2020 has started with some changes at region level, and especially with the continuity of the huge and incredible mobilization of the Chilean people. That popular revolt which has been through more than 100 days, has changed social and political situation of that country, and also has impacted the entire region. New scenery appeared and, as we said in preceding analysis, comes within the framework of the huge wave of popular mobilizations that’s been deployed for Latin Americans communities (Haiti, Ecuador, and other countries with less intensity). As we can see, it’s time for the people on the streets, these are fighting times. At the same time, it’s starting all over the world a new economic crisis that’s being increasing with Coronavirus and its impact on international markets. The issue of Oil and its effects on peripheral economies from Latin America also can impact the cost of living and the ultra-liberal technocracy’s legitimacy, which continues being part of this new phase all over our continent. But also, the coronavirus’s pandemic brought with it a series of changes in this new phase, which is difficult and premature to judge its impact. Nevertheless, its impact compels us to discuss a new situation, a global phase that is changing with masses control policies and increasing repressive measures, and there’s where the three decades of neoliberalism’s ravages becomes evident with the breakdown of public health and social safe measures. We divided this analysis into two sections: a first one addressing Chilean mobilization and social and political changes over the continent; and a second one with a primary analysis about the new situation that has been triggered since Covid-19‘s expansion. [Castellano] read full story / add a comment

In the month of October 2019, there have been events in Latin America and in the world that mark a time of people in the streets and struggle. Let's start by analyzing the scenario in the Middle East. [Castellano] read full story / add a comment

Η Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa (Ένωση Βιομηχανικών και Εμπορικών Εργατών Αφρικής - ICU) ιδρύθηκε στο Κέιπ Τάουν το 1919. Το 1920 συγχωνεύθηκε με την επαναστατική συνδικαλιστική ένωση, Industrial Workers of Africa (Βιομηχανικοί Εργάτες της Αφρικής) και άλλα συνδικάτα. Μεγάλωσε ταχύτατα στη Νότια Αφρική μεταξύ της έγχρωμης και μαύρης εργατικής τάξης και των εκμισθωτών γης. Εξαπλώθηκε επίσης, τις δεκαετίες του 1920 και του 1930, σε γειτονικές χώρες. read full story / add a comment

Latin America, an untamed and rebellious land, heiress of centuries of struggles and resistance, where magic invades realism, where we are going through a critical situation in ecological, humanitarian and social terms. Today we are facing a turning point, where threats to our bodies and territories are increasingly concrete, which is why indecision and half measures must be fought with positions and proposals. It is our historical duty, as anarchists, to generate spaces for debate and criticism, where we prefigure the days of struggle that lie ahead. In turn, it is necessary to propose new categories of analysis in order to point much more accurately at those who subject us today. [Castellano] read full story / add a comment

Six men were on trial accused of falsely imprisoning the then Tanáiste (deputy Prime Minister) and Labour Party TD, Joan Burton, and her colleague in Jobstown, a working class suburb of Dublin, on 15 November 2014. The charge of false imprisonment carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. All six men claimed that they were exercising their right to protest, and that the protest was peaceful. This was part of a mass campaign that successfully defeated the attempt to introduce water charges. Following a nine week trial, the six have been found not guilty. read full story / add a comment

Il volontario statunitense che si era unito alla milizia delle YPG e che è caduto combattendo contro l'ISIS in Rojava questa settimana era un anarchico ed iscritto all'Industrial Workers of the World. E' morto vittima di un bombardamento aereo turco diretto a colpire i combattenti curdi che stavano incalzando i clerico-fascisti dell'ISIS. [English] read full story / add a comment

Selection of articles on the murder of anarchist Michael Israel, together with volunteer Anton Leschek, while fighting with the YPG against ISIS fascists in Rojava. They were bombed by Turkish airplanes. read full story / add a comment

Observations from anarchist in Ireland on the UK EU membership referendum. The referendum will take place in north east Ireland which is under British rule. Citizens of southern Ireland who live in the UK will also have a vote but because the UK is physically the gateway to Europe from Ireland all of the island will be effected by the result. read full story / add a comment

They painted our red and black flags and banners with blood and flesh of our comrades. Those responsible for the massacre are out there. We know them from Haymarket, Bloody Sunday, Mayday 1977 Istanbul Massacre, Reyhanli, Gezi Uprising, Roboski Massacre, Diyarbakir Dungeons and Suruç. We know them from the daily exploitation of a thousand year. They stand before us merciless, smirking.

Although it has been orchestrated by the hands of ISIS gang, we know that, just like the Suruç Massacre, state and AKP who is holding state power in their hands are those who are in fact responsible for this massacre. We have seen once again that AKP is capable of doing everything not to lose the power and weaker it gets, more brutal it will get.

Below are two further statements from anarchists groups in the Turkish state on the Ankara bombing.
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Durante demasiado tiempo los principales segmentos de la clase obrera han sido latentes en la ilusión de que el cambio puede ser delegado a organizaciones exteriores o partidos. Cuando nuestras luchas son burocratizadas y delegadas a los demás, perdemos la propiedad sobre ellas y, a su vez perdemos muchos beneficios que se obtienen a través de ellas. Una victoria de la clase obrera sólo puede establecerse si nuestra clase es activa en la lucha que lleva a la victoria. [English] [Italiano] read full story / add a comment

For far too long major segments of the working class have been dormant under the illusion that change can be delegated to exterior organizations or parties. When our struggles are bureaucratized and delegated to others, we lose ownership over them and in turn lose many benefits gained through them. A victory for the working class can only be established if our class is active in the struggle leading to victory. [Italiano] [Castellano] read full story / add a comment

Per troppo tempo i maggiori segmenti della classe lavoratrice se ne sono stati dormienti nell'illusione che il mutamento potesse essere delegato ad organizzazioni esterne o ai partiti. Quando le nostre lotte cadono vittime delle burocrazie e vengono delegate ad altri, noi ne perdiamo la titolarità ed il controllo con la conseguente perdita di molte conquiste ottenute tramite esse. Una vittoria della classe lavoratrice è possibile solo se è la nostra classe a guidare le lotte alla vittoria. [English] read full story / add a comment

A raíz de la crisis política vivida en el Frente de Estudiantes Libertarios de Argentina y la consecuente ruptura de esta organización, han circulado algunos comunicados en los cuales las partes involucradas exponen sus puntos de vista y sus razones. Anarkismo.net es una tribuna para la construcción del movimiento libertario y desde ese punto de vista, serviremos para que el debate se dé con altura de miras y con el objeto de aprender para superar los errores, no para caer en denuncias estériles ni mucho menos, en calumnias. Los compañeros nos merecemos una discusión política, apasionada pero respetuosa, para comprender mejor los problemas de construcción, de cultura militante, de organización, de dinámicas que han llevado a que el movimiento anarquista argentino hoy esté bastante fragmentado y que experiencias de construcción pasadas hayan colapsado. Esperamos que exponer de manera franca estos argumentos ayuden a comprender mejor los vicios y errores que deben superarse para poder comenzar procesos de construcción que perduren en el tiempo y que sumen, aún cuando entendamos que las rupturas en ocasiones sean inevitables. Queremos terminar por expresar que ambos sectores están vinculados al proyecto de Anarkismo.net y por lo mismo, no es nuestra intención tomar partido por un bando o por el otro, sino facilitar un espacio para que las ideas sean debatidas y para la reflexión sobre cómo construir el movimiento libertario que necesitamos. read full story / add a comment

WSM members & supporters in northern Ireland will be providing live coverage of the N30 Pension strikes today via our Twitter feed. The strike is part of the UK wide public sector strike against attacks on public sector pensions, attacks similar to those imposed on public sector workers in southern Ireland over the last couple of years. They are part of a Europe wide offensive against the pensions rights of workers. read full story / add a comment

Hay mil razones para que las tropas de ocupación de la ONU en Haití (MINUSTAH) se vayan. No hay una sola razón legítima para que se queden. [English] [Kreyòl Ayisyen] [Français] read full story / add a comment

There are a thousand reasons for the UN occupation troops in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to leave. And not one single legitimate reason for them to stay. [Castellano] [Kreyòl Ayisyen] [Français] read full story / add a comment

Hace pocos días a través de los medios de información nos enteramos de su presencia en Colombia. Para nosotros hubiera sido muy importante que se nos escuchara, pero hasta hoy no hemos recibido información alguna para poder dialogar brevemente con usted.

Es de conocimiento del gobierno colombiano que nuestras familias, comunidades, organizaciones mestizas, indígenas, afrodescendientes de diversas partes de Colombia, hemos acudido a instancias internacionales en búsqueda de protección, de verdad, de justicia y de reparación y somos parte de organizaciones de víctimas como el Movice, de iniciativas de Paz como Colombianos por la Paz y de dinámicas de solidaridad nacional e internacional para enfrentar la impunidad y la exclusión como la Red de Alternativas, por lo que nos sentimos excluidos. read full story / add a comment

Iνδονησία: Κοινός αγώνας αγροτών και αναρχικών ενάντια σε σχέδια - Kάλεσμα για αλληλεγγύη από συντρόφους στην Ινδονησία read full story / add a comment

A collection of articles looking at the mass revolt against the regime of Mubarak that has taken place in Egypt over the last week written by members of the WSM in Ireland for the WSM web site. The most recent article on yesterday's demonstration is first. read full story / add a comment

Immediate Solidarity with our companions kidnapped by the Power! The “terrorist conspiracy” exists only in the head of the prosecutor Peña! read full story / add a comment