On the 8th of May 2008 Leninskiy district court sentenced 6 antifascists who took part in attacking the meeting that was organised by the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) on Pionerskaya square in St. Petersburg in September 2006.

The antifascists were accused of hooliganism (article 213, part 2 of Russian criminal code). The main person accused, for whom the prosecutor demanded 6 years(!) of prison sentence, and 2 of his comrades got 1 year of suspended sentence each. 2 other accused got 6 months of suspended sentence and the sixth was sentenced to 6 months of public works (also suspended).

Six people have been killed and 15 people wounded in Lebanon, according to security sources, as the country's political crisis threatened to spiral out of control. Fighting in Beirut intensified on Thursday, the second day of anti-government protests, after a speech by Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah secretary-general, in which he called a government crackdown on the Shia group "tantamount to a declaration of war".

The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair (May 17, 2008) brings together anarchist ideas and practice, through words, images, music, and day-to-day struggles for justice, dignity and collective liberation. The Bookfair is as much for people who don't necessarily consider themselves anarchists, but are curious about anarchism, as it is a space for anarchists to meet, network and share. All are welcome.

May 11th is the kickoff celebrations for Minnesota’s Sesquicentennial – 150 years of Statehood. Dakota people through the Oceti Sakowin Omniciya (Seven Fires Summit) have questioned the historical narrative that is being presented and have asked what is being celebrated.

On the occasion of the first of May, we, the undersigned organisations, salute all the workers of the world, in particular Haitian workers who are exploited in Haiti and abroad. This year the first of May finds workers here in Haiti toiling under the exploitation of bosses paying them just 70 gourdes a day. This year the first of May finds thousands of Haitian working like slaves in the neighbouring country. The application of neo-liberal policies, and the unequal distribution of wealth, labour, and produce, are obliging lots of workers to search for a living in other countries, despite the humiliations and poor working conditions they find there.

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is busy determining what to do with all the kids from the FLDS, but meanwhile, another group of children under TDFPS care is alleging abuse.

In an ordinance just adopted, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is declaring that piracy "substantially interferes with the interest of the public in the quality of life and community peace, lawful commerce in the county, property values, and is detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare of the county's citizens, its businesses and its visitors."

This weekend brings a landmark of sorts for Portland's independent publishing community: The Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) celebrates their 10th anniversary, with a two-venue rock show featuring a stellar lineup of local musicians (more on that in a minute).

About a month ago I got a call from a reporter for the Arkansas Times inquiring about my research into paramilitary drug raids. He'd been reporting on a raid in North Little Rock involving a 40-year-old man named Tracy Ingle. When he told me the story over the phone, I was floored, even given all the abuses and mistakes I've reported and read about over the last few years. What makes the case especially egregious is not that the police may have gotten the wrong home, that they shot a man, or that they were covering it up or going silent.

On this day of international labour solidarity we call on our fellow trade unionists and all those worldwide who have stood against war and occupation to increase support for our struggle for freedom from occupation - both the military and economic. We call upon the governments, corporations and institutions behind the ongoing occupation of Iraq to respond to our demands for real democracy, true sovereignty and self-determination free of all foreign interference.

OAKLAND — About 80 striking truckers from Middle Harbor Road at the Port of Oakland were ticketed and dispersed Tuesday after some of them committed vandalism, police said.

On May 1st, hundreds of anarchists parade in "Anti-Capitalist Carnival" under the banner of Jaringan Anti-Otoritarian. The march were heading to Wisma Bakrie which is owned by the corporate criminal Bakrie Group. A corporate gang who also responsible for the mud disaster in Porong, East Java. After leaving the building we were repressed and arrested by state cops but freed in the evening. One of our friend from abroad were deported because of forbidding the immigration laws. From now on...we will not believe anymore in carnival and peace march...our paintbombs and small vandalism is nothing compared to the heavy repression and the deportation of our comrades...

7 anti-HLS activists were arrested December 1st on Contempt charges for allegedly violating a court order. They were released later that night on their own recognizance.

These are notes taken from today's sentencing hearing for Eric McDavid. The author truly believes based on observing the trial ever so slightly, reading the defense motions and the recent juror affidavits, that FBI puppet Anna entrapped Eric. I also read the Elle article about snitch Anna. One also thinks that the FBI needed this case to justify their fat budgets to congress post 9/11. Cointelpro never disappeared.

Green Scare prisoner Eric Mcdavid was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 19 years and seven months in prison. In a case of blatant FBI misconduct and entrapment this is an outrageous sentence for someone who has been charged with nothing more then a thought crime.

God, I'm sick of reading stories like the one below where someone, usually a young African American man, is shot over and over by police who seem to want to make absolutely certain they are dead.

Well they can be sure Aaren Gwinn is...dead.

Witnesses say the police shot him eight times.

Police are, as always, looking into the matter.

Eric McDavid, the Foresthill man portrayed as an eco-terrorist by the government and "a kind and gentle soul" by his lawyer and family, was sentenced Thursday in Sacramento federal court to 19 years and seven months in prison. U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. found that McDavid's plan to "disrupt government and commercial installations" overrides his lack of a criminal history and a reputation among family and friends "as a peaceful individual."

The G8 will be held in July of this year (2008) at lake Toya (Toya-ko) in Hokkaido. We expect thousands of people from all over the world will gather in Hokkaido, as individuals and various NGO groups, to take part in a medley of actions. We (Convergence-center/Camp Work Group) look forward to the completion of an Alternative Village, both a hive for the swarm and a place for dialogue.

Louisiana Justice Institute (LJI), in partnership with the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), will release their public report on the dire circumstances of residents still living in FEMA trailers over two years after Katrina on April 30.