The Acorn 24: World Mayday/ Repression of A’s/ Arms Fair Victory/ etc.

Number 24

In this issue:

1. May the First: one day in an unending battle
2. Blocking the railway in Marseilles: a first-hand report
3. Lies and bail conditions to keep anarchists off the streets
4. Court victory for arms fair blockaders
5. Witch hunt: antisemitism smears are ideological warfare
6. Acorninfo

1. May the First: one day in an unending battle

May Day in Paris

Huge crowds on the streets all over the world, at least one protester killed and many more injured by cops – May Day 2016 was as dramatic as any, as we show below.

In a way, although the people, the tear gas and the police batons were all very real, the day is a symbolic annual incarnation of a battle that goes on for 24 hours a day, 52 weeks of the year.

This is the battle between  us and them, between the exploited and the exploiters, the peasants…