The general strike in Oakland 11 years ago today—on November 2, 2011—marked the high point of the Occupy movement.
In this text, we compare and contrast it with the general strikes of the 20th century in order to identify what could make future general strikes succeed:
https://crimethinc.com/TwoGeneralStrikes
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In this text, we compare and contrast it with the general strikes of the 20th century in order to identify what could make future general strikes succeed:
https://crimethinc.com/TwoGeneralStrikes
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Elon Musk, A Anarchiści
https://crimethinc.com/2022/10/28/elon-musk-a-anarchisci-sledzenie-historii-twittera-od-jego-korzeni-jako-narzedzia-protestu-do-przejecia-przez-elona-muska
Prześledźmy dzieje Twittera od jego oddolnych początków jako narzędzia protestu dla aktywistów, aż do przejęcia przez Muska, szkicując historię kapitalistycznego przejęcia Internetu w kapsułce.
#Polski
https://crimethinc.com/2022/10/28/elon-musk-a-anarchisci-sledzenie-historii-twittera-od-jego-korzeni-jako-narzedzia-protestu-do-przejecia-przez-elona-muska
Prześledźmy dzieje Twittera od jego oddolnych początków jako narzędzia protestu dla aktywistów, aż do przejęcia przez Muska, szkicując historię kapitalistycznego przejęcia Internetu w kapsułce.
#Polski
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As the elections approach, it's a good time to emphasize the importance of continuous local organizing and direct action.
Beyond the Rube Goldberg machine of representative democracy, what can we do together?
https://crimethinc.com/votingversusda
Whoever is elected, let's be ungovernable.
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Beyond the Rube Goldberg machine of representative democracy, what can we do together?
https://crimethinc.com/votingversusda
Whoever is elected, let's be ungovernable.
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Trump administration officials promoted baseless conspiracy theories to manufacture a fake "domestic terrorist threat" for Trump's political gain.
On Donald Trump's instructions, the Department of Homeland Security launched an operation that ensnared countless protesters in a failed attempt to fabricate evidence of an "antifa" terrorist plot.
https://news.yahoo.com/homeland-security-admits-tried-manufacture-114500599.html
We knew this already, but here is evidence of it in the corporate media.
On Donald Trump's instructions, the Department of Homeland Security launched an operation that ensnared countless protesters in a failed attempt to fabricate evidence of an "antifa" terrorist plot.
https://news.yahoo.com/homeland-security-admits-tried-manufacture-114500599.html
We knew this already, but here is evidence of it in the corporate media.
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Left Electoralism, Fascist Direct Action, and Anti-Fascist Resistance
https://crimethinc.com/BrazilElection2022
The clashes over the 2022 elections in Brazil offer a glimpse of a future in which the far right reorganizes while the institutional left continues to bet on a collapsing social order.
It is a mistake to count on the authorities to halt the resurgence of fascism, ceding the streets to the far right as a stage for action and recruiting. By the time this becomes clear to the institutional left, it will be too late to build a grassroots movement from scratch.
https://crimethinc.com/BrazilElection2022
The clashes over the 2022 elections in Brazil offer a glimpse of a future in which the far right reorganizes while the institutional left continues to bet on a collapsing social order.
It is a mistake to count on the authorities to halt the resurgence of fascism, ceding the streets to the far right as a stage for action and recruiting. By the time this becomes clear to the institutional left, it will be too late to build a grassroots movement from scratch.
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We salute those in Brazil who take direct action against fascism and capitalism in all their forms. The struggle continues. 🏴
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In fall 2020, the New York Times spread fear that street protests would cost Biden the election.
But when they actually crunched the numbers, they had to admit that more of those who cited the protests as a factor in their decision voted for Biden:
https://nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/black-lives-matter-protests.html
This is important because liberals have tried to overwrite the popular memory of the George Floyd uprising with their own defeatist narratives.
But if not for the riots, most people would never have heard George Floyd's name, nor mobilized against police violence—nor been prepared to respond to a potential Trump coup.
The truth is, liberals like those at the New York Times are so anxious about losing control of the streets that they're willing to risk far-right victories.
But social change doesn't come from being passive. It comes from taking action together—and that even spills over into idle activities like voting.
But when they actually crunched the numbers, they had to admit that more of those who cited the protests as a factor in their decision voted for Biden:
https://nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/black-lives-matter-protests.html
This is important because liberals have tried to overwrite the popular memory of the George Floyd uprising with their own defeatist narratives.
But if not for the riots, most people would never have heard George Floyd's name, nor mobilized against police violence—nor been prepared to respond to a potential Trump coup.
The truth is, liberals like those at the New York Times are so anxious about losing control of the streets that they're willing to risk far-right victories.
But social change doesn't come from being passive. It comes from taking action together—and that even spills over into idle activities like voting.
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Today marks 100 years since Arseny Avraamov's "Symphony of Sirens" in Baku, described in our first book, Days of War, Nights of Love (https://crimethinc.com/days_of_war).
"On this day intrepid Russian experimental composer Arseny Mikhailovich Avraamov ascended to the roof of a tall building and directed a concert of factory sirens, steam whistles, artillery, and everything else in the city of Baku capable of making loud noise; for the climax of the piece, the entire fleet of the Caspian Sea joined in with their foghorns."
You can hear a recreation of the symphony here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2MoALz8I8
"On this day intrepid Russian experimental composer Arseny Mikhailovich Avraamov ascended to the roof of a tall building and directed a concert of factory sirens, steam whistles, artillery, and everything else in the city of Baku capable of making loud noise; for the climax of the piece, the entire fleet of the Caspian Sea joined in with their foghorns."
You can hear a recreation of the symphony here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2MoALz8I8
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Please support Russian anti-war protesters! Here is a fundraiser for them:
https://avtonom.org/en/news/support-russian-anti-war-prisoners-0
And here is some background on the current situation for anti-war protesters in Russia:
https://crimethinc.com/RussiaMobilization
“The only way this war could have been averted—and likely the only way it can be stopped now without tremendous loss of life on both sides—would be if a powerful and internationalist anti-war movement broke out in Russia, destabilizing Putin’s government... If the war drags on indefinitely, or is concluded by the brute force of nationalist militarism, that will drive people on all sides of the conflict into nationalist and militarist camps for decades to come. But if the war in Ukraine comes to an end as a result of the rebellion and solidarity of ordinary people, that could set a precedent for more rebellion, more mutiny, more solidarity."
https://avtonom.org/en/news/support-russian-anti-war-prisoners-0
And here is some background on the current situation for anti-war protesters in Russia:
https://crimethinc.com/RussiaMobilization
“The only way this war could have been averted—and likely the only way it can be stopped now without tremendous loss of life on both sides—would be if a powerful and internationalist anti-war movement broke out in Russia, destabilizing Putin’s government... If the war drags on indefinitely, or is concluded by the brute force of nationalist militarism, that will drive people on all sides of the conflict into nationalist and militarist camps for decades to come. But if the war in Ukraine comes to an end as a result of the rebellion and solidarity of ordinary people, that could set a precedent for more rebellion, more mutiny, more solidarity."
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Od demokracji do wolności
https://crimethinc.com/2016/04/29/od-demokracji-do-wolnosci-3
Od przełomu wieków obserwujemy lawinę nowych ruchów obiecujących wprowadzić prawdziwą demokrację, w przeciwieństwie do pozornie demokratycznych instytucji, które opisują jako wykluczające, przymusowe i alienujące.
Czy istnieje wspólny mianownik dla wszystkich tych rodzajów demokracji? Który z nich jest tym prawdziwym? Czy którykolwiek z nich może zapewnić inkluzywność i wolność, które utożsamiamy z tym słowem?
Im bardziej zacięte walki wstrząsają dzisiejszymi demokracjami, tym bardziej wzrastają stawki tej dyskusji. Jeśli nadal będziemy próbować zastąpić panujący porządek bardziej partycypacyjną wersją jego samego, będziemy kończyć w punkcie wyjścia, a inni, którzy podzielają nasze rozczarowanie, będą skłaniać się ku bardziej autorytarnym alternatywom. Potrzebujemy struktur mogących spełnić obietnice, których demokracja nie dotrzymała.
#Polski
https://crimethinc.com/2016/04/29/od-demokracji-do-wolnosci-3
Od przełomu wieków obserwujemy lawinę nowych ruchów obiecujących wprowadzić prawdziwą demokrację, w przeciwieństwie do pozornie demokratycznych instytucji, które opisują jako wykluczające, przymusowe i alienujące.
Czy istnieje wspólny mianownik dla wszystkich tych rodzajów demokracji? Który z nich jest tym prawdziwym? Czy którykolwiek z nich może zapewnić inkluzywność i wolność, które utożsamiamy z tym słowem?
Im bardziej zacięte walki wstrząsają dzisiejszymi demokracjami, tym bardziej wzrastają stawki tej dyskusji. Jeśli nadal będziemy próbować zastąpić panujący porządek bardziej partycypacyjną wersją jego samego, będziemy kończyć w punkcie wyjścia, a inni, którzy podzielają nasze rozczarowanie, będą skłaniać się ku bardziej autorytarnym alternatywom. Potrzebujemy struktur mogących spełnić obietnice, których demokracja nie dotrzymała.
#Polski
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Électoralisme de gauche, action directe fasciste et résistance antifasciste
https://fr.crimethinc.com/2022/11/06/electoralisme-de-gauche-action-directe-fasciste-et-resistance-antifasciste-elections-bresiliennes-de-2022
Les élections brésiliennes de 2022 donnent à voir un aperçu du futur alors que l’extrême droite se réorganise pendant que la gauche institutionnelle continue à miser sur un ordre social en train de s’effondrer.
#Français
https://fr.crimethinc.com/2022/11/06/electoralisme-de-gauche-action-directe-fasciste-et-resistance-antifasciste-elections-bresiliennes-de-2022
Les élections brésiliennes de 2022 donnent à voir un aperçu du futur alors que l’extrême droite se réorganise pendant que la gauche institutionnelle continue à miser sur un ordre social en train de s’effondrer.
#Français
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Miliardář a anarchisté
Po stopách Twitteru od jeho kořenů jako protestního nástroje až po akvizici Elonem Muskem
https://crimethinc.com/2022/10/28/miliardar-a-anarchiste-po-stopach-twitteru-od-jeho-korenu-jako-protestniho-nastroje-az-po-akvizici-elonem-muskem
Podívejme se na Twitter od jeho počátků jako protestního nástroje pro aktivisty až po Muskovu akvizici a načrtněme historii kapitalistického ovládnutí internetu na tomto příkladu.
#Čeština
Po stopách Twitteru od jeho kořenů jako protestního nástroje až po akvizici Elonem Muskem
https://crimethinc.com/2022/10/28/miliardar-a-anarchiste-po-stopach-twitteru-od-jeho-korenu-jako-protestniho-nastroje-az-po-akvizici-elonem-muskem
Podívejme se na Twitter od jeho počátků jako protestního nástroje pro aktivisty až po Muskovu akvizici a načrtněme historii kapitalistického ovládnutí internetu na tomto příkladu.
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We'll be tabling this weekend at the Boston Anarchist Book Fair! Come by our table and help yourself to an array of books and zines.📚
November 12-13, 10 am to 5 pm each day, at the Democracy Center, 45 Mt Auburn, in Cambridge.
http://bostonanarchistbookfair.org
#BABF22
November 12-13, 10 am to 5 pm each day, at the Democracy Center, 45 Mt Auburn, in Cambridge.
http://bostonanarchistbookfair.org
#BABF22
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Il miliardario e gli anarchici
https://crimethinc.com/2022/10/28/il-miliardario-e-gli-anarchici-tracing-twitter-from-its-roots-as-a-protest-tool-to-elon-musks-acquisition-1
Qui ripercorreremo la storia di Twitter dalle sue origini come strumento di protesta per gli attivisti fino all’acquisizione da parte di Musk, tracciando una storia dell’acquisizione capitalistica del microcosmo Internet.
#Italiano
https://crimethinc.com/2022/10/28/il-miliardario-e-gli-anarchici-tracing-twitter-from-its-roots-as-a-protest-tool-to-elon-musks-acquisition-1
Qui ripercorreremo la storia di Twitter dalle sue origini come strumento di protesta per gli attivisti fino all’acquisizione da parte di Musk, tracciando una storia dell’acquisizione capitalistica del microcosmo Internet.
#Italiano
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Cos’è la cultura della sicurezza?
https://crimethinc.com/2004/11/01/cose-la-cultura-della-sicurezza-1
La cultura della sicurezza è un set di abitudini condivide da una comunità di cui i membri potrebbero essere presi di mira dal governo, ed è pensata pr minimizzare i rischi. Quindi, la cultura della sicurezza è la pratica di stabilire un insieme di aspettative condivise per ridurre al minimo i rischi.
#Italiano
https://crimethinc.com/2004/11/01/cose-la-cultura-della-sicurezza-1
La cultura della sicurezza è un set di abitudini condivide da una comunità di cui i membri potrebbero essere presi di mira dal governo, ed è pensata pr minimizzare i rischi. Quindi, la cultura della sicurezza è la pratica di stabilire un insieme di aspettative condivise per ridurre al minimo i rischi.
#Italiano
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