Yesterday in Oaxaca, a federal court ruled partially in favor of Mazatec anarchist Miguel Peralta, who is facing a 50-year sentence for trumped-up charges of murder for his role in the defense of the autonomy of his community of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón.

The court ruled that the evidence and accusations made against Miguel, who has been battling these charges in and outside of prison for more than ten years and is now in hiding, were false. That is an important step.

But in cowardly fashion, rather than ordering an end to this charade and ruling in favor of Miguel's freedom, they deferred the matter to a lower state court to rule on the same material and issue a final verdict. Thus, Miguel remains in limbo with his freedom dependent on the more corrupt state court of Oaxaca.

Over the phone, Miguel said after the ruling, "Once again, it has been confirmed that justice, for our peoples and even more so for the community of Eloxochitlán, is given to us in crumbs. We have no other choice but to continue our resistance, to continue fighting for freedom, until we take it from them."

https://desinformemonos.org/sentencia-historica-abre-el-camino-para-libertad-de-miguel-peralta-perseguido-politico-mazateco-en-oaxaca/

#Mexico #Oaxaca #Indigenous #anarchism

Today in Labor History February 21, 1937: The League of Nations banned foreign nationals from volunteering in the Spanish Civil War. Nevertheless, thousands from Britain, the U.S. and other countries came to Spain and joined the Republicans in the fight against Franco and fascism. Altogether, over 59,000 international volunteers supported the anti-fascist cause, along with over 3,000 soviet “technicians.” Roughly 500,000 soldiers and civilians died in the war. The antifascist republican forces lost, leading to a 40-year fascist dictatorship.

One of the battalions of American volunteers was named the Tom Mooney Machine-Gun Company, after the anarchist IWW member Tom Mooney, who was framed for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco. It was led by Oliver Law, a communist, and the first black man known to have commanded white U.S. troops. Law was from West Texas and had worked as a stevedore. Due to his skill, Law quickly rose in the ranks of the Republican army. However, he died on July 9, 1937, as he led an attack on Mosquito Crest.

You can read more about Mooney here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/05/19/tom-mooney-and-warren-billings/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #TomMooney #AbrahamLincolnBrigade #SpanishCivilWar #fascism #dictatorship #antifascism #solidarity #civilwar #antifa #civilians #franco #spain #union #republican #blackhistorymonth #IWW #anarchism #communism #tommooney #BlackMastodon

Today in Labor History February 21, 1937: The League of Nations banned foreign nationals from volunteering in the Spanish Civil War. Nevertheless, thousands from Britain, the U.S. and other countries came to Spain and joined the Republicans in the fight against Franco and fascism. Altogether, over 59,000 international volunteers supported the anti-fascist cause, along with over 3,000 soviet “technicians.” Roughly 500,000 soldiers and civilians died in the war. The antifascist republican forces lost, leading to a 40-year fascist dictatorship.

One of the battalions of American volunteers was named the Tom Mooney Machine-Gun Company, after the anarchist IWW member Tom Mooney, who was framed for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco. It was led by Oliver Law, a communist, and the first black man known to have commanded white U.S. troops. Law was from West Texas and had worked as a stevedore. Due to his skill, Law quickly rose in the ranks of the Republican army. However, he died on July 9, 1937, as he led an attack on Mosquito Crest.

You can read more about Mooney here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/05/19/tom-mooney-and-warren-billings/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #TomMooney #AbrahamLincolnBrigade #SpanishCivilWar #fascism #dictatorship #antifascism #solidarity #civilwar #antifa #civilians #franco #spain #union #republican #blackhistorymonth #IWW #anarchism #communism #tommooney #BlackMastodon

Today in Labor History February 21, 1934: Augusto Cesar Sandino, Nicaraguan independence fighter, was assassinated by Somoza’s Nation Guard. While in exile in Mexico during the early 1920s, Sandino participated in strikes led by the IWW. Inspired by the anarcho-syndicalist union, he adopted their red and black logo as the colors for the revolutionary Nicaraguan flag. The Sandinistas, or FSLN, who overthrew the dictator, Anastasio Somoza, in 1979, were named for Sandino.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #sandinistas #sandino #IWW #anarchism #nicaragua #somoza #mexico #strike #Revolutionary #union

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This quote is not from UK legislation it is a report on a specific interpretation of UK legislation. It may be interpreted by a court that way one day and as anarchists we should build OPSEC and INFOSEC that is resilient to this kind of suppression, but please double check the source of things before you post or share.

To counter this kind of suppression we would need more sophisticated privacy and anonymity tech than most activists use and we'd need development to happen underground: this would mean using tools like Tor onion addresses or even better I2P sites for codehosting and development comms.

#FLOSS #PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #Tor #I2P #OPSEC #INFOSEC #UK #UnitedKingdom #Anarchism

@stman @kkarhan @mmu_man @vidak @theruran @50htz @forthy42 @oceane @nobody

This quote is not from UK legislation it is a report on a specific interpretation of UK legislation. It may be interpreted by a court that way one day and as anarchists we should build OPSEC and INFOSEC that is resilient to this kind of suppression, but please double check the source of things before you post or share.

To counter this kind of suppression we would need more sophisticated privacy and anonymity tech than most activists use and we'd need development to happen underground: this would mean using tools like Tor onion addresses or even better I2P sites for codehosting and development comms.

#FLOSS #PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #Tor #I2P #OPSEC #INFOSEC #UK #UnitedKingdom #Anarchism

Today in Labor History February 20, 1917: Thousands of women marched to City Hall in New York to demand relief from high wartime food prices. Inflation had wiped out wage gains made by workers prior to the war, leading to a high level of working-class protest. The protest, which began on February 19, and which continued until February 24, were led by Ida Harris, president of the socialist Mothers Vigilance Committee, and Marie Ganz, an anarchist labor organizer. On February 22, the women attacked the city's poultry markets, assaulting customers and destroying chickens. And on February 24, thousands marched on Madison Square. By early March, the city began producing thousands of pounds of low-cost produce and wholesalers lowered prices.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #women #feminism #inflation #wwi #protest #anarchism #socialism #unions #organizer

Today in Labor History February 20, 1931: An anarchist uprising in Encarnación, Paraguay briefly transformed the city into the revolutionary Encarnación Commune. Students and workers created popular assemblies to run the city. They tried to create communes in other towns, too, but the authorities thwarted their attempts. When the authorities began to retake Encarnacion, many of the insurrectionists stole steamboats and fled to Brazil. Along the way, they attacked yerba mate companies and burned records related to indentured servants. Gabriel Casaccia alluded to the uprising in his novel “Los Herederos.”

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #uprising #brazil #YerbaMate #Revolutionary #commune #paraguay #slavery #novel #books #author #fiction #writer @bookstadon

Die schwarze Saat!

Gesammelte Schriften zum Schwarzen und Indigenen Anarchismus!

'"Unser aktueller politischer Moment ist geprägt von einem globalen Wiederaufleben Schwarzer und Indigener Rebellion und angesichts des antiautoritären Geistes dieser Kämpfe ist die Zeit reif, einen genaueren Blick auf den Schwarzen und Indigenen Anarchismus zu legen.

Schwarze Saat ist global das umfangreichste Werk für einen nicht-weißen Anarchismus, voll mit Beiträgen von Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin, Lucy Parsons, Michael Kimble, Sam Mbah, Hannibal Balagoon Shakur, Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas, Ashanti Alston, Pedro Ribeiro, Zoé Samudzi und vielen mehr."

Die Schriften von Elany und ihrem verstorbenen Vater Samuel aus dem Buch die Schwarze Saat als PDF.

https://feralfire.noblogs.org/post/2022/01/25/gesammelte-schriften-von-elany-samuel-aus-schwarze-saat/

https://feralfire.noblogs.org/files/2022/01/31416601-1_inhalt.pdf

#Blackanarchism #Anarchism #Indigenous #IndigenerAnarchismus #Book #Bookstodon

You are not an anarchist if you believe in prisons. Being put in a prison for not "thinking right" is as dystopian as it gets, yet so many people accept it without question because they hate us more than they care about anything.

#meme #anarchism #anarchyMeme

With how divided living is in this society, it is really hard to get anything done

#meme #anarchism #anarchyMeme

With how divided living is in this society, it is really hard to get anything done

#meme #anarchism #anarchyMeme

You are not an anarchist if you believe in prisons. Being put in a prison for not "thinking right" is as dystopian as it gets, yet so many people accept it without question because they hate us more than they care about anything.

#meme #anarchism #anarchyMeme

"Miguel Peralta Betanzos, [anarchist] defender of Mazatec autonomy and territory in Oaxaca, is awaiting a ruling that will either overturn or uphold the 50-year prison sentence imposed on him in 2022, after winning his freedom following four years of imprisonment. This Friday, February 20, the First Collegiate Court for Criminal and Labor Matters of the Thirteenth Circuit will decide whether to put an end to more than a decade of persecution of Miguel."

https://avispa.org/despues-de-mas-de-diez-anos-de-persecucion-politica-este-viernes-miguel-peralta-podria-obtener-su-libertad-plena/

#Mexico #Oaxaca #Indigenous #anarchism

Remember Omar Aziz!

On February 16th Internationalists in Rojava commemorated Syrian anarchist Omar Aziz. Work and struggle of Omar in the early years of Syrian revolution to organize neighborhood councils echo in Rojava's communes today. It continues to inspire and serve as a reminder of self-organized and egalitarian roots of Syrian revolution.

Today diverse communities across Syria - be it Christians, Druze, Alawites, Kurds or many others - face existential struggle for self-determination in the face of new Syrian nation-state imposing one flag, one nation and one language for everyone. It is incredibly relevant today to remember the struggle of such people as Omar and many women, youth and men who pursued the aim of liberation and fell martyrs in the hands of Assad regime.

The new centralized state and mercenaries in its control are determined to suffocate and take the revolutionary society of Rojava off the map.
We remember Omar Aziz and continue to stand together with peoples of Rojava in defense against authoritarian regime and in walking towards free life: Omar's dreams, hopes and aspirations live on with our struggle.

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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist

@autonomysolidarity La semence noire !

Recueil d'écrits sur l'anarchisme noir et indigène !

Notre moment politique actuel est marqué par une résurgence globale de la rébellion noire et indigène et, étant donné l'esprit antiautoritaire de ces luttes, le temps est venu de jeter un regard plus attentif sur l'anarchisme noir et indigène.

Semences noires est globalement l'ouvrage le plus complet pour un anarchisme non blanc, rempli de contributions de Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, Lucy Parsons, Michael Kimble, Sam Mbah, Hannibal Balagoon Shakur, Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas, Ashanti Alston, Pedro Ribeiro, Zoé Samudzi et bien d'autres".

Les écrits d'Elany et de son défunt père Samuel tirés du livre la Semence Noire en PDF.

https://feralfire.noblogs.org/post/2022/01/25/gesammelte-schriften-von-elany-samuel-aus-schwarze-saat/

#Blackanarchism #Anarchism #Indigenous #Anarchisme indigène #Book #Bookstodon