

02-09-2008 10:29 | Gender | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Two Pakistan senators, one man and one woman, both close to the dreaded Inter Services Intelligence try to give a bad name to the Baluch nation fighting for independence from Pakistan. A request has been made to the Interpol to arrest the Senator Mir Israrullah Zehri for alleged killings.

Two cities - two Bristol bookfair fundraisers

02-09-2008 09:27 | Culture | Social Struggles | World

As the excitement builds in the run up to Bristol’s first anarchist bookfair in 15 years, bookfair organisers have 2 more benefit nights arranged in Bath & Bristol over the next seven days. These benefit nights allow us to raise the funds to pay for the bookfair, whilst having a good night out, ensuring there is no need for a formal entry fee at the bookfair itself. Anarchists eh, what a bunch of self-funding, self-organised idealists!

Cops attacking anti-RNC demos this afternoon, Minneapolis

01-09-2008 19:39 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

More photos and videos can be found here:
Another news feed from activists on the streets around the blockades can be found here:

http://twitter.com/coldsnaplegal

Up-to-minute newsfeed from Republican Convention blockades

01-09-2008 18:49 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

All the latest news on the streets of todays huge anti-Republican Convention from the streets of Minneapolis. Lots of stuff going on now from a 10,000 people demo, a breakaway Funk The War march, a block block roaming and breaking stuff and various sectors blockaded to prevent delegates moving around the City. Cops going in hard. Some arrests. Pepper spray and rubber bullets now being used on protestors.

Riot Police Defend the Mall of America from workers

01-09-2008 18:07 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Starbucks workers and their supporters, 50 to 70 of them, converge for a rally
today at the rail station at Lake and Hiawatha in downtown Minneapolis. The
crowd comes to stand in solidarity with Starbucks workers in their fight to
organize a union, the Starbucks Workers Union (SWU), with the Industrial Workers
of the World (IWW)*, and to escort Erik Forman back to work at the Mall of
America.

Minnesota cops bust ‘criminal’ RNC/FNB protesters

01-09-2008 17:56 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

A series of police raids that took place in the Twin Cities over the weekend, in which FBI agents and local law enforcement detained six people on suspicion of conspiracy to riot at the Republican National Convention. The detainees have not been formally charged with any crime and their lawyers are in court today seeking their release. There were no such pre-emptive arrests of protesters at the Democratic Convention in Denver last week

Radical Response to Hurricane Gustav and the RNC: Statement

01-09-2008 17:45 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Here in the Twin Cities, activists have been experiencing the suspension of civil and human rights through intolerable pre-emptive raids, and members and friends of the RNC Welcoming Committee have been on the run, seeking sanctuary from police terrorism. Now, residents of the Gulf Coast are will continue to be experiencing the suspension of civil and human rights on an even more massive scale, and seeking sanctuary not only from the weather but from a military invasion of their cities - the same kind which 3 years ago proved an even bigger calamity than Hurricane Katrina itself.

Incendiary attack against bank in Greece

01-09-2008 16:39 | Social Struggles | World

According to "Tahydromos" (

http://www.taxydromos.gr/ArticleDetail.aspx?nodeSerial=001001&nodeId=2&articleId=12277#), "an explosion of an improvised device caused large damages to the subsidiary of Ethniki bank on Larissis and Neapoleos street corner, set there by unknown persons...

Earth Liberation Prisoners - September 2008

31-08-2008 21:52 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

Welcome to the September 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As people will
soon see, ELP's prisoner lists have grown yet again. If we exclude the Geek
anarchist, Vaggelis Botzatzis, and the two Americans Richard Sills and
Michael Sykes (all of whom are listed by ELP as 'Other Prisoners'), there
are now 40 listed animal & earth liberation prisoners in Europe & America.

Direct action in Germany: 18th-30th August

31-08-2008 12:56 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | World

Arson attack against the car of a neonazi
Protest against neo-nazi demonstration, fascist car burned, barricades...
Arson attack against Telekom
Arson attacks against neo-nazi cars and color against neo-nazi shops
Arson attack against a police station