Bella Demhat is a transgender woman of Kurdish ethnicity who fled Türkiye in 2017 after being detained and beaten by police during Istanbul Pride, receiving death threats from her family, and facing persecution for her activism with Pink Life Association and the pro-Kurdish HDP party.

PJAK’s camps and influence zones trace more than a border presence. In his analysis for The Amargi, Shad Sherko maps how terrain, decentralization, and weak state control could make PJAK a more consequential actor in Iran’s future. www.theamargi.com/posts/pjak-m...

A Tractor in Common and the Case of the Crazy Parakeet- IV. Love and Heartbreak According to Football (aka Soccer) - While the World Cup advances through spectacle, tourism, and advertising, the EZLN asks us to look at what remains outside the screen. 👇 schoolsforchiapas.org/iv-love-and-...

Solidarity Collectives (@solcolua.bsky.social) preparing for their next humanitarian trip to the Kharkiv region. - Fundraising to meet the needs, cover fuel & logistics costs for the trip. PayPal: [email protected] - All info in the Telegram post: 👉 t.me/SolidarityCo...

Hmanitarian aid report from @solcolua.bsky.social - Not all humanitarian aid looks like a separate mission. The past two months, they’ve responded to many individual requests: medicines, hygiene products, food, pet food, and other basic necessities. 👇 www.solidaritycollectives.org/en/report-hu...

Anarchist partisan Ruslan Sidiki needs a new lawyer – his lawyer was arrested! - Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow considers the persecution of the layer Igor Popovsky to be revenge by Russian security forces because he publicized matters they did not want exposed. - avtonom.org/en/news/anar...

A new report published by Rojava Information Center has found that the new Syrian army committed numerous rights violations – some of which may amount to war crimes – during its offensive on North and East Syria in January 2026. theamargi.com/posts/syrian... Via @theamargi.bsky.social

Latest part in the series of communique’s from the EZLN - A Tractor in Common and the Case of the Crazy Parrot. III. Love and Heartbreak According to Artificial Intelligence - Translated by @schoolsforchiapas.bsky.social 👇 schoolsforchiapas.org/iii-love-and...

The Working Classics series is growing. The latest, Anarcho-Syndicalism Theory and Practice by Rudolf Rocker, arrived today from @akpress.org! - Join the Friends of AK Press! 👉 www.akpress.org/friends.html

A Tractor in Common and the Case of the Crazy Parrot - II. They Won’t Be Able To - Marcos dedicates this piece to the and the pursuit of the Común and the brave resilience of the Cuban people in the face of extreme adversity, schoolsforchiapas.org/ii-they-wont... Via @schoolsforchiapas.bsky.social

New report by Rojava Information Center: The Assault on North & East Syria – Violations during SAA’ January 2026 Offensive - This report investigates alleged violations during Damascus' January 2026 attack on North and East Syria (NES). - Full report 👇 rojavainformationcenter.org/2026/05/the-...

Members of @thepeopleswant.bsky.social talk Internationalism from below, lessons of recent decades' uprisings the world over, the recently manifesto recently out from @haymarketbooks.org & organizing against Empire from the peripheries to the centers thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/05...

Vladislav “Iskra” Zhuravlev has been released in a prisoner exchange. One of the first anti-authoritarians to be taken prisoner during the full-scale war, he spent almost four years in Russian captivity and was released We simply cannot put our joy into words. Welcome back, Iskra.

Israel’s Long War on Lebanon In this analysis, Ayman Makarem of the From the Periphery media collective reviews a century of colonial violence in Palestine and Lebanon to illuminate the current Israeli occupation and what it would take to resist it. crimethinc.com/LebanonHistory

Bîrgul Das for The Jiyan Archives, sat in written correspondence with Yasmîn, who arrived in Jinwar six years ago with her daughter, and exchanged images with Hevî, who offered a visual glimpse into life inside the village 👇 www.thejiyanarchives.com/herbiji/rebu... Via @thejiyanarchives.com

The EZLN’s latest communiqué moves through cornfields, mothers, territory, collective work, memory & resistance. The text reflects on what it means to care for the land in the middle of a world organized around destruction. schoolsforchiapas.org/a-tractor-in... Via @schoolsforchiapas.bsky.social

"Women and their rights need to be guaranteed in the new constitution in Rojava and Syria." - YPJ Commander Rohilat Afrin about the latest developments in Syria and the ongoing discussions about the future of YPJ - Video via YPJ Information & Documentation Office 👇 youtu.be/kQd_8l8kHjA?...

After decades of armed struggle, the PKK says it is moving away from guerrilla war in Turkey. In an interview with The Amargi, Aliza Marcus reflects on what that shift could mean for the Kurdish movement.

Anarchist Azat Miftakhov reported the torture he was subjected to after being transferred to Polar Owl - Penal Colony in Kharp avtonom.org/en/news/anar...

Solidarity Collectives (@solcolua.bsky.social) support for the animal shelter - Last year, they launched a fundraiser for kittytinder.kyiv — a shelter that takes in animals from frontline areas. - In the video, you can see the lucky cats — their lives are set to change for the better! 👇

On 23 April, an infotalk was organised at the Vienna Anarchist Library dedicated to the case of Belarusian "anarcho-partisans", 4 comrades that were sentenced to huge prison terms (19 to 24 years) for attacks on government facilities in 2020.

Kongra Star has launched a campaign supporting the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) under the slogan “We are all YPJ.” It calls for official recognition within Syria’s Defense Ministry, preserving its autonomy, protecting women’s gains, freeing detainees, and ensuring equality. 👇 tinyurl.com/5n8pp74j

Delivered today via the Friends of @akpress.org subscription! - I really love when there is audiobook versions available of AK press books and that they also show up in my audiobook app! Like to listen and read along.

This explainer, by Rojava Information Center, will explore different aspects of civilian life in Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh and changes that have taken place following the attacks by Syrian government forces and the subsequent control of these neighborhoods by government security forces. 👇

How can you support them? ✍️ Write a letter of support online - abc-belarus.org/en/send-an-o... 👕 Buy merch - www.sabotage.ninja/en/category/... ✊ Donate to support them - abc-belarus.org/en/donate/ 🔁 Share this post Every action matters!

❗️Anarchist partisans: 2000 days in prison in Belarus Anarchists from the “Black Flag” group — Dmitry Dubovsky, Igor Olinevich, Sergey Romanov, and Dmitry Rezanovich — were detained on the night of October 28–29, 2020.

Three years ago today, three anarchists were killed in battle with Russian forces in Ukraine: an American named Cooper Andrews, an Irishman named Finbar Cafferkey, and a Russian named Dmitry Petrov. Dmitry had been corresponding with us, reporting on the resistance to the Russian invasion. 🧵⬇️

Gift idea #1: a graphic novel 💝 Along with a wide selection of books from different publishers, we also have graphic novels on our website. A simple gift that works for almost anyone. See more on our website www.sabotage.ninja/en

subMedia (sub.media) have produced a great video from the text of the first pages of The Peoples Want manifesto. - Read the full manifesto here: thepeopleswant.org - The English translation of The People's Want Manifesto is coming out tomorrow through @haymarketbooks.org 👇 youtu.be/mZTCBOjHF-0?...

EZLN Says Nation-state No Longer Has Decision-making Power - The main victim of the current stage of capitalism is the nation-state, which now has no decision-making capacity, Captain Marcos of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) stated. 👇 schoolsforchiapas.org/ezln-says-na...

Nina of @abcdresden.bsky.social on the implications of Foreign Terrorist Organization status of the US State Dept on the Antifa Ost case in Germany, the deBanking of anti-repression / prisoner support groups, & the political landscape in Germany thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/04...

Perfect combination of magazines in the mail today! - The Swedish autonom/anarchist magazine Brand (@tidningenbrand.bsky.social) & UK's radical politic/anarchist street vendor magazine DOPE! (@solidarityecon.bsky.social) - Both well worth to support with a subscription!

Nikita Dranets was sentenced to an additional year of imprisonment He was supposed to be released in early March after serving a 6-year sentence. In January, Nikita was convicted of "disobedience to the administration of the colony," which resulted in an additional year being added to his sentence.

PJAK emerged in the early 2000s as older Kurdish parties in Iran fragmented, reshaping politics in Rojhelat through armed struggle, youth mobilisation, and a political model tied to democratic confederalism. ✍️ Rojin Mukriyan www.theamargi.com/posts/irania...

Iran between Repression, Co-optation, and War: Three Waves of Counterrevolution Somayeh Rostampour shows how Iranian state repression, the monarchist attempt to co-opt opposition movements, and the US/Israeli military assault are all aspects of a single counterrevolution, reinforcing each other.

Tell them we have to resist, we have to rebel, we have to live. Letter from Subcommander Insurgent Moises - A hug from your compañeros, the Zapatista peoples. Subcommander Insurgent Moises Mexico, February 2026. 👇 enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx/2026/03/18/t...

@ayoub.bsky.social talks about the US / Israeli War on Iran, Iran lashing out across west Asia, challenges in Lebanon, the campist idea of the Axis of Resistance, Hezbollah, nuclear weapons and other topics thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/03...

✊ On this day, just like every other, comrades need your support and solidarity. One way to help is -> buying a t-shirt "Chop cops, not trees" from the Pramen collective - www.sabotage.ninja/en/product/t... -> making a donation to the ABC Belarus - abc-belarus.org/donate -> and sharing this post!

📍 Today is International Day Against Police Brutality. It’s a day of solidarity and resistance, reminding us of police violence and the communities that suffer from it the most. In #Belarus many anarchists have already spent five or more years in prison, where they’ve also faced police abuse.

🤬 KGB included Siarhei Zhyhaliou, Trafim Barysau, Dzmitry Zakharoshka, Aliaksandra Pulinovich in its “List of persons involved in terrorist activities”. In practice, this means that the anarchists are now prohibited from receiving any money transfers. They were transferred to penal colonies.

Rojava Information Center assisted BBC World Service for their podcast on the history and future of women's autonomy in North and East Syria after the January offensive and integration deal between the Syrian Transitional Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces. 👇 www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...

Online screening today, available for 4 days only via New York Kurdish Cultural Center's (nykcc.org) Youtube channel: Commander Arian - A story of Women War and Freedom by Alba Sottora A powerful story of Kurdish women’s resistance. 👇 youtu.be/erNDPgP9OJg?...

William C. Anderson critiques the idea that Black liberation can be achieved through nation-states. Tracing the history of Marcus Garvey’s “Back to Africa” campaign and prior projects of the kind from North America and the Caribbean to Liberia and Sierra Leone, he draws parallels with Zionism and