Ultimatum

Photo : Mathias Zwick / Hans Lucas Here is a translation of a new article from Lundi matin, a website close to the Invisible Committee, famed authors of  The Coming Insurrection. After four months of full-on revolt in France, the promised insurrection seems closer than ever to fruition... On the streets, the Algerian authorities are … Continue reading Ultimatum

The Acorn – 47

Number 47 In this issue: Yellow voices Defending nature means fighting capitalism Zombie archaeology Everybody expected the Neoliberal Inquisition Tall tale of "eco-terrorism" Acorninfo 1. Yellow voices The Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vests, movement in France is the most important political phenomenon to emerge in Western Europe so far this century. It has smashed through the … Continue reading The Acorn – 47

Tear gas and rubber bullets on the streets of southern France

An eye-witness report from Act 16 of the ongoing Yellow Vest uprising against neoliberalism, by Paul Cudenec of Shoal Collective.  We had just positioned ourselves downwind from the teargas canisters that had been fired towards us from the ranks of riot police protecting the Sous-Préfecture, the French state's HQ in Alès, southern France. Then suddenly … Continue reading Tear gas and rubber bullets on the streets of southern France

The Acorn – 46

Number 46 In this issue: Yellow is the new bloc The system must be destroyed! Controlling the narrative Climate of manipulation Against their world of artifice Acorninfo 1. Yellow is the new bloc January 19, 2019: week 10 of history-forging French uprising For the tenth weekend running, hundreds of thousands of people took to the … Continue reading The Acorn – 46

“May our yellow sparks of revolt set the world ablaze in 2019!”

Since the start of the Gilets Jaunes or Yellow Vests movement in France, mysterious and poetic Yellow Letters have been distributed on the occupied roundabouts and on social media. This is a quick translation of the powerful and inspiring 15th missive, as published on the influential radical website lundi matin, which is close to The … Continue reading “May our yellow sparks of revolt set the world ablaze in 2019!”

“Police everywhere, justice nowhere!” – Gilets Jaunes on the streets of Nîmes

Paul Cudenec of Shoal Collective reports from Nîmes in southern France and finds that a deeply-rooted belief in social justice lies behind the unprecedented uprising. I had been warned not to say anything to anyone about the meet-up point for the Gilets Jaunes protest in Nîmes on the afternoon of Saturday December 29. People were … Continue reading “Police everywhere, justice nowhere!” – Gilets Jaunes on the streets of Nîmes

Yellow fever: long live the revolutionary mob!

What would an anti-capitalist revolution actually look like, if it happened? That is the question that must be going through many an anarchist's mind as current events unfold in France. The Gilets Jaunes or Yellow Vest movement has staged four successive Saturdays of startling and energetic mass mobilisations across France against the neoliberal Macron regime, … Continue reading Yellow fever: long live the revolutionary mob!

France on the brink: “Either we topple the system or it will crush us”

Things are rapidly hotting up in France. The Gilets Jaunes or Yellow Vests movement, which started as a protest of hard-up working people against spiralling petrol prices, has transformed itself into a full-on uprising against the neoliberal regime of President Emmanuel Macron. Here we offer a slightly-rushed translation of a significant article published earlier today … Continue reading France on the brink: “Either we topple the system or it will crush us”

The Acorn – 45

Number 45 In this issue: Rebelling against the industrial capitalist system "At the heart of this problem lies our sense of separation from nature" Abolishing dissent Does work set us free? Save Whitehawk Hill! Acorninfo 1. Rebelling against the industrial capitalist system Is the human species finally waking up to the fact that industrial capitalism … Continue reading The Acorn – 45

The Acorn – 44

Number 44 In this issue: Germany: man dies as forest campaigners defy industrial capitalism Summit to get excited about UK boosts online Thought Police Fake-left clown terrified by dissent London keeps the black flag flying high Acorninfo 1. Germany: man dies as forest campaigners defy industrial capitalism The battle to protect a forest from the … Continue reading The Acorn – 44