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What's happening right now with the request from Kristi Noem according to Donald Trump to use full force on protesters demonstrating in front of ICE facilities only goes to show how very real the state's insatiable need for blood is.

The state drops its need for war, like a dead mouse on every country's doorstep, even our own, in order to satiate this thirst. This is America, this is what our country has always been. As disgusting as what's happening now is, it is not new.

We sit weeks, days, hours, if not moments away from watching our allies being slaughtered in our own towns by the very forces "intended" to keep them safe from horrors like this. This is not a drill and it is not hyperbole. The rhetoric has been tested, the laws are being preemptively written to criminalize dissent, and the paramilitary forces are being ideologically vetted for their willingness to pull the trigger on their fellow citizens. The call for "full force" is a deliberate and calculated signal, a green light for the kind of violence we have seen deployed against Black and brown communities for generations to now be officially sanctioned against anyone who stands in the way of the state's agenda.

This moment demands that we look directly at the machinery of repression and understand its components. It is the police in tactical gear, but it is also the legislators writing the "anti-riot" laws that equate to crushing resistance with claims of terrorism. It is the governor calling for violence, but it is also the media apparatus that will frame any resistance as unprovoked aggression. It is the orange goblin king baying for blood, but it is also the silent complicity of a political class that has already conceded to fascism for a taste of power. They are not hiding their intentions anymore. They are telling us, in plain language, that they view our assemblies, our solidarity, our cries for justice as existential threats to be crushed without mercy.

This is why our old models of resistance are insufficient. Marching with permits, appealing to the conscience of politicians who have none, relying on the very systems designed to pacify us these are luxuries from a bygone era that is crumbling before our eyes. The state has declared its hand. It does not seek to manage us it seeks to eliminate us. The labels they use, like "domestic terrorist," are not descriptions they are death warrants. They are intended to isolate, to criminalize, and to justify the coming violence in the eyes of a populace conditioned to fear the word "terrorist" more than they fear the death of their neighbors.

Therefore, our only logical and moral response must be the rapid, deliberate, and organized construction of networks of mutual defense. This is not a call for reckless violence it is a call for profound, community based solidarity. It is a recognition that when the state vows to use full force, our survival depends on our ability to have each other's backs without question or hesitation. Anarchists, socialists, abolitionists, community organizers, medics, legal observers, and every person who sees the nightmare on the horizon must now begin the serious work of forming pacts of protection.

These pacts are not abstract. They are built on concrete actions. They mean establishing clear and secure communication channels now, before the phones are shut down or the networks are monitored. They mean training together in de-escalation, first aid, and legal rights, so that when a protest is kettled or raided, we have medics who can treat gunshot wounds and legal teams who can track the arrested. They mean creating rapid response networks that can alert entire cities when a demonstration is under attack, mobilizing observers and support at a moment's notice. They mean setting up community defense patrols that can monitor police movements and protect vulnerable neighborhoods from targeted incursions.

Crucially, this extends to material support. It means building community bail funds that are robust and readily accessible, so no one sits in a cage because they cannot pay for their freedom. It means creating safe houses and escape routes for those who are targeted for arrest or worse. It means sharing resources, from food and water to protective gear, ensuring that no one is left exposed because of poverty. This is the practical meaning of solidarity it is the commitment to ensure that the risks we take are shared and the burdens we carry are collective.

The goal of this mutual defense is not to win a street battle with the police. The goal is to make their intended violence as difficult, costly, and visible as possible. The goal is to ensure that when they move against one of us, they find a hundred of us, standing together, documenting, resisting, and refusing to be scattered. It is to transform their easy targets into unbreakable formations of community resilience. We must make their bloodlust so public, so messy, and so morally repugnant that it shatters the illusion of their authority.

History has shown us that the state's appetite for violence is only checked when it meets organized, unyielding resistance. They rely on our fear, our isolation, our disorganization. Our task is to weaponize our solidarity. Let the calls for "full force" from the Kristi Noems and Donald Trumps of the world serve as our final wake up call. The time for vague solidarity is over. The time for specific, actionable, and sworn pacts of mutual defense is now. Find your people. Make your plans. Swear your oaths. Let them know that if they come for one, they come for us all, and we will not make it easy for them. Our communities are not their hunting grounds. We will become ungovernable not through chaos, but through an ironclad commitment to protecting one another from the storm they are so desperate to unleash.

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Important Information from Indonesia for International Comrades

Indonesia, September 18, 2025, by XIII-XII.

After the mass action that took place at the end of August and early September, a wave of mass arrests followed, with thousands of people being detained across various cities in Indonesia — both post-action arrests and sweeps from those already arrested. Even now, various anti-authoritarian groups in Indonesia are experiencing widespread paranoia, which is understandable for some people due to the state’s cyber operations aimed at mapping both formal and informal anti-authoritarian cells. Several collective and individual names have already been collected, which only adds to the paranoid climate that continues to persist. Some refer to this as “going underground,” or even as an individual safety method, to later continue efforts for solidarity with comrades who have been designated as suspects. The state has labeled anarchists as the masterminds behind all the mass actions that took place in various cities. For example, in Bandung, the authorities have designated 42 protesters as suspects, and in Jakarta, 16 people have been labeled as suspects. This doesn’t even account for other cities that have not yet been verified. All those who are detained face obstacles in accessing legal assistance, and torture is not spared during interrogation and examination.

In a press conference held by the authorities some time ago, they stated that there is a connection between anarchists in Indonesia and international anarchist networks. They also raised concerns about the flow of funds traced from digital wallets as money for chaos, even reporting amounts up to tens or even hundreds of millions of rupiah — a figure that seems quite unreasonable. They have also used various books, zines, and pamphlets as evidence of anarchist actions. All of this has
been criminalized under a new form of terrorism in Indonesia. However, logically speaking, the state is openly the true terrorist to the oppressed people of Indonesia, through land grabs, low wages, unequal education, media suppression, activist killings, and so on. These criminalization efforts are also actions to scapegoat alternative methods for sustaining life without the grip of the state and its apparatus.

Today, in Indonesia, we have entered a new phase — after the ghosts of communism and the Jakarta method — in hunting anarchists, or even any movements that are seen as disturbing the stability and interests of the state. Everyone is an individual with the potential to be criminalized by the state. Therefore, to anyone reading this, continue to raise solidarity for the political prisoners of August-September so they know they are not alone. Long live resistance, long live anarchy!

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Important Information from Indonesia for International Comrades

After some time following the large-scale demonstrations across various parts of the archipelago, the lack of information from our comrades who have been arrested for their actions has been a difficult challenge for us.

Firstly, the lack of communication from our comrades who have been arrested and charged stems from communication restrictions imposed by the pigs. They were even denied legal assistance and communication with their families for approximately two weeks. This was confirmed as part of the effort to investigate the motives behind the charges.

Then, suddenly, the pigs held a press conference and invited various local media outlets to cover everything, even releasing the names of those who had been charged to the public.

In the information released, particularly regarding those arrested by the West Java Police Headquarters, our comrades are being processed by two divisions: general crime (26 people) and cybercrime (16 people). These pigs have identified anarchist-egoist-nihilist subjects as a new source of threat in Indonesia, especially due to their alleged connection to international networks.

For everyone’s safety, if anyone has had, or is still in correspondence with Black Bloc Zone or Contemplative Publishing, we recommend stopping this immediately, as these two names have been identified as key actors by the pigs. It is highly likely that their websites, Instagram accounts, or even their Signal accounts are still under investigation.

Stay safe and don’t be deceived!

For Black International!

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Chronology of the New Wave of Arrests (“The Hunt for the Egoists”)

1. Trigger event – The group around comrade Acil (Itenas – university of Bandung, West Java). Acil was arrested after posting on social media about an Indonesian flag burning

2. First link – From Acil’s case, police traced and arrested 8 people from Kiara Condong area where they had uploaded content showing them making and throwing molotovs.

3. Network expansion – Adit (UIN – Uni in Bandung) and Opal (Cijerah/Ciparay area) were also arrested. It’s unclear if they were directly linked to Acil, but their arrest opened a new line of investigation.

4. Start of the manhunt – Through intense Instagram communications between Adit and Opal, police began mapping further connections.

5. Initial mapping – Authorities identified links between Egoist accounts, funding sources, and physical evidence (molotovs, etc). From this chain, Pem (lives in Ciamis-West Java) was arrested.

6. Next wave – Arrests continued with Katong Press (Komar, East Java). followed by Dana, Herdi (Palang Hitam/ABC Indonesia), and Abu from Makassar. Katong Press is the name of an anarchist collective.

7. Shift in Legal Framing- Investigators begin applying the Anti-Terrorism Law, citing:

Suspected foreign funding,

Acts of arson

Confessions from detainees admitting to destruction during protests.

8. Information Leak – From Dana’s case, additional leads emerged, targeting networks in Bogor and Tangerang (West Java).

Preliminary Mitigations Notes Scope:
So far, only the “Egoist wave” is clearly mapped but further arrest waves remain uncertain. The ages of those arrested is teenagers and 20s predominately so far. It is impossible for our group to count all the anarchists arrested, there’s no one big organisation. Just loose cells and individuals. But those universities mentioned are sanctuaries of most anarchists. These universities were attacked and raided by police during the clashes. At the moment there are many anarchists concentrated in the central police station of Bandung.

14/9/25

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16 comrades arrested for Molotov attacks

According to corporate media dated 15 September 2025, 16 people were arrested almost simultaneously in various places around Jakarta and accused of Molotov attacks. The scale of the operation and the evidence gathered (CCTV footage, phone conversations, looted items, etc) is very serious.

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More updates coming…

Important Information from Indonesia for International Comrades

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