Following up our interview with Cary Cronenwett, director of the 2009 film Maggots and Men, we analyze how Maggots and Men builds a queer and trans utopia from the memory of the Kronstadt uprising.
https://cwc.im/KronstadtUtopia
#BeGayDoCrimethInc.
https://cwc.im/KronstadtUtopia
#BeGayDoCrimethInc.
CrimethInc.
Maggots and Men
How Cary Cronenwett’s 2009 film Maggots and Men builds a queer and trans utopia from the memory of the Kronstadt uprising.
150 years ago today, on April 6, 1871, armed participants in the revolutionary Paris Commune seized the guillotine that was stored near the prison in Paris, smashed it into pieces, and burned it in a bonfire.
http://cwc.im/guillotine
The guillotine is not a symbol of liberation.
http://cwc.im/guillotine
The guillotine is not a symbol of liberation.
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Against the Logic of the Guillotine
Fetishizing the guillotine is like fetishizing the state: it means celebrating an instrument of murder that will always be used chiefly against us.
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with nearly 1 out of every 100 adults imprisoned. Republicans want to imprison far more people—and CNN is helping them craft a narrative to justify it.
https://cwc.im/StormtheGates
Abolish prisons. Abolish police.
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https://cwc.im/StormtheGates
Abolish prisons. Abolish police.
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Storming the Gates
From St. Louis to Brooklyn and Atlanta, as repression intensifies, demonstrators are starting to storm the walls of detention facilities from outside.
Our latest report from Greece details the conclusion of the hunger strike of political prisoner Dimitris Koufontinas—the clashes in Nea Smirni and all around Greece in response to continuous police brutality during the lockdown—and more.
https://cwc.im/GreeceApril2021
#antireport
https://cwc.im/GreeceApril2021
#antireport
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Greece: “Our Hatred for the Police Will Bring Us Together”
A report on the conclusion of the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas and massive clashes around Greece in response to rampant police brutality.
"What did you do during the Trump era?" a liberal asked a Portland anarchist.
"Oh, you know... we fought cops, blockaded fascists, occupied ICE facilities, defended families from eviction, and confronted DHS every night."
"Wow, Portland sounds pretty cool," said the liberal. "Where I live, all those things are illegal!"
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Tools and Tactics in the Portland Protests:
https://cwc.im/PortlandTactics
"Oh, you know... we fought cops, blockaded fascists, occupied ICE facilities, defended families from eviction, and confronted DHS every night."
"Wow, Portland sounds pretty cool," said the liberal. "Where I live, all those things are illegal!"
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Tools and Tactics in the Portland Protests:
https://cwc.im/PortlandTactics
CrimethInc.
Tools and Tactics in the Portland Protests
How to employ leaf blowers, umbrellas, shields, lasers, power tools, lacrosse sticks, kitchen mitts, paint bombs, bubbles, balloons, and more.