Monthly Archives: December 2008
“Didn’t I Tell You That I Will Pop Your Eyes Out?”: Mass Arrests at the Dissenters March in Petersburg
The St. Petersburg Times December 16, 2008 Wave of Arrests in Protests Across Russia By Sergey Chernov Staff Writer Dozens of protesters were arrested Sunday during an anti-Kremlin protest in St. Petersburg aimed at the government’s handling of the economy … Continue reading
Filed under political repression, protests, Russian society
If the Shoe Doesn’t Fit, Throw It at the World’s Biggest War Criminal
Like this.
Filed under protests, war & peace
Iceland’s Burning!
From the anarchist group Aftaka comes this communique—Direct Action in Iceland, a report on protest actions taken against the government, the police, and the banks in response to the country’s financial collapse.
Filed under activism, international affairs, leftist movements, protests
Support TagAZ-ITUA Activists!
The Taganrog Automobile Plant (TagAZ), in the southern Rostov Region of Russia, assembles a number of Hyundai vehicles as well as its own line of cars. When you look at their website, you get a rather rosy picture of labor … Continue reading
Filed under interviews, political repression, trade unions
Kandinsky Is Ashamed: Vpered and Chto Delat Picket the Kandinsky Prize
To receive the award, the three young men that comprise [the PG Group] came on stage wearing ski masks, announcing themselves to be the Moscow representatives of Somali pirates.“The future belongs to people in masks,” one member of the group … Continue reading
Filed under activism, anti-racism, anti-fascism, contemporary art, protests
Nobody Got Murdered: The Mysterious “Life” and “Death” of Olga Rukosyla
On October 17, we reported, via a translation of a quite emotional post on the Live Journal of the Moscow anarchist and journalist Vlad Tupikin, on the brutal murder of a young woman in Irkutsk. It was alleged that the … Continue reading
Afghanistan: The Case against the “Good War”
Jonathan Neale, “Afghanistan: The Case against the ‘Good War.’” International Socialism 120. Simply the best article we have ever read about the recent history of Afghanistan and the extremely troubling situation there now. Read it and sent it to everyone … Continue reading
Filed under critical thought, international affairs, war & peace
/unvermittelt: For a Concept of Labor Beyond Overwork and Lack of Work
/unvermittelt www.unvermittelt.net …for a concept of labor beyond overwork and lack of work Participants: Absageagentur, bankleer, Bildwechsel, Chto Delat, Chor der Tätigen, city mine(d), Die Heilige Kirche der letzten drei Arbeitstage, G-bliss productions, Sascha Göttling, Institut für Primär-energieforschung, Kiez ->To … Continue reading
Workers Occupy Plant in Chicago
Angry laid-off workers occupy factory in Chicago Updates on the campaign from UE (United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America), the union that represents the workers at the Republic Windows and Doors plant. And here is a good post … Continue reading
Filed under international affairs, trade unions
An Open Letter on the 2008 Kandinsky Prize
An Open Letter on the 2008 Kandinsky Prize We admit it upfront: we don’t care much for the artist Alexei Belyaev (Guintovt), and we don’t care about him. His art is beyond the pale of criticism, and we have never … Continue reading
