CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
Argentina: “So-Called Neoliberalism and Its False Critics” https://crimethinc.com/2023Argentina Following up our earlier coverage of the election of far-right economist Javier Milei as the president of Argentina, we present an interview with anarchists in…
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."
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."
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Argentina: “El neoliberalismo denominado y sus falsos críticos”
Anarquistas Desde Territorio Argentino Sobre la Elección de Javier Milei
https://crimethinc.com/ArgentinaD23
El 10 de diciembre, el autodenominado “anarco”capitalista Javier Milei asumió la presidencia de Argentina, después de haber hecho campaña con la promesa de eliminar el Banco Central de Argentina y derrocar al establishment político. ¿Qué sucede cuando un “anarco”capitalista toma el poder?
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Anarquistas Desde Territorio Argentino Sobre la Elección de Javier Milei
https://crimethinc.com/ArgentinaD23
El 10 de diciembre, el autodenominado “anarco”capitalista Javier Milei asumió la presidencia de Argentina, después de haber hecho campaña con la promesa de eliminar el Banco Central de Argentina y derrocar al establishment político. ¿Qué sucede cuando un “anarco”capitalista toma el poder?
#Español
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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.
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.
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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.
#Español
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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According to an anonymous communiqué:
"FEED THE PEOPLE - EAT THE RICH"
"On Friday, December 15, a merry band of miscreants entered Whole Foods and liberated a variety of foods to return necessary resources to our communities.
"The people harvested and prepared these items, and this food belongs to the people. We are merely giving back what is already ours.
"We assert that corporations like Amazon and Whole Foods do a tremendous amount of harm: hoarding wealth and resources, stealing labor, and destroying the land we live on. When we purchase food from Whole Foods, only a small fraction of what we spend is going back to those doing the labor to produce the food - the vast majority of it is funneled into Jeff Bezos's coffers, where it is in turn reinvested in weapon manufacturing, war, and big oil.
"Furthermore, Amazon's contract for Project Nimbus with the IOF means that Bezos profits directly from the ongoing genocide in Palestine."
"FEED THE PEOPLE - EAT THE RICH"
"On Friday, December 15, a merry band of miscreants entered Whole Foods and liberated a variety of foods to return necessary resources to our communities.
"The people harvested and prepared these items, and this food belongs to the people. We are merely giving back what is already ours.
"We assert that corporations like Amazon and Whole Foods do a tremendous amount of harm: hoarding wealth and resources, stealing labor, and destroying the land we live on. When we purchase food from Whole Foods, only a small fraction of what we spend is going back to those doing the labor to produce the food - the vast majority of it is funneled into Jeff Bezos's coffers, where it is in turn reinvested in weapon manufacturing, war, and big oil.
"Furthermore, Amazon's contract for Project Nimbus with the IOF means that Bezos profits directly from the ongoing genocide in Palestine."
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
According to an anonymous communiqué: "FEED THE PEOPLE - EAT THE RICH" "On Friday, December 15, a merry band of miscreants entered Whole Foods and liberated a variety of foods to return necessary resources to our communities. "The people harvested and prepared…
"Boycott. Divest. Shoplift. Not another dime for genocide!
"As of November 2023, Jeff Bezos has a net worth of nearly 170 billion USD, an almost inconceivable amount of wealth. To put it in context, it would take you over 215 lifetimes to manually count the numbers between one and 170 billion.
"Corporations like Whole Foods perpetuate the myth of scarcity which falsely asserts that food must be earned and hunger is an unavoidable consequence of modern society. We see this for the lie it is, and we refute every part of it.
"Access to food is a human right, and we will feed our communities by any means necessary.
"We believe direct action is a vital form of resistance against the capitalist institutions built to crush, starve, and bleed us to death. Solidarity with shoplifters everywhere! We hope you will be inspired to take similar action wherever you are. Move like water. Take back what has always been yours. Become ungovernable."
"As of November 2023, Jeff Bezos has a net worth of nearly 170 billion USD, an almost inconceivable amount of wealth. To put it in context, it would take you over 215 lifetimes to manually count the numbers between one and 170 billion.
"Corporations like Whole Foods perpetuate the myth of scarcity which falsely asserts that food must be earned and hunger is an unavoidable consequence of modern society. We see this for the lie it is, and we refute every part of it.
"Access to food is a human right, and we will feed our communities by any means necessary.
"We believe direct action is a vital form of resistance against the capitalist institutions built to crush, starve, and bleed us to death. Solidarity with shoplifters everywhere! We hope you will be inspired to take similar action wherever you are. Move like water. Take back what has always been yours. Become ungovernable."
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
"Boycott. Divest. Shoplift. Not another dime for genocide! "As of November 2023, Jeff Bezos has a net worth of nearly 170 billion USD, an almost inconceivable amount of wealth. To put it in context, it would take you over 215 lifetimes to manually count the…
According to the anonymous source reported by journalist Talia Jane, all the food seized was redistributed.
Of course, we can't see this action without thinking of the classic CrimethInc. text, "Why I Love Shoplifting," originally published in 1996:
https://crimethinc.com/texts/shoplifting
Of course, we can't see this action without thinking of the classic CrimethInc. text, "Why I Love Shoplifting," originally published in 1996:
https://crimethinc.com/texts/shoplifting
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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.
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.
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Let’s Be Done with Waiting
A Film in Memory of Alfredo Maria Bonanno
On December 6, 2023, Alfredo Maria Bonanno passed away after more than half a century of anarchist activity. In his memory, we present a film adaptation of the final section of one of his best-known works, Armed Joy.
Sound on for the audio!
You can read a short biography of Bonanno here:
https://crimethinc.com/BeDoneWithWaiting
#Español
A Film in Memory of Alfredo Maria Bonanno
On December 6, 2023, Alfredo Maria Bonanno passed away after more than half a century of anarchist activity. In his memory, we present a film adaptation of the final section of one of his best-known works, Armed Joy.
Sound on for the audio!
You can read a short biography of Bonanno here:
https://crimethinc.com/BeDoneWithWaiting
#Español
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In April 2023, the Russian anarchist Dmitry Petrov was killed while fighting in Ukraine. In his memory, we published a biography tracing his revolutionary efforts in Russia, Belarus, Rojava, and Ukraine against the backdrop of intensifying tyranny. The story of his life offers insight into the recent history of the former Soviet Union as well as presenting an inspiring example of all the things an anarchist can accomplish, even in challenging conditions.
Active Distribution published a small book collecting our biography alongside some of his writings and those of his comrades. PM Press finally offers these books for mailorder in the United States now.
https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1651
Active Distribution published a small book collecting our biography alongside some of his writings and those of his comrades. PM Press finally offers these books for mailorder in the United States now.
https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1651
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Today is the birthday of Kuwasi Balagoon—Black Panther, Black Liberation Army fighter, and anarchist. It's a good day to read some of the writing he left us.
You could start with this collection:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/kuwasi-balagoon-a-soldier-s-story
Or this biography:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/akinyele-k-umoja-maroon-kuwasi-balagoon-and-the-evolution-of-revolutionary-new-afrikan-anarchis
You could start with this collection:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/kuwasi-balagoon-a-soldier-s-story
Or this biography:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/akinyele-k-umoja-maroon-kuwasi-balagoon-and-the-evolution-of-revolutionary-new-afrikan-anarchis
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On December 24, 1914, German and British troops stationed across from each other in Belgium made an informal truce in defiance of their commanders.
The Germans began by singing; the British responded with English carols. Both sides shouted Christmas greetings across the wasteland. A few soldiers stuck their heads above the fortifications and, not being fired upon, made their way to meet in the middle. Soon the enemy combatants were exchanging gifts and embraces.
The truce enabled both sides to recover the bodies of their slaughtered comrades, which had been rotting in No Man’s Land. Soldiers of both armies mourned the dead together. The next day, everyone gathered for a football match. We can imagine how senseless the war must have felt that afternoon.
By January, the commanding officers regained control and the young men who had laughed, sang, cried, and played together were once again killing each other.
It is not insubordination that is dangerous, but obedience.
https://crimethinc.com/contradictionary
The Germans began by singing; the British responded with English carols. Both sides shouted Christmas greetings across the wasteland. A few soldiers stuck their heads above the fortifications and, not being fired upon, made their way to meet in the middle. Soon the enemy combatants were exchanging gifts and embraces.
The truce enabled both sides to recover the bodies of their slaughtered comrades, which had been rotting in No Man’s Land. Soldiers of both armies mourned the dead together. The next day, everyone gathered for a football match. We can imagine how senseless the war must have felt that afternoon.
By January, the commanding officers regained control and the young men who had laughed, sang, cried, and played together were once again killing each other.
It is not insubordination that is dangerous, but obedience.
https://crimethinc.com/contradictionary
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La clandestina. Dr Atl 128 Santa Maria la Ribera. Mexico City. December 26.
Desde revuelta popular a tomar la ofensiva.
Presentado por Colectivo CrimethInc.
2020: en plena revuelta anti-political, la policía de Atlanta asesina aún un hombre negro más. Gente enojada y revoltosa se toma el negocio donde lo asesinaron y lo incendian, fundando una zona libre de policía—libre de ley—por un mes.
2021: como respuesta al levantamiento nacional por el asesinato policial de George Floyd, la ciudad de Atlanta propone y aprueba la construcción del centro de entrenamiento policial más grande de EEUU, cuya construcción require la destrucción de un bosque.
...
Desde revuelta popular a tomar la ofensiva.
Presentado por Colectivo CrimethInc.
2020: en plena revuelta anti-political, la policía de Atlanta asesina aún un hombre negro más. Gente enojada y revoltosa se toma el negocio donde lo asesinaron y lo incendian, fundando una zona libre de policía—libre de ley—por un mes.
2021: como respuesta al levantamiento nacional por el asesinato policial de George Floyd, la ciudad de Atlanta propone y aprueba la construcción del centro de entrenamiento policial más grande de EEUU, cuya construcción require la destrucción de un bosque.
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
La clandestina. Dr Atl 128 Santa Maria la Ribera. Mexico City. December 26. Desde revuelta popular a tomar la ofensiva. Presentado por Colectivo CrimethInc. 2020: en plena revuelta anti-political, la policía de Atlanta asesina aún un hombre negro más.…
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2022: ambientalistas, abolicionistas anti-policiales, anarquistas, y otrxs comienzan ocupar el bosque, viviendo ahí y creando un mundillo rebelde entre los árboles, desde el cual lanzan ataques en contra del proyecto que denominan “Cop City” (Ciudad policial).
2023: durante el allanamiento del bosque, un equipo de policía militarizada asesina le joven anarquista Tortuguita. En el balaceo, le pega una bala a uno de los policías del equipo, mientras una autopsia revela que se encuentra más de 50 balas en el cuerpo de Tortuguita. Una marcha de venganza destruyen un auto policial y varios sedes de los fundadores del proyecto. Comienza una etapa de recesión que dura hasta hoy día.
Más allá de una cronología de cuatros años de lucha en Atlanta, analizaremos los elementos, tanto de la toma del Wendys como la lucha en contra de Cop City, que han hecho que duren estas luchas y que sus rebeldes mantengan el protagonismo.
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2022: ambientalistas, abolicionistas anti-policiales, anarquistas, y otrxs comienzan ocupar el bosque, viviendo ahí y creando un mundillo rebelde entre los árboles, desde el cual lanzan ataques en contra del proyecto que denominan “Cop City” (Ciudad policial).
2023: durante el allanamiento del bosque, un equipo de policía militarizada asesina le joven anarquista Tortuguita. En el balaceo, le pega una bala a uno de los policías del equipo, mientras una autopsia revela que se encuentra más de 50 balas en el cuerpo de Tortuguita. Una marcha de venganza destruyen un auto policial y varios sedes de los fundadores del proyecto. Comienza una etapa de recesión que dura hasta hoy día.
Más allá de una cronología de cuatros años de lucha en Atlanta, analizaremos los elementos, tanto de la toma del Wendys como la lucha en contra de Cop City, que han hecho que duren estas luchas y que sus rebeldes mantengan el protagonismo.
#Español
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Tak Zwany Neoliberalizm I Jego Fałszywi Krytycy W Argentynie
https://crimethinc.com/2023/12/15/tak-zwany-neoliberalizm-i-jego-falszywi-krytycy-w-argentynie
10 grudnia samozwańczy „anarchokapitalista” Javier Milei został prezydentem w Argentynie, prowadząc kampanię w oparciu o obietnicę wyeliminowania Banku Centralnego Argentyny i obalenia politycznego establishmentu. Co się dzieje, gdy władzę przejmuje „anarchokapitalista”?
Nie ma czegoś takiego jak „anarchokapitalizm”. Pomysł, że hierarchie tworzone przez kapitalizm mogą być zgodne z anarchistycznym dążeniem do zniesienia narzuconych dysproporcji władzy, jest tak samo wewnętrznie sprzeczny, jak pomysł, że anarchista mógłby zostać szefem rządu.
Od czasu głosowania w sprawie Brexitu, skrajnie prawicowi politycy odnieśli szereg zwycięstw wyborczych, fałszywie przedstawiając się jako buntownicy przeciwko rządzącej elicie, wykorzystując narastające niezadowolenie i sposoby, w jakie liberałowie i lewicowcy kojarzyli się z dominującymi instytucjami.
#Polski
https://crimethinc.com/2023/12/15/tak-zwany-neoliberalizm-i-jego-falszywi-krytycy-w-argentynie
10 grudnia samozwańczy „anarchokapitalista” Javier Milei został prezydentem w Argentynie, prowadząc kampanię w oparciu o obietnicę wyeliminowania Banku Centralnego Argentyny i obalenia politycznego establishmentu. Co się dzieje, gdy władzę przejmuje „anarchokapitalista”?
Nie ma czegoś takiego jak „anarchokapitalizm”. Pomysł, że hierarchie tworzone przez kapitalizm mogą być zgodne z anarchistycznym dążeniem do zniesienia narzuconych dysproporcji władzy, jest tak samo wewnętrznie sprzeczny, jak pomysł, że anarchista mógłby zostać szefem rządu.
Od czasu głosowania w sprawie Brexitu, skrajnie prawicowi politycy odnieśli szereg zwycięstw wyborczych, fałszywie przedstawiając się jako buntownicy przeciwko rządzącej elicie, wykorzystując narastające niezadowolenie i sposoby, w jakie liberałowie i lewicowcy kojarzyli się z dominującymi instytucjami.
#Polski
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The Ex-Worker Podcast episode #104: The Fight against Cop City Confronts Unprecedented Repression
https://crimethinc.com/exworker104
In our final podcast episode of the year, we cover the movement to #StopCopCity across the tumultuous first half of 2023—including the historic events of March 5, when a black bloc hundreds strong marched to the construction site and destroyed it.
https://crimethinc.com/exworker104
In our final podcast episode of the year, we cover the movement to #StopCopCity across the tumultuous first half of 2023—including the historic events of March 5, when a black bloc hundreds strong marched to the construction site and destroyed it.
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