A History of Black Bloc, plus Bad News!

First up, we’re sharing a blast from the past blast from the past, an interview that we conducted in 2013 via our comrades from A-Radio Berlin with a participant in the autonomous anti-capitalist street movement in Germany in the latter half of the 20^th century known as Autonomen. Specifically, the guest speaks about the context of anonymous street actions during May Day of 1987 in the district of then-West Berlin known as Kreuzberg and about the tactic that became known as Black Bloc. Apologies for the audio quality of this portion.

• Transcripts
  • Autonomen
  • Updates from Thessaloniki, May 2022
  • GerminalSocialCenter
• PDF (Unimposed)
• Zine (Imposed PDF)

Then, you’ll be hearing portions of the May 2022 episode of Bad News: Angry Voices From Around The World by the A-Radio Network, of which the already-mentioned Berlin crew is also a member. You’ll hear:

• comrades from Free Social Radio 1431AM in Thessaloniki, Greece with some updates from that country.
• Then, friends at Črna luknja in Lubjlana, Slovenia, shares an interview with members of the autonomous social center in Trieste known as Germinal on the 10^th anniversary of that space.
• Finally, you’ll hear A-Radio Vienna sharing the call-out for the 2022 June 11^th Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners. You can find more on June 11^th at June11.NoBlogs.Org

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