And just as I was starting to think that the three blogs I tipped for focus had slipped into a state of somnolescence, new posts - though the content is very much on the basic level of information-sharing. The event poster-image (L) from the On the Greek Riots blog casts the Greek unrest as part of a series, linking up events in Greece, Iceland. Italy, Latvia and Bulgaria with local (UK) struggles and global crisis(es) alike.
In this connection, I've stumbled across a relatively fresh blog that seems to take up exactly this generalizing tendency in casting various episodes of civil unrest/rioting as part of a global sphere...
http://worldwideriots.blogspot.com
the greeceriots blog just tapped in with an (attributed) update from the Ekathemerini newspaper's site - a homemade bomb outside of a bank in Thessaloniki and a series of robberies (banks, a postal van) along the Southern coast...no context or commentary, really, but continuing to focus on concrete events in Greece.
I forgot! Please check also subMedia, and stimulator.tv for some good video round ups of anarchist news.
ReplyDeleteAlso, do you know the origin of some anarchists referring to their comrades, in a friendly way, as "mother fuckers"?
I'll be sure to check that out. I think I'm starting to see why the periodicals shelf at l'insoumise (the stalwart anarchist bookstore on the Main) doesn't move much these days...
ReplyDelete...paperlessness may not have panned out society-wide, but topical anarchist musings may well be moving that way for real (though books retain their cachet, especially theory; how else to prove your inclinations?)
And as for the friendly "mother fuckers," I can't say that I'm privy to the genealogy on that one...