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From a Syrian anarchist
“A group of young Syrian anarchists and anti–authoritarians from Aleppo – Syria, contacted me asking for urgent help. Their community is in urgent need for everything: medical drugs, tents, children milk, etc; almost everything. We hope that you can help them to alleviate the sufferings of Syrians in these difficult days. About the actual situation in Syria, it is deteriorating rapidly.”
Syrian uprising
According to the latest UN figures, over 5000 people have died in the Syrian unrest, including 300 children. Tens of thousands of people have been detained, and many tortured. The killings continue unabated. Government forces are raiding villages and reportedly killing civilians randomly, in reply to attacks from the Free Syrian Army, an ad hoc army of mostly rank-and-file conscripts who defected from the Syrian Army. They are operating in most of the hotbeds of opposition, such as Damascus, Homs, Idlib, Daraa etc.
The Egyptian masses rise up again to complete their revolution!
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian people are fighting all over Egypt, against the repressive apparatus of the military junta. This is a genuine rebellion of the bulk of the oppressed, and not a clash between the Islamists and the army, as portrayed by some mainstream media. Anarkismo.net managed to talk to an anarchist-communist from Egypt, [...]
J14 culminates into largest protest in Israeli history
Jérôme E. Roos on September 4, 2011 (Roarmag.org) Half a million Israelis take to the streets in a historic protest against the high cost of living. The occupation, however, remains largely unaddressed. After a two week lull in the seven week old Israeli protest movement, the J14 movement yesterday burst back onto the scene of [...]
Gaddafi Regime on Brink of Collapse
As Al Jazeera, fighting erupted in Tripoli between supporters of Gaddafi dissidents. Many of the streets downtown – had celebrated hours earlier – were abandoned as pockets of pro-Gaddafi resistance and the presence of snipers and artillery fire made the area dangerous. According to Democracy Now After a lightning fast advance by [...]
Syria: Murderous repression grows…
[1] More than 5,000 thousand Syrian civilians have fled into Turkey following a Syrian military attack on the city of Jisr al-Shughour. Meanwhile, Syrian helicopter gunships reportedly opened fire on peaceful protesters in the city of Maarat al-Numaan. The attack marked the first reported use of air power to quell protests in Syria’s popular uprising. [...]
Several Dead, Injured in ‘Naksa Day’ Protests in Israel-Palestine, Syria
At least 23 protesters were killed and scores more injured during protests to commemorate ‘Naksa Day’ in Israel-Palestine and Syria on Sunday June 5th. The protests, which were to mark the anniversary of the occupation of East Jerusalem by Israel during the June 1967 war, had been planned throughout the Palestinian Territories for weeks. The [...]
Yemen protesters burnt alive, buried in mass graves (warning graphic photos)
Via: Jane Novak’s Yemen articles Over 250 at least were killed in Taiz, Yemen over the past four days. On May 29th, at 3 am, forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh attacked Freedom Square in Taiz. Water cannons filled with gasoline sprayed tents where protesters were sleeping. Thousands of protesters were camping in the Square [...]
15 dead and 200 seriously injured in clashes with Israeli forces.
15 May, 63 years after Nakba, the destruction and uprooting of Palestinians from their ancestral homes, protests from refugees took place in Gaza, the West Bank and neighboring countries. Several thousands marched towards the borders of the occupied areas. Israeli soldiers, did not hesitate to kill civilians in cold blood once again. Specifically: In Gaza, [...]
The Bahraini government continues its crackdown on protesters
Bahrain’s military court has sentenced four anti-government protesters to death, in a move to further crush the ongoing revolutionary movement in the small Persian Gulf country. This comes while the Manama regime rejects reports by a number of human rights groups on massive rights violations in the country. According to local sources, Bahraini authorities have [...]
