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“Our Job is Repression…the Police is a Paramilitary Organization”

«Comprenons-nous, nous ne sommes pas pour l’établissement d’un État policier, nous savons qu’il faut travailler avec la population et créer des liens. Mais il y a des groupes pour ça. Notre boulot, à la police, c’est la répression. Nous n’avons pas besoin d’un agent sociocommunautaire comme directeur, mais d’un général. Après tout, la police est […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

The Two Terrors of 2008: End of Year Post

This year seems to have ended on a very different set of notes than how it began, and the theme might be that “two terrors are better than one.” The first terror, the one we have known since this new imperial rampage poorly/ironically named the “global war of terror” began in 2001, accompanied by neoliberal […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

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 […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

“Citizen journalism”: A Malaysian interviews protesters in Athens

Premesh Chandran, a Malaysian citizen who is the CEO of Malaysiakini and was attending the Global Forum on Media Development, in Athens, Greece, ventured into the streets and interviewed some non-anarchist protesters. We might call this one “video notes from the streets of cosmopolitanism.” Before I forget, I owe some thanks: Thank you, Greece, for […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

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 […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

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. […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

“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 […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

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 […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Watching Oppression Burn: Across Greece, Across Europe

Some media are calling these “riots” by “extremists,” while others insist on speaking of “self-styled anarchists” (as opposed to officially incorporated and state-recognized anarchists?) — I prefer to see these events as a transnational festival of insurgence that targets some of those insititutions that embody and breed violence locally and internationally: the police, the state, […]