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Lucio Urtubia Jiménez was a Spanish anarchist known for his practice of expropriative anarchism through forgery and anti-fascist direct action.

Lucio was born in Cascante, Navarre, Spain on February 18th, 1931. As a young man, he served in the Spanish military, but deserted, fleeing to France in 1954 after ransacking a warehouse that belonged to his company.

After moving to Paris, Urtubia was asked to hide a member of the Maquis, Spanish guerrillas who opposed Franco from exile, in his house. The refugee in this case turned out to be legendary anti-fascist Francesc Sabaté Llopart, one of the two Sabaté brothers.

Urtubia’s anti-fascist actions continued as he learned how to forge government documents and currency, using these skills to aid left-wing movements around the world. One of the most dramatic examples took place in 1977, when he forged $20 million dollars worth of Citibank traveler’s checks, money which went to aid revolutionary insurgencies in Latin America.

“We are bricklayers, painters, electricians - we do not need the state for anything. The banks are the real crooks. They exploit you, take your money and cause all the wars.”

In 1997, he established a social centre in Paris which he dubbed the Louise Michel Space. He died in 2020.

A documentary interviewing him about his activities, “Lucio” (2007), is free to watch via @solidarity.cinema . He was also canonized into further pop culture consciousness with the dramatized Netflix original “Un hombre de acción” (A Man of Action) (2022).

This event combines two timely topics close to my heart -- #MaineFarms and #Palestine!

Tomato Seed Processing Workshop

Saturday, August 16, 2025
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

#Frith =Farm
61 Ash Swamp Road
#ScarboroughME

"Come to Frith Farm in Scarborough for an afternoon of learning, community building, and #DirectAction, as we lend our hands to harvesting and processing these sacred seeds.

"Chloe Hettinger is a seed grower for the #PalestineHeirloomSeedLibrary's #SeedProtectorProject, a project rooted in #Battir, #Palestine and the United States.

"She will begin the event by speaking about the importance of preserving #heirloom vegetables, fruits, and herbs, and hold a conversation for folks to explore and share their own inherited #foodways.

"The hand-on portion of the event will include harvesting from a seed crop of heirloom tomatoes, processing the seeds from the fruit, and demonstrating the fermentation process that allows tomato seeds to be saved.

"This event is in partnership with the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, and is supported by the #RealOrganicProject."

RSVP here...
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Louis Rossmann is a hero. More of us should take this kind of direct action. Standing up, resisting, this is the way we make things better. We work together because no one is going to save us from a system that seeks to maximize profit at every possibility.

We save us.

"Futurehome CEO threatens police action after I offer $5,000 bounty to free his ransomed customers"

#Enshitification #Capitalism #Resist #FreeSoftware #DirectAction
#DigitalRestrictionsManagement

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The UK government arresting 166 citizens (and counting) for standing in public with hand-drawn signs opposing #genocide, #starvation, #extermination, #ForcedDisplacement and other #CrimesAgainstHumanity: "This is terrorism!"

This statement is, of course, correct.

This *is* indeed a tactic of terror, deploying violence and the threat of violence against civilians to pursue a political agenda through fear. However, it is not the dignified grandmothers, retired magistrates, and scores of other ordinary people courageously upholding the longstanding and noble tradition of #nonviolent #DirectAction for social justice who are engaging in #terrorism.

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Al Jazeera · Protests held across UK supporting banned Palestine Action despite arrestsBy Al Jazeera

New essay on Community-Self-Management and Commoning within 6 Libertarian Socialist Influenced Revolutions is now on our substack. Featuring: Morelos Commune, Makhnovia, Shinmin, Spanish Revolution, Zapatistas/ACGAZ, and Rojava/DAANES!!! usufructcollective.substack.co

Usufruct Collective's Word Garden · Community-Self-Management and Commoning within 6 Libertarian Socialist Influenced RevolutionsBy Usufruct Collective

Activists in Australia lock themselves on roof of EOS weapons factory

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Activists in Canberra, Australia, locked themselves to the roof of an EOS weapons factory, a company directly supplying arms to Israel.

The nine activists who were demanding an end to EOS weapons being sold to Israel, were arrested and released on bail.