Category Archives: News blog

For Marjane Satrapi  (1969-2026)

When we’re afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators’ repression. The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself:Are … Continue reading

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For José Domínguez Muñoz, “El Cabrero” (1944-2026)

I am not the animalthat stays silent for a mealI am not that animalbecause I have within mea discontentthat nourishes me. The sea boasts of its depthand time of its wisdomthe wind, of its powerthe sea boasts of its depththe … Continue reading

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“this is not a golden calf”

Choose your leaderswith wisdom and forethought. To be led by a cowardis to be controlledby all that the coward fears. To be led by a foolis to be ledby the opportunistswho control the fool. To be led by a thiefis … Continue reading

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Israel, Apartheid, and the Death Penalty: When Law Becomes a Tool of Ethnic Cleansing

By Rezgar Akrawi, from libcom.org (10/04/2026) The Death Penalty for Terrorists Law was formally passed on 30 March 2026, with a 62–48 vote. Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, during a session of the Knesset’s National Security Committee. He and … Continue reading

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Hands Off Prosfygika: Eviction Threat Sparks Hunger Strike and Mass Mobilization

From Unicorn Riot, by Camilla Donzelli (02/04/2026) Athens, Greece — On March 14, more than 4,000 people joined a march organized by the Community of Squatted Prosfygika, a historic occupation in Athens now facing an eviction threat due to a … Continue reading

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Iran between Repression, Co-optation, and War: Three Waves of Counterrevolution

From the CrimethInc. collective (19/03/2026) In the following analysis, Somayeh Rostampour shows how the repression that the Iranian government has carried out to crush protests, the monarchist attempt to co-opt opposition movements and push them to the right, and the … Continue reading

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The War on Iran: Immoral allies, False claims and Unnecessary Bloodshed

From the Verso Books blog (11/03/2026) Ilan Pappe on US and Israeli immorality and why Palestine lies at the heart of the war on Iran.

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The Attack on Iran Is an Attack on All of Us

From the CrimethInc. collective (28/02/2026) The US and Israeli attack on Iran is morally repugnant. It is calculated only to benefit an elite of racist, Islamophobic warmongers. It will not benefit Iranians or ordinary people anywhere on earth.

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Anti-fascism: In solidarity!

The themes which monastic discipline assigned to friars for meditation were designed to turn them away from the world and its affairs. The thoughts which we are developing here originate from similar considerations. At a moment when the politicians in … Continue reading

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The Road to Prairieland

From the CrimethInc. collective (13/02/2026) The Crackdown on Anti-ICE Activists in Texas Reflects a Pattern of Intensifying Repression On July 4, roughly a dozen people participated in a demonstration at the Prairieland Detention Center, a facility imprisoning immigrants facing deportation … Continue reading

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