For Mutual Aid & Solidarity
Volume 11 Issue 1 (PDF for reading 8.5×11)
Volume 11 Issue 1 (PDF for printing 11×17)
In this issue:
Invitation to ACABB 2025
07.-09.11.2025
Mehringhof (Gneisenaustr. 2A, 10961 Berlin)
*DE ist unten. IT di seguito. РУ ниже. ΕΛ παρακάτω. ES abajo.
More translations to be published.*
If one follows world events with open eyes, the question arises: why are
we anarchists and our ideas and methods so socially irrelevant at this
point in history?
Raging wars and a variety of global crises increasingly highlight the
inability of those in power to offer real solutions. If their best
response is to sow fear and conscript us as drone and cannon fodder,
then the current situation demands revolutionary responses from below.
What do we have to propose?
From November 7th to the 9th, we want to come together at Mehringhof in
Berlin-Kreuzberg, get to know each other and our different realities,
and exchange ideas. We gather not only to react to the new failures of
the state and capitalist system, but also to develop our own long-term
responses and build resilient networks and structures based on mutual
aid and communality, as well as an anti-authoritarian, non-reformist and
antagonistic stance.
Continue reading “Anarchist Convergence and Bookfair Berlin 2025”
We circulate this call out for Alfredo to receive more postal correspondence and we understand that it is also within the framework of the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners, set from 23-30th August. Never a day alone, the anarchist hostages will endure, we’re always with them. Destroy the prisons.
Please, spread widely!
In order to break the isolation to which our anarchist comrade Alfredo Cospito is currently subjected through an almost total ban on mail, we call again to write him postcards and letters. This new callout to write him is also due to news reaching us from the Bancali jail where he’s held prisoner: Alfredo deems extremely opportune to keep on sending him correspondence, even unregistered, even just postcards, with or without sender’s address… If an avalanche of mail arrives, it’ll be more work for the screws working at the jail P.O.
We evaluated that registered mail sent to him is not as necessary as it has been so far, given that over 30 pieces of such mail have been blocked: on this subject, the Surveillance Magistrate must pass sentence: he’s obviously taking his sweet time (lawyers tells us it is standard procedure at the Bancali jail).
This coming Sept. 14th. there will be a hearing about the “compliance judgement” against the Bancali prison: the magistrate is asked to determine whether the jail authorities are respecting an authorization given to a prisoner, in this case Alfredo’s access to the library, which had been authorized but never really happened. If the judge rules in favour of Alfredo, he will have to designate a different officer to ensure that the authorization is complied with. Continue reading “Post campaign: Call for long-term solidarity to Alfredo Cospito (Italy)”
It’s war, and Germany is getting ready. Military, political, and economic associations have been gripped by a mania for military preparedness, and everyone is expected to go along with it. “Operation Deustchland” is supposed to make the country fit for war in five years, and camouflage is flourishing everywhere: Rheinmetall, KNDS, and others are snapping up one location after another, the civil clause is crumbling at universities, VW’s management is thinking out loud about getting into the arms business, hospitals and supply structures are being made ready for war, and the Bundeswehr is promoting service to Germany with glossy image campaigns in schools, social media, and billboards. Investment in armaments is becoming a principle of sustainability. Parallel to material and ideological rearmament, there is an authoritarian shift internally, as can be seen in the repression of Palestine solidarity or the anti-militarist movement. The turning point is also in full swing.
Even Friedrich Merz knows that capitalism is in a serious global crisis, and Germany’s “export world champion” model is also suffering as a result: “It was primarily the Americans who secured peace and our freedom, while we concentrated on the economy – and it ran brilliantly. Global markets, cheap intermediate products mainly from China, low-cost energy mainly from Russia, refinement in Germany and then out into the world – that was the German business model. All of that is now being called into question.”
So tough times are ahead, dear citizens. But if German capital wants to continue exploiting the world, making the rich richer and finally producing strong, capable men again, then we have to go through with it. And we have to do it together. This mindset is not one that is only fermenting in the depths of Blackrock’s brains. From all sides, the cry echoes through the republic: Prepare for war if you want to keep your prosperity and freedom. For the struggle for power in the 21st century is far from decided; it is entering a new phase.
The fact that we now have to prepare for World War III here at home brings home the reality of the world. For all the years that we were able to tell ourselves fairy tales of peace and prosperity, cannons were thundering elsewhere. War has been killing for years wherever there is still something to be gained: in Iraq, Yemen, Gaza, destroying societies in Mexico, Kurdistan, Brazil, and raping in Ukraine, Congo, and the Sahara.
But those who bet only on war are incapable of true peace. The fight against war is a fight against capitalism, which needs every crisis to generate new profits, just as it is a fight against patriarchy, which for millennia has drummed into us that there will always be rulers and ruled in this world. There is no place for humanity, community, and dignity in this logic. This will never be our war. It is a war of the rulers, dripping with destructive masculinity, delusions of grandeur, and exploitation. Neither Trump, Putin, Xi Jinping, nor Netanyahu are fighting for human values in this war.
We will not allow ourselves to be distracted by their games. A good life can only be achieved when people across national borders fight for a world that is not up for sale and in which human lives are not cheaply exploited. What we need is a peace movement that fights and lives up to its name. We need a whole flood of initiatives, networks, actions, and resistance to counter the impending conflagration. Our action is part of this, and we welcome everyone who comes together, organizes, resists, and seeks solutions.
Never alone, always together, always international! Yes, war and fascism are already at our doorstep, but together with all our fighting friends around the world, this can be our turning point. Because Lieutenant General Bodemann is right about one thing when he says: “The most important thing is that, in the end, every single citizen will matter in this war.” Mr. Bodemann, we agree on that.
So: Do what really matters!
Never fit for war—not today, not in 2029, never again!
Solidarity greetings to the Rheinmetall Disarmament Camp, which will take place in Cologne from August 26 to August 31!
Video: https://kolektiva.media/w/t6A7TcbcTS2f41GJ23Ma4f
Source: Kontrapolis
Many people in Indonesia live under vulnerable conditions — facing social, economic, or personal risks that leave them without a safe place to retreat. In such situations, the presence of a safe house can be the only lifeline: a place to survive, to breathe, and to gather strength.
Through the Indonesian Safe House Network, we — a small circle of trusted friends working professionally together — are committed to establishing a network of safe spaces across several regions of the archipelago.
A powerful explosion from an explosive device shook the Analipsis area of Thessaloniki in the early hours of Saturday July 26th, causing extensive material damage. The explosion occurred at 2:10 a.m. at the entrance of an apartment building on 19 Makedononachon Street. The powerful shock wave, which according to residents was heard more than a kilometer away.
The president of the Panhellenic Federation of Prison Officers and chief guard of Diavata Prison lives in the apartment building, a fact that has raised alarm bells among the authorities. The cops are focusing their investigation on the possibility that the bomb attack was linked to his position, that it was directed as venegance against him, with possible ‘terrorist’ or ‘mafia’ motivations. In the past there used to be a police guard at this location, but it had been withdrawn.
Raids were conducted by the armed cops of the anti-terrorst EKAM at Diavata prison in response to the attack, but as of yet no links to who commited the attack have been found outside or inside the prison.
Compiled from Greek scum capitalist media
Update on the trial against comrades Aldo and Lucas Hernández.
On Monday, August 4, the third week of the trial against comrades Aldo and Lucas Hernández began. Both were detained in connection with the investigation into the explosive attack against the National Gendarmerie Directorate.
During these more than 10 days of trial, the evidentiary phase has continued, with various witnesses and experts presenting testimony that supports the prosecution’s case presented by prosecutor Claudio Orellana. Specifically, last week saw the testimony of gendarmerie officials who were at the scene on the day of the explosion. Part of the routes taken by the individuals who planted the device, at least one of whom has been identified by the police as Aldo, have also been revealed, although no material evidence has yet been presented to reliably prove their involvement in the incident.
The following days are expected to follow a similar pattern, with testimony revealing police conjectures intended to establish the guilt of our comrades in the acts of which they are accused. The investigation carried out by the southern metropolitan prosecutor’s office and entrusted to specialized personnel such as OS9, GOPE, and LABOCAR. The call is to not forget or stop paying attention to the situation and the process our comrades are going through. This trial will be lengthy, as the penalties sought by the prosecutor’s office are outrageously high, and for this reason, it is the duty of those in solidarity to show up in the streets for our comrades in prison.
Aldo and Lucas to the streets!
Update on the trial against comrades Aldo and Lucas…
Monday, August 11, marks the start of the fourth week of the trial against comrades Aldo and Lucas.
The third week featured the presentation and examination of the latest evidence available to the public prosecutor’s office in relation to the explosive attack on the National Gendarmerie Directorate, such as images and recordings of the route taken by those who planted the explosive device, as well as statements from police officers belonging to various specialized police units (GOPE, LABOCAR, OS9) who have recounted the development of the investigation as well as the police hypotheses in inferences they had to make in order to place Aldo at the scene of the crime. It has become clear from the statements made that there are gray areas in the investigation that they were never able to determine with certainty, having to rely on assumptions in the absence of material evidence that effectively supports the accusation.
During the last days of the third week, the prosecutor began his presentation on the searches carried out on December 22, 2022, starting with the residence located in the 5th region, in the commune of Loncura, Quintero, which they attempt to attribute to Aldo and, with this, his responsibility for the items found there.
During the fourth week, the latest material and testimonial evidence relating to this address and the items found there continued to be presented, as well as evidence relating to the address raided on the same day, December 22, 2022, but in the municipality of Pedro Aguirre Cerda, La Victoria neighborhood, where, in addition to seizing a series of items, including ammunition, tools, and weapons, among others, comrades Aldo and Lucas were arrested.
Solidarity with comrades Aldo and Lucas, who are facing numerous years in prison.
May solidarity not be a misused word, but rather be felt in the daily lives of our comrades deprived of their freedom and also of those who suffer the reprisals of power.
Source: Informativo Anarquista
August 2, 2025
Source: Informativo Anarquista
On July 22, hooded students from José Victorino Lastarria carried out an incendiary attack, setting up barricades, distributing pamphlets and banners, and throwing Molotov cocktails at the cops (COP) in solidarity with Aldo and Lucas Hernández, anarchist comrades who are currently on trial for their explosive actions.
(Chile) Words from fellow anarchists Aldo and Lucas Hernández
For an August of black memory of struggle…
The absence they leave behind for their comrades must have an impact on the daily lives of those who knew them, those who exchanged more than a few words with them must miss them, and how could they not? Who is prepared for the death of a brother or sister? Even if we can put ourselves in the situation, the scenario, there is no certainty of being prepared. All feelings are personal and individual; what one feels inside must be experienced firsthand in order to speak of the loss.
We did not walk with you, we did not know you, but our comrades bear witness to your determined and resolute journey to face this reality.
These lines are to bring Luciano, Belén, and Lupi to mind, so that no comrade has to die in a distant memory, but rather be present in every moment that one decides to confront the establishment.
For Luciano, Lupi, Belén, Santiago Maldonado, Macarena Valdés, and so many others who died or were killed…
First week of a Black August.
Aldo and Lucas from “La Gonzalina” and “Santiago Uno.”
Source: Informativo Anarquista
Extractivism facilitates the exploitation, control, and export of raw materials to fuel industrial development. It removes resources from the land, while dislocating any ‘benefits’ to a multi-national investor class. Extractivism is a social relation; it reflects a society that extracts and it’s introduction makes all of life a potential resource. It reduces an intricate web of relationships between human and non-human into commodities within a centralized system of production and circulation. In a deranged collaboration, the state and capital mutually reinforce their domination by enabling and facilitating extractivism through legalistic mechanisms. Accumulation through dispossession of land (and its relationships) has always been central to the state-making project of Canada.
Refusing extractivism means refusing to subordinate land and human activity to profit and the logics of capital. Extractivism is war; our only response is revolt.
We once again find ourselves situated within another pipeline struggle- this time against Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT). While a war is most definitely being waged, our role isn’t to engage with the state militarily, but to disorganize its ability to function logistically: to impede the development of global resource markets; and to produce conditions that prevent the circulation of resource commodities. Our proposal moves away from the symbolic: the politics of recognition and any form of representation. As our mentors remind us, any demand addressed to an interlocutor is defeat. Let us instead narrow our focus on disrupting the logistics of extractivism. We think this means the spreading of social revolt: an uncontrollable refusal of extractivism as a way of life, and the spread of self-organized action against this project.
In the spirit of understanding the logic and logistics of extractivism, we’ve provided a ‘map’. This map is not a set of directions, but a survey of the terrain we find ourselves entangled within. PRGT can itself be seen as a logistical project: to accelerate the flow and transportation of gas; and to increase access to new markets. The development of the pipeline and terminal each require their own logistics: to secure investors, purchasers, and contractors; to deforest right of ways; to build roads, bridges, man camps, compressor stations and terminals; to transport materials, machines, pipe, and men; to secure their project with surveillance, security, cops, and legislative tools. This map is just a beginning: for developing further research; for material intervention; for a world without PRGT and a world without extractivism.
Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) is a pipeline project running from Hudson’s Hope to an unbuilt floating terminal on Nisga’a coastline called Ksi Lisims. Gas is extracted from the Montney Formation, a shale gas formation requiring hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Industry must first inject a high pressure fluid into the shale formations to create thousands of little cracks to allow for the gas to flow. Gas is then extracted and shipped via pipeline. The gas intended to be shipped to Ksi Lisims will then be supercooled to -160°C to convert it to liquefied natural gas before being loaded onto LNG tankers to be shipped to Asia.
Continue reading “Canada: Against Extractivism: PRGT and its Actor”