Culture of nothingness: “Into the Void” by Kyle Chayka (01-24 NYTM). The loneliness pandemic. A few anti-civ take. WSJ reports “A Bid Bet on an Antiseptic Future.” Orbital congestion points to satellite collisions with dire consequences. Ongoing collapse of world’s aquifers. How To Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm. Action news. Listen here: Or download here.
For the past month or so Andrými has had the privilege of hosting a part of the multidisciplinary art project ‘Vestur í bláinn’, which interacts with the topic and experience of immigration in Iceland “presenting a poetic and sensitive approach to notions of foreignness“. ( https://vesturiblainn.net/ ) Recently we got this mail from the organisers and initiators of the project: “Dear team of Andrými, Thank you again for hosting Vestur í bláinn ! Because we couldn’t make the guided bus…
Today a court hearing is taking place against an activist who participated in a sit-in in the ministry of justice last year, more precisely on april 4th 2019. 5 people were arrested that day in total, who all face charges of disobeying police orders. When the protest took place, the ministry of justice was open for public and the protesters did not go further than into the open entrance of the building. The demand they had to the minister was…
Pandemic realities (e.g. domestication, density). Civilization 101. “Sapient paradox” – why so very recent appearance of symbolic culture? Industrial disaster of the week. Mind-machine obscenities. Poverty of art today. Coastal cities of the world subsiding. Action briefs. Listen here: Or download here.
Episode 37 (08/2020) *Text copied from https://www.a-radio-network.org/* Welcome to the 37th edition of Bad News. This is your Angry Voices From Around The World for August, 2020. In this episode you will hear contributions from: 1. A call for the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners (23.-30.8.2020) 2. Radio Fragmata (Athens): * Updates from so-called Greece 3. Anarchist Assembly Valparaíso (Chile) * Statement on the current imprisonment of two comrades 4. FrequenzA * An interview about the Coordinating (prisoner…
The Anarchist Studies Network is a network for people working anarchism in its many forms. Its aim is to encourage the study of anarchism within academia and to create links between academia and those engaged in activism. Every 2 years the ASN organizes a conference which is usually located in the UK. The theme for this year’s conference is “Anarchy in Crisis” – is the anarchist movement in crisis and how do anarchists respond to the global crises (climate, finance,…
On the 18th of august 2020, 8 homeless women sent out a declaration protesting the intended closing of the shelter where they are currently living. The closing was planned at the end of august. The same day the declaration was published the head of welfare of Reykjavík city appeared in the evening news saying the closing would be postponed for 3 more months. Here below you can read the powerful declaration: No one should be homeless No one should be…
Society is contagion. Extreme weather meets pandemic. Stock market on a 4-month high as economy craters. Dying for an iPhone by Jenny Chan et al. 325 #12 new anti-tech collection. Resistance news. Listen here: Or download here.
“Perhaps we don’t have to strive to be one community. In reality, there isn’t one women’s, or lesbian, gay, bi community. What is realistic is the goal to build a coalition between our many strong communities in order to form a movement capable of defending all our lives.” -Leslie Feinberg, Living our True Spirit Queer people have protected themselves from violence and control perpetrated by the authorities and society for years in many different ways: from gender non-conformity to education…
*Text copied from https://www.a-radio-network.org/* Episode 36 (07/2020) Welcome to the 36th edition of Bad News. This is our Angry Voices From Around The World for July, 2020. A report from the international network of anarchist and anti-authoritarian radios. Contents: 1) Radio-zones of Subversive Expression (Athens) about: media foundation by the Greek goverment during the quarntine, the police violence in Exarchia some days after a squat eviction, the violence and eviction of Victoria square 2) Črna Luknja is contributing an antireport from Slovenian unrests, that…