Four people arrested after solidarity actions with arrestees of New Year punk gig in Minsk (Belarus)

via abc belarus: On January 20-21 four activists were arrested in Minsk after solidarity actions with people previously arrested at the New Year Punk Party in Minsk. One person was captured by the police at the prison gates when people came to meet those comrades who were due to be released after the 10 days …

Riot Cops raid punk concert and arrest counter-info project in Minsk (Belarus)

On January 10, 2015, in the club “Pirates” there was supposed to be a concert of several punk bands including the Italian “Kalashnikov”. However, on information received from witnesses, this never happened. Approximately during the middle of the set of the first band, the club was surrounded by police cars and “branded” vans of Riot …

Prisoners cause DIY explosion at Strangeways, Manchester (UK)

via in the belly of the beast: Inmates sparked a terror alert after a home-made bomb exploded in a cell at the category A Strangeways Prison in Manchester earlier this year. The incident happened inside a cell on D Wing after prisoners used a plastic bottle and other household items available from the canteen to …

Operation Pandora: Democracy imprisons 7 more anarchists (Spain)

via contrainfo: On December 16, Operation Pandora was unleashed. The State’s security forces burst into different houses and squats in Barcelona and Madrid, and eleven anarchist comrades were kidnapped. This kidnapping—and it couldn’t have been done any other way—was coordinated with the media, who helped justify and legitimate it with heart and soul, spreading the …

Police arrest at least 15 in raids against anarchists (Spain)

At least 15 people were arrested during raids in Spain on December 17th for being part of an “anarchist terror organization” in what the Spanish government is calling ‪#‎OperacionPandora‬. At quarter past five, an operation consisting of Mossos d’Esquadra mobilized to carry out an operation against the Libertario movement. So far, the Mossos have raided …

PDF: Since the Bristol Riots– Communiques from the FAI, ELF and other attacks 2011-2014 (UK)

via personsunknown.noblogs.org PDF Link: http://personsunknown.noblogs.org/files/2014/11/Since-the-Bristol-riots.pdf by Person(s) Unknown / Dark Matter Publications “Since the Bristol Riots” is a collection of communiques from the Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI), Earth Liberation Front (ELF), and other anonymous attacks in the Bristol area since the riots in April 2011 until October 2014. The communiques include attacks targeted against police, …

‘Untouchables’ step up attacks on prison guards (UK)

via mainstream media An explosion of violent attacks against prison officers has erupted following a European Court ban on extending detainees’ sentences for misbehaviour. Before the Euro-court ruling, prison governors had the summary power to add 21 days to the sentence of a young offender and 42 to that of an adult for fighting, assaults …

Prison suicides more than double as the prison society announces ‘super child prisons’ (UK)

A series of reports in liberal mainstream media rag The Guardian have further highlighted the fetid stench of the growing cesspit that is the UK prison system. These reports hold up a stark mirror which manage to reflect both the prison society that unashamedly alienates and indoctrinates its young people outside in ‘normal society’ whilst …

About the event “Armed War, Revolutionary Movement and Social Revolution” with phone call intervention from Nikos Maziotis of Revolutionary Struggle (Greece)

Yesterday, Friday 17th, there was a fixed event concerning the “Armed War, Revolutionary Movement and Social Revolution” in Athens, where the anarchist comrade Nikos Maziotis was going to speak through the phone, from the Diavata prison. Because of a court order, the phones in the wing where the comrade is detained, were closed. This is …

Close the Camps – Mapping of migrant camps (Europe)

Close the camps: Mapping of migrant camps is a website which aims to provide a dynamic and interactive mapping of migrant detention in Europe and beyond. It aims to do this by using, amongst others, the following techniques: • Record the sites, forms and conditions of migrant detention and their serious human consequences • Enable …