On this day in 2007, Danish police evicted and destroyed Ungdomshuset, a world-famous social center that had served the autonomous and anarchist movements and the punk and squatter subcultures along with other rebel artistic and political communities for decades. Originally a bastion of the Danish labor movement, this building was the place where International Women's Day was proposed in 1910.

You can read the whole story here:
https://cwc.im/Ungdomshuset

The evictees fought back during the eviction and over the years that followed—ultimately forcing the state to give up and let them have another building.

Direct action gets the goods! We will only have as much space to experiment in as we win in open conflict with the state! Freedom requires spaces to practice the art of becoming free together! 🏴

For italian speaking comrades: Follow @umanitanova on tg, an italian anarchist newspaper founded by Malatesta in 1920

Thousands of Greek anarchists marched in Athens to support the hunger strike or Dimitris Koufontinas, a long term political prisoner asking only to be moved back to the prison closest to his family and legal team. Koufontinas is a convicted member of the November 17th group, a popular armed organization that carried out actions against torturers and beneficiaries of the junta government that was deposed in November 1973.

Read our report on the hunger strike, and the consequences of allowing it to fail for all residents of Greece.

https://crimethinc.com/2021/02/25/greece-the-ghost-of-junta-past-returns-the-hunger-strike-of-dimitris-koufontinas

“Once the military colonels, now the bankers — down with the junta!”

This week marks 100 years since the outbreak of the Kronstadt uprising. Over the next two weeks, we invite you to join us in reading one issue of the rebels' newspaper each day, to trace the arc of events and see the issues from their perspective.

https://cwc.im/Kronstadt1

The Forest Occupation Movement in Germany
Tactics, strategy, and culture of resistance

https://cwc.im/ForestDefense2021

Over the past decade, forest defense actions have proliferated around Germany. We explore the different approaches that activists and saboteurs are experimenting with.

Who Were the Kronstadt Rebels?

https://cwc.im/KronstadtRebels

Rounding out our retrospective on the 100-year anniversary of the Kronstadt rebellion, we present an analysis from Andrey Kalyonov, a Russian anarchist from St. Petersburg, who draws on materials not available in English.

Today marks 150 years since the Paris Commune began when soldiers refused to fire on women laborers, instead turning their guns on their commanding officers.

Read the story here, drawn from the memoirs of the anarchist Louise Michel:

https://cwc.im/arch18

#UnfinishedBusiness

Before May Day became a labor holiday, anarchists and other labor organizers rallied on March 18, the anniversary of the beginning of the Paris Commune.

For example, in 1877, Peter Kropotkin participated in a rally in Berne, fighting police with flagpoles and brass knuckles.

Kropotkin is remembered today for his work as a scientist and organizer, above all for popularizing the concept of mutual aid as a factor in evolution and social relations. Few recall that he was also the equivalent of a black bloc anarchist.

Citation:
http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/first/linternationaled03guiluoft.pdf