from various sources, updated 18 November 2008: A French judge has slapped terrorism charges on seven people suspected of sabotaging France's rail network, including the 34-year-old alleged ringleader of the self-styled "invisible cell". If found guilty of heading a terrorist organisation, Julien Coupat, a former sociology student, faces up to 20 years in jail. more

from anarchistnews, updated 18 November 2008: This translation is an excerpt from a radical new book that just appeared in France by the Invisible Committee (Comite Invisible). The book discusses the local appropriation of power by the people, the physical blocking of the economy, and the elimination of the police force as practical routes toward insurrection. more

from noborderswales, 18 November 2008: Announcing a series of actions targetting those who exploit and deport migrants, including a phone blockade of BMI, a solidarity with migrant workers at Amey & a Tesco picket: 20th, 21st & 22nd November 2008 more

from netcu watch, updated 18 November 2008: "This is yet another piece of legislation spewed out by the government and at a glance it appears to make the police get an even tighter stranglehold over us... In a nutshell it will become an offence punishable by up to 10 years to elicit information about a member of the armed forces, intelligence services or police (or indeed anyone who has in the past done any of these occupations) which might be useful for terrorists..." more

posted 12 November 2008: "In this month’s Underreported Struggles: 400,000 Guatemalans Reject Development Model, Philippines Indigenous People Unite for the Land, Riot Police Target Algonquin Blockade, Chagos Islanders Denied the Right of Return, and 17 other stories that you probably haven’t heard about..." more

from the independent, 7 November 2008: The deadliest war since Adolf Hitler marched across Europe is starting again -- and you are almost certainly carrying a blood-soaked chunk of the slaughter in your pocket. When we glance at the holocaust in Congo, with 5.4 million dead, the clichés of Africa reporting tumble out: this is a "tribal conflict" in "the Heart of Darkness". It isn't. The United Nations investigation found it was a war led by "armies of business" to seize the metals that make our 21st-century society zing and bling. The war in Congo is a war about you. more