Social Control – Dark Nights

Flyposter: ‘Against Surveillance State UK – Against Facial Recognition CCTV’ (PDF)

Posted on 2026/07/06 - 2026/07/06 by darknights

As requested, here is the ‘Against Surveillance State UK‘ CCTV article from Dark Nights #47 (2018) as an A4 PDF to be enlarged to A3 and flyposted as a spread, or printed out on to double-sided A4 and handed out. Attack the world of machines and the technological system. “Hit where it hurts”.

PDF: A4 – Against Facial Recognition CCTV

Against Surveillance State UK – Against Facial Recognition CCTV

Britain is an authoritarian surveillance State, which has pioneered how many modern societies look; entirely covered by security cameras at almost every urban point, place, square, road, corner, shop, bus, train, etc. Partially perpetually in a state of decay and disrepair, here they have built a life almost as in a vast prison, and it is what their world looks like. Prison society; endless drab shopping centres, housing estates, tower blocks, industrial and recreational areas capable of being on lock-down at short notice. Regularly practised large-scale multi-agency counter-terror response drills to terrorist attacks, inner-city riots. Mind-control media beams out lies, half-truths, distractions, impossible consumer desires, morning, noon and night. Every potentially disruptive mass event, social and environmental crisis, is hyped by the media as threatening such an abrupt end to normality that at least all the police’s resources will be stretched so thin that the military will have to be involved to restore order under martial law. Austerity, flooding, Brexit, immigration, Islamism. Reactionary, racist, nationalist discourses and ideologies are everywhere; religious and far-right neo-nazi groups are regrouping. Anarchist and eco-action is called “extremism” or “terrorism”, in the double-speak of the police-state. There will never be any chance of individual, social and environmental change without the recreation of daily life into an existence that reflects our desires, passions and joys, rather than a cog in their system of fear. Likewise there is zero possibility of any social change without an insurrection, a social war. Continue reading “Flyposter: ‘Against Surveillance State UK – Against Facial Recognition CCTV’ (PDF)” →

The Lotta occupato squat was evicted (Austria)

Posted on 2026/07/06 - 2026/07/06 by darknights

On Monday, June 29, the “squat Lotta occupato” in Graz was evicted. The eviction was carried out by workers from a construction company, assisted by the police. The owner of the buildings and the land also arrived and behaved in a very arrogant and aggressive manner. Read more:

https://lottaoccupato.noblogs.org/2026/07/02/the-lotta-occupato-squat-was-evicted/

Italy: IN TIMES OF WAR About the anti-anarchist raid of June 16th

Posted on 2026/06/19 by darknights

IN TIMES OF WAR
About the anti-anarchist raid of June 16th

Tuesday June 16th, in Rome and elsewhere, yet more raids struck the anarchist movement, with six arrest warrants for as many comrades various others under investigation, searches all over Italy and the eviction of the occupied space in Rome, Bencivenga.

As well as that, two comrades have been arrested with the new charge of “terrorismo della parola” [terrorism of the word] (270-quinquies) for possession of a number of pamphlets found during the raid.

While the information leaked by the media is scarcer and more patchy than usual, it is quite clear that the investigations concern a number of acts of sabotage of railway lines, in particular that carried out on February 14th on the Rome-Florence line, against the Cortina war Olympics in 2026.If the media’s efforts of mystification and defamation against anarchists is certainly nothing new, we cannot avoid pondering for a moment on the level reached by the propaganda of the regime this time (in particular by the ineffable TG1[main TV news]), which is particularly grotesque: “they would meet in a farmhouse like the Mafia”, “they were planning the strategy of tension”, “they were intending to carry out violent actions”, “anarchist terrorism”… It is worth pointing out to these gentlemen that for anarchists the Mafia is as bad as Authority, and that the “strategy of tension” was carried out in this country by the State, it is not difficult to see that behind these filthy words there is a precise intention: that which led, in 2015, to transforming the National Antimafia Direction (DNA) into National Antimafia and Antiterrorism Direction (DNAA). With the result that the same absolute ‘monsterisation’ and relative treatment previously reserved for real or presumed mafiosi is now being applied to anarchists (and moreover has been inflicted on the revolutionary communists for decades).

With the aggravation, for revolutionaries, of not carrying out violence for reasons of profit or power, but as a kind of end in itself for the sheer joy of destruction or who knows what death wish. As if thousands of people had not opposed the winter Olympics for very clear reasons: the presence of the military (not in uniform for the occasion), of the Israeli team, the escort of the ICE gangs of murderers, the devastation of the Alpine environment in the name of the usual “grand event” – and as if these motivations had not been claimed, unequivocally, in the communique following the sabotage. As for the usual accusation of “terrorism”, we believe that Gaza has clarified this question sufficiently – and that there can be no more doubt about who spreads the terror.

In times of war, an old poet said, the first victim is truth.

While Alfredo Cospito remains in 41-bis like a kind of scapegoat for the “sins” of the whole anarchist movement, the State has reached the point of criminalising the very intention of doing something to stop him being tortured. While we are still recovering from the shock of the death of Sara and Sandro the State is trying to use this against us.

We don’t know if those arrested and under investigation carried out the actions they are accused of. We can only repeat what we have written many times in similar cases: if they are “innocent” they have all our solidarity, if they are “guilty” they have it even more.

Solidarity to Nico, Bibi, Micol, Arnau, Stefano, Giulia, Luna, Pietro, Tony, to all those under investigation and those raided.
Alfredo out of 41-bis!

With Sara and Sandro in our hearts.

Anarchists of Trento and Rovereto

via: https://lanemesi.noblogs.org/post/2026/06/17/in-tempi-di-guerra-sulla-retata-anti-anarchica-del-16-giugno-anarchiche-e-anarchici-di-trento-e-rovereto-16-giugno-2026/]

Translated by Act for freedom now!

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)” →

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!

Palang Hitam

Bandung: 7 comrades arrested during Mayday clashes (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/05/09 by darknights

Bandung, May 7, 2026 — The 2026 International Workers’ Day (May Day) commemoration in Bandung, West Java, ended in unrest that broke out in the late afternoon around the Dago Cikapayang Park area. Approximately 150 people had gathered at the location since 4:00 p.m. local time.

As night fell, the situation escalated. The crowd set fire to a videotron display, a police post, and several banners. Fires were also seen burning on the streets, sending thick plumes of smoke into the air.

The group was also involved in direct clashes with members of the Jaga Lembur community organization and police officers in the Tamansari–Cikapayang intersection area. Several road barriers were burned before the crowd gradually dispersed at around 9:00 p.m.

As of today, police have arrested seven individuals suspected of involvement in the vandalism that occurred during the May Day unrest in Bandung. Six of them have been named suspects, identified by the initials MRN, MRA, RS, MFNA, FAP, and HIS.

Palang Hitam

May Day in Bandung

More infos to follow…

Italy: “The roses, where are the roses?”. Chronicles and reflections on the displays of affection for Sara and Sandro and on the anti-Mafia movement as a counter-insurgency mechanism

Posted on 2026/04/14 by darknights

“THE ROSES, WHERE ARE THE ROSES?”
Chronicles and reflections on expressions of affection for Sara and Sandro, and on the anti-Mafia movement as a tool for counter-insurgency

During the night of Thursday 19th to Friday 20th March, a loud bang shook the neighbourhoods of eastern Rome near the Parco degli Acquedotti; inside the park, an explosion caused part of an abandoned farmhouse to collapse. The explosion and the collapse killed two of our comrades, Sara and Sandro. Their unwavering consistency between idea and action led them to take risks and cross the line between life and death.

Following this tragic event, the state attempted to take possession of their bodies, with the aim of rewriting their history; of concealing the love, respect and fraternity that surrounded them; of erasing their ideas and of erasing the proof that it is possible to act against this system.
It is possible that their bodies were located and identified in the hours immediately following the explosion, but the news of their deaths was kept hidden for a long time and only released in the afternoon via the mass media, through which everyone, including their families, learned of the tragic event. The State was thus able to decide how to tell this story, how to describe the two comrades, attempting to impose its own narrative on everyone and manage the affair according to its own ends.
If one of the aims they had set themselves was to secure a dissociation from our comrades and their disavowal, this could never have happened for the simple reason that these wretched loopholes never belonged to us.
Immediately, numerous statements were issued clarifying that Sara and Sandro are our comrades, comrades who were known, respected and loved, comrades who fell in action.

At this point, the state attempted to seize their bodies, holding them for days, thereby venting a belated vengeance against those prey who had never been captured and had now escaped forever from the courts and prisons.
Their bodies were suddenly released, and the families were forced to bury them immediately. This haste was intended to make it difficult for those who wished to pay their last respects, to make the two comrades appear as isolated and abandoned individuals, and to try to prevent this farewell from becoming an occasion for public commemoration of their figures, or for the vindication of their ideas and deeds. Continue reading “Italy: “The roses, where are the roses?”. Chronicles and reflections on the displays of affection for Sara and Sandro and on the anti-Mafia movement as a counter-insurgency mechanism” →

Czech Rep: This book is not evidence

Posted on 2026/04/09 by darknights

I have finally been acquitted of several criminal charges brought against me by the police on the basis of dubious speculation. The acquittal ruling states:

“(…) the court finds that no evidence was presented that would lead to the identification of the perpetrator, and thus to the proof of the defendant’s guilt. The defendant’s guilt has not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt, as required by Section 2(5) of the Criminal Procedure Code. These doubts are fundamental, logical, and insurmountable, as the expert opinions confirmed that the perpetrator cannot be identified by any scientific method.”

What made this court case unusual was that the prosecutor tried to use my book “Tato kniha není (z)boží” (This Book Is Not a Commodity) against me However, the court ultimately ruled that this book does not constitute evidence.

The JUDGMENT IN THE NAME OF THE REPUBLIC states:

“During the presentation of evidence, it became apparent that some of the materials included in the criminal case file by the police, the prosecutor, and subsequently the appellate court are clearly unrelated to the offense in question or to the identity of the defendant. This concerns, in particular, certain publications, ideological texts, or other documents whose only common feature is that they could be linked to the defendant and his views. However, according to the trial court, these materials are not criminally relevant. They do not prove any specific intent, any connection to the act committed, nor do they relate to the objective aspect of the act under consideration. Their content is merely of a general political or critical nature, is not directed at any specific individual, and has no connection to the proceedings at hand. The court therefore finds that the aforementioned materials in the case file have no place in the evidentiary proceedings within these criminal proceedings. They are not forensic evidence, they are not circumstantial evidence, and they cannot serve as supporting arguments for inferring the perpetrator’s ideological profile. As the Constitutional Court has repeatedly ruled, criminal proceedings are not a tool for assessing an individual’s personality traits or political views, and such materials certainly cannot serve as a basis for a finding of guilt or a decision on guilt.” Continue reading “Czech Rep: This book is not evidence” →

Indonesia: Paramilitaries attempt to murder comrade Andrie Yunus – Statement from the Persaudaraan Pekerja Anarko-Sindikalis (PPAS-IWA)

Posted on 2026/03/20 - 2026/03/20 by darknights

Persaudaraan Pekerja Anarko-Sindikalis, part of the International Workers’ Association (PPAS-IWA), strongly condemns the attempted murder of Andrie Yunus, a human rights activist and Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS). On the night of 12 March 2026, Andrie Yunus was attacked with acid, resulting in burns covering 24% of his body—including his eyes and face especially the right side, chest, and both hands. This act cannot be dismissed as an accident alone, as it was carried out in an organized and planned manner; targeting vital body parts; using tools that are not easily obtained and crucially: and most importantly, preceded by terror and stalking since the previous days.

Andrie Yunus is a worker who has dedicated his life to public interest advocacy and defending victims of human rights violations and state violence who lack access to legal services. Throughout this work, he has consistently called out the State—whose operations are rife with violence, exploitation, corrupt practices, and subservience to the interests of capitalists.

The acid attack on Andrie Yunus occurred immediately after he recorded a podcast on remilitarization and the judicial review of the TNI (Indonesian National Armed Forces) Law. Approximately one year prior, he had forced his way into a meeting room at a luxury hotel where political elites were preparing to pass the same TNI Law—legislation that was later opposed by many groups for weakening the position of civilians in the limited job market. Continue reading “Indonesia: Paramilitaries attempt to murder comrade Andrie Yunus – Statement from the Persaudaraan Pekerja Anarko-Sindikalis (PPAS-IWA)” →

UK: ‘From the Carcass of a Rotting World’ – Video created by Anarcho-Nihilist comrades for the August 2025 Insurrection in Indonesia & the state repressive wave that followed

Posted on 2026/03/17 - 2026/03/17 by darknights

From the Carcass of a Rotting World

Video created by Anarcho-Nihilist comrades in UK to raise awareness of the August 2025 Insurrection in Indonesia and the state repressive wave that followed.

In solidarity with all the prisoners and the ‘Chaos Star’ case comrades.

We will never forget the fallen, they are still present in our struggle.

Nothing is over, the conflict continues.

Long Live the FAI/IRF!