Seven years ago, on January 20, 2017, police surrounded and arrested over 200 people in the vicinity of a confrontational march against the inauguration of Donald Trump. Prosecutors brought identical felony charges against almost every single arrestee in one of the most dramatic escalations of state repression of the Trump era. For a year and a half, people around the United States mobilized to support the defendants and beat back this attempt to set a new precedent in repression. The J20 case was one of the most important court cases about the freedom to protest in modern US history—and the defendants won.

Now, in response to the movement to #StopCopCity, prosecutors in Georgia are trying something similar, pressing RICO and domestic terrorism charges against dozens of people who were arrested at random. We strongly recommend reading this overview of the legal support strategy that defeated the J20 prosecution.

"We’ve Got Your Back: The Story of the J20 Defense"

https://crimethinc.com/J20legal

Today, we remember how, on the first day of Trump's presidency, several hundred brave people converged at Logan Circle in DC to demonstrate the tactics that millions would later be compelled to adopt during the uprising of 2020.

https://cwc.im/J20Analysis

Famously, one of them punched fascist organizer Richard Spencer in the face—and got away with it.

One month from today, people will gather in Tucson, Arizona for a convergence supporting the movement to #StopCopCity.

https://www.instagram.com/stopcopcitysummit

The infrastructure that the police state depends on is distributed all around the country. Everyday people can fight Cop City anywhere there are contractors, funders, insurance providers, or politicians with ties to the project.

To change anything, start everywhere—to change everything, start anywhere.

Three Classic CrimethInc. Books in Portuguese

https://crimethinc.com/PortugueseBooks2024

Our comrades in Brazil have done new print runs of three of our books in Portuguese: Recipes for Disaster, Expect Resistance, and Days of War, Nights of Love.

You can order them here:

https://1000contra.com.br/categoria/crimethinc/

El Encuentro Zapatista 2024

https://crimethinc.com/2024/01/18/el-encuentro-zapatista-2024-un-reportaje-con-imagenes-de-una-obra-de-teatro-sobre-el-movimiento-para-detener-ciudad-cop

Un reportaje sobre el encuentro zapatista celebrando 30 años desde el levantamiento de 1994, incluyendo imágenes de una obra de teatro sobre el movimiento para detener Cop City.

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