Syria: The New Terra Nullius

SYRIA, seat of an Islamic Caliphate. Syria, site of the Middle East’s newest liberal democracy. Syria, socialist paradise. Syria, a corrupt and murderous dictatorship that practices genocide. Syria, a failed state. Syria a state that is too strong. Syria, soon to be partitioned into ethnic enclaves. Syria, a pawn of Iran. Syria, a tool of […]

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Uprising News for Jan. 9, 2009: Greece, Gaza

Just two brief alerts here: ON THE GREEK RIOTS promises to report on its blog today concerning today’s mass demonstrations planned across Greece today, with an anarchist assemply currently taking place in the Athens Polytechnic. Demonstrations and riots in Greece have continued, more sporadically since Christmas, and this January 9 mobilization has been planned for […]

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Japan’s 2008 Riots: Rendered invisible?

An Italian news crew, at times offering the kind of principled and socially engaged commentary I applauded earlier, produced a unique document of riots in Osaka, Japan, and they noted that no other journalists were present. The context was the G-8 meeting held there in June, and while we were made barely aware on this […]

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The Greek Uprising Continues and Widens Here, There, Everywhere

Call for an International Day of Action Against State Murder, worldwide demonstrations for Saturday, December 20, 2008: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=62832383528 and On The Greek Riots see also: “We don’t forget, we don’t’forgive” – day of international action against state murders, 20 – 12 – 2008 Today (Friday, Dec. 12), the assembly of the occupied Athens Polytechnic decided […]

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The Greek “Intifada”: News, Views, Overviews, Day 7

“Until now, our society was full of dirty but calm water; nothing was moving, nothing improving, all the problems of our society remained unsolved for years. People pretended that everything was going well. But now this false picture has been broken and we are facing reality.” — Vicky Stamatiadou, a kindergarten teacher in the rich […]

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Solidarity with Fire: The Insurrection to Come

“solidarity with the fires in Greece, the insurrection to come” Today is the sixth continuous day of protest riots in Greece, with some of the biggest developments being the international spread of the protests and the magnitude of the damage done to private business in Greece. This is just a roundup from mainstream news sources […]

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Any sign of political climax in Greece?

If one looks into the etymology of the original Greek word, climax, it apparently refers to “propositions rising in effectiveness,” of a goal achieved through specific steps. The Oxford English Dictionary credits “popular ignorance” for making “high point” the meaning of climax, while Marie Stopes, a birth-control pioneer, turned it into a substitute for orgasm. […]

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“This is war”: More news on the Greek uprising

“Every single, and I mean every single shop in the centre of Athens is damaged or destroyed”. “It is war, don’t you see? This is war.” And so it begins. The biggest string of riots the country has seen in its post-dictatorship (1974) era. Talking heads on TV screens are completely freaking out. “What would […]

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Anarchist News on the Greek Uprising

There is very little information coming out in English, and on North American anarchist blogs, with news or direct communication from Greece or about the Greek protests. This is what I have found thus far: ••••••• So far, the blog with the most active coverage is ON THE GREEK RIOTS, news direct from Greece, in […]

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