September 1-4 2008, in the twilight of the Bush era, DC activists joined the thousands who converged on St. Paul, MN. Some went to protest the Republican National Convention, others went to shut it down. 2 years later, just ahead of the RNC8 conspiracy trial, we're hosting a fishbowl discussion looking back at the action, the lead-up, and the aftermath. For people who participated and for anyone else who's interested in reclaiming people power in city streets, this is a conversation not to miss.

In this month's Underreported Struggles: Chile Court says it's OK to force feed Mapuche political prisoners; More than 1,000 Indigenous people arrested for mobilizing in Nepal; Women from San Juan Copala announce third peace caravan; Enbridge gets a final notice of trespass from Wet'suweten Hereditary Chiefs.

Likudniks' rejection of conceding its occupation of Palestine confirms reports in the Israeli media that this week's meetings between regional authorities are "ceremonial and not substantive". The mainstream media as a whole is unified in marking this weeks meetings between representatives of the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) as a "restart" of "peace talks", but the most contentious issue of Israel's settlement expansion into the Occupied Palestinian Territories is completely rejected by Israel's ruling party, Likud.

The Copenhagen City Court has today ruled that Natasha Verco and Noah Weiss are innocent. The two climate activists were charged for organizing illegal activities during the COP15 summit in Copenhagen in 2009. But the charges didn't stand in court. The verdict discredits the violent methods adopted by police during the climate summit, when politically active people were denied their democratic right to criticize the climate negotiations.

Boston - On September 24th, 2001, less than two weeks after the September 11th attacks, this brief statement (below) entitled “No War Against Nations, No Peace Between Classes,” announced the formation of the Boston Anarchists Against Militarism (BAAM): “In response to the impending military aggression of the United States, a number of class struggle anarchists have come together to form the Boston Anarchists Against Militarism (BAAM!) coalition. BAAM is opposed to nationalism, racism, and war hysteria, and is organizing against the current war efforts. For more information on how to get involved...”

In October 2010 the Third International Mix fight Tournament "No surrender!" will take place among antifascists of Europe. The tournament, is organized, spearheaded by, and involving active antifascists from Eastern Europe. It traditionally gathers sportsmen and viewers from different cities and countries, that have a clear antifascist approach to life.

While people in the US and elsewhere have been reacting to the release by WikiLeaks of classified US documents on the Afghan War, Chinese bloggers have been discussing the event in parallel with another in their own country. On July 21 in Beijing, four days before WikiLeaks published its documents, Chinese President Hu Jintao convened a high-level meeting to discuss ways to prevent leaks from the archives of the Communist Party of China.

Recent industrial news from the UK, including transport strikes in Liverpool, walkouts at West Lothian Council and Southampton libraries, and strike ballots for London firefighters, ambulance drivers, and tube staff.

A roundup of recent FBI visits, subpoenas, and other government assaults on the animal liberation movement in August:

My involvement in organizing against the Group of Eight (G8) and Group of Twenty (G20) meetings, along with others in Ottawa, began in earnest (after several years of anticipated activity) in December 2009. At that point in time, an open, local umbrella group of anti-capitalists, including some IWW members, called le Collectif du Chat Noir (Black Cat Collective) began meeting and planning our activities in the leadup to the Summits in Huntsville (G8) and Toronto (G20).

On the heels of a week-long tour of the Midwest, we present the fourth issue of LETTERS , our anti-political communist journal.  Issue four includes a beautifully illustrated journal as well as a literary supplement, both printed and bound by our friends at Eberhardt Press.  The journal and the supplement are presented in a screen-printed envelope.

Last week members of the Mankato Area Activist Collective, an anti-authoritarian organization, took action against the $7 million budget cut facing Minnesota State University, Mankato over the next two years. Last spring the university cut 79 ½ positions, one out of every ten faculty members. With tuition predicted to increase as much as 15 percent students are being forced to pay more for less.

On September 4th I was back home in Austin, resting uneasily from my draining trip. I received a call from my friend Malik Rahim who unknown to me had also remained in New Orleans. He on the other end of the crackling phone line saying we got racist white vigilantes driving around in pick up trucks terrorizing black people on the street. It’s very serious. We need some supplies and support… He and his neighbors were being harassed and threatened by armed white men and the police. He had been interviewed for a piece that appeared in the SF Bayview paper in California that explained the grim situation in detail. I had read it upon my brief return back to Austin. Now he was on the phone because he had heard I was just in NOLA looking for Robert King. I knew he was serious. He said he hoped I would come back to New Orleans to give them support and use it as another opportunity to search again for our friend King who was still missing. cite?

Pickets at Azteca Bar in Warsaw are continuing. After failure to make any progress with the boss on Friday / Saturday, ZSP decided to picket the establishment every day at lunch and dinner hours. The protests are related to illegal deductions taken from the pay of our dismissed comrade, attempts to make people work illegally, without any contract and unpaid trial periods, with 'training' that the boss wants to charge workers for if they do not work a certain period of time.

It's been 5 long, hard, sweaty, tough years since Hurricane Katrina. My neighborhood is still half abandoned. Those who could stand to navigate the government red tape have returned, many of them raising their homes a story into the air in case of another flood. And if you were among the 50% of the city that rented like me, you never saw a dime, even though rents doubled overnight post-Katrina, and you likely also had to deal with all of your worldly belongings being destroyed by spending a month under 8 feet of water.

The recent U.S. Social Forum in Detroit brought together some 10-15 thousand people, a lot of them young, to have conversations and participate in workshops and assemblies devoted to changing the existing rotten capitalist system. The USSF generated much enthusiasm, for the Forum was a huge opportunity for folks for the first time to meet others who were doing similar work in other places.

Already 7 years of joint direct actions and demonstrations of the anarchists against the wall with Palestinian partners (mostly grass root activists of local communities) and radical Israelis. In spite of the Summer high temperatures and the Muslim day-fasting of the Ramadan, the struggle continues. Al Arkiv, Beit Ommar, Bil'in, Hebron Al-Halil, Nabi Saleh, Ni'lin, Sheikh Jarrah - Silwan - Al Kuds - Occupied East Jerusalem, Wad Rahhal, Al Walaje. The joint struggle echos all over the internet and the world... and more and more international activists join us - mainly in the hot Summer.