Yesterday, during a protest against Argentina's new "anarcho"-capitalist president in front of the congress building in Buenos Aires, we saw one police officer wearing a "don't tread on me" insignia in imitation of fascists in the United States.

There's no such thing as "anarcho-capitalism." Anarchists are opposed to the state; "anarcho"-capitalists are just capitalists who oppose state regulation of the economy when it is inconvenient for them, but support and depend on the violence of the state.

Solidarity with those in Argentina fighting against capitalism, fascism, police, the state, and so-called "anarcho"-capitalists.

https://crimethinc.com/Argentina2023

Today, the billionaire Sebastián Piñera died in a helicopter crash. His policies while president of Chile contributed to the desperation that ultimately provoked the uprising of 2019.

As Milton Friedman said, “There’s no such thing as a free helicopter ride!”

You can learn more about the 2019 uprising here:

https://crimethinc.com/podcasts/the-ex-worker/episodes/71

"Free helicopter rides" has been a meme among fascists inspired by the extrajudicial murders of leftists that the Argentine and Chilean governments carried out.

The personal helicopter pilot of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet openly admitted that he threw prisoners into the ocean from his helicopter. As head of state, Sebastián Piñera inherited and perpetuated Pinochet's legacy, forcing capitalism on the Chilean population despite brave and widespread resistance.

https://www.emol.com/noticias/todas/2001/01/11/42929/ex-piloto-de-pinochet-reconocio-que-lanzo-cuerpos-al-mar.html

The new episode of the Ex-Worker podcast is up!

https://crimethinc.com/exworker105

It's an audio version of "Don’t Stop: Continuing the Fight Against Cop City," our most recent article chronicling the ongoing movement to #StopCopCity in Atlanta.

This report traces the activities of the movement to defend the Weelaunee Forest from June to December 2023, discussing the relationship between clandestine direct action and public organizing, evaluating the Block Cop City march in November, and exploring the movement's strategic prospects from here.

If the FBI Approaches You to Become an Informant
An FAQ: What You Need to Know

https://crimethinc.com/InformantFAQ

Federal agents approach you. Perhaps they just ask a couple offhand questions; perhaps they have a deal to propose. They might tell you they are trying to help you; they might tell you that you are in a lot of trouble and it will just get worse unless you cooperate with them; they might tell you that they need your help to prevent something terrible from happening. But whatever they say, you can’t be sure what their real agenda is or what they’re trying to learn.

Whether you’ve already been approached for interrogation or you simply want to be prepared for the possibility, this FAQ answers all the questions you might have.

Police in Atlanta executed three house raids this morning and have announced that they are charging one arrestee with arson in connection with the movement to #StopCopCity.

This is a good time to review best practices in the event of a police visit to your own home:

https://crimethinc.com/posters/when-the-police-knock-on-your-door-your-rights-and-options

This primer covers what to do if representatives of any law enforcement agency visit your home—including questioning, searches, warrants, subpoenas, and more.

Whoever you are, whatever you're doing, it's always a good idea to brush up on this stuff.

Strategien für die Palästina Solidarität: Die Erweiterung des Instrumentariums

Von Forderungen zu direkten Aktionen

https://crimethinc.com/2023/11/03/strategien-fur-die-palastina-solidaritat-die-erweiterung-des-instrumentariums-von-forderungen-zu-direkten-aktionen

In Atlanta, Georgia haben Abolitionist*innen und Naturschützer*innen dreieinhalb Jahre lang gekämpft, um den Bau einer als Cop City bekannten Einrichtung zur Militarisierung der Polizei zu verhindern. Dieselbe Polizei, die versucht, diese Bewegung zu zerschlagen, hat jahrzehntelang mit der israelischen Polizei tödliche Strategien der Aufstandsbekämpfung ausgetauscht und trainiert. Im folgenden Text erklärt ein jüdisches Kollektiv, das sich am Kampf gegen Cop City beteiligt hat, warum es sich der Solidarität mit den Palästinenser*innen verpflichtet fühlt und was nötig ist, um den Angriff des israelischen Militärs auf Gaza zu stoppen.

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Human Rights Discourse Has Failed to Stop the Genocide in Gaza

https://crimethinc.com/GazaGenocide

Four months into the assault on Gaza, the Israeli military has forced over a million refugees to the edge of the Egyptian border and is now bombing them while threatening to mount a ground assault against them.

Jonathan Pollak, a longtime participant in Anarchists Against the Wall and other anti-colonial solidarity efforts, explains why we should not look to international institutions or protest movements within Israeli society to put a stop to the genocide in Gaza and calls on ordinary people to take action.

Today marks four years since the passing of Aragorn!, a tireless polemicist and curator of anarchist infrastructure.

In this elegy, we explored the ways that his legacy challenges us, concluding with remembrances from comrades who shared some of his journey.

https://crimethinc.com/2020/02/19/aragorn-elegy-for-an-antagonist-on-hostility-and-its-limits

You can also read this interview conducted in summer 2018, in which he recounts his childhood in Grand Rapids, his youth in the hardcore scene, his introduction to anarchism, the motivations that drove him, and what it means to commit oneself to a life against the grain—traversing four decades of anarchist history.

https://crimethinc.com/2020/02/19/a-hell-of-a-mistress-the-beautiful-idea-an-interview-with-aragorn

Notes on Love

https://crimethinc.com/notesonlove

On a day often filled with consumerism and shallow romanticism, this manifesto from a comrade in New York City explores love as a foundation for militancy—a means of both resisting and redeeming.