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Athens, Greece: Molotov cocktail attack on the Evelpidon Courts – Solidarity with those facing charges over the bank expropriation in Lower Tithorea

Posted on 2026/06/06 - 2026/06/06 by darknights

“The future is the mask of fear. The courage and strength have no future for the simple fact that they themselves are the future that revolts on the past and destroys it.

“The purity of life proceeds only with the nobility of courage that is the philosophy of action.”

I observed: “The purity of this your life seems to me to border on crime!”

He said: “Crime is the supreme synthesis of liberty and life.”

– Excerpt from The Expropriator

by Renzo Novatore

On the morning of 11th May, a group of comrades raided a bank in lower Tithorea. A few hours later, eight comrades were arrested; after their initial hearings, six were remanded in custody and transferred to different prisons.

How can anyone feel human while denying the fundamental human trait of taking initiative rather than waiting to be given something? Especially when we’re talking about reclaiming what is rightfully ours. How can anyone accept the existing system when it inflicts violence upon us every day?

With the dark reality of bank seizures, with the cops who use legitimate force and fabricate trumped-up charges, the sleazy, snitchy journalists who sling mud at our comrades, and finally the rotten judicial system that sends revolutionaries to the prison cells of democracy.

In such circumstances, acts of resistance are necessary to reclaim our breath and foster a climate of insurrection. They are not criminalized.

With these thoughts in mind, we chose the evening hours of Monday, 25th May, to attack the Evelpidon courts with molotov cocktails. This incident was completely hushed up by the Athens Police Headquarters (GADA) and was not reported in any media outlet, a pattern that has been repeated with attacks on these specific courts in the past. This action was carried out with the aim of serving as a first, minimal—a basic—gesture of solidarity with the 8 anarchist comrades on trial.

In a variation on *Nil Luce Obscurius**, we might say that sometimes there is nothing brighter than darkness—which springs from the depths of our raw liberating impulses. So let us make room for instinctive spontaneity. In this era of reformist lukewarmness, “easy” words just as easily erase subversive imagination. This is something we must realize and reflect upon.

We issue a call to action in every direction, using diverse and inventive ways to fight for life. By expressing the struggle uniquely, through the individuality of the self, each of us ceases to be a daily prisoner of current events in the metropolis. By making room for their individuality, the subject also frames collective processes more fruitfully. Far from the numbing and blunting of our sharpness, let us bring our concern to the doorstep of every authority.

STEP BACK SNITCHES—solidarity isn’t just about slogans… it will shake you to your core. As long as systems of oppression exist, resistance will take root.

STRENGTH TO THE 8 IMPRISONED COMRADES

THE WORKERS’ HANDS ARE STAINED WITH BLOOD,

IT’S TIME TO SEE THE BANKS LOOTED

SOLIDARITY WITH THE REFUGEES AND THE HUNGER STRIKERS

A. HANTZI AND S. DOPPAGNE

STRENGTH TO THE SQUATTERS OF MATROZOU

KYRIAKOS X., SARA A., AND SANDRO M.

BY OUR SIDE IN EVERY RISK OF THE STRUGGLE

FREEDOM FOR MARIANNA M. AND DIMITRA Z.

THE WAR RAGES ON, THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES!

– Incendiary Solidarity

Source: athens.indymedia

* Nil Luce Obscurius, is a Latin phrase that translates to “nothing is darker” or “nothing is more obscure.” It is often used to express the idea that something is particularly unclear or difficult to understand.

Update Tahanan Anarkis May Day Bandung 2026 / Freedom for Mpe and the Mayday defendants (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/05/28 by darknights

One of the detainees arrested during the May Day 2026 protests in Bandung, RR alias Mpe, who was previously accused of being the “leader of an anarchist group,” has now been charged by the police under terrorism laws. He has also reportedly been placed in isolation and denied access to legal counsel of his own choosing, raising serious concerns over the violation of a suspect’s right to provide testimony freely and without coercion, intimidation, or pressure.

In this case, the police appear to be employing the same narrative pattern used during last August’s unrest: identifying a supposed “mastermind,” “leader,” or individual believed to have planned and orchestrated the riots. Law enforcement authorities maintain that prosecuting those considered to be the driving force behind unrest can prevent similar incidents from recurring in the future. In practice, however, such an approach has often functioned as an authoritarian mechanism for criminalizing groups deemed disruptive to political stability, while simultaneously diverting public attention away from structural grievances and redirecting it toward specific individuals. Continue reading “Update Tahanan Anarkis May Day Bandung 2026 / Freedom for Mpe and the Mayday defendants (Indonesia)” →

Foligno, Italy: Let’s continue talking about Sara and Sandro EN/IT

Posted on 2026/05/23 by darknights

Let’s continue talking about Sara and Sandro

The deaths of Sara Ardizzone and Alessandro Mercogliano on the night of 19–20 March in Rome, following the explosion and collapse of an abandoned cottage in the Parco degli Acquedotti area, have created an open wound that is not intended to heal. For the most part, the spontaneous reaction of the anarchist movement in Italy and around the world has been dignified and coherent with the life paths of two revolutionaries who died fighting. However, a genuine moment of reflection has been lacking so far. We do not regret this, but rather believe that the extended timeframe is necessary given the nature of this event. These are inevitably long, grief-filled days, but they are also days spent coming to a concrete understanding of the facts.

We do not believe that we should take a stance of specific struggle towards this tragedy, with all the urgency, contingencies and anxiety that such a struggle imposes, in order to do something “practical”. Of course, this kind of event has also been accompanied by moments of struggle: attempts to sabotage participation in funerals using every petty stratagem; the preventive custody of 91 anarchists who were trying to lay flowers near the accident site on the morning of 29 March, the media smear campaign against the Easter Monday gathering in Valnerina to commemorate Sara. These all became moments of struggle precisely because of the attitude of the state and its servants stationed at various battlefronts (in police headquarters and newsrooms, in ministries and courts), an attitude aimed at casting a blanket of silence and moral ostracism over our comrades. Above all, consider the political justification by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for the preventive custody of the 91 anarchists, the first ever application of this measure introduced from the government in the latest “Pacchetto Sicurezza” (Security Act).

Beyond these episodes of struggle, which were all the more necessary given the paramount importance of rejecting the state’s monition aimed at socially and morally isolating our two fallen comrades, we do not view the question of Sara and Sandro’s memory as subordinate to the urgent demands of a specific claim. Rather, we view it as a legacy and heritage to be preserved over the years and decades by carrying it into every specific struggle.

We believe that, a few months after this event, an initial global discussion about the facts could be organised. A discussion that would allow time for reflection on at least three major topics.

First, the technical aspect. A deadline for submitting autopsy results should be set within two months, and reports from cops and prosecutors on how they believe the events unfolded should start being filed. Saying that we have no confidence in the work of the repression professionals would be an understatement, as our attitude towards them is one of open hostility. Nevertheless, given the current circumstances, with the state holding a monopoly on science, research and physical access to the bodies and the explosion site, the findings of these unwelcome investigations assume the status of “objective” material. It will therefore be important to deconstruct this material, seeking to understand if there is something that doesn’t add up, something to denounce, something on which to base counter-information and a counter-investigation.

Secondly, we would like to initiate an ethico-political discussion about this case. A discussion that, truth be told, began immediately after the events, thanks to the many statements proudly claiming brotherhood and solidarity with Sara and Sandro, which were made in improvised assemblies just hours after news of their deaths spread and continued at demonstrations, in interventions near cemeteries and inside holding cells at Rome police headquarters. However, whether due to being overshadowed by the virtual sphere, scattered across various initiatives or, above all, the entirely natural lack of mental clarity following a tragedy that had shaken our thoughts for weeks, there was a lack of horizontal, global discussion convened with sufficient advance notice for comrades to organise their attendance and bring matured arguments.

Lastly, we would like to discuss the practical and organisational matters that need to be addressed to ensure that Sara and Sandro’s memory is kept alive in our path forward. From public demonstrations to publishing initiatives, from dedicating spaces in their names to our stance in legal proceedings where these comrades were and are our co-defendants, and any other issues that might come up during the discussion.

TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT SARA AND SANDRO. SO THAT NOTHING WILL HAVE BEEN IN VAIN. BECAUSE THAT TORCH IS STILL BURNING.

LET’S MEET ON SUNDAY 5 JULY AT 10.30AM AT CIRCOLO ANARCHICO “LA FAGLIA”, LOCATED AT 23 VIA MONTE BIANCO IN FOLIGNO. IN CASE OF EXTREME HEAT OR IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE, WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEARBY PUBLIC GARDENS.

Continue reading “Foligno, Italy: Let’s continue talking about Sara and Sandro EN/IT” →

Trial statement by comrade Daniela Klette, accused of bank robberies and membership of Red Army Faction (Germany)

Posted on 2026/05/20 by darknights

Daniela is on trial for a specific period in the history of the Red Army Faction (RAF), which disbanded in 1998. She is alleged to have participated in two RAF actions: the shelling of the US embassy in Bonn in February 1991 in protest against the illegal invasion of Iraq by the US military, the attack on the still-unfinished Weiterstadt prison in March 1993, and the attempted attack by a combat unit on a Deutsche Bank computer center in Eschborn in February 1990. Daniela lived underground for well over 30 years before her arrest in Berlin at the end of February 2024. Membership in the RAF is subject to a 25-year statute of limitations.

Daniela’s Plea

Now this first lengthy trial against me is coming to an end. During the course of the proceedings, the assessment that existed from the beginning has been confirmed, and it has become abundantly clear: the investigation and the proceedings are politically motivated. The aim here is to enforce domination and subjugation at all costs. The prosecution underscored this once again in its closing arguments. It’s not about individual acts, and not so much about me, but about delegitimizing a history of radical left-wing resistance and punishing it with deterrent force.

Full article here

No to the extradition of anarchist comrade Gabriel Pombo da Silva (Spain, Italy)

Posted on 2026/05/20 by darknights

EN.ES/ URGENT STATEMENT! NO TO THE EXTRADITION TO ITALY OF OUR ANARCHIST COMRADE GABRIEL POMBO DA SILVA

Gabriel Pombo da Silva has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for ‘glorifying terrorism’, in a trial in Italy where he was not present.

In this absurd legal proceeding, the Italian state accused and convicted him for acts (writing and/or debating and/or disseminating) committed from inside his cell in a high-security prison in Germany where he was serving a sentence (in Germany, expressing an opinion is not a crime).

The texts were published on three blogs between 2009 and 2012.

Italy has issued a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) against Gabriel, as a result of which he was arrested in Vigo on 7th December 2025 and brought before the Preliminary Investigation Division of the Central Court of First Instance, presided over by Judge Santiago J. Pedraz Gómez; he was released on bail that same day.

This judge has agreed to Gabriel’s arrest and handover to the Italians, although he has made the latter conditional upon their guaranteeing his right to a retrial or to lodge an appeal, which is simply impossible there. Continue reading “No to the extradition of anarchist comrade Gabriel Pombo da Silva (Spain, Italy)” →

Ariane Gransac is dead: a life that was intense, rebellious and anarchist

Posted on 2026/05/17 - 2026/05/17 by darknights

Written by Tomás Ibáñez. Via KSL.

Ariane Gransac passed away in Perpignan on Sunday 5 April 2026, at the age of 84: her funeral is to take place at Perpignan crematorium on 15 April.

Rather than succumb to sadness at her leaving, I would prefer to remember her joie de vivre back when I first met her some sixty years ago around 1966, following her brave participation in the unforgettable abduction in Rome of Franco’s ambassador to the Vatican.

Ariane was the daughter of a top manager in the perfume industry and could easily have settled for the privileges offered by financial comfort, but that did not sit well with her rebellious temperament. She quickly began hanging out in anarchist circles in Paris, becoming a member of the French Anarchist Federation’s Emile-Henry Group and, being an amateur painter, she frequented cultural circles with libertarian leanings. Continue reading “Ariane Gransac is dead: a life that was intense, rebellious and anarchist” →

Saint Max: The Heretic Marx Couldn’t Silence

Posted on 2026/05/16 by darknights

Translated from Indonesian.

In The German Ideology, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels devoted hundreds of pages to attacking a single man: Max Stirner. They called that section “Sankt Max”—Saint Max, mockingly. They never published it during their lifetime. The manuscript was only discovered and published long after both men were dead.

Some interpret this as evidence that even they themselves felt the section was unfinished—not strong enough to publish. And when it was finally read more widely, many readers did not come away thinking “Marx successfully refuted Stirner,” but rather the opposite: just how much energy had been spent avoiding the questions that actually needed answering.

Except, of course, for Leftists, who desperately defend Marx and Engels without ever having read the work of the ‘Saint’ targeted by their intellectual idols. And if they have read it, I suspect they sweated through trying to decipher The Ego and Its Own in Byington’s English translation from the original German—a translation already notorious for interpretive distortions. It is absurd, obviously, to read and claim to understand a response while failing to understand what that response was actually responding to.

But setting that aside—what really happened there? Continue reading “Saint Max: The Heretic Marx Couldn’t Silence” →

War Against the Information Age: A Future of Mass Social Control – PDF

Posted on 2026/05/16 by darknights

War Against The Information Age – PDF

This was originally published in 325 issue #10.

June 11 2026: Solidarity Without End

Posted on 2026/05/16 by darknights

This year as we are marking the International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners we are thinking about the nature of solidarity as ever-changing and never-ending. Our solidarity is not just for those who are imprisoned, but for all those who are harassed, intimidated, deported, hunted, on the run, tortured, and even killed — not just for individuals but for the struggles they are a part of. Just as repression ebbs and flows and state tactics adapt, transform, and innovate, so must our practice of active solidarity. We must adapt to the changing terrain and needs of our movements.

Solidarity does not end when trial ends and a verdict is reached, when a hunger strike has gotten its demands met, or even when somebody is released from custody back into the arms of their family and friends. The consequences of state repression last long beyond big moments and media attention. Whenever one cycle of struggle winds down as the target of the state, another will take its place. Whenever one comrade is released from prison, another will be taken in. Our support must continue to ripple out beyond our friends and immediate networks. It must extend beyond the borders of states into all lands and territories where people are fighting. It must expand beyond the present moment, honoring comrades of the past and thinking of what legacy we will leave for those who come after us. Continue reading “June 11 2026: Solidarity Without End” →

Update on May Day 2026 Anarchist Prisoner – Tahanan Anarkis M1 2026 (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/05/16 by darknights

Sejak Rabu (13/05/2026), polisi melalui media lokal mengklaim telah menangkap 13 orang yang dituduh terlibat aksi vandalisme dalam aksi Mayday 2026 di Bandung. Salah satu tersangka, RR alias Mpe, ditampilkan sebagai “ketua Anarkis Bandung Selatan” dan dituduh mengatur pembakaran, pengrusakan, hingga pendanaan aksi.

Aparat menjerat para anarkis dengan pasal-pasal terkait keamanan umum, antara lain Pasal 308 tentang membahayakan keamanan umum dan pasal 309 tentang pemufakatan jahat dan persiapan tindak pidana yang mengancam orang, barang, atau lingkungan, berdasarkan UU No. 1 Tahun 2023 tentang KUHP, dengan ancaman hukuman maksimal 9 tahun penjara.

Selain itu, polisi menyebut bahwa para anarkis berada di bawah pengaruh obat-obatan saat melakukan aksi, sebagai salah satu dasar moral penahanan. Pengumuman ini menjadi petunjuk kepanikan aparat, mengingat kericuhan di Mayday disebut melampaui prediksi dan gagal mereka antisipasi.

PS: Polisi sekali lagi membuat framing bahwa RR alias Mpe adalah dalang atau ketua aksi. Sejak penangkapan anarkis tahun lalu Polri juga melakukan framing yang sama. Ada kabar bahwa RR alias Mpe juga dituntut oleh keluarga partisipan aksi lainnya yang tertangkap hanya karena mereka lebih muda. Jangan biarkan RR sendirian!

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Update on May Day 2026 Anarchist Prisoner (Indonesia)

Since Wednesday (13/05/2026), police, through local media outlets, have claimed to have arrested 13 individuals accused of involvement in acts of vandalism during the 2026 May Day demonstrations in Bandung. One of the suspects, RR alias “Mpe,” was presented as the “leader of South Bandung Anarchists” and accused of coordinating acts of arson, property destruction, and the financing of the unrest.

Authorities have charged the alleged anarchists under provisions related to public security, including Article 308 on endangering public safety and Article 309 on criminal conspiracy and preparation of offenses threatening people, property, or the environment, under Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code (KUHP), carrying a maximum sentence of up to nine years in prison.

In addition, police alleged that the anarchists were under the influence of drugs during the demonstrations, presenting this claim as one of the moral justifications for their detention. The announcement has been interpreted as a sign of panic within the security apparatus, given that the unrest during May Day reportedly exceeded official expectations and failed to be anticipated by the authorities.

PS: Once again, the police are constructing a false narrative portraying RR alias “Mpe” as the mastermind or leader behind the action. Since last year’s arrests of anarchists, the Indonesian national Police (Polri) have repeatedly employed the same framing. There are also reports that RR alias “Mpe” is being blamed by the families of other detained participants simply because the others are younger. Do not let RR stand alone!

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