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Nord-Toulouse: destroy the power cables of the future Bordeaux/Toulouse high-speed line (France)

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Communiqué from the Group of Enraged Irreverent Cormorants 

For several months now, we, the Cormorants of Saint-Jory, have been welcoming zadists to our little forest to defend our meagre patch of nature, one of the few still left here, squeezed between shopping centers, industrial zones and expressways. We’re surviving as best we can, and last year we learned that this habitat would be destroyed to make way for a high-speed rail link that will save a few minutes for a handful of human beings. Apparently, for them, this represents progress.

For the fourth time, on Monday April 7, we saw men arrive in our habitat, all dressed in ocean blue, accompanied by iron monsters who had come to destroy the cabins of our ZAD protectors, lay waste to the soil that feeds us and uproot the young trees that sheltered us. We know this is just a taste of what awaits us here.

So, overcome with anger, we gathered in a Cormorant general assembly. Knowing that our zadist friends were going on vacation, we decided to intervene on the tentacular electrical supply system: thick cables encased in red plastic tubes laid all along the tracks.

On the night of April 7 to 8, following the 4th round of destruction of the ZAD, we organized ourselves into a swarm, beaks covered in our best balaclavas, and threw two tubes onto the rails in retaliation. The cables inside were cut by the first train of the morning.

This sabotage, like that south of Bordeaux, is a meagre response to the disaster that threatens us all. The profound change needed for our survival will not come from our executioners.

In the name of all the animals threatened by this high-speed rail link, we invite kindred spirits to pursue other sabotages along their route.

All

Cormorans

Are 

Beautiful

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Nice (Alpes-Maritimes): electrical sabotage on the rise -France

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After Cannes, Nice targeted by electrical sabotage

Le Monde/Le Parisien, May 25, 2025 (excerpt)

The day after a power cut in and around Cannes, a transformer was deliberately set on fire in Nice on Saturday night. According to a police source and the public prosecutor’s office, the transformer in question is located in the Moulins district, to the west of the city.

“On May 25, 2025, at around 2 a.m., an electrical transformer on Avenue Paul Montel in Nice was deliberately damaged and set on fire,” the public prosecutor’s office said. “Traces of tires” were found, and a source close to the case referred to ‘a broken door [of the transformer’s premises]’.

Some 45,000 households were temporarily without power in Nice and the neighboring towns of Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Cagnes-sur-Mer, said Enedis. Nice’s streetcar network was briefly impacted, with a delayed resumption in the early morning, and the airport was temporarily without power. By 6 a.m., power had been restored.

A flagrante delicto investigation has been opened for “destruction by fire in an organized gang” and entrusted to the judicial police. For the time being, there is nothing to link this fire with the events of Saturday, when 160,000 people were left without power not far from Cannes.

RTE to step up security at sensitive sites after sabotage causing widespread power cuts
Var Matin, May 25, 2025

Following a series of targeted attacks on electricity infrastructures in the Alpes-Maritimes and Var regions, network operator RTE is stepping up surveillance of sensitive sites in the face of an unprecedented threat.

A new guarding measure has been deployed at certain sites deemed to be at risk. These human reinforcements complement existing security measures, including fencing, video surveillance and other confidential means of detection “which we cannot detail for obvious reasons”, says RTE.

This switch to active security comes after three attacks in two days: a substation set on fire in Saint-Cassien, within the grounds of the Tanneron plant, on Friday night; a pylon sawed down in Villeneuve-Loubet in the steep Vanade sector, leading to a massive power cut on Saturday morning; and a transformer burnt to the ground west of Nice, on Saturday night. These potentially coordinated actions targeted key points on the network, causing significant disruption despite rapid restoration of service.

Permanent surveillance of pylons impossible

The network managed by RTE extends over 106,000 kilometers of extra-high-voltage lines, supported by a network of pylons scattered throughout the country, often in the middle of nowhere.

This extensive model makes permanent surveillance impossible. And while electrical substations – some 2,800 in France, including dozens, if not hundreds, in the Alpes Maritimes and Var regions – are easier to monitor, not all can benefit from the same level of protection.

Priority is therefore given to the most strategic ones, identified in conjunction with local authorities and law enforcement agencies.

Individuals who knew about the security loopholes?

“Existing tools, such as the sensors installed on the lines, can detect anomalies, but without specifying their origin”, explains RTE. In the event of an incident, teams must therefore travel to the site to observe the damage, which can be complicated when access is difficult, as was the case in Villeneuve-Loubet. The choice of this isolated pylon also suggests a meticulously prepared action, carried out by individuals familiar with the terrain and the network’s vulnerabilities.

Faced with these limitations, RTE adjusted its strategy. In addition to reinforcing human presence, discussions are underway with public authorities to improve prevention and response in the event of intrusion or sabotage. But protecting a network designed to transport electricity, and not to resist targeted attacks, remains a real headache… Its structure, by definition open and distributed throughout the country, cannot unfortunately be secured like an enclosed building.

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Spring 2025 Scouting at Proposed Location for the Quantum Campus

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Comrades visited Steelworkers Park and walked through the surrounding land to scout the area where the Quantum campus is scheduled to be constructed. This report back is based on two scouts. Go and see for yourself.

Steelworkers Park is a public city park: folks are on walks with their dogs, fishing, climbing, and birdwatching. There’s free parking, DIVY bikes, and community work days. A cop car was present in the cul-de-sac of the entrance/parking/exit, like at many public parks. Rainbow Beach is further north, another public park with several parking lots. It would be a manageable distance to bike from.

There are traffic cameras at the 87th and LSD intersection and some above the parking area for the park. No other cameras were spotted throughout the land at the time of writing [mid April 2025].

The land specifically designated for the first phase of the construction of the Quantum base is directly south of the Steelworkers Park entrance. It butts up against the west side of the park and continues south towards US Army Corps of Engineers signs (looks like piles of rocks mostly tbh). This land is surrounded with a 5.5 ft fence. There are gates at several points which are locked, but there are a number of places where the fence has been damaged (notably on the north side there’s a giant rock that opens the space). It is also climbable. “No Trespassing” signs are nearly entirely absent. One was seen along with a US Army Corps of Engineers sign at the very westernmost fence near a gated entrance along LSD.

This lot varies in appearance; some areas have waist-height grass, some areas have denser trees, some of it is almost cleared. There are construction cones and little marking flags throughout, but it is not clear whether these are new or leftover from the past. There’s a bunch of trash, including two human-abandoned, bee-busy beehives. There are multiple “well testing” spots throughout. There are a number of gravel / dirt roads at various locations as well. There was a truck with a drill parked on one of these dirt roads. No workers were seen; unclear if the truck is there long term or what.

There’s a smaller fenced in area with a taller fence (~10ft) with barbed wire. The gate however is wide open. There’s a caterpillar sitting near this area, also unclear how long it’s been sitting.

It does not look like construction has started nor that there is elevated surveillance at this time. Keep watch, take risks. Fight against Quantum. Fight for the lake, the beavers, South Shore, for privacy and autonomy, for ur lovers and friends.


[notes on files]
1. Map of the LJC rendering points out key landmarks to support on-the-ground scouting.
2. Satellite view map points out additional scouting notes.
3. a bunch of pics from scouting mid-april with some captions to place them

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Arson targeting Fort Nelson RCMP station

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The daily humiliations of life under state domination do not always go unanswered, sometimes people decide that enough is enough. An individual chose to target specific culprits in broad daylight on may 22nd, setting fire to the exterior wall of the RCMP detachment in Fort Nelson with officers still inside.

The occupants must have been surprised when the air intake/air conditioner pulled a “considerable amount of smoke inside” which resulted in an evacuation of the building. We are sad to learn that the fire was extinguished, a suspect arrested, and this wretched building continues to stand.

In a region pilfered by logging, LNG fracking and the inseparable violence of poverty, alienation, and extractivism revolt is no surprise. We hope this one of many more threads to come in a tapestry of resistance against the control of the canadian state.

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Fiber cuts in San Antonio and Kansas City

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In San Antonio, Spectrum said five vandalism incidents have caused service disruptions, damaging its fiber optic network infrastructure across the metro area.

The incidents include:

March 5: Around the 23000 block of U.S. Hwy 281
April 7: Along the U.S. Hwy 90 and Loop 1604 access road
April 26: Along Loop 1604 near Spanish Grant Road
May 3: Around the 8800 block of Presa Street
May 9: Along Loop 1604 near Spanish Grant Road

In Kansas City, three Spectrum fiber optic lines were cut in the area on May 17, according to a spokesperson for the company. One cut was to the primary network and another to a third-party network that was in place to provide backup. This disruption impacted thousands from homes near KCI Airport to restaurants south of the Plaza. Restoration to the lines began that Saturday and was completed early Sunday morning. Crews say they worked a 30-hour shift Saturday to restore access to customers.

Google Fiber lines in the Kansas City area were also purposely cut, and a police report was filed, a company representative said. In a statement, Andy Simpson, the general manager for Google Fiber’s central region, pointed to “strong evidence of vandalism.”

On May 29, another fiber cut by vandals impacted some customers in the Kansas City area. The fiber that was cut is located in a difficult-to-access wooded area.

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Bordeaux (Gironde) France: fire at TGV construction site

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Bordeaux Sud: AFSB (high-speed line) construction workers set fire to electrical connections with a cigarette!

They’d been warned it was serious to smoke near an area as flammable as the Bordeaux-Toulouse high-speed line construction site. But they wouldn’t listen.

It’s true that since the A69 project was halted by Toulouse’s administrative court, there’s plenty to be nervous about. There’s a whiff of unemployment about the LGV… And it can’t be easy to be involved in a project that received over 90% negative opinions during the public inquiry. You can’t feel at your best! It’s like feeling like you’ve betrayed your own and are fattening up the very people who exploit workers more and more. But don’t complain when there’s no money left for public services. As JP Farandou of the SNCF so aptly put it: “the high-speed train is not a public service”… And yet, it’s our tax money that’s going to pay for this high-speed line. It’s beyond comprehension… In any case, this is the result of their recklessness:

SNCF deplores the delays and cancellations caused by this event. Usually, they encourage them through their strategic choices, leaving existing lines to deteriorate further and further. But no! It deplores them… If ever the staff of the companies working on these sites are reminded that there is a “right of withdraw” allowing them to recover a little lost honor under the ballast.

The League of Track Guards

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Number of the day: 5 million euros ( France)

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The fire at the large Enedis electrical transformer in Saint-Chamond, which started just before 3 a.m. last Tuesday night, was sabotage, according to the anti-militarist ultra-left activists who claimed responsibility.

The destruction of the high-voltage to low-voltage transformer opposite the Saint-Chamond police station left more than 3,000 households without electricity for several hours. According to several sources, the cost of restoring the installations will take several months and could amount to as much as 5 million euros.

(Excerpt from Essor de la Loire, May 13, 2025)

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Saint-Chamond (Loire): action against the arms industry (France)

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[On May 7, 2025 in Saint-Chamond (Loire), the electrical station at the entrance to the town received a nocturnal visit. Responsible for converting high-voltage electricity into low-voltage, with its cables and large transformer, it was partially set on fire at around 3 a.m., plunging part of the town and its businesses into darkness. Sans Nom reported on this attack here, and three days later it was claimed against the arms dealers in a communiqué which we republish below. It should be noted that a “KO KNDS” tag was left at the scene, which the prefecture spokesmen were careful not to specify].

KO KNDS?

In the early hours of May 7 in Saint-Chamond, we took action against a transformer station. A KO KNDS tag was left behind.

We hope to have interrupted the power supply to the city’s southern industrial zone. We particularly targeted the eco-district, formerly an arms production site. Renovated and certified, this area now boasts children’s playgrounds, bars, shops and restaurants… Erasing the past? Not quite. On the other side of the consumerist inferno, the metallurgical eco-system has been modernized. These include Atlante (electric vehicles), Marlin (automotive equipment), SICAF (industrial automation), Arcelormittal (steel giant) and, as a historic legacy, KNDS. KNDS stands for KMW+Nexter Defense Systems.

Still unclear? Let’s clarify. The company was born of the merger of two major land armament groups. It sells its products to over 50 armies worldwide. Its favorite weapon: the CAESAR self-propelled gun. Its favorite vehicle is the Leopard 2 battle tank. In addition to artillery and tanks, KNDS develops military robots and remotely operated munitions. In October 2024, it opened a new subsidiary in Kiev, Ukraine, to produce and maintain its lethal technologies in the field. While bodies fall daily, mowed down by western and eastern states, KNDS is making its return on experience and investment. Without arms dealers, neither this war, nor the Palestinian massacre, nor so many other bloody tragedies would take place. Tonight, we wanted to attack one of these merchants’ hideouts, modestly, with no regard for the commercial and industrial abjectness of the surrounding area. Paradoxically, this is what we wanted to bring to light, by turning off part of the city.

PS: And let’s not forget, alongside the arms dealers, the states, proto-states and their proxies. As long as a single one of them remains standing, there will be no peacetime, no wartime. Only an era of oppression and repression.

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Vandalism of Police Vehicle – Washington, DC

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June 11, 2025

The Metropolitan Police Department is on the lookout for a suspect involved in the vandalism of a marked police vehicle.

It was on Wednesday, June 11, at around 6:00 p.m. when the suspect approached the unoccupied vehicle parked on the 1200 block of North Capitol Street. Utilizing a sharp object, the suspect deflated one of the vehicle’s tires.

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Your Neighbors are Being Trained by and Working with ICE. Do Something About it.

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This was originally written in mid-April but left unfinished. The awe-inspiring insurgency currently taking place in LA and the preceding pushes against the Feds in Minneapolis, Worcester, and other cities across the country have reminded me why I wrote this in the first place.

May their flames bellow unto us.

Note: All links within this article link to the Internet Archive.

With the surge of publicly recorded ICE arrests following Trump’s inauguration, videos have been posted to social media showing very odd behavior from the federal agents that have been arresting people.

A similar theme emerges—the pigs carrying out the arrest claim to be members of HSI (Homeland Security Investigations), a subset of ICE—while these raggedly dressed HSI ‘agents’ themselves look like they don’t have a clue what they’re doing.

My claim is that these HSI agents are in fact regular civilians that have underwent ICE’s civilian training programs, which have been up and running in the states since 2019 after its initial launch and testing in Puerto Rico. I examined three videos posted to Twitter/X since January, followed with a little investigating—from what I gather, all these arrests were carried out by amateur civilian HSI agents that almost certainly live in the same community as the people they are arresting.

Per the Immigrant Defense Project:

“Internal documents shed light on the “Citizens Academy” programs, a controversial public relations initiative run by the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that began under the Obama administration and expanded over Trump. Obtained via Freedom of Information ACT (FOIA) litigation, the records show ICE has recruited influential people – journalists, elected officials, law enforcement, business executives , and senior NGO staff – to attend multi-week programs where they train extensively with guns, learn immigration enforcement tactics, and roleplay agents, launching mock raids on immigrants.”

The briefing guide mentions a failed attempt at opening an “ERO” (Enforcement and Removal Operations) academy in Chicago—similar, but different to HSI—after locals successfully fought against its opening. A typical HSI citizen academy involves groups of around 20 community ‘stakeholders’ at a time being trained in handling/shooting various firearms, executing mock ‘raids’, and even learning how to yell “Drop the gun!” while drawing and firing. Yes, really.

Now, as for the videos posted to social media, let’s run through the three:

Video 1 is an ICE arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University in Massachusetts on March 15th.

Video 2 is what initially brought me to write this; a TikTok from a Virginia family attorney, James Rivera (@7jimmie77 on TikTok), responding to an attempted “welfare check” by HSI agents at his client’s home in early April.

Video 3 is the arrest of Columbia University student Mohsen Madawi by HSI agents during his appointment to become a U.S. citizen.

And now now analysis:

Video 1 shows a suspiciously diverse group of ‘agents’ that flail around as they apprehend Rumeysa.

Video 2 has an extremely unusual makeup of hands-in-their-pockets ‘agents’, the leader of which claims to be doing a ‘welfare check’ while pulling out a badge ad claiming to be from HSI. Then, in a move that clearly shows they have no clue what they’re doing, their leader points to the lawyer’s paralegal—a Hispanic woman—and claims that she is in fact the woman they are looking for. After realizing how stupid they look they awkwardly stand in silence, with one of them turning their back to the camera, and then unceremoniously leave after their leader decides it’s time to go.

Video 3 again shows five amateur ‘agents’, wearing hoods and what can only be described as chud-facemasks, arrest Mohsen in what very well could be their personal vehicles.

In other words, these people carrying out ICE raids are not all trained and pay-rolled federal agents. And it makes sense that they couldn’t be, as Trump has called for such a drastic increase in arrests in such a short amount of time. Calling them collaborators is putting it lightly. They have taken the multitude of extra steps outside of their normal life in order to hunt and kill people. And they should be treated as the filth that they are.

They have names, they have addresses.

You know the drill.

Here’s some relevant projects that other people are working on:

#FckICE 2025 – A (very recently made) blog for submitting and sharing leaked information about the Feds

Informational posters of ICE agents – Pictures and personal info flyered by LA locals back in February

Find IDF Soldiers – A detailed database keeping track of Canadian Zionists that have served in the IDF.

Seattle Tech Bloc – A database of various cops in the Seattle Police Department.

and the dozens of Antifascist websites that have documented and networked local fash across the US.

And a few more links:

This is the recruitment advertising ICE uses for HSI, including a map of all their offices, domestic and international.

This is the HSI academy webpage.

Here’s the webpage for the Citizen’s Academy.

And a list of ICE and HSI Field Offices, where their primary SAC (Special Agent Charge) offices are located.

Let’s generalize and multiply that California Love <3

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