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..”The night is ours”.. thousands of women smash up Barcelona in 8-M night demo

Many feminist assemblies have organized a night-time demonstration in Sant Gervasi that headied towards the Vox fascist party headquarters
in Sant Gervasi district. Thousands of women began smashing up banks and shops.

Manifestación nocturna por el 8M en Sant Gervasi

text from https://www.lavanguardia.com a rightwing Barcelona paper

More than 2000 women have gathered this Sunday afternoon in front of the Putxet railways in a non-mixed night march in favor of 8-M. Organized by several feminist assemblies, the protesters were summoned days in advance so the police were already present in the area before their arrival..

All 8-M demonstrations have been BANNED in Madrid, but allowed in Barcelona with ‘Covid distancing restrictions’

The demonstration has ended with severe damage, although no container or other urban furniture has been burned. The protesters, as reported by the Mossos d’Esquadra, have broken the windows of a car dealership, a telephone store, a travel agency, the premises of a dentist and at least five bank offices.

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14 Year Old Anarchists still jailed Facing Terrorism Charges in Russia for ‘Minecraft plot’

from AMW English shared with thanks Published March 6, 2021

Two boys, who turned 15 years old last year, Nikita Uvarov and Denis Mikhaylenko, have been in jail since last summer, accused of plotting a terrorist attack.

Kansk is a city with a population of 90,000 in Siberia, Russia. The closest city with a million inhabitants is Krasnoyarsk, 250 kilometers westwards.

According to the charges, they were, among other things, planning to build the headquarters of the Russian security service FSB in Minecraft, and to blow it up there. During the Soviet Era, the FSB had different names, the last before the disintegration of the Soviet union being FSB.

One of the flyers posted by teenagers. Photo: Base // Одна из листовок, расклеенных подростками. Фото: База

Nikita and Denis were arrested after they spread posters demanding the release of anarchist and mathematician Azat Miftakhov, arrested in Moscow. One of the posters was posted on the local FSB building in Kansk.

Denis and Nikita were also planning to organize a Food Not Bombs-event in Kansk, to give food to the homeless.

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Anarchism, Mutual Aid, and Self-Organization: From the George Floyd Uprising to India’s Farmer Rebellion

from its going down.. shared with thanks

The following essay examines the explosion of mass struggles in India under the far-Right Modi government while comparing them to the George Floyd uprising in the United States, highlighting the role that mutual aid and self-organization played in each.

To listen to an interview offering an anarchist and anti-colonial analysis of the situation in India, go here.

by Pranav Jeevan P

India witnessed the rise of two large protest movements in last 2 years which saw millions taking to streets against the oppressive laws passed by the government. These were the Anti-CAA protests against the discriminative Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and the farmers protests against a series of pro-corporate farm laws.

During the Anti-CAA protests, the loudest voices of dissent have been the women; from housewives to grandmothers, lawyers to students, women across India have been at the forefront of this struggle.

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