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Towards Another Uprising

At the end of 2010 an individual act of despair in the town of Sidi Bouzid ignited a daring, enraged, and joyful upheaval that travelled through North Africa into the Middle East and beyond. People defied the oppressive systems they had been immersed in for generations and came together in the streets to topple the political elites at their helm. The authorities, at first stunned by this courageous spirit that they couldn’t understand, then unleashed a cynical and brutal response. ...

October 24, 2024 · mtlcounter-info
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Arson attack in Terrace BC

On the morning September 26th four vehicles were severely damaged as well as buildings nearby in an arson attack in Terrace BC. With a little investigation we realized the vehicles attacked belong to McElhanney a company with a large portfolio providing surveying, engineering, GIS & remote sensing, landscape architecture, environmental services across western Canada. Near Terrace, McElhanney is working on the controversial PRGT pipeline, which has seen resistance via occupations and blockades. Further south the company has used GIS data to help plan work for the controversial TMX pipeline. In north eastern BC, McElhanney has worked on providing data and plans for the expansion of LNG well sites and pipelines. ...

October 18, 2024 · Anonymous submission
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Call for Autonomous Acts of Rage Against Colonization Everywhere on Monday October 14th 2024

“We will need each other to make sure that the flames, if they were to come, clear the area that we will live in together. We will need to clear it of the fuel that would end up repeating the problems we are currently having. We will need to make sure that the seeds, nutrients and soil are scattered beyond our ability to control.” Aragorn ...

October 11, 2024 · Anonymous submission
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Kevin deported

Kevin, we are so sorry that after a life marked by state violence, you were deported. We had the potential to stop this violent deportation, and we didn’t show up sufficiently. As a movement, we need to do better. Sunday morning, Kevin was deported to Haiti. Because of some public attention, Immigration Minister Marc Miller reviewed his file, but refused to intervene. Words cannot begin to describe how violent this deportation is. Kevin came to Canada at the age of three and was soon forced into the child “protection” system. He was abused and traumatized by that system, and will suffer the consequences for the rest of his life. One of these consequences was his criminalization, and his experience of the full weight of the racist, anti-Black, colonial, penal system. Not satisfied with incarcerating this black man, the Canadian state then started proceedings to deport him to Haiti, a country to which he has few ties, having left at the age of three. Moreover, after centuries of Northern imperial interference, Haiti is now so unstable that even Canada has suspended deportations to this country – except, of course, for people it has criminalized. And so, Kevin was forced to leave his home and deported to Haiti Sunday morning. ...

October 11, 2024 · Solidarity Across Borders, Solidarity Across Borders
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Reflections/Analysis

Hostages of the Gun: On Militancy and Militarism

_This text is based on a talk given at the 2024 Hamilton Anarchist Bookfair. It is available as a printable zine. _ Political violence is a delicate topic—and not only because of how easy it is to find ourselves getting criminalized for conversations among comrades about violence. Violence is something to take very seriously, since how we choose to use or respond to it shapes our struggles and ourselves. I do believe violence changes us, for better or for worse. We can’t choose to escape the violence of capitalism, and likewise the violence of colonization, racism, and patriarchy is inescapable for many. We can, however, choose how to use violence in our struggles against those forces. ...

October 8, 2024 · mtlcounter-info
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Not Liking Someone Doesn’t Mean They’re a Cop: On Bad-jacketing

Read the full text, including visuals, online as a PDF. Find the full text ready for printing as an imposed PDF. Since the commencement of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, millions around the world have taken to the streets in support of Palestine against the genocidal Zionist entity. We are, globally, in an unprecedented moment of anti-imperialist mobilisation, which threatens not only the Zionist occupation but the colonial powers that uphold it. ...

October 8, 2024 · mtlcounter-info
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Demonstration in Solidarity with Gaza Breaks Dozens of Windows, Throws Molotovs at Police

A demo for Palestine attacked Concordia University Sunday evening. Many windows of luxury stores on Sainte-Catherine street were also broken. The police were kept at a distance with the help of molotov cocktails. Photos of the demo

October 1, 2024 · clash
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Reflections/Analysis

Anti-Repression Talks #1: Preparing for Physical Surveillance

he No Trace Project is launching a new initiative, the Anti-Repression Talks, to encourage discussion of surveillance and security issues within and between informal anarchist networks, on an international level. We believe that many anti-repression practices are more powerful when they are carried out across a network, rather than only by specific affinity groups. The Anti-Repression Talks will be a series of sessions, each on a different topic, and each lasting three months. During a session, participants are encouraged to form local study groups with people they trust to discuss the topic of the session — we provide resources and discussion points to help kickstart those discussions. At the end of a session, an international online chat takes place, where participants can anonymously meet to discuss their thoughts and findings. After a session, its findings are published on the No Trace Project website, including any materials contributed by study groups and a summary of the online chat. ...

September 27, 2024 · No Trace Project
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Final Statement of the Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival

After 18 years of incredible anarchist theatre, the Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival collective has decided to stop producing the festival. We want to thank all the artists, volunteers, former collective members and the public who attended, for their generous contributions and support. This was an all-volunteer festival with no government or corporate sponsorship. We will gladly assist other anarchists who would like to mount another festival. ...

September 27, 2024 · Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival
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How to Unload a Coal Train: A Simple Guide for Guerilla Coal Train Operators

Here is a zine detailing how anti-extractivists can disrupt coal rail infrastructure utilising the tactic of unloading coal trains. Each page has been uploaded as an image. PDF (Read)

September 21, 2024 · Anonymous submission
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Montreal Summer Reflection: Liberalism, Its Counter-Revolutionary Dynamics & Peace Policing

The summer of Montreal came crashing into full force as the encampment movement bloomed across university campuses around the world. For many of us, it was the first time being apart of something bigger than us, challenging the status quo and experiencing a level of violence both from the institution and state. Even with all of this, and the many strides that were made, the connections that were made, we aren’t without fault and mistakes. ...

September 16, 2024 · Anonymous submission
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Frontenac Active Club: The Militants behind Québec’s Neo-Nazi Revival

On December 8, 2023, the RCMP announced that they had arrested two Ontario residents, Matthew Althorpe and Kristoffer Nippak, and laid a number of charges against them stemming from their activities in various neo-Nazi projects in Ontario. In the first instance, the two men were charged with “participation in the activities of a terrorist group,” namely the Atomwaffen Division , an organization classified as terrorist in Canada. In its press release, the RCMP also mentioned two lesser-known projects: the Terrorgram Collective and Active Club Canada. The former is described as “a group of Telegram channels that share neo-fascist ideology and that produce and share manuals on how to carry out racially-motivated violence.” The Active Club is described as follows: ...

September 13, 2024 · Montréal Antifasciste