Athens, Greece - Early this morning an anarchist "gang of conscience" (symmories syneidisis) known as "Floga" (Flame) claimed responsibility for a frontal arson attack on the Police Station of Aigaleo (Athens) and vowed to carry out additional actions. Five marked patrol cars and two undercover police cars were destroyed by the groups molotov cocktails and gas canisters.

Authorities estimated that the assault was carried out by approximately 15 individuals who reached the area on motorbikes which were then parked a short distance away. A guard fired three warning shots in the air in an attempt to disperse the anarchists who say they were not intimidated and left on their own accord at an agreed time. A communique was promptly issued by the group that claimed the action was designed to target "the existence of police itself."

May Day actions marking the international anarchist holiday:

• New York, New York U.S. – Anarchists in New York City took part in traditional labor and immigrant rights marches that began in Brooklyn and Manhattan's Chinatown and converged in Union Square, before rallying near the Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building that houses U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

  Overnight anarchist graffiti appeared outside banks, real estate brokerage offices and other businesses in both Manhattan and Brooklyn. Windows at a Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate office in Williamsburg, Brooklyn was among those shattered by vandals.

• Olympia, Washington, U.S. – A bloc of black-clad anarchists left an authorized immigration rights May Day march and attacked banks and the state capitol building. The windows of two banks were smashed, despite the fact that customers and employees were inside. The group also allegedly attacked police officers who tried to stop them. Police used pepper ball guns against marchers.

  Government business was temporarily disrupted and windows were broken as dozens of protesters burst into the legislature chanting anti-state and pro-immigrant slogans. Protesters left without arrest, but left their demands such as "Burn the Capitol" on the building's walls. Six people were arrested throughout the day, including an individual who was also arrested at a riot at Evergreen State College in February.

• Mexico City, Mexico - Anarchists also marched in observance of May Day in Mexico's capital.

• Bogota, Colombia - Radicals attacked a bank and smashed windows during demonstrations in the Colombian capitol.

• Medellin, Colombia - Demonstrators attacked and overturned an armored truck, during an unruly protest in Colombia's second largest city.

• Valparaiso, Chile - Anti-capitalist rioters clashed with police, and built barricades in the streets of Chile's unofficial capitol city on the eve of May Day.

• Santiago, Chile - Hooded protesters destroyed state property, attacked police and their armored vehicles. At least one police officer was injured and 96 protesters were detained during the violence.

• Seoul, South Korea - Students and police clashed during an anti-government march to mark the holiday.

• Ankara, Turkey - Unionists and other protesters exchanged a steady flow of projectiles with riot police. One officer was disarmed and beaten with his own club. Police used chemical weapons, causing at least one demonstrator to be sent to the hospital. The May Day holiday has banned in Turkey since the Taksim Square massacre of 1977.

• Istanbul, Turkey - Unionist as well as anarchists fought street battles with police. Authorities tried to shut down unpermited May Day observances that were planned to take place in Taksim Square.

• Moscow, Russia - Anarchists demonstrated and danced with the help of a portable sound system within sight of the Kremlin. They joined thousands who came out to protest and decry rising food prices that have been affecting poor people around the world.

• Hamburg, Germany - Anti-fascists clashed with police and blocked roads and train lines in order to disrupt a neo-Nazi march. Leftists and anarchists attacked neo-Nazi buses and cars smashing up and torching more than a dozen of them. Twenty Police officers were reported injured, and approximately 250 rioters were detained. Some journalists were also injured at the hands of the extreme right-wing marchers. The riots were the most intense the city has seen in years. Similar riots took place in Berlin and Nuremberg.

• Switzerland - Tens of thousands rallied and marched in cities across the country in support of increased wages and more favorable labor conditions. Unrest broke out in Zurich, where anarchists and others ran riot outside of the officially sanctioned rally. Approximately 300 people were detained during the violence, and two people were injured - one seriously - as a result of an automobile accident.

• Lausanne, Switzerland - Anarchists were the only ones to organize a demonstration. They led a march of hundreds through the downtown area and smashed the windows to businesses including a McDonald's.

• Madrid, Spain - 25,000 people marched to demand economic reform including many members of large anarchist trade unions.

Dari County, Qinghai Province, China - According to Chinese authorities a Tibetan independence insurgent shot and killed a police officer and was fatally wounded himself, as security forces attempted to apprehend the unnamed man, Monday. The alleged insurgent was accused of leading an anti-government riot in March. The shootout took place in China's western Qinghai Province a former territory of Tibet and home to many ethnic Tibetans.

The death was the first that China's Communist government has taken responsibility for since unrest broke out in the region back in March. The incident shows that tensions continue to run high in the area, and that China's troublesome problems will not likely disappear in time for the Beijing Olympic Games.

Saint Joseph, Missouri, U.S. - Military recruiters arrived at their offices Friday morning to find multiple plate glass windows and the windshields to five government cars had been shattered and broken. The offices are housed in five separate storefronts one for each branch of the military: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Recruiters admitted that this had not been the first incident, but it was the most destructive. It appeared that a hammer was used. So far no one has claimed credit for the vandalism.

Athens, Greece - Someone fire-bombed three car dealerships in the early hours of Wednesday, causing extensive damage but no injuries, reports said. The foreign-owned dealerships, among them Opel and Nissan, are located in different parts of the Greek capital, and police said two of the attacks took place simultaneously.

Lakewood, Colorado - Fire officials say arson has been confirmed as the cause of Tuesday's fire at Bear Creek High School. Principal Phyllis Emrich said this morning there would no classes through Monday. The fire broke out around noon Tuesday in a gymnasium, causing extensive smoke damage. No one was injured.

Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand - Vandals stalled construction in the Manawatu River watershed by torching a $750,000 drilling machine. Multimillion-dollar construction projects have have sparked heated battles between current residents, environmental advocates and developers. While above ground eco-groups attempt to slog out compromises in the courts, clandestine saboteurs have been costing the construction industry millions in additional expenses each year. According to Malcolm Abernethy, a technical adviser with the Contractors' Federation, small acts of arson and vandalism are a serious threat to industrial progress. "Every night something probably happens, but it's not always reported."

The burned machinery was owned by Blackley Construction and was the only one of its kind in the country. Blackley Construction operations manager Kevin Bush said the drill was an integral piece of equipment and the incident would probably trigger a change in the company's protocols. Additional expenses would likely include increased security transporting valuable heavy equipment back and forth from job sites twice a day. "We get hit about once a month I'd say. Not this big, but generally something will be targeted," Mr Bush said.

Similar acts of vandalism and sabotage in the U.S. are seen as deadly, serious acts of terrorism. Federal law enforcement has made the disruption and apprehension of underground eco-groups like the Earth Liberation Front a greater priority than right-wing groups with a history of indiscriminate bombings, lynchings and assassinations. Environmentally motivated vandalism, while it has yet to have even injured a single person, was ranked by the FBI as "the No. 1 domestic terrorism threat" in 2005. The Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and anti-abortion fanatics were bafflingly not ranked as serious threats. Eco-saboteurs have as of yet not injured a single person, while Christian anti-abortion terrorists have murdered nearly a dozen people and maimed more than 100 in the U.S. alone. Environmentalists who are apprehended routinely face lifelong prison sentences for their actions.

Lenggeng, Negeri Sembilan State, Malaysia - Some 72 Burmese detainees rioted at a Malaysian holding camp on Monday, torching a building, after hearing they had been denied asylum in a third country, the authorities said. The detainees, who were being held at a camp just outside the capital Kuala Lumpur, forced their way into an administrative block and set it ablaze, after an unsuccessful mass escape attempt.

Just Sunday two bombs exploded in Burma's (also known as Myanmar) largest city Yangon. The nation has been under military rule since it's democratically elected government was prevented from assuming office by a coup in 1990. The first bomb exploded downtown around 8 PM. The second one went off an hour later outside of the high class Traders Hotel. The blasts were small and no injuries were reported. Information in Burma is tightly regulated by the military and little more is known at this time.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada - At least five cop cars were torched and "several" stores damaged in the course of festivities celebrating the Canadiens hockey team's 1st-round playoff victory over the Boston Bruins. In March, anarchists torched six police cars in a Montreal police station parking lot.

UPDATE 4/23 - Describing the attacks as "organized," Montreal police have acknowledged that 11 other cruisers were damaged in addition to the 5 set on fire; damages to all 16 vehicles are estimated to run to $500,000 Canadian.

Athens, Greece - Two anarchist groups Anti-State Action and Subversive Cell claimed responsibility for a pair of firebombings of diplomat cars belonging to the Saudi Arabian embassy early last week. Later in the week another pair of bombings destroyed cars belonging to the Bosnian embassy and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization. Anti-State Action again took credit for one of the attacks. The actions are believed to be in solidarity with an anarchist who was scheduled to stand trial for bank robbery this week.

Savar, Bangladesh - At least 50 people, including 15 policemen, were injured in a two-hour clash between police and workers of a Pakistani garment factory at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ). Sources alleged a feeling of discontent was prevailing among about 3,000 workers, as the authorities were not paying them overtime allowances and proper transportation facilities. Their anger intensified when the quality of their lunch deteriorated. Witnesses said the workers went on the rampage after lunch and ransacked the canteen and furniture of the five-storey building. The workers hurled brickbats at the police, who also charged batons.

Egypt - Clashes between police and residents of Mahalla el-Kobra, including many textile workers angry over high prices and low wages, continued for a second day, with reports of looting, arson and the destruction of a billboard featuring the Egyptian president. Solidarity protests also occurred in Cairo, the capital. Nearly 40 percent Egypt's 76 million-strong population live below or near the poverty line of $2 a day. The prices of staples such as cooking oil and rice have nearly doubled in recent months, amid widespread shortages of government-subsidized bread.

Wariyapola, Sri Lanka - Five prisoners remain at large after a jailbreak in the northwestern part of Sri Lanka, two having already been recaptured.

Mahalla El-Kobra, Egypt — Thousands of demonstrators angry about rising prices and stagnant salaries torched buildings, looted shops and hurled bricks at police who responded with tear gas Sunday in a northern industrial town as Egyptians staged a nationwide strike. Riots broke out among residents and workers at the largest textile factory in Egypt as security forces interfered with workers' plans to participate in the strike. Protesters stormed city hall, burned tires in the streets, smashed chairs through shop windows and ran off with computers. At least two schools were set ablaze and facades of banks were vandalized, police said. Elsewhere across Egypt, thousands skipped work and school and hundreds protested over the rising cost of food and deteriorating working conditions.

In Olympic resistance news, demonstrators against repression and occupation in Tibet repeatedly disrupted the movement of the Olympic torch through London, including one attempt to put it out with a fire extinguisher. Police and security personnel made unscheduled detours including covering part of the route by bus.