Over the weekend in Hochelaga, a company van belonging to ARA Robotique was burned.
ARA’s drones are equipped with advanced sensors and AI for real-time data analysis. Last year, the Quebec government awarded ARA and Laflamme Aero a subsidy of $8.8 million. These two companies produce drones and remotely controlled helicopters designed to enhance border surveillance.
The Quebec subsidy aligns with pending federal legislation aimed at intensifying Canadian border monitoring, as well as calls from the Trump administration for Canada to strengthen its border security.
With ongoing ICE raids in the U.S. and the expansion of rapid-response networks to protect those targeted by ICE, it is time to target companies and individuals who actively develop technologies designed to control people’s movements across borders.
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Feb192026
Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info
Comrades, the time is now! The SPVM hath declared a registry of cameras, with nefarious AI to track our every move! We shall not bow to their surveillance! Take up these posters (FR/EN), these flyers, and these stickers, and spread them far and wide to ignite the flame of resistance! Quickly, fellow travelers, let us strike the ever-watchful eye!
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Feb032026
Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info
This winter, teams got together to begin a new season of Camover. Some of them decided to film a few of their achievements.
The SPVM has implemented AI surveillance software that could integrate thousands of cameras both public and private. For attack on the infrastructures of techno-dystopia! Fewer prying eyes, more dead circuits on pavement.
2nd round: from Valentine’s Day to March 15th.
*Always think carefully before filming yourself during an action.
Looking at the current state of the world, it is all too easy to fall into despair and hopelessness. At best, things feel heartbreaking, and at worst, feel debilitatingly bleak. That said, this only part of the story. However bad things may seem, there is always possibilities for taking action. These possibilities might not be immediately obvious and likely aren’t easy, but nonetheless they are there and we want to help (however modestly) to make things happen.
Freedonia offers two categories of grants (small and large) to initiatives based in Canada that broadly reflect anarchist principles (i.e. equality, mutual aid, autonomy, direct action, solidarity etc.). We care less about labels, and more about what you do and how you do it. Our small grants offer funding of $2,000-$8,000, and our large grants offer funding of $8,001-$20,000. The majority of the grants we award fall into the small category, while the number of grants awarded that fall into the large category is much more limited (1-2 each year). We hope to receive both small and large grant applications, but want to be transparent that the large grants are more competitive.
We invite organizations, groups, and projects that embody the values of Freedonia to apply to our 2026 funding round. We support organizing that is oriented towards anti-authoritarian social change, and aim to fund projects that are committed to taking action outside of traditional channels and unlikely to be eligible to get funding elsewhere. We prioritize funding grassroots initiatives and autonomous undertakings, and are less likely to provide funding to organizations connected to established institutions and/or have large operating budgets.
At this moment, we are particularly enthusiastic to fund projects related to anarchist infrastructure broadly defined (i.e. including but not limited to material infrastructure). We want to support initiatives that build collective capacity; strengthen people’s long-term ability to organize; and expand the terrain of struggle.
We will be hosting an online info/Q&A session mid-February to discuss this year’s funding round and to answer any question you might have – keep an eye out for more details coming soon!
Comments Off on Nussir is a mountain, not a mine! – Call to action against the “Nussir mine” beyond liberal environmentalism in Norwegian-Occupied Sápmi
This is a global call to action against the copper-mine currently under construction in Riehpovuotna (called “Repparfjord” by the colonizers), in Norwegian-occupied Sápmi.The Canadian company Blue Moon Metals (BMM) – full owner of the mine’s operator Nussir ASA – is actively involved in the colonization of Sámi ancestral lands through the construction of two copper and precious metals mines in the region. This is part of a rapid expansion of corporate extractivism stemming from the EU’s Critical Minerals Act, as the “Nussir mine” has been named a “Strategic Project,” allowing for large land grabs and cutting through any environmental or Indigenous land protection under the banner of a so-called “Green Transition”. More information on the history of the land and the numerous Sámi-led struggles, can be found in the later sections.
2. WHAT CAN BE DONE?
Besides the Nussir copper-gold-silver project, BMM is currently advancing two other brownfield polymetallic projects, Nye Sulitjelma Gruver (NSG) copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Norway and the BMM zinc-gold-silver-copper project in California. All 3 projects are located within existing local infrastructure including roads, power grids, railways, and/or previous extractivist projects. This makes them desirable for investors, but also more easily accessible for those who wish to intervene.
In December 2025, the first phase of the Nussir-mine project was completed, by detonating an entrance tunnel through the mountain. The next phase entails preparation of surface areas, which means more activity above ground and around the mine. This is a crucial moment, as BMM now depends on much more investments to further pursue their operation. So let’s make this a nightmarish quest! We believe that there is a possibility to win this fight if we broaden our ways of attack and internationalize the struggle. We do not want to define your means or your targets. Do whatever feels in line with your way of acting and existing skills. It could be organizing a blockade, a banner drop, or a solidarity photo, while emphasizing the need for the most materially impactful actions at this time. We welcome your creativity and experience, and hope to see many different approaches on all kinds of platforms.
MAIN INVESTORS: These are the main targets on which we suggest to put pressure.
– Hartree Partners LP has invested $140 million USD in BMM, in conjunction with subsidiaryOaktree Capital Management, in the Nussir mining project, and is one of the largest investors in BMM. They have offices all over the world in, New York City, Istanbul, London, Geneva, Hamburg, Oslo, Cape Town, Dubai, Shanghai, Melbourne, Mexico City, Santiago, Lima, Houston, St. Louis, Washington DC, Tokyo and Toronto.
– Oaktree Capital Management has offices in Stockholm, London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Zurich, Paris, Madrid, New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Sydney, Singapore, Dubai, Bejing, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai.
– Monial Norwegian LLC, owned by the Holta family, owns 10% of the shares in Blue Moon Metals and 32% (6,74 mill NOK) of Nussir ASA. Office is outside of Oslo.
OTHER KEY COLLABORATORS/COMPANIES INVOLVED: Engage with these based on where you are located and what’s possible for you.
– Wheaton Precious Metals operates and invests in mining projects and contributes 3% of BMM’s funding as a strategic shareholder.Wheaton has offices in Vancouver, Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.
– Altius Minerals Corporation is a 2% shareholder and Canadian company that owns royalties for 12 mines producing Potash and “High Purity” Iron Ore, Gold and Base & Battery Metals as well as 13 renewable energy projects worldwide. Exploration for more possible mining activities in Swedish-occupied Sámpi is currently happening through the Canadian-based mineral exploration company Gungnir Resources around Knaften. Their offices are located in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Labrador and Surrey, Canada.
– Baker Steel Resources Trust(BSRT) Guernsey registered investment company. BSRT have 7,5% ownership in BMM.Owned by Baker Steel Capital with offices in London and Perth.
– WG-Wergeland Group is a Norwegian investment office with interests in the maritime and industrial sectors, and a 5% strategic shareholder inBMM.They are an important base for the Norwegian shareholders and provide economic stability as “a trustworthy investor in the European market”. Locations in Dalsøyra and Sløvåg.
– LNS AS (Leonhard Nilsen og Sønner AS) is a Norwegian company working onsite digging the tunnel, roads and building barracks. They’re a 3% strategic shareholder in BMM with offices in Risøyhamn and Andøya. The largest owners of LNS are:
– 28,59% Tuncomp AS, consulting (Risøyhamn) – 21,6% Malmat Invest AS(Narvik) – 20% Hospitality Invest Capital AS, electrical installation work (Oslo) – Entrepenør Harald Nilsen AS is a Norwegian construction company based in Alta. Owns 3,48% shares in Nussir ASA. – Anlegg nord AS is a Norwegian machinery contractor based in Alta and owns 1,69% shares in Nussir ASA. – Alessa AS/Multi Service Nord AS is a Norwegian company based in Kvalsund and works on site renovation and building maintenance, cleaning services, snow removal, providing security guards, etc.
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS: – UiT The Arctic University of Norway – Norwegian Mining Museum – Norwegian University of Science and Technology – Norges geologiske undersøkelse (NGU)
3. WHY TO ACT NOW
Just like other projects that are currently attempting to colonize Sápmi (e.g. North Bothnia Line Railway,Beowolf’s Gállok Iron Ore Mine, LKAB’s Per Geijer mining expansion in Giron, 420kV power lines), the “Nussir-mine” is still vulnerable. Its completion depends on funds that are still lacking, as well as on unfinished or non-existent infrastructures. So, while any form of attack weakens the full realization of these projects, the success of any one such project will also open the door for many more land grabs and the finalization of Norway’s and Europe’s white supremacist colonial expansion on the continent.
In the case of Riehpovuotna, we can already see how Nussir ASA aspires to follow the footsteps of LKAB in Giron, Swedish-occupied Sápmi. There, an entire village was transformed into a corporate nightmare, where, in addition to lost reindeer herding grounds, the city center and several homes had to be resettled due to sinking grounds caused by mining. Currently, Nussir ASA is exploring the potential of platinum and palladium deposits to possibly extend the current mining project throughout the region. To increase their influence and secure future control over the territories, they also plan to finance local startups (e.g. Alessa AS, see targets below) and homeowners.
BUT: To realize their colonizer fantasies, Nussir ASA still needs to acquire funds and will make a final investment decision in March 2026. They will go public on the NASDAQ in April 2026, making the company’s shares available for purchase on the stock market, also in an effort to secure more capital and funding. In short: the infrastructures of present day colonialism are being built and financed now and must therefore be attacked now. This is why we urge actions to happen in January through March, although extended pressure will be needed to discourage future extractivism in the region.
4. BRIEFLY ON SÁMI HISTORY
The Sámi are the Indigenous people that together with other minorities have been inhabiting the region of Sápmi for several thousands of years. Today Sápmi encompasses vast areas in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
Sámi traditional livelihoods and survival include mainly reindeer herding, fishing, and hunting which depend on access to large areas, at the same time as maintaining a reciprocal, non-exploitative relationship to these lands. For hundreds of years these traditional activities have been (and still are!) under constant pressure by land theft and destruction associated with the construction of ever new cabins and roads, power lines, wind factories, hydroelectric power stations, data centers, towns, tourism, etc.
Settlers have also violently attacked Sámi and other minorities’ traditional ways of life through religious indoctrination and assimilation, forced settlements, child theft, forced sterilization, enslavement, and installing capitalist economies which push them into more and more so-called “modern” ways of existing. This is the ugly truth we forget when simply thinking about North American boarding schools in Turtle Island and rubber plantations when speaking of colonialism. The Sámi face a multi-faceted oppression which has many layers worth attending.
This text, however, will focus on the material aspects of colonial expansion and the accelerated exploitation that is being imposed through multinational co-operations and their “democratic processes” to extract from the land for the sake of the “The Green Transition”
5.”GREEN” COLONIALISM IN SÁPMI
Located on the ancestral territories of several Sámi communities, the “Nussir mine” will make it impossible to continue traditional Sámi practices. Remarkably, the company’s name itself embodies colonial theft and violence, as “Nussir” is the traditional North-Sámi name for the mountain which Nussir ASA’s machines and dynamite currently eat up.
As such, this project presents one (of many) of the latest manifestations of Norway’s and Europe’s white supremacist colonial expansion unfolding right in front of our eyes in Sápmi. All of these projects are connected by being critical infrastructures of extraction necessary for feeding the so-called “Green Transition”.
What’s happening at Riehpovuotna is yet another gruesome example which should clarify once and for all that so-called renewable energy technologies are actually made with non-renewable source materials and produced with high-powered fossil fuel machines. We refuse to call them wind or solar ‘farms’. We refuse to call them ‘forests’. They are colonial industries, factories and plantations. Wind, solar, biomass, are all just new ways to maintain industrial civilization’s deathly grasp on the world. As slick and well-marketed products, they give the illusion of change, while in fact feeding a society that nurtures itself on the destruction of ancestral life ways.The global demand for “green energy” doesn’t lead to less consumption, rather it means an explosion in overall energy use and the need to extract critical minerals with no end in sight. It is a race to the top, and therefore the “Green Transition” is a militarized proxy war of influence fought between powerful nation states for control of the world’s energy infrastructures and economy. Instead on the ground, these extractivist projects are met with attack and resistance everywhere. We refuse to let Sápmi be an easy target.
6. HISTORY OF RESISTANCE IN RIEHPOVUOTNA
The region around Riehpovuotna has witnessed a long history of resistance against this and similar projects, and has especially been shaped by large protests connected to the Áltá hydroelectric power station in the 1970s and 80s.
From these struggles emerged an autonomous movement with the Sámi resistance call to “ČSV!” (Čájet Sámi Vuoiŋŋa!/”Show Sámi Spirit!”) and a demand to take back the languages, culture, and land that had been stolen through colonization. This ultimately lead to a number of societal reforms, such as state investment in cultural production and the creation of the Sámi Parliaments, among other forms of “acknowledgment”, although without the material transformation needed to end centuries of dispossession.
Mining activities in Finnmark date back to at least 1826, with the first mine at Riehpovuotna opening in 1905. From 1972-1979, mining company Folldal Verk promised riches for the community, only to shut down 8 years later leaving behind a scarred mountain, sick reindeer and toxic tailings in the fjord that poisoned fish leading to deformities. Current plans include, again, to dump two million tons of mining waste annually into the protected salmon fjord.
While more aggressive actions have taken place over generations of resisting Scandinavian colonialism, for a long time the Sámi people have tried to navigate the colonial legal avenues and “democratic processes.” This has included talking to politicians and companies, engaging in peaceful actions and filing suits and cases through the judicial system. All they have gotten are weak compromises and a government institution to document the “truth” about the horrible mistakes made by the Norwegian state and suggested ways for superficial reconciliation, while material colonization continues as before, and even accelerates. In the Fosen case the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled that the wind factory destroyed traditional reindeer herding grounds and violated human rights. Yet, it is still operating, with no intention for it to be dismantled. As said by the former President of the Norwegian Sámi Parliament, Aili Keskitalo, these processes are intentionally designed as a form of endless distraction where they “can kill us with dialogue”.
This call to action is an attempt to diversify and move beyond the dogmatic approach of liberal environmentalism propped up by the state, NGOS, non-profits, and other related actors. There already is a strong desire to broaden and diversify the resistance emerging among Sámi, non-Indigenous locals and supporters.We need to regrow our imagination of what is possible, necessary, and legitimate to stop this colonial expansion in all its dimensions. We need this imagination, because we cannot take down the colonizer’s house with his own tools. If we want to make more than mere dents in the “green” colonialist machinery, we need to intertwine a plurality of approaches and spin a web of affinities, tactics, and attacks. We need to fight by the means each of us aligns with and use our creativity, skills and experience. Against investors, contractors, infrastructure, politicians, equipment and machines. Resistance against the “Nussir mine” is (or should be) resistance against white supremacy and the settler colonial state. Otherwise, how is this struggle supposed to be successful if it acts exclusively within the laws and boundaries set by the colonial system?
7. WHO ARE “WE”?
This communique has been authored by a loose group of people. Some of us who decided to write this are non-Indigenous, some are Indigenous. Some of us identify as anarchists. We all share the desire to dismantle systems of domination and destruction, like those we can see currently enforcing colonial plunder in Sápmi.
We have found our own reasons to act and invite the reader to do the same. When our fighting is rooted in relationship – to the land, to the people most impacted, to the spiritual realms – it tends to lend itself to respect and love-filled resistance; while those fights rooted in pure politics or excitement to break things often end up being saviouristic.
We do not wish to speak on behalf of all Sámi people, to romanticize Indigenous life ways, or to tokenize their struggles for ours. We support Sámi claims of autonomy and freedom, and aim to understand and recognize a history that has been erased or attempted to be erased. We hope and strive for collaboration and crossing paths, and mutual respect as accomplices to oppose this ongoing violent extractivism and insatiable destruction. We believe, simply said, that we should all work together because everyone’s liberation is entangled.
Please read more about indigenous and anarchist critique of activism in our resource section.
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Jan172026
Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info
The No Trace Project has launched a new tool: the Infiltrators Database, a database of cases of long-term infiltrators employed by authorities in the 21st century. It currently references 74 cases from 12 countries, including 5 cases from Canada. The goal of the database is to help anarchists and other rebels better understand how infiltrators operate. For each case we provide a brief description, sources to learn more, as well as the infiltrator’s name and pictures, if available. Access the database:
We will maintain the database in the future. If you know of any case that’s missing and that matches our inclusion criteria, feel free to let us know. Find our inclusion criteria here:
Everywhere we look, the forces of domination strain to keep our worlds within reach of the death star of authority. In a new era of competing nationalisms, the Canadian state reconditions its war on the land and those who live in relation with it by threatening new mines and pipelines from coast to coast. Plans converge toward a massive expansion of the military. AI mass surveillance technologies augment the already unchecked power of the police. We are expected to look away as the CEOs and politicians who walk our streets are willing partners in genocide, or are beaten and locked up if we act. Borders harden, and fascism creeps forward.
The escalating nature of their efforts is necessary to hold back a different idea of life: one that takes on countless forms across the worlds we inhabit and remains beyond the reach of power. It’s an idea we’ve glimpsed through refusals and resistance as well as in moments of creation and care. An idea that propels multiple formations to shine bright and thrive, rather than be pulled into the orbit of the same star. An idea sustained and given life by gathering together, sharpening and debating proposals beyond dogma, sharing histories and skills, exulting in time and space seized from the world destroyers, (re)kindling new and old connections and conspiracies.
And so we invite fellow travellers of the anarchist galaxy to come together for the 3rd edition of Constellation. Montreal’s festival of anarchy returns from May 14th to 20th, 2026, with a week-long, city-wide extravaganza of books, zines, skills, art, music, and more! Come take part in our decentralized experiment, where participants help set the tone, create the content, and weave together theory and practice across many spaces and formats.
Once again, we’re hosting two events at CÉDA (2515 rue Delisle) and hope to see many more autonomous events organized by YOU! Stay tuned for the launch of the online calendar, where you’ll be able to submit your events as part of Constellation 2026.
Saturday, May 16: Anarchist Bookfair
The Anarchist Bookfair returns to CÉDA with tabling inside and outside the building, bringing together books, zines, pamphlets, art, and other materials that speak to anarchy in all its forms. Multiple rooms at CÉDA and spots in Parc Vinet will host book launches, reading groups, discussions, film screenings, and other sessions throughout the day.
Sunday, May 17: Anarchist Skill Faire
On Sunday, CÉDA transforms into the sprawling, chaotic Skill Faire—a kind of anarchist science fair where trifold displays are encouraged and “please touch” is the norm. Tables and stations will showcase hands-on skills and tools, inviting people to try things out, ask questions, and leave with practical knowledge. In addition to tabling, there will be rooms reserved for longer, more in-depth skillshares that require time, focus, or specialized equipment.
Kids Zone
The Kids Zone will again offer childcare and kid-friendly activities, making it easier for parents, caregivers, and young people to participate in the festival. This year, we would love some help putting together more youth-oriented workshops and skillshares, so please get in touch if this is something that excites you.
Get Involved
We’ll be opening our submissions portal for table reservation and workshop applications soon. Check constellationmtl.net or our social media pages for more info later this month. If you have any comments or questions, feel free to reach us at info@constellationmtl.net or on Signal (@constellation.2026).
The US military assault on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Friday night shocked the world and tore down the veil of international law.
The actions of Trump and the US government are once again rivalling those of the largest criminal organizations, with complete impunity. The entire American continent is now threatened by this same imperialist system. By continuing to raise the issue of cartels and drug trafficking, Trump is making thinly veiled threats against Colombia, Mexico, and Cuba, remaining firmly aligned with his plan to “restore American supremacy” in Latin America. Let us not be fooled—these excuses will also be used to tighten anti-immigration policies and legitimize future imperialist interventions.
This is far from being the first U.S. incursion into the affairs of a foreign country. We can’t count the number of coups that were aided by the CIA in the shadows of sordid plots. But this time, it is a violent operation (described as spectacular and exemplary in the western media) that is publicly and proudly claimed by the most powerful position in the world. No need to look too far back in history to see that military force is used directly—as in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Nicaragua—to bring down regimes “that don’t vote the right way.” This is not the first time that the United States has acted in this way and shown complete disregard for a country’s territorial sovereignty. Nor is it a coincidence that extractivism and control of resources are often at the heart of invasions.
For liberals and the most naive, this is a breach of protocol, an action that goes beyond the legal framework. For us, it is a continuation of the usual policies, which today seem unacceptable because of the sensational nature of the level of interference and interventionism involved. But the violence of those in power is always present, even when the legal framework is respected. In fact, the only reason this framework is respected is because it serves the interests of those in power. As soon as legality goes against their interests, they do not hesitate to throw charters and conventions in the trash. They have always done so and will continue to do so.
What is truly new about this aggression is rather the sheer audacity of the lie that was used as a pretext. We are a long way from the months of preparation required for the Lusitania scandal to prepare for entry into the war in 1915, and very, very far from the “weapons of mass destruction” used by the Bush administration to invade Iraq in 2003. At the time, there was at least a semblance of democratic legitimacy: false witnesses were sent to UN committees, a secretary of state was made to cry, and then admitted that nothing in the whole deception was true. But at least they tried to pretend. Today, Trump can simply declare in a disjointed speech closer to senile rambling than political pep talk: “drugs & rape”, repeat it enough times and all the sold-out journalists applaud, and the entire Canadian political class, like frightened lackeys, respond that “yes, Maduro was a bad guy.”
While state propaganda hammers home the bogus reasons for the intervention, it doesn’t even bother to hide the other reason, which is obvious anyway: to plunder one of the world’s largest oil reserves. The lie is so ingrained in the entire media apparatus serving the ruling class that they no longer even bother to hide it.
Political Clarity
The current attack on Venezuelan sovereignty cannot be understood without examining the role of opposition figures elevated and legitimized by Western imperialist powers. Maria Corina Machado has been deliberately presented as a “credible alternative,” not by the Venezuelan working classes, but by foreign governments, corporate media, and international financial interests whose main concern is not so-called “democracy” but access to the country’s resources. Her political project is openly aligned with neoliberal orthodoxy: privatization, deregulation, alignment with US foreign policy, and Venezuela’s reintegration into the global capitalist order under the supervision of institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank. In this sense, Machado is not presented as a leader born of popular self-determination, but as a managerial figure, an intermediary through whom Western capital can reaffirm its control over Venezuelan resources.
Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, along with its strategic minerals and geopolitical position, make it too valuable to be left outside imperial command. Machado’s function within this framework is not to liberate Venezuelans, but to normalize exploitation by presenting submission to foreign capital as a « democratic transition ». Her leadership is imagined to be only accountable to Western state investors who’re eager to reopen the country to extractive business under favorable terms. This is the classic model of the puppet leader: legitimacy granted externally, authority served from imperial backing rather than a popular mandate.
What should be clearly stated, rejecting this imperial imposition does not require romanticizing or defending authoritarian governance. The false binary imposed by Western discourse, imperialist intervention vs so called authoritarian stability, serves as a false dichotomy and forecloses the most important possibility: genuine popular self-determination. One concentrates authority upward and inwards, the other transfers it outward to imperial centers. Both deny the Venezuelan people the right to decide the terms of their own political life. The task is not to choose between domination from within or domination without, but to dismantle both.
We live within the imperial core itself. From this position, the uncritical amplification of state narratives, especially those that claim to be anti-imperialist, blur the lines of political clarity. The power of the United States must be unerstood concretely. No other nation on earth has demonstrated the capcity, reach and impunity to extract a « leader » from another country in the middle of the night, transport them across borders, and place them before a kangaroo court under politically motivated charges. The question that should then be on everyones mind is, if the U.S possesses such reach, why has it not been used agasint Netanyahu and state of Isreal, which continues to wage carnage the Palestinian people with open international defiance? The answer expose the lie at the heart of the so-called « rules based order ». Power is not applied universally, it is deployed selectively, in service of empire.
In the next few days, we are going to see videos of people in Venezuela holding up portraits of Chavez, people chanting for Maduro’s return, and for the defence of Simon Bolivar’s legacy. Propaganda videos by the Venezuelan army will be reshared and the other big imperialist camp is gonna use this to promote their own brand of autoritarianism. Campism thrives on its own contradiction. It asks us to align ourselves with one state bloc against another to excuse repression and domination as long as it appears to resist U.S influcence. This is a trap, and it is one we are especially pressured to fall into from within the imperial core. Campist and liberal politics alike use moments of crisis to reintroduce authority as necessity. They present parties, governments and militaries as imperfect shields for the sake of fighting against a greater threat, despite their long records of crushing dissent, repressing average people and giving no chance to a new political life. We don’t want to fight their wars, we do not want to change one form of power for another.What is needed is a rupture in which Venezuelans themselves can collectively determine how they are governed, on what grounds, and in whose interests. It must be rejected, the idea that leadership must either be imposed by force or sanctioned by foreign capital. Liberation cannot arrive through kidnappings, sanctions, or puppet regimes, nor can it be secured through unaccountable authority concentrated thought the « state ». Real resistance grows out of the terrian that is built through direct action and autonomous self-organization. It does not rely on leaders to speak on one’s behalf. By establishing a praxis, this is expanded and sustained in our conditions, they do not culmiate in a new regime or a rearranged hierachy. They point towards a social revolutionary transformation that reshapes everyday life and social relations themselves. What remains is the refusal to be diverted. Campism, nostalgia, and national mythologies functions as pressure points on our movements, especially here, where imperial power is headquarted. In a world already saturaed with so much violence, what is not needed are more symbols of authoritiy to obscure our vision. What is needed is a clarity about where we stand, and a commitmment to a greater internationalist struggle that aline ourselves with people in resistance everywhere, that goes beyond borders and propels us towads a future where our fight becomes impossible to contain.
What now?
Regardless of Maduro, Hussein, or others, the revolution will not be due to imperialist violence. It belongs to the oppressed, to the masses who refuse to be enslaved. Only the people’s struggle can overthrow the established order.
There are two answers that are needed right now. The first, is direct action, the sabotage and attacks that put a wrench in the wheels of authoritarian machinery, done, ideally, in such a way so as to be coordinated or contagious, resonating and reproduced by others. The second, is the creation of social conditions, including organizations, that are able to advance a fight for humanity’s total liberation from authority and domination so that, never again, will someone’s life be ended or turned upside down because of another person’s desire for profit, power, or greedy pleasure.
Make the US ruling class regret this: The capitalist class and US political class are entirely comfortable with this invasion of Venezuela. If it goes smoothly for them, they’ll do it again in new territories with increasing violence. Who rules the United States? What are their interests? How can those interests be attacked and undermined from Montreal? How can we make them regret this?
US multinationals are everywhere: Montreal is filled with thousands of offices, store outlets, warehouses, and assembly lines for important American businesses headed by the US empire’s most influential capitalists. This includes fast food chains, tech industry, and weapons manufacturers. In the summer of 2025, Mexico city erupted into anti-American riots, destroying investments and symbols of American capitalism. In the UK, Palestine Action, has been entering weapons factories, smashing machinery, doing millions in damage. Across the world, normal people identify targets and act.
Don’t underestimate yourself, you can be a serious force. You can do the most brilliant and daring actions this century has seen, setting examples that strike blows for liberation against authority.
The slogan was launched by a horde of elves: “Christmas is ours.” In the heart of Montreal, a group called Les Robins des ruelles raided a Metro grocery store a few days before Christmas. This action seems to be a response to the call made by Les Soulèvements du Fleuve the previous week, which invited people to reject the current food production and distribution system. In an exemplary gesture of sharing, some of the food was left in the middle of Place Valois (in Hochelaga) – at the foot of a Christmas tree erected for the occasion – while the rest was reportedly distributed to community refrigerators throughout Montreal.
This inspiring act of resistance calls for greater openness as the holiday season approaches. Let’s leave the boring debates about solstice celebrations to the priests and secularists. Christmas belongs to no one and therefore to everyone! Let’s rediscover the spirit of the holidays, that of giving and sharing, which is necessary opposed to the logic of the economy. Signaling the return of the revolutionary question, the elves have spoken unequivocally: “Let’s expropriate the grocery chains, create collective kitchens, turn parking lots into large vegetable gardens, and monoculture fields into collective pantries. This world does not belong to them.” As the philosopher Alain Badiou, undoubtedly as old and red as Santa Claus, said:
If revolution is conceivable for us, it’s through the tradition forged in those famous or obscure moments when ordinary workers—both men and women—demonstrated their capacity to fight for their rights and for everyone’s rights, to operate factories, firms, administrations, schools, or armies by collectivizing the power of equality among all.
The call from the elves to expropriate grocery chains — and to do so immediatly — tentatively aligns with this long tradition of actions propelled by the power of equality, a time always ripe during festive seasons. When discussing conspiratorial Christmas gestures, we inevitably return to that famous affair of Christmas 1914, when German and British soldiers decided to lay down their arms for an evening, dancing, drinking, and even playing soccer to unwind. What’s often overlooked is that such improvised truces continued throughout the years of the Great War. During these pauses, meetings frequently occurred on the Eastern front between German and Russian soldiers, exchanging information on living conditions and grievances against military leadership, but also sharing the seed of revolution.
One can easily imagine, during these Christmas truces, soldiers exchanging a few words: “Christmas is ours… and soon, the world!” Indeed, this series of small conspiracies among soldiers heralded the greatest international conspiracy ever witnessed: the Russian and German revolutions. A thread connects them: the councils (Soviet or Räte). The immediate removal of authorities in factories, ports, theaters, neighborhoods, schools, train stations, and throughout all levels of public service and military. For months—and in some places for years—uncompromising self-management blossomed. Councils emerged everywhere, ungovernable, egalitarian, spreading the idea: the world is ours, starting now.
A little over a century later, it’s time to reclaim this motto. If a beginning is necessary, let’s start from this call of the elves; let’s begin with Christmas. As they articulate in their open letter:
Our horizon must resonate with the firm footsteps marching into the street. The price of bread is rising, and history repeats itself. Those who hope to hear only the silence of social peace must prepare for disappointment. The future belongs to those who rise up. We will not remain hungry for much longer.
Let us seize these moments of reunion and sharing to invent relationships beyond those mediated by commodities. We steadfastly reject the logics of law and economics. Let us rediscover the Christmas envisioned by the conspirators and deserters of the First World War. In this time of authoritarian turn, lets refuse the logics of the capitalist world — those of exploitation and imperial war. Let us expropriate those who exploit us, turn our weapons against those who dominate us, and launch our war: revolution is within our grasp.
We are publishing our response, which is not, however, a dialogue with these open and covert supporters of militarism. We simply want to share our analysis publicly and strengthen the connection between people with an anti-militarist and revolutionary defeatist perspective.
The statement to which we are responding was written by supporters of the war, who reproduce a binary narrative for this purpose: empathetic and supportive Eastern European anarchists versus arrogant and unsupportive anarchists from Western Europe. This narrative is false and manipulative. Those who share this narrative refuse to acknowledge that criticism of pro-war projects such as Solidarity Collectives and ABC (Belarus) also exists within the anarchist milieu in Eastern Europe. The signatories of the statement ignore this anti-militarist tendency in their narrative or lie when they claim that these are Putinists or pro-Russian propagandists. They repeatedly claim that the “Eastern European voice” is overlooked in Western Europe, while they themselves overlook anti-militarist and anti-war voices from Eastern European regions. It should be added that these overlooked voices also come from a relatively large number of people directly from the war zone. By this we mean not only anarchist collectives, but also other working-class people who refuse to support the war efforts of “their” and neighboring states. Let’s look at how many people have deserted from the Russian and Ukrainian armies and how many people in both countries are avoiding mobilization(1). Hundreds of thousands of people are ignored by this “radical left” that tells us it represents the voices of Eastern Europe and fights against the arrogance of the West. Their binary narrative is hypocritical. The contradiction is not between anarchists from the West and those from the East. There is only a contradiction between the revolutionary and counterrevolutionary tendencies, which exist in all regions.
We quote from their statement:“They are writing various kinds of “statements” condemning work in support of Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion.”
We respond: We do not condemn resistance to the Russian invasion. We are not even opposed to armed struggle, as long as it does not replicate militaristic logic and is directed against states and their armies. However, we reject the strategy of conventional warfare and militaristic forms of struggle. From an anarchist perspective, resistance to the aggressive policies of one state (e.g., Russia) should not be a practical service in the defense of another state (e.g., Ukraine). We support autonomous resistance against Putinism and Russian imperialism, but also against the Zelensky regime and EU/NATO imperialism. This is anarchist resistance against war.
We quote from their statement:“We believe in the need for dialogue on controversial issues.”
We respond: They have long presented themselves as “experts in monologue”, but suddenly they pretend to be interested in dialogue. This is not at all convincing. People who deliberately avoid face-to-face dialogue, slander anarchists(2), engage in dangerous doxxing(3), and are verbally and physically aggressive(4) are collaborating on these projects. Some signatories also pressure other groups to prevent anti-militarists from attending anarchist events(5) or directly participate in sabotaging anti-militarist activities(6). We believe that the call for dialogue is a manipulative political calculation in this context. They want to gain spaces in which they will receive money and resources for soldiers. We believe that they do not want to listen to criticism from their opponents and discuss controversial issues. Anarchists have repeatedly expressed critical analysis of their militaristic and pro-war tendencies in the past. There has been no self-reflection or acknowledgment of mistakes. So why insist on dialogue with them? It cannot be a constructive process.
We quote from their statement:“We do not consider the work of the “Solidarity Collectives” and “ABC-Belarus” to be in any way pro-war or supportive of state militarism.”
We respond: Both of these groups provide propaganda, financial, and material support to the soldiers of the Ukrainian army, which is at war with Russia. Why do the signatories of this statement refuse to acknowledge that the Ukrainian army and its soldiers are the embodiment of state militarism? There is no structure more militaristic than a state army. Why do these people refuse to acknowledge that they are defending a pro-war position when they support soldiers of the state army involved in the war? Is it insincerity, political manipulation, or do they fail to understand the basic context? They claim to be against militarism, but when soldiers desert the Ukrainian army or men in Ukraine are forcibly mobilized, they do not show practical solidarity with these people. They object to Russia’s militarism, but the militarism of Ukraine/NATO/EU is their main ally. We refuse to cooperate with them because they advocate cooperation with Western imperialism in its war against Russian imperialism. However, we also do not cooperate with those who cooperate with Russian imperialism, because this is not a constructive strategy that the working class could effectively use against American and European imperialism. We reject all one-sided anti-imperialism. We fight against all imperialist states and blocs.
The list of names and titles under the declaration is very long, but that does not mean it is significant. Socially revolutionary groups do not evaluate the quality of practice by quantitative measures. The number of signatures under a manipulative and deceitful statement does not make it a valuable document. Not even the biggest sum of socially reactionary and pro-war groups can never give rise to revolutionary anarchist practice.
The list of signatories to the aforementioned statement includes quite a few liars, manipulators, aggressors, collaborators with the far right(7), as well as dangerous doxxers and nationalists(8). Groups such as Solidarity Collectives and ABC – Belarus discredit themselves by publicly declaring that they maintain contact with these controversial individuals. If they express concern that anarchists do not want to cooperate with them, this is actually a positive sign. While left-wing supporters of militarism are losing support, the revolutionary anarchist tendency is gaining the necessary energy.
– Some anarchists from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans
(1) Around 250,000 conscripts left Russia to avoid being forced to fight in the war, and more than 300,000 fled Ukraine. Moreover, in 2024 alone, the Russian war Ministry recorded 50,500 cases of desertion and unauthorized abandonment of a unit in a warring army. https://antimilitarismus.noblogs.org/post/2025/11/22/interview-with-anarcho-syndicalists-from-russia-on-mobilization-and-repression/ Pro-presidential MP Mariana Bezuhla stated on October 11 that the number of personnel who fled the Ukrainian army equaled the total number of personnel that there was before the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. A few days later, crime statistics emerged, showing that twice as many military servicemen had escaped this year than in the first two and a half years of the war. In total, nearly 290,000 criminal cases for SZCh and desertion were opened during the war. From January 2022 to September 2024, there were nearly 90,000 cases. This means that over the past year alone, an additional 200,000 were opened. It is important to underscore that we are not talking about the number of fugitive persons, but only about the number of registered criminal cases. https://libcom.org/article/ukraine-sporadic-resistance-war-first-hotbeds-collective-struggle
(8) Here is some footage from the head of a demonstration in Brussels which was co-organized by one of the official signatories of this appeal, Anarchist Collective Antwerp (Belgium) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeYzkjv1CFY In English the slogans which were marched behind are “Glory to the Nation! Death to its enemies!” and “Ukraine above all!” (adopted from ‘Deutschland uber alles!”). So yeah, it must be a complete mystery as to why these groups are having so much trouble spreading their ideas at anarchist events…
