Tag Archives: State and terror

The US government attacks internet privacy

The email and website provider Autistici/Noblog.org has been designated as a “global terrorist threat”. from lundimatin #531, 02/09/2026 Founded in 2001, Autistici/Inventati is a volunteer and free provider of email, websites, mailing lists, blogs, and communication tools focused on privacy … Continue reading

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Nation of Terrorists

Matthew Wolfe on the use of domestic terrorism charges against activists, from the Earth Liberation Front to Prairieland. from Verso Books Blog 03/09/2026 Late on the night of July 4, 2025, a group of eleven protesters walked up to the … Continue reading

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A new hunting season has been declared (pt. 2), or the normalisation of fascism

On the 16th of July, at the invitation of Marco Rubio and the US State Department, representatives of over 60 countries gathered to hear Rubio annonce that “the counterterrorism architecture of the free world, built over a generation against jihadist … Continue reading

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The new Palmer Raids

How Trump’s war on dissent borrows from America’s darkest playbook Joel Sucher, Freedom News (29/06/2026) History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes – and right now, the rhyme scheme is terrifyingly familiar. In the winter of 1919-1920, Attorney General A. … Continue reading

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The transatlantic war on freedom

From Freedom News (29/06/2026) Moving a box of zines can now get you 30 years in Trump’s America, echoing the UK’s crackdown on protest punkacademic On Tuesday, while England played Ghana in the World Cup, down in Texas nine people each … Continue reading

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EU votes to speed up deportations

Removal of undocumented people becomes easier as far-right international continues to rise Blade Runner (Freedom News, 22/06/2026) An alliance of centre-right and far-right lawmakers won a vote for anti-immigration enforcement measures in the European Parliament last week. The Return Regulationis designed … Continue reading

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The Solidarity Assembly for Imprisoned Fugitives and Persecuted Combatants

From the CrimethInc. collective (11/06/2026) An Interview on Repression and Resistance in Greece For June 11, the day of International Solidarity with Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners, we want to offer a glimpse of the repression that the anarchist movement is facing in … 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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George Orwell: Vanity and despotism

But what light does our difference here throw upon the problem before us? What connection is there between the sartorial splendours of the educated man and the photograph of ruined houses and dead bodies? Obviously the connection between dress and … Continue reading

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Giorgio Agamben: State and terror

What is a state that, ignoring all forms of law, methodically murders or kidnaps the leaders of states it arbitrarily declares to be its enemies? Nevertheless, this is what is happening with the approval or embarrassed silence of European countries. … Continue reading

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