WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE FRANCE - news journal UPDATE - (en) France, AL: The Black Star Attacked - The Night of the Long Bottles (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

This Friday, January 30, 2026, the libertarian bookstore L'Étoile Noire in Laon was attacked during a public meeting with the AVA collective (Abolish Hunting Today) by intoxicated hunters. ---- This extremely violent attack (smashed door, death threats, homophobic insults...) does not intimidate us; on the contrary! Violence is the weapon of the weak and those without arguments. ---- The AVA collective and the Pierre Kropotkine group of the Anarchist Federation wish to reaffirm their opposition to the anachronistic practice of hunting with hounds.

We tried to offer a calm debate to our "opponents," but that wasn't what they came for.

This kind of practice is unfortunately not exceptional, and environmental, union, and political activists are used to the strong-arm tactics of the powerful. Our comrades at AVA are regularly targeted with violence, threats, slashed tires, and so on.

Fear as a political platform? In the current climate, it's unfortunately not surprising, but make no mistake, we are not paralyzed by it. This is further proof that our struggles hit the mark and are causing a stir. Our determination is only strengthened.

Tomorrow, in the woods, the villages, the neighborhoods, whenever we need to oppose authoritarian behavior, we will be there!

Long live the animals, and down with fox hunting!

AVA Association,
Anarchist Federation,
Friday, January 30, 2026

https://federation-anarchiste.org/?g=Lien_Permanent&b=1_273

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Link: (en) France, AL: The Black Star Attacked - The Night of the Long Bottles (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Source: A-infos-en@ainfos.ca

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