On June 14th a trawler capsized with as many as 750 people including children on board under shady circumstances in the Mediterranean Sea. The Greek authorities were first alerted to the vessel about 15 hours before it capsized. With the vessel clearly in distress, a rescue operation should have been launched. The ship, afflicted by engine trouble almost from the outset, was stationary for several hours before it sank. There are strong indications that the Greek Coast Guard attempted to pull the boat out of Greek waters before it capsized. The Greek state provided no information on this. This could be because they were not rescuing people but pushing them back from Greek waters. Towing overcrowded boats is dangerous and is not used in rescue operations, but in pushbacks. Greece has for a long time been accused of pushbacks - an illegal act even in terms of bourgeois international law. For many years now, European states (including Greece, Italy, and Spain) with the implicit encouragement of the EU and tolerance of other international organizations conduct lethal operations on the European borderland to protect Fortress Europe. At the same time, the wealthy European North has closed down their borders, despite the alleged freedom of movement within Europe, and has politically and economically supported hard anti-migration policies and practices at the European borderland, including the disgraceful EU-Turkey deal in 2016. The deal was one element of the EU’s inhuman policy to a sharp rise in the number of people arriving at Europe’s shores in search of safety and protection in 2015. ...

On June 14th a trawler capsized with as many as 750 people including children on board under shady circumstances in the Mediterranean Sea. The Greek authorities were first alerted to the vessel about 15 hours before it capsized. With the vessel clearly in distress, a rescue operation should have been launched. The ship, afflicted by engine trouble almost from the outset, was stationary for several hours before it sank. There are strong indications that the Greek Coast Guard attempted to pull the boat out of Greek waters before it capsized. The Greek state provided no information on this. This could be because they were not rescuing people but pushing them back from Greek waters. Towing overcrowded boats is dangerous and is not used in rescue operations, but in pushbacks. Greece has for a long time been accused of pushbacks - an illegal act even in terms of bourgeois international law. For many years now, European states (including Greece, Italy, and Spain) with the implicit encouragement of the EU and tolerance of other international organizations conduct lethal operations on the European borderland to protect Fortress Europe. At the same time, the wealthy European North has closed down their borders, despite the alleged freedom of movement within Europe, and has politically and economically supported hard anti-migration policies and practices at the European borderland, including the disgraceful EU-Turkey deal in 2016. The deal was one element of the EU’s inhuman policy to a sharp rise in the number of people arriving at Europe’s shores in search of safety and protection in 2015. ...

The work is ongoing! the campaign is on! we have many plans, tactics and ideas for showing support for our political comrades in Europe. Below is an overview on whats happening all around in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Keep yourself updated for we will be adding more stuff during our campaign! Our campaign is focused on raising funds to provide financial assistance to multiple political prisoners, including the Italian anarchist Alfredo Cospito, the German antifascist Lina, and several French comrades arrested in the latest riots against pension reform. These individuals have been arrested and charged with various crimes related to their activism and political beliefs, and they are facing long prison sentences, medical expenses and legal fees. ...

Finland’s Independence Day is celebrated on December 6. In addition to that, it is also the day when fascists march on the streets of Helsinki and anti-fascists organize their biggest mobilization of the year in Finland against the fascists. This is a call for all Nordic comrades to come to Helsinki to oppose the fascist marches on that day. Fascists have traditionally organized two different events on Independence Day. First, the openly national socialist demonstration, which was organized by the nazis of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) for several years. ...

Welcome to our conference on some of the most pressing issues of our time, how to struggle and live in an age of climate disaster. Our program brings together the radical left and the environmental movement in critical meetings and convergences. We bring together activists and perspectives from both the global and the local. We look at the concrete and the abstract. We are very proud of our amazing program and we hope to see you in Malmö on 28-29th of October! The conference will offer program points both in English and Swedish. ...

During the summer we have seen a resurgence of the climate movement - we’ve been on the streets, in the mines, in the forest and in the city. We have been in demonstrations, discussions and actions. We’ve fought for both the small-scale and for the big picture. Now, we must ask ourselves, where to next? Which ways of organizing are the most effective? What sort of actions should we organize and how? ...

We are writing this text as part of our mobilization work to Take Concrete Action, a mass action on Gotland on the 25-27th of August 2022. It is partly an intervention in the climate movement and partly an analysis and mobilization text for radicals. If you are part of a radical group that shares our perspectives and actions, please contact your closest ARNA group if you would like to collaborate. ...

Due to the deteriorating situation with Covid-19 we are cancelling the Get Going Conference. We hope to be able to do the conference again at a later date but it is right now impossible for practical reasons, as well as potentially a risk in spreading the disease. We are sorry to announce the cancellation at such a late date, this has been due to unforeseen circumstances the last few days that has meant many attending groups have been unable to attend. If you have made travel plans or similar that is unable to be changed, please email us at getgoingconference@riseup.net. ...

See the call for the conference here. Please note that there might be some small changes. Do you want to organize something at the conference? Do you have a question? Email: getgoingconference [ at ] riseup.net Beyond these events we will have space for many other meetings, solidarity events and so on. We will of course take precautions for corona and ask attendants to be mindful of social distancing. SCHEDULE: FRIDAY: 18.30: Meet and greet at Bokcafét. ...