Report back of solidarity action in Mexico City for persecuted anarchists in Indonesia:
On October 17, 2025, anarchist groups such as the CATL and Cruz Negra, along with Radio Zapote and others, gathered near the Indonesian embassy in a wealthy Mexico City neighborhood to proclaim solidarity for anarchists persecuted and imprisoned by the state. Surrounded by police filming and intimidating us, we shared food with the community while we disseminated information about the crackdown against anarchist activists in Indonesia.
We undertook this action to express our solidarity with the uprisings which began after the Indonesian parliament awarded themselves a housing subsidy equivalent to ten times the minimum wage and passed legislation that allows military personnel to run for political office, renewing fears of another military dictatorship. These protests exploded after police murdered Affan Kurniawan, a 21-year-old delivery worker by smashing into him with their armored vehicle.
For many months, members of the Indonesia’s Generation Z have taken to the streets, participating in what has been called the “global south revolts,” a wave of resistance sweeping through countries such as Bangladesh, Morocco, Nepal, Madagascar, Ecuador and Peru in which the citizens of those countries have risen up against the misery imposed upon them by greedy capitalists and corrupt political elites.
During our anarchist solidarity event in Mexico City, we also discussed our comrade “Eat” who, along with other anarchists, has been detained incommunicado for some time. The police had been searching for Eat because he had been raising funds for and providing support to 42 Indonesians accused of being members of the insurrectionary anarchist movement.
It looks like we are facing a series of uprisings spreading across diverse geographies, and its ideas do not pursue a political model but rather an epic struggle against the injustices that are being sought to be installed in the global sphere, and especially in the South.
Throughout the global south and all reaches of the globe, a resistance is spreading against the misery and injustice imposed by global elites, an anarchist struggle that fights against venal politicians and predatory capitalists alike.
¡Muerte al estado y que viva la anarquía!
Death to the state! Long live anarchy!
~Anarquistas