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Salem, Oregon, USA: Tesla Dealership Arson

Posted on 2025/02/12 by darknights

January 20, 2025

Salem Police are investigating an early morning fire at a Tesla dealership as arson, police said in a news release Monday.

Police officers and firefighters responded to reports of a car fire at the Tesla dealership at 2755 Mission St SE at 3:45 a.m., the release said.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Salem bomb squad were at the scene Monday afternoon.

The fire was limited to one vehicle and no one was injured.

A window on the west side of the building also was broken, police said.

Found on Mainsteam Media

Source: Unravel

Carhaix, France: In Finistère, a Socialist Party office was set on fire during the night

Posted on 2025/02/08 by darknights

In Finistère, a Socialist Party office was set on fire during the night
~~France Info/Ouest France~~, January 22, 2025

The alarm was sounded by a neighbor on the night of Tuesday January 21 to Wednesday January 22, 2025: a fire was discovered in front of the door of the Socialist Party (PS) office in Carhaix (Finistère), located at the beginning of rue de Callac.

The fire had been started by objects placed in front of the door. On Wednesday morning, traces of the fire were still visible. The fire department arrived quickly and managed to contain the blaze. “The damage was concentrated on the facade and the door,” explains Châteaulin company commander Yann Favennec.

A tag reading “PS social traitors” was also discovered on the wall next door. The fire occurred just a few days after the Socialist Party refused to vote the motion of no confidence against François Bayrou’s government. The motion failed to win enough MPs’ votes to pass the National Assembly.

Source: Sans Nom

Athens, Greece: Arson Attacks in Memory of Anarchist Kyriakos Xymitiris

Posted on 2025/02/07 - 2025/02/07 by darknights

Forward, everyone!
Both with arms and with heart,
word and pen,
knife and gun,
irony and blasphemy,
theft, poisoning and arson,
let us wage… war on society!

~Josheph Dejacque (1821-1864), libertarian anarcho-communist

In a world of constant impoverishment, class inequalities, oppression and exploitation, social fascism advances through the dictates of the state apparatus, capital and its mouthpieces, leaving room for more and more impoverishment and repression. The reformist compromises of the once more radical sections of society, together with stupidification, selfish individualism and worship of oppressors, make it no longer able to conceive of conflict with all of the above.

Our anarchist comrade Kyriakos Xymitiris and anarchist comrade Marianna M. are an example of selflessness, revolutionary ethos and political commitment in all aspects of the struggle. From anarchist assemblies, to solidarity with prisoners, to struggles in defense of immigrants, labor gains, to the struggle against gentrification and repression, our comrades gave “body and soul” keeping the flame of the revolutionary cause always alight. The events of October 31st froze our hearts but at the same time convinced us to continue the struggle of Kyriakos and Marianna and so many other comrades over the years who gave their lives or were imprisoned in the battle for individual and social liberation, revolution and anarchy.

In the aftermath of the October 31st accident, we watched the media snitches try to portray the struggle of our comrades, to sell them as amoral bloodthirsty terrorists thirsting for the blood of innocent civilians, while at the same time selling death politics by showing videos from the destroyed apartment on Arcadia Street in order to increase viewership figures and satisfy their far-right audience. Naturally, a new cycle of persecution followed in the political and social circle of the comrades but also against people who had nothing to do with them.

In the intervening period, solidarity actions were carried out for the comrades accused of the Ampelokipoi case and for the memory of comrade Kyriakos Xymitiris worldwide. Marches, microphones, solidarity movements and direct action strikes from Greece to Chile and from Germany to Indonesia.

We know that the real terror is the constant abolition of labour gains, price increases in supermarkets and evictions of the lower social strata for the sake of the banks. Terrorism is the cover-up of state crime in Tempe, as well as trafficking rings in which a large part of the state and para-state apparatus participates (see the Greek police mafia case). Terrorism is the thousands of migrants drowned in the Mediterranean and the wars that push them to displacement, such as the genocidal war in Palestine.

For our part, we come to declare that the revolutionary-insurrectionary thread that connects generations and generations will not be broken. There will always be movements that challenge the monopoly of state and capital violence and return a percentage of it to those who carry it.

We assume responsibility for the following arson attacks between 18/12 and 28/12 on the following targets:

- - HEDNO van vehicle in Elliniko,
  - car dealership in Patisia,
  - police car in Holargos,
  - state SUV vehicle in Kypseli,
  - the study center of New Democracy MP G. Kallianos in Glyfada,
  - cop car in Zografou.

We call on comrades here and everywhere to raise the flame of direct action and insurrectionary prospects.

Kyriakos Xymitiris always present!

Solidarity with anarchist comrade Marianna M.

Immediate release of the anarchists Dimitra Z., Dimitris, Nikos Romanos and A.K.

Solidarity with comrade K.K. in pre-trial detention

Solidarity with former RAF member Daniela Klette in pre-trial detention and wanted former members Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub

night slalom / commando Kyriakos Xymitiris

Source: https://blessed-is-the-flame.espivblogs.net/athina-ellada-analipsi-eythynis-gia-empristikes-epitheseis-sti-mnimi-toy-anarchikoy-kyriakoy-xymitiri/

Via & translated by Abolition Media

Düsseldorf, Germany: The “Angry Birds Commando” and the collapse…

Posted on 2025/02/03 - 2025/02/03 by darknights

[In Germany’s seventh-largest city, Düsseldorf, located in the North Rhine-Westphalia region, the “Angry Birds Commando” is regularly in the news.

In August 2024, for example, it claimed responsibility for setting fire to railway signal cables in Mettmann, adding to its previous sabotage attacks on rail traffic: one in Düsseldorf in January 2024, and five others in the same city claimed in May 2023. And since the angry birds can also be generous, last September they published a little manual entitled “Setting fire to cables for beginners”, which contains a number of homemade retardant techniques.

But let’s move on to more recent news: on Thursday night, shortly before 6 a.m. on Friday January 24, a fire broke out in a cable shaft near Eller station, a district in the south-east of Düsseldorf, interrupting rail traffic on the city’s most important freight line, as well as passenger line S1 between Düsseldorf and Solingen. This time, while the Angry Birds Commando’s communiqué no. 3 was written in rhyme, the one published the following day on de.indymedia and entitled “Switch off Deutsche Bahn – Communiqué no. 4” is in the form of an Open Letter.

Below is a translation from the German of this text, which develops its own vision of collapse, as a contribution to the ongoing debates within the revolutionary movement. To put this statement from across the Rhine into context, it’s worth rereading the brochure “Switch off! Radical interventions against the destruction of the planet”.

On Friday morning (January 24), we used tried-and-tested methods to take Düsseldorf’s most important freight line out of service for at least 12 hours. For at least 24 hours, its use was only possible with severe restrictions. In addition to the immediate economic damage, we would like to draw your attention to the following appeal. We would also like to apologize to the travelers affected, and hope that at least one or other of the commuters was able to enjoy a day off in this way.

Dear fellow citizen,

We were lied to. We’ve been told that our leaders always act in our best interests. We were told that we lived in the best of societies. That we were the envy of the world. That nowhere had it ever been better. That the answer to every question was “technical progress!” and that the answer to all the problems that ensued was “even more!”. We’re supposed to believe that we can live without whales, beetles, bats, forests and clean water, but that without the state, the economy and the police, we couldn’t survive a week. We’ve been led to believe that Elon Musk and his gang will build us a paradise on Mars and download our consciousness into the cloud, but that a life without smartphones and cars is utopian, that economic change is even impossible.
And we were told that everything would be fine if we did our jobs well, voted, and let the politicians do their jobs.

Let’s look at ourselves: sick, cowardly and lazy, we stare at our screens wondering what went wrong. Under the blows of constant propaganda, too dumb and confused to recognize genocide as such, it’s no wonder they can even sell us natural gas, fighter jets and solar power as sustainable. Cancer, diabetes, bad posture, severe depression and many others are no longer exceptional these days, even among the young. We drag ourselves into minimum-wage jobs where we’re treated like sub-humans. We’re then allowed to do things that don’t really make sense to us. But maybe things will get better with the next vacation. Or the new television. Or retirement. Or simply when the next beer has been drunk. Continue reading “Düsseldorf, Germany: The “Angry Birds Commando” and the collapse…” →

Munich, Germany: Police van barbecue

Posted on 2025/02/03 by darknights

In Bavaria’s wealthy capital, the night of Friday to Saturday, January 25, was anything but ordinary. Munich’s mayor, Dieter Reiter, who has seen it all from the perch where he administers his subjects, even issued an official statement declaring himself “horrified”. Does his statement refer to a war in the Middle East, or to the techno-industrial civilization poisoning the planet? Not in the least. But the sleeping members of good society were shaken by a nightmare: a nocturnal fire made its way to their doorstep. Then it greedily ravaged the tools of the minions charged with protecting them.

It was at around 2.40 a.m., in the outlying district of Allach-Untermenzing, that zealous citizens began alerting the fire department to a gigantic blaze in progress near the dog brigade. By the time they arrived, the 23 police vans parked there were already completely engulfed in flames, while the (empty) brigade building was losing its windows to the heat. It took the Munich fire department almost an hour to extinguish the fire, while some 50 cops combed the area in vain for suspects.

No one will be surprised, but the authorities didn’t take too kindly to the late-night barbecue, and were quick to issue martial declarations at the drop of a hat. The city’s SPD (left-wing) mayor pointed out that “suspicions point to a politically-motivated attack from the far-left camp”, before denouncing “an attack on our democracy”, while the CSU (right-wing) regional interior minister let out an unapologetic rant: “From my point of view, [this fire] already has all the hallmarks of a terrorist act”, because it “specifically targets those who work day and night to ensure the safety of our citizens”. Close the bench.

The investigation has been entrusted to the city’s criminal police, in collaboration with department no. 4 of the judicial police, the one in charge of crimes against State Security (Staatsschutz). And of course, this being Bavaria, the major regional daily added that “for the past six years, construction machinery and electrical cables, cell phone masts and railway installations have been burning in Munich”, wondering if there was any connection with this attack on the police…

[German regional press summary (~~BR24 & Süddeutsche Zeitung~~), January 25, 2025]

Source: Sans Nom

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L’Oie, Loire, France: Claim of responsibility for arson attack

Posted on 2024/12/05 by darknights

Early this morning, on November 25, 2024, we set fire to the construction machinery of the Charpentier group, particularly those of its public works subsidiary.

The disarming of these machines at the site of L’Oie in Charente is a direct response to this company’s participation in the Mega-Basins projects. Indeed, TP Charpentier is the most involved, whether in Vendée, Charente-Maritime, and of course in Deux-Sèvres. Putting these machines out of commission allows for the concrete halt of ongoing construction sites and serves as a reminder that no one responsible for them is untouchable.

This disarmament is not the first. It takes place in a context where the opposition against the Mega-Basins, its model of water grabbing, and its promotion of agro-industry, has only intensified and deepened for more than three years. This historic struggle has taken a turn by multiplying and diversifying the forms of resistance against these projects. Since then, the movement has continued to expand and demonstrate possibilities to halt the ongoing disaster.

We have marched on these construction sites many times, like on March 25, 2023, when we were more than 30,000 in Sainte-Soline, on a day that will forever be etched in our memories and in our bodies. We have sown crops, uncovered Mega-Basins, made festive incursions, carried out a peasant blockade of the port of La Rochelle, built international alliances, etc. Through these actions, we have made the Mega-Basins sector visible, along with the profiteers who benefit from it. More broadly, we have opened a breach in the fight against agro-industry.

We indeed believe that if the agro-industrial system is a system with multiple tentacles, we can fight it in many places. The mega-basins, the last desperate move of a system in agony, are concrete actions to fight against the appropriation of a common good.
The fight against extractive agriculture is a breach that allows us to reclaim our material and political relationship with food, its conditions of production and consumption. This system destroys our territory, makes farmers disappear, speculates on the fruits of our labor, and actively participates in neo-colonial plundering. Continue reading “L’Oie, Loire, France: Claim of responsibility for arson attack” →

Toulouse, France: Solidarity fire with Kyriakos Ximitiris and the prosecuted anarchists after the explosion in the apartment in Ampelokipi

Posted on 2024/12/04 - 2024/12/04 by darknights

In response to the call from the “assembly of solidarity with the imprisoned, fugitive and persecuted fighters” in Athens, on the night of November 17 to 18, 2024, a fire was set to an MT Energies vehicle, a photovoltaic solar panel company. (mtenergiefrance.com).

Whether in France, Greece, or elsewhere, green capitalism allows civilization to consume ever more resources, territories, and lives. Let’s burn it.
Without sharing the revolutionary ideas of Kyriakos Ximitiris and part of his entourage, the hatred against what oppresses us is shared.

Solidarity with Marianna, Dimitra, and Nikos Romanos! Strength to you

Kyriakos Ximitiris, may your fire always burn.

Source: lille.indymedia

Indonesia: Burning of campus building in East Java in solidarity with Nikos Romanos and all anarchist prisoners

Posted on 2024/12/04 by darknights

Note: english translation is only a part of the whole communique

“A few days ago, precisely on November 22nd. I personally, who am not affiliated with any affinities, would like to give a communique.

That there was a burning of a building at one of the leading campuses on the south coast of East Java. I want to claim that the action was my doing.

What I did was purely solidarity with distant friends who have never met face to face. Especially to Nikos Romanos, Der Enzig and all the other anarchist prisoners. This is total revenge on the ward that gave birth to the disaster, namely the campus. I am isolated and not caught.

The nonsense of academics and activists does not end our suffering.

The campus and all its cronies did not provide the correct results of the crime scene investigation other than electrical short circuits and cigarette butts. But as an individualist I claim it is my action. With a little spark everything can burn.”

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Beberapa hari lalu, tepatnya pada tgl 22 November. Saya secara pribadi yang tak tergabung dengan affinitas mana pun, ingin memberikan komunike.

Bahwa terdapat pembakaran gedung di salah satu kampus terkemuka di pesisir selatan JATIM. Saya ingin mengklaim bahwa aksi tersebut merupakan ulah saya.

Kegetiran terhadap dunia Yang semakin carut marut dan mengalami distopia total. Saya sadar bahwa tempat ini merupakan bangsal yang melahirkan monster penghancur apa pun yang ada di muka bumi ini. Selain kekesalan. Apa yang saya lakukan adalah murni solidaritas pada kawan jauh yang tak pernah saling tatap muka secara langsungnya. Terkhusus kepada Nikos Romanos, Der Enzig dan semua tahanan anarkis lainnya. Ini adalah pembalasan total kepada bangsal yang melahirkan bencana yaitu kampus.

Saya terisolir dan tak terjaring.

Omong kosong akademis dan para aktivis tak membuat kita selesai pada penderitaan ini.

Pihak kampus dan segala kroninya tak memberikan hasil olah TKP yang benar selain konsleting listrik dan puntung rokok. Tapi saya sebagai seorang individualis saya mengklaim itu adalah aksi saya. Dengan sedikit percikan api semua bisa terbakar.

FIRE TO THE PRISON! BURN CIVILIZATION!

Lincolnshire, UK: Howling Wolf Commando set two meat trucks on fire in memory of Lobo

Posted on 2024/11/27 - 2024/11/27 by darknights

25th November, Lincolnshire UK

Received anonymously via email:

“On the night of the anniversary of the death of Lobo, Elefteria Hambi, we set alight two meat trucks parked on the road next to a slaughterhouse in Lincolnshire. We placed a small bottle of gasoline next to the front tyre and used fire starter paste to create a quick fuse that would allow us to monitor the safety of the operation. With no buildings or people around, the operation was successful and nobody risked being hurt.

We remember through fire, with the hope that from the ashes we can build a world all our martyrs would be proud of.

Lobo never forgotten.
Kyriakos Ximitris always present.

Howling wolf commando.”

Source: Unoffensive Animal

Russia, Ukraine: Radical resistance 28.10 – 17.11.2024

Posted on 2024/11/27 - 2024/11/27 by darknights

Above: Train in Bashkiria

Moscow region

Partisans destroyed relay cabinets in Balashikha, Moscow region. According to Russian Railways, the arson attack occurred at 5.30 am on November 1 at the Lyubertsy-Perovo-1 crossing of the Kazan direction. Due to the attack, trains of the Kazan direction in both directions were delayed.

Bashkiria

In Bashkiria on November 3, a train with coal was blown up at night. On one of the cars partisans fastened an IED. The explosion occurred at the crossing Post 28 km – Post 21 km, near Ufa. As a result, most of the train overturned, not just derailed. A total of 22 cars are reported. Contact pylons and railroad tracks were also damaged.

Two days later, 31-year-old Ivan I, a resident of Stavropol Krai, was detained as a suspect.

Krasnogorovka (Ukraine)

In Ukraine on November 6, Pavel Klymenko, a butcher general, was liquidated. He commanded the 5th Brigade and was famous for his fierce cruelty to his fighters. Endless and very large-scale even by the standards of the Russian army butcher assaults, executions for refusing to go on these assaults, sending soldiers “to the basement”, extortion of money, beatings, torture. It was announced that Klimenko was killed in an FPV drone attack. According to the Rospartizan tg-channel, the FPV drone was fired by Russian side – when Klimenko was riding his motorcycle around occupied Krasnogorovka.

Soldier’s justice is an effective measure against beasts with general’s epaulettes.

Sevastopol

In Sevastopol on November 13, Captain First Rank Valery Taranovsky, chief of staff of the 41st brigade of missile ships and boats of the Black Sea Fleet, was blown up in his car.

The explosion occurred yesterday at 9 am. According to preliminary data, the attackers fastened an improvised explosive device (IED) on the bottom of the car on the driver’s side and detonated it remotely. In its turn, the Ukrainian media say that this was a special operation by the SBU.

Source: a2day