Four years ago today, a revolt broke out in Chile, wresting control of the streets from the police.
For a month, Santiago and many other parts of Chile were self-organized via a decentralized network of neighborhood assemblies employing a wide array of decision-making structures, each one shaped directly by the participants.
https://crimethinc.com/2020/10/15/chile-looking-back-on-a-year-of-uprising-what-makes-revolt-spread-and-what-hinders-it
Although the revolt was ultimately trapped in the blind alley of constitutional reform, that illustrates the importance of developing a transformative approach to social change rather than falling back on electoral strategies.
Listen to our podcast series on the Chilean uprising starting here:
https://crimethinc.com/podcasts/the-ex-worker/episodes/70
For a month, Santiago and many other parts of Chile were self-organized via a decentralized network of neighborhood assemblies employing a wide array of decision-making structures, each one shaped directly by the participants.
https://crimethinc.com/2020/10/15/chile-looking-back-on-a-year-of-uprising-what-makes-revolt-spread-and-what-hinders-it
Although the revolt was ultimately trapped in the blind alley of constitutional reform, that illustrates the importance of developing a transformative approach to social change rather than falling back on electoral strategies.
Listen to our podcast series on the Chilean uprising starting here:
https://crimethinc.com/podcasts/the-ex-worker/episodes/70
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Z Galileje do Gazy
https://crimethinc.com/2023/10/17/z-galileje-do-gazy-hlas-z-palestiny
Palestinec žijící v Galileji hovoří o útoku na Gazu a pokračujícím palestinském boji za osvobození.
#Čeština
https://crimethinc.com/2023/10/17/z-galileje-do-gazy-hlas-z-palestiny
Palestinec žijící v Galileji hovoří o útoku na Gazu a pokračujícím palestinském boji za osvobození.
#Čeština
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Hundreds of Jewish protesters and their supporters have occupied the Congress of the United States, chanting "Ceasefire now!" in reference to the ongoing slaughter of people in Gaza.
Video from Jewish Voices for Peace:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyjQqr4g9kc/
Background:
https://crimethinc.com/Galilee
https://crimethinc.com/Palestine2023
Video from Jewish Voices for Peace:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyjQqr4g9kc/
Background:
https://crimethinc.com/Galilee
https://crimethinc.com/Palestine2023
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De la Galilée à Gaza
https://crimethinc.com/2023/10/17/de-la-galilee-a-gaza-une-voix-de-palestine
Un palestinien de la région de Galilée nous parle de l’assaut sur Gaza et la lutte palestinienne pour la libération.
#Français
https://crimethinc.com/2023/10/17/de-la-galilee-a-gaza-une-voix-de-palestine
Un palestinien de la région de Galilée nous parle de l’assaut sur Gaza et la lutte palestinienne pour la libération.
#Français
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At this point, it's widely understood that Benjamin Netanyahu helped to support the rise of Hamas. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas,” Netanyahu said in 2019.
But there is less discussion about how US foreign policy set the stage for the events of October 7, 2023.
In an article published in 2006, we suggested that one way to understand the Bush administration's otherwise incomprehensible decisions in Iraq was to assume that they were not trying to suppress jihadism, but to foster it.
https://crimethinc.com/2006/09/11/mission-accomplished-why-bush-is-counting-on-the-islamic-resistance
At the time, the text was received as imaginative speculation—but 17 years later, it looks prescient. It foretold the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq, predicted the extension of the label “terrorist” to ordinary activists in the United States, and foresaw how the situation in Palestine foreshadowed other ethnic conflicts and forms of mass repression.
But there is less discussion about how US foreign policy set the stage for the events of October 7, 2023.
In an article published in 2006, we suggested that one way to understand the Bush administration's otherwise incomprehensible decisions in Iraq was to assume that they were not trying to suppress jihadism, but to foster it.
https://crimethinc.com/2006/09/11/mission-accomplished-why-bush-is-counting-on-the-islamic-resistance
At the time, the text was received as imaginative speculation—but 17 years later, it looks prescient. It foretold the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq, predicted the extension of the label “terrorist” to ordinary activists in the United States, and foresaw how the situation in Palestine foreshadowed other ethnic conflicts and forms of mass repression.
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
At this point, it's widely understood that Benjamin Netanyahu helped to support the rise of Hamas. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas,” Netanyahu said in 2019. But there is less discussion…
On the Republican Party, though it could just as easily be said of Netanyahu:
"By a process of natural selection, they have come to pursue policies that tend to get their supporters shot down, blown up, and kidnapped, because these unfortunate effects drive more supporters into their arms."
"By a process of natural selection, they have come to pursue policies that tend to get their supporters shot down, blown up, and kidnapped, because these unfortunate effects drive more supporters into their arms."
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We’ve prepared a zine version of “From the Galilee to Gaza,” offering a Palestinian perspective from north of Gaza:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/from-the-galilee-to-gaza
Please print and distribute.
https://crimethinc.com/zines/from-the-galilee-to-gaza
Please print and distribute.
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On the platform previously known as Twitter, Elon Musk has apparently given orders to automatically remove those who follow the account of Palestine Action US (@Pal_ActionUS). Many people have reported that after following that account, their accounts automatically unfollow it. We can confirm this ourselves.
Whatever your politics in regard to Palestine, this is an important precedent. It confirms that Elon Musk bought Twitter in order to make it impossible for people to communicate except in ways that align with his personal agenda as a billionaire and racist.
Relying on X/Twitter to communicate means enabling Elon Musk to personally determine whom we can hear and whom is silenced.
crimethinc.com/TwitterCanary
For a world without billionaires and the social media platforms they control!
Whatever your politics in regard to Palestine, this is an important precedent. It confirms that Elon Musk bought Twitter in order to make it impossible for people to communicate except in ways that align with his personal agenda as a billionaire and racist.
Relying on X/Twitter to communicate means enabling Elon Musk to personally determine whom we can hear and whom is silenced.
crimethinc.com/TwitterCanary
For a world without billionaires and the social media platforms they control!
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
On the platform previously known as Twitter, Elon Musk has apparently given orders to automatically remove those who follow the account of Palestine Action US (@Pal_ActionUS). Many people have reported that after following that account, their accounts automatically…
For decades, we've all known that the important thing to pay attention to in corporate media coverage is not the news itself, but rather, what their narrative framing can tell us about what they want us to believe.
Today, we can say the same thing about how social media presents us to each other.
Today, we can say the same thing about how social media presents us to each other.
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Preparamos uma versão zine de “Da Galileia à Gaza”, oferecendo uma perspectiva palestina do norte de Gaza:
https://pt.crimethinc.com/zines/da-galileia-a-gaza
Por favor imprima e distribua.
#Português
https://pt.crimethinc.com/zines/da-galileia-a-gaza
Por favor imprima e distribua.
#Português
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A court in Rome has denied the request to release the anarchist political prisoner Alfredo Cospito from solitary confinement under the cruel “41bis” regime. Starting a year ago, Alfredo undertook a life-threatening four-month hunger strike demanding to be transferred. This coincided with solidarity actions throughout Italy and around the world.
Even Alfredo's worst enemies, officials from the anti-terrorism departments, recommended his transfer. But the court is determined to impose as much suffering as possible.
Background:
https://crimethinc.com/alfredocospito
"Alfredo’s situation represents a threat to all of us. When environmental protesters are charged with terrorism simply for occupying trees, it is common sense to anticipate that what is done to Alfredo today will be done to a wider range of arrestees tomorrow."
You can write to Alfredo here:
Alfredo Cospito
C. C. "G. Bacchiddu"
strada provinciale 56 n. 4
Località Bancali, 07100 Sassari
Italy
Even Alfredo's worst enemies, officials from the anti-terrorism departments, recommended his transfer. But the court is determined to impose as much suffering as possible.
Background:
https://crimethinc.com/alfredocospito
"Alfredo’s situation represents a threat to all of us. When environmental protesters are charged with terrorism simply for occupying trees, it is common sense to anticipate that what is done to Alfredo today will be done to a wider range of arrestees tomorrow."
You can write to Alfredo here:
Alfredo Cospito
C. C. "G. Bacchiddu"
strada provinciale 56 n. 4
Località Bancali, 07100 Sassari
Italy
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“Ядерная сверхдержава и обездоленный народ”
https://crimethinc.com/2023/10/08/iadiernaia-svierkhdierzhava-i-obiezdoliennyi-narod-anarkhist-iz-iaffo-ob-eskalatsii-v-paliestinie-i-izrailskikh-riepriessiiakh-1
Анархист из Яффо, которому грозит тюремное заключение за акции солидарности, рассказывает о насилии в Палестине, израильской судебной системе и о том, как поддержать палестинских заключенных.
#Русский
https://crimethinc.com/2023/10/08/iadiernaia-svierkhdierzhava-i-obiezdoliennyi-narod-anarkhist-iz-iaffo-ob-eskalatsii-v-paliestinie-i-izrailskikh-riepriessiiakh-1
Анархист из Яффо, которому грозит тюремное заключение за акции солидарности, рассказывает о насилии в Палестине, израильской судебной системе и о том, как поддержать палестинских заключенных.
#Русский
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Solidarita mezi vysídlenými
https://crimethinc.com/2023/09/19/solidarita-mezi-vysidlenymi-jak-rusti-anarchiste-v-exilu-podporovali-armenske-uprchlicke-squattery
Ruští anarchisté v arménském exilu šli příkladem v solidaritě a podpořili arménské uprchlíky, kteří obsadili opuštěné ministerstvo obrany.
#Čeština
https://crimethinc.com/2023/09/19/solidarita-mezi-vysidlenymi-jak-rusti-anarchiste-v-exilu-podporovali-armenske-uprchlicke-squattery
Ruští anarchisté v arménském exilu šli příkladem v solidaritě a podpořili arménské uprchlíky, kteří obsadili opuštěné ministerstvo obrany.
#Čeština
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От Галилеи до Газы
https://crimethinc.com/2023/10/17/ot-galiliei-do-gazy-golos-iz-paliestiny
Палестинец, живущий в Галилее, рассказывает о нападении на Газу и продолжающейся палестинской борьбе за освобождение.
#Русский
https://crimethinc.com/2023/10/17/ot-galiliei-do-gazy-golos-iz-paliestiny
Палестинец, живущий в Галилее, рассказывает о нападении на Газу и продолжающейся палестинской борьбе за освобождение.
#Русский
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We have printed a big stack of our new pamphlet From the Galilee to Gaza to include in mailorders.
To order from us:
https://crimethinc.com/store
To print copies of the zine yourself:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/from-the-galilee-to-gaza
To order from us:
https://crimethinc.com/store
To print copies of the zine yourself:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/from-the-galilee-to-gaza
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Our comrades at Municipal Adhesives have made a sticker version of our #StopCopCity "Defend the Forest" poster. You can order them here quite cheap:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1455172002/sticker-defend-the-forest-no-cop-city
Municipal Adhesives donated the cost of printing these stickers to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. So can you:
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/
Credit to Breakaway for the original design:
https://breakawaybreakaway.bandcamp.com/
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1455172002/sticker-defend-the-forest-no-cop-city
Municipal Adhesives donated the cost of printing these stickers to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. So can you:
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/
Credit to Breakaway for the original design:
https://breakawaybreakaway.bandcamp.com/
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Last Saturday, Charlottesville’s Black history museum melted down the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. The statue had been a rallying point for fascists, including the "Unite the Right" rally in 2017 during which one of them murdered Heather Heyer and grievously injured many others.
For years, anti-racists had fruitlessly requested the removal of Confederate statues around the country. Far-right politicians responded with laws making it illegal to remove them. Only after anarchists and other abolitionists used illegal direct action to pull down statues—starting in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina and spreading all around the United States—were liberal politicians forced to remove some of the statues that remained.
https://crimethinc.com/StatuesDown
The struggle against white supremacy continues. Direct action plays an essential role.
For years, anti-racists had fruitlessly requested the removal of Confederate statues around the country. Far-right politicians responded with laws making it illegal to remove them. Only after anarchists and other abolitionists used illegal direct action to pull down statues—starting in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina and spreading all around the United States—were liberal politicians forced to remove some of the statues that remained.
https://crimethinc.com/StatuesDown
The struggle against white supremacy continues. Direct action plays an essential role.
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