You could read these two articles in today's issue of the New York Times admitting that, despite expectations that they would make police accountable, buying police body cameras has wasted millions of dollars without any real impact.

Or you could read the article we published seven years ago, arguing the same thing.

https://crimethinc.com/bodycams

Ever since the Brexit vote, far-right politicians have won a series of victories by falsely portraying themselves as rebels against the ruling elite, taking advantage of simmering discontent and the ways that liberals and leftists have associated themselves with the prevailing institutions.

In practice, Javier Milei's “anarcho”-capitalism involves no anarchism, but plenty of capitalism. Rather than abolishing the Central Bank as he promised, Milei’s first act was to make the former president of the Central Bank his minister of the economy. His security minister, Patricia Bullrich, says she will charge organizers and individual protesters for the cost of policing demonstrations. As the authorities will be the ones deciding how much policing each demonstration requires, this policy will enable police to shake down ordinary people in precisely the way that “anarcho”-capitalists accuse socialists of doing.

As the Argentine anarchists we interviewed put it, "It is time to insist on the necessity of a rupture."

Camera, Action!

https://crimethinc.com/CameraAction

On January 26 and 27, during the first International Gathering of Anarchist and Anti-Authoritarian Practices against Borders in Tijuana, Mexico, the Ex-Worker Podcast will present a curated series of anarchist films from around the world. In addition to showing our own published shorts and debuting some new material, we will curate a series of anarchist features, dramas, video propaganda, oddities, and experiments.

You're invited to submit your work!

Here, we present our submission parameters and review some of the precedents for anti-border gatherings like this one.

Cámara, Acción!

https://crimethinc.com/CamaraAccion

Una selección de videos compartidos en vivo en el Encuentro Internacional de Prácticas Anarquícas y Antiautoritarias, 25-27 de Enero 2024 en Tijuana, México.

Los días 26 y 27, compartiremos películas, cortometrajes, y videos anarquistas desde diferentes partes del mundo. Adémas de nuestros propios documentales y videos nuevos, pretendemos comisariar una serie de películas, propaganda audiovisual, y experimentos videográficos que tienen que ver con experiencias, luchas, y prácticas anárquicas.

Para entregarnos videos a compartir en el encuentro, por favor contáctanos.

Esperamos verlxs ahí.

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Autonomous Actions against Amazon

https://crimethinc.com/BlockAmazon2023

On December 17 and 18, demonstrators in Oregon and Washington shut down two Amazon warehouses and a construction site in order to impose consequences for Amazon’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza and the destruction that it is wreaking on the natural world. This is the latest in a series of solidarity actions around the region that show how effective leaderless organizing can be.