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๐Ÿ‘€ US, EU, Balkans, EastMed, Greece & Turkey ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ+๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ+๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ| โœ๏ธ @MilitantWire

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New @PopularFrontCO podcast episode out now: We speak to @PotempkinBrain about #Greece 's "Direct Action Cells"โ€”a new coalition of militant anarchist groups that have claimed 20 attacks already, including bombings. > >
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐ŸดAnarchist guerrilla group and #BOAK /#ะ‘ะžะะš affiliate, Glaz Okta, attacked a military enlistment office in Bashkortostan Republic, #Russia , using Molotov cocktails 1/:
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An eco-anarchist unit of the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine , late May:
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#Ukraine : Eco-Anarchist fighters of the territorial defense forces:
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Is anyone else obsessed with Kowloon?
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿด #Russia : Oct 25 the Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization (#ะ‘ะžะะš) claimed to have blown up a section of railway outside of Bryansk along the โ€œNobozybkov-Zlynka stretchโ€ linking Russian railways to both #Ukraine & #Belarus . It is further claimed military cargo to ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ was halted
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Violent clashes in the streets of Athens after a ship carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off of Pylos in southern #Greece , killing as many as 79 with over a hundred more missing 1/: ๐Ÿ“น via @kinimatini (h/t @Aegean_Cypress )
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด #Ukraine : The Resistance Committee has posted a photo of two anarchist fighters of the Territorial Defense Forces somewhere near the front in #Donetsk :
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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชโœŠ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆAnarchists in #Dresden #Germany raised donations from around the world to buy 200 NIJ level IV ballistic plates and 100 vests, which were delivered to #Ukraine for their defense against #Russia |n invasion. ๐Ÿ“ทs, collections and delivery via @abc_dresden :
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด #Ukraine : โ€œThe guys send greetings from the outskirts of #Kyiv . There were already some tense moments, but they ended well. Guys work.โ€ - #Anarchists fighting against #Russia |n invasion under the Territorial Defense Forces:
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดThe anti-authoritarian umbrella group for anarchists and antifascists fighting under the TDF of #Ukraine , the Resistance Committee, just released a video declaring solidarity with three anarchists facing trial in #Belarus . Many Belorussians are also fighting v #Russia in ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ1/
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿด#ะ‘ะžะะš/ #BOAK have posted video of anarchists and partisans in #Russia testing some of the bomb designs theyโ€™ve been experimenting with both online and in the field. Among the manuals theyโ€™ve circulated, one is entitled *Russian Cuisine* (2002) 1/:
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดAnother photo from anarchists of the Resistance Committee fighting for the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine against #Russia |n invasion, somewhere outside #Kyiv :
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿด#ะ‘ะžะะš/ #BOAK has posted videos of Z cars going up in flames in Yekaterinburg, #Russia . Their post says similar attacks were recently carried out on Z vehicles in Krasnodar. โ€œMassive problems w/ Z cars [โ€ฆ] suddenly they turn into bonfiresโ€:
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#Greece : [CORRECTION] Ongoing clashes between anarchists and police after police beat a teenage girl in the Athens suburb of Neo Iraklio ๐Ÿ“น: via @Nimia82076477
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ICYMI (like I did)๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ”ฅ #Belgium : An unknown person or group has attacked two Piranha III wheeled infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) with Molotov cocktails. The claim says the vehicles were damaged beyond repair but I have not personally confirmed this. Both IFV were parked... 1/
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดAnarchist militia fighting for the Territorial Defense Forces ( #TDF ), Black Flag #Ukraine , posted a picture of their fighters and the van that theyโ€™ve purchased with money donated from foreign comrades and sympathizers for use in their defense against #Russia |n invasion:
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿด #Russia : The Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization is claiming that some of their partisans sabotaged electrical infrastructure of the Russian railways, on the heels of a recent sabotage using explosives, halting military cargo to #Belarus and ultimately to #Ukraine :
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿงจ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ #Italy : Unknown individuals hurled IEDโ€™s at the embassy of #Belarus in #Rome :
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ’ฃ #Italy : A cell of the Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI) has claimed a parcel bomb sent to the CEO of Leonardo S.p.A., a company that has active defense contracts w/ the Italian government. According to Italian press, the device consisted of "gunpowder and wires" 1/
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น #Italy : R-wing militant Paola Bellini was sentenced to life in prison today for his role in the 1980 Bologna train station bombing that killed 85 &injured 200. He was a member of the neo-fascist National Vanguard but the ๐Ÿ’ฃing was attribd to Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari (NAR) 1/
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ”ฅ #Russia : According to #ะ‘ะžะะš/ #BOAK , partisans calling themselves Black Bridge carried out an incendiary attack against the FSB border service in Rostov-on-Don 1/:
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#Greece : ฮ‘ฯƒฯ„ฯ…ฮฝฮฟฮผฮฏฮฑ broke up a criminal group in two operations across the N suburbs of #Athens , seizing several small arms & disguises including portions of ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Police uniforms. Among weapons seized: Glock 17(?), AKM-pattern rifle, (๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ)ASh-78, Skorpion vz. 61, etc. #CopGhanima 1/:
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดA member of the umbrella organization for anarchist and antifascist fighters of the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine , the Resistance Committee, poses with an unexploded short-range ballistic missile, perhaps a 9M79 โ€œTochkaโ€ or similar ( #Russia ):
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#Ukraine : Soldiers of the #TDF (?) raising the ๐Ÿด flag as they defend their country against #Russia |n invasion. One of them is sporting the patch of the anti-fascist/anarchist coordinating body, the Resistance Committee (aka the Black HQ). ๐Ÿ“ท via @bad_immigrant
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด #Anarchist outfit RevDia, fighting under the Resistance Committee of the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine , have posted a formal call for foreign volunteers to join their unit in the defense of the country against #Russia โ€™s ongoing invasion 1/:
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๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท #Greece : Large anti-fascist March through the streets of #Athens :
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Video was shared the same day of partisans attacking an enlistment office elsewhere in the far east of #Russia 3/:
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They also appear to have sabotaged railways in #Russia using methods shared by BOAK and their supporters. โ€œThey are actively expanding their lists of targets and methods of attack, working and eliminating problematic points.โ€ 2/
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด #Ukraine : Eco Platform, Green Anarchists, posted video of fighters rescuing small farm animals from abandoned homes near the frontlines as they resist #Russia |n forces:
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿด #Greece : On the afternoon of June 23rd, around 20 antifascists gathered in front of the home of a known Greek ultranationalist in Kallithea (Athens) and dismantled his motorbike, threw fliers and apparently threatened him 1/
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I am putting together a thread on the 50โ‰ฅ ATM bombings in Philadelphia since the George Floyd protests spread to that city. It is my hope to compare/contrast these bombings to ATM bombings in Europe, perhaps leading to a long-form primer on the topic. 1/
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดAnarchist outfit #RevDia , integrated into the Resistance Committee of the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine , has just posted a new photo of their fighters in the field prepared to defend the country against #Russia |n invasion:
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#Greece : I have never seen this incredible video from the crackdown on the student uprising against the Regime of the Colonels in Athens, November 18th, 1973. #ฮ ฮฟฮปฯ…ฯ„ฮตฯ‡ฮฝฮตฮนฮฟ ๐ŸŽฅ: via @velocity2121
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆA militant from #Ukraine โ€™s hardcore/punk scene, currently fighting with the Territorial Defense Forces against #Russia |n invasion, has some words heโ€™d like to share with us. ๐Ÿ“น via Kharkiv_Hardcore:
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#Greece : The streets of #Thessaloniki right now: ๐Ÿ“น @neolaiaKA
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด #Ukraine : A meetup of eco-anarchists of different units for the first time on the battlefield facing #Russia |n forces (via Eco Platform):
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด #Ukraine : Green anarchists of Eco Platform have posted a photo showing three of their fighters manning a defensive position:
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆInterestingly this foreign fighter from #Serbia chose to fight for #Ukraine in their defensive war against #Russia . He is holding an RPK-74 (thank you @war_noir ). I am unsure of the location of this photograph:
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#Ukraine : A photo of modern Makhnovists ๐Ÿด posted to an anarchist channel in late May of this year:
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดAnarchist fighters affiliated with Black Flag #Ukraine somewhere near Kreminnaya, Luhansk. They are asking for donations to acquire thermal optics and night vision devices:
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดAnti-fascist football hooligan firm Hoods Hoods Klan, fighting with the anarchist Resistance Committee of the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine , is seeking an auto mechanic in their struggle against #Russia |n invasion:
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At one point, #Walmart โ€™s website had copies of Ulrike Meinhofโ€™s (Red Army Faction) book, The Urban Guerrilla Concept, for just over $6.00
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดAn anarchist fighter (Resistance Committee) of the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine wishes you a happy New Year from the front in the war against #Russia . He is armed w what is likely an RPG-7V2 loaded w an OG-7 HE-AP munition (thank you @war_noir for the weapon ID)
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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ“ขPolice violently crackdown on protesters during demonstrations against the far-right in #Paris , #France earlier today:
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿดanarchist fighters of RevDia, fighting with the Resistance Committee under the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine (vs #Russia ) just posted this to Instagram:
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿด#ะ‘ะžะะš/ #BOAK posted video of yet another partisan arson attack targeting a Z vehicle in the suburbs of Moscow. In the post, they claim that separately, a #Russia |n couple in their 70s threw Molotov cocktails at a military enlistment office and have since been detained:
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ICYMI (like I did)๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ”ฅ #Germany : The โ€œAutonomous groupsโ€ have claimed the 4.9.22 arson that destroyed the vehicle of a Greek diplomat in the Lichterfelde suburb of #Berlin . The claim sites a number of grievances w/ the Greek gov. and expresses solidarity w anarchists in #Greece 1/
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#Greece : Clashes in Athens between MAT police and demonstrators who gathered to protest after a 19 y/o woman was allegedly raped by two Hellenic Police officers in the Omonia station; she says she was lured to the station by one of the officers for a tour:
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด #Ukraine : Anarchists and anti-fascists fighting under the umbrella of the Resistance Committee have put out the call for foreign volunteers to join the defense of #Kyiv and the rest of #Ukraine from #Russia โ€™s ongoing war of aggression:
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ”ฅ #Chile : 12.9.22 there was an alleged clash between students & the Carabineros in which students threw Molotov cocktails at the national police outside the Liceo de Aplicaciรณn. From another school in Santiago, "students marched to the Museum of Memory and Human Rights..." 1/
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๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ”ฅ #Netherlands : Rioters in the Netherlands detonate a large petrol bomb on a footbridge in #Amsterdam :
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#Greece : #6Dec Clashes in #Thessaloniki tonight on the anniversary of the 2008 police shooting of Alexis #ฮ“ฯฮทฮณฮฟฯฯŒฯ€ฮฟฯ…ฮปฮฟฯ‚ #6 ฮ”ฮตฮบฮญฮผฮฒฯฮท:
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New @PopularFront_ documentary covers #Ukraine 's only anti-fascist โšฝ๏ธ hooligan firm HHK, now serving as an active unit of the #TDF . @Jake_Hanrahan asks one of them who their main rival firm is and they respond, "Dynamo Kyiv". Below: hooligans from Dynamo firm "White Boys Club" 1/
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#Greece : individuals threw red paint at a freight train carrying #NATO military vehicles:
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#Greece : As my friend @Aegean_Cypress points out, tomorrow is Dec. 6th, the 14th anniversary of the fatal police shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in the Athens neighborhood of #Exarcheia . The date is marked annually by heavy clashes between anarchists & police 1/
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด #Ukraine : Anarchist fighters defending territory from #Russia |n invasion forces. Faces are covered by a cutout of Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin & cutouts of Ukrainian anarchist Nestor Makhno. they hold a flag of anti-authoritarian coordinating body, Resistance Committee:
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It looks right be another large turnout for the #ProudBoys rally in #WashingtonDC this afternoon:
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@Chinchillazllla @TomSteyer @QueenInYeIIow @JoeBiden This! What is he doing w this manโ€™s coat?!
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ #Belgrade : The crowd outside of the #Serbia |n parliament right now protesting #COVID19 mandates. Earlier hundreds had stormed inside the building before they were driven back by police.
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#Greece : Clashes in #Thessaloniki tonight after a Hellenic Police officer from the DIAS motorcycle unit shot a 16-year-old teen in the head during a vehicular pursuit. The officer is being charged with attempted manslaughter: ๐Ÿ“น @desertions_
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More footage out of #Paris , #France :
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#Greece : #Athens has also been hot all day:
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ”ฅ #Greece : Unnamed individuals have claimed the Molotov attack on the Acropolis police station in #Athens , as well as a separate arson attack on motor vehicles in retaliation for the rape accusations leveled at officer Dimitris Bougioukos by his now 19-year-old daughter.
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My latest 4 @MilitantWire is up Thx to @LucasADWebber for the encouragement & @AlexisDaloumis for his expert quote. @Jake_Hanrahan also sorted me out multpl times: "Anti-Authoritarian Collective of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces Releases Manifesto":
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿด #US / #Greece : Anarchists in #Portland , #Oregon , claim to have destroyed a Jeep belonging to โ€œFree2Moveโ€ rideshare company in solidarity w Greek anarchist prisoner, Yannis Michailidis, on the 67th day of his hunger strike (Jul 28), which had since been suspended 1/
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#France : #Paris is on fire again:
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๐ŸŸฉ๐Ÿด๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #Ukraine : Green anarchist unit of the TDF, Eco Platform, released this compilation of their fighters on the front line at the end of September 1/:
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ/๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ๐ŸดAnarchist militia #RevDia fighting alongside the Resistance Committee integrated into the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine (vs #Russia ) have announced that their comrades in neighboring #Belarus are facing trial and up to 20 years in prison 1/:
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดAnarchist militants fighting with the Resistance Committee under the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine against #Russia |n forces posted a new photo of their fighters in the south of the country. They display the ๐ŸŸฉ/โฌ›๏ธ bicolor of green anarchism:
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#Greece : Scenes from #Thessaloniki last night as anarchists and leftists clashed with MAT police on the 49th anniversary of the fascist Juntaโ€™s crackdown on the #ฯ€ฮฟฮปฯ…ฯ„ฮตฯ‡ฮฝฮตฮฏฮฟ:
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด #Ukraine : Anarchist fighters of the #TDF and participants of the Resistance Committee send their greetings to comrades in #Germany and elsewhere who donated to their fundraiser. In the post they note for their โ€œtankieโ€ detractors the big red flag beneath their feet:
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Among international neo-fascist cadres that showed up for far-right demos on #Poland โ€™s Independence Day (1/11) were members of Patriot Front ( #US ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ), #Serbia Division, nationalists from #Greece (๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท), and members of Active Club #France :
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#BREAKING : Black Panther convicted of luring two NYPD officers into a deadly Harlem ambush in 1971, Jalil Abdul Muntaqim, has been released after 46+ years in prison ( @NPR )
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#Greece : Exarcheia, downtown Athens tonight: ๐Ÿ“น @Nimia82076477
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดICYMI: The anarchist militia Black Flag #Ukraine , fighting for the Territorial Defense Forces but not integrated into the Resistance Committee (๐Ÿด), released a photo of their fighters in the field four days back ( #Russia ):
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The WannabeWonk
3 years
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿด #Greece : Anarchists claimed the gas canister IID attack on the offices of far-right politician & Minister of Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis, in #Athens three weeks ago. The Proletarian Cell claimed the attack using the operational name โ€œDimitris Christoulasโ€ 1/
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The WannabeWonk
2 years
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ”ฅ #Russia : Partisans from Bratsk attacked a military enlistment office in Irkutsk Oblast with Molotov cocktails last night, in an ongoing clandestine effort to disrupt the war in #Ukraine (via #ะ‘ะžะะš/ #BOAK ) 1/:
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The WannabeWonk
3 years
#Germany : A journalist is hurled to the ground by a rush of riot police during the #Leipzig demonstration:
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The WannabeWonk
3 years
#Greece : Marches beginning in annual observation of the 1973 #ฮ ฮฟฮปฯ…ฯ„ฮตฯ‡ฮฝฮตฮฏฮฟ Students uprising against the junta and the #November17 massacre. ๐Ÿ“น: @savvaskarma
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The WannabeWonk
1 year
Today is the second day of protests in Madrid and Barcelona #Spain , in which nationalists are demonstrating against the incoming socialist government. Acting PM Pedro Sanchez has promised amnesty to Catalonian separatists in a deal with Catalan Junts:
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The WannabeWonk
2 years
#France : Dozens of injuries reported following violent clashes between ecological activists opposed to construction of a reservoir for agricultural irrigation and riot police in Sainte-Soline:
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The WannabeWonk
3 years
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉA unit of 20 #Moldova |n nationalists has reportedly joined the defense of #Ukraine against #Russia |n invasion:
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The WannabeWonk
2 years
#Greece : A Hellenic Police car gets torched during protests in downtown Athensโ€™ Monastiraki neighborhood last night as anger mounts over dozens of deaths from a train collision. ๐Ÿ“น via @Souidos
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The WannabeWonk
3 years
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ”ฅ #Austria : Fire crews responded to a row of multiple parked vehicles on fire in the early morning hours of 31/1 in #Vienna ( #Wien ). The six cars severely damaged in an apparent act of arson were all unmarked official police vehicles. 1/
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The WannabeWonk
3 years
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ”ฅ #Russia : A person threw a Molotov cocktail at the outer wall of the #Kremlin in #Moscow during daylight hours. ( #Ukraine ) ๐ŸŽฅ via @nexta_tv :
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The WannabeWonk
2 years
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐ŸดAnarchists in #Cherepovets , #Russia , have released a video of them throwing Molotov cocktails at yet another recruiting station for the Russian Armed Forces. The video comes via the anarchist Resistance Committee of the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine :
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The WannabeWonk
7 months
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ #Turkey : Clashes have been reported between armed supporters of President ErdoฤŸan and mostly Kurdish protesters, after the pro-Kurdish mayor-elect of DEM was replaced by the ruling party with their own AKP candidate who lost at the polls (h/t @war_noir ) 1/:
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The WannabeWonk
1 year
A great person, a Ukrainian anarchist, & a soldier who defended his country has been killed on the โ€œroad to Bakhmutโ€. โ€œIlya,โ€ as he was known to us at MilWire, was a cofounder of the ๐ŸดResistance Committee, and was kind enough to grant us an exclusive interview and a badass ๐Ÿ“ธ 1/
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The WannabeWonk
2 years
#Greece : Intense clashes for another day between the MAT police and people protesting the privatization of Hellenic Train, after a passenger train collided w a freight train, killing dozens:
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The WannabeWonk
4 years
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ #Belgrade , #Serbia , getting in on the international riot action tonight.
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The WannabeWonk
2 years
Santiago #Chile is burning as the annual March 29 โ€œDay of the Young Combatantโ€ demonstrations flare up. The day is observed every year by anarchists and leftists in commemoration of two left-wing brothers murdered by the military junta:
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The WannabeWonk
2 years
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸดAnti-authoritarian/anarchist/anti-fascist umbrella organization, the Resistance Committee, under the Territorial Defense Forces of #Ukraine posted video of their fighters testing Maxim machine guns at the range in preparation for #Russia |n invasion forces 1/:
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The WannabeWonk
2 years
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ”ฅ(ICYMI like I did) #Italy : An unknown person or group has claimed an arson attack targeting two police vehicles in #Milan on the night of Jan. 29/early AM of Jan. 30. The attack was in solidarity with jailed anarchist on hunger strike, A. #Cospito ( #41bis ) 1/:
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The WannabeWonk
2 years
My latest for โฆ @MilitantWire โฉ is up. I speak w an anarchist fighter of the #TDF defending #Ukraine from #Russia |n invasion: "Defensive war as an act of popular resistance...": Exclusive Interview with an Anarchist Fighter of the TDF
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The WannabeWonk
3 years
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด #Ukraine : Anarchists/antifascists fighting with the Resistance Committee under the Territorial Defense Forces post a new photo of themselves from the field, perhaps after training, during the ongoing #Russia |n invasion. ๐Ÿ“ท: via @ theblackheadquarter IG
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The WannabeWonk
3 years
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿด #Russia : Anarchists in #Novokuznetsk raised a banner in solidarity with the people of #Ukraine . It reads: โ€œ #Putin = Fascismโ€. ๐Ÿ“ท: via @bad_immigrant
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The WannabeWonk
3 years
@Jake_Hanrahan
Jake Hanrahan
3 years
New @PopularFrontCO podcast episode out now: We speak to @PotempkinBrain about #Greece 's "Direct Action Cells"โ€”a new coalition of militant anarchist groups that have claimed 20 attacks already, including bombings. > >
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The WannabeWonk
2 years
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ #US : An individual has claimed responsibility for the arson attack targeting a Bank of America location in SE #Portland , #Oregon , on Hawthorne Avenue, 31.12.22. Fire crews took nearly two hours to battle the blaze and said there were multiple โ€œhot spotsโ€ 1/
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