A year after the George Floyd uprising, what has changed—and what can we learn from this?
https://cwc.im/DaunteWright
An account from Minneapolis, discussing the past 48 hours of grieving and revolt in response to the police murdering Daunte Wright.
https://cwc.im/DaunteWright
An account from Minneapolis, discussing the past 48 hours of grieving and revolt in response to the police murdering Daunte Wright.
CrimethInc.
The Murder of Daunte Wright: Co-optation and Revolt
A year after the George Floyd Uprising, what has changed—and what can we learn? An account from 48 hours of protest and grieving in the Twin Cities.
Months ago, people in Portland sent gas masks to Minneapolis to prepare for the next stage of the struggle against police violence.
Last night, medics were able to stay behind and help others evacuate through the tear gas in part because of those masks.
This is what solidarity looks like. Take care of each other—so we can be effective everywhere.
For more information about how to protect yourself with gas masks and goggles, you can consult this guide:
https://cwc.im/GasMasks
Here is a guide to choosing a helmet that is right for you:
https://cwc.im/helmets
And here is a guide to body armor:
https://cwc.im/bodyarmor
Last night, medics were able to stay behind and help others evacuate through the tear gas in part because of those masks.
This is what solidarity looks like. Take care of each other—so we can be effective everywhere.
For more information about how to protect yourself with gas masks and goggles, you can consult this guide:
https://cwc.im/GasMasks
Here is a guide to choosing a helmet that is right for you:
https://cwc.im/helmets
And here is a guide to body armor:
https://cwc.im/bodyarmor
Extreme militarized police violence took place in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota tonight, as police and National Guard fired projectiles at demonstrators equipped only with umbrellas and threatened them with live ammunition:
https://twitter.com/daviss/status/1382162743235579904
"We don’t want no more casualties—we don’t want no more martyrs—we don’t want nobody else getting hurt out here tonight."
-Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, subtly threatening demonstrators last night.
https://cwc.im/DaunteWright
Under Republicans or Democrats—police are an occupying army. Rest in power Daunte Wright. Let's make a world without police.
https://twitter.com/daviss/status/1382162743235579904
"We don’t want no more casualties—we don’t want no more martyrs—we don’t want nobody else getting hurt out here tonight."
-Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, subtly threatening demonstrators last night.
https://cwc.im/DaunteWright
Under Republicans or Democrats—police are an occupying army. Rest in power Daunte Wright. Let's make a world without police.
Twitter
daviss
Chaotic scene tonight outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department where it seems the police and military greatly out number protesters. They are shooting from tanks.
Forwarded from Strike Force
Some on the ground analysis from Minneapolis right now:
"The thing that's lacking from last year is the variety of roles and the participation of people from outside the leftist milieu. Namely, there needs to be a more tactical approach to this protest instead of just using the aesthetics of militancy (the shield wall) without the actions that back it up (light mages, ranged attacks, fire mages, barricades). I keep hearing on the stream "stop throwing shit" people don't realize that even sporadic projectile usage can make cops hesitant to move forward. When facing a long line of riot cops, your best friend is distance. It's what exhausted the police outside the 3rd precinct.
Also the sideshow crowd that came out to the uprising was very effective, the cars blocking streets and doing burnouts to generate smoke provided a diversion and helped boost morale, almost like a "mounted bloc" if you will
Bottom line is the uprising last year was effective because it was an incredibly diverse cross section of the south Minneapolis population representing many different walks of life and bringing many different tactical approaches, and the collective intelligence that was developed organically in the streets
This time around I fear there's been too much specialization of the role of "front line militant" and it's making it easier for the cops to drive a wedge between that militant frontliner identity and the "peaceful protester" and the complete isolation of the looters as being entirely apolitical and outside the insurgency entirely instead of active participants in it and its most avant garde section. The looters have taken the mantra "Be water" to heart and decentralized the action allowing it to spread into all corners of the metro area, never staying in one place long enough to be apprehended by police while still expropriating thousands upon thousands potentially millions of dollars in products and doing just as much if not more in financial damages.
We need to avoid specialized roles, we need to get ahead of the badjacketing and white washing, we need to continue articulating why looting is good, why barricades are good, why throwing stuff at police defensively is good, we need to remind people that "be water" means we don't stay stuck at one location but move and flow freely, staying out of reach of the law when we need to and crashing like waves on them when the opportunity strikes. We cannot possibly hope to defeat the largest police mobilization in Minnesota history with symmetrical warfare tactics, we must fight them on our terms. The state has nothing but time, we have nothing but numbers, we win by attrition. We exhaust them, we waste their time, we deceive them, we distract them."
"The thing that's lacking from last year is the variety of roles and the participation of people from outside the leftist milieu. Namely, there needs to be a more tactical approach to this protest instead of just using the aesthetics of militancy (the shield wall) without the actions that back it up (light mages, ranged attacks, fire mages, barricades). I keep hearing on the stream "stop throwing shit" people don't realize that even sporadic projectile usage can make cops hesitant to move forward. When facing a long line of riot cops, your best friend is distance. It's what exhausted the police outside the 3rd precinct.
Also the sideshow crowd that came out to the uprising was very effective, the cars blocking streets and doing burnouts to generate smoke provided a diversion and helped boost morale, almost like a "mounted bloc" if you will
Bottom line is the uprising last year was effective because it was an incredibly diverse cross section of the south Minneapolis population representing many different walks of life and bringing many different tactical approaches, and the collective intelligence that was developed organically in the streets
This time around I fear there's been too much specialization of the role of "front line militant" and it's making it easier for the cops to drive a wedge between that militant frontliner identity and the "peaceful protester" and the complete isolation of the looters as being entirely apolitical and outside the insurgency entirely instead of active participants in it and its most avant garde section. The looters have taken the mantra "Be water" to heart and decentralized the action allowing it to spread into all corners of the metro area, never staying in one place long enough to be apprehended by police while still expropriating thousands upon thousands potentially millions of dollars in products and doing just as much if not more in financial damages.
We need to avoid specialized roles, we need to get ahead of the badjacketing and white washing, we need to continue articulating why looting is good, why barricades are good, why throwing stuff at police defensively is good, we need to remind people that "be water" means we don't stay stuck at one location but move and flow freely, staying out of reach of the law when we need to and crashing like waves on them when the opportunity strikes. We cannot possibly hope to defeat the largest police mobilization in Minnesota history with symmetrical warfare tactics, we must fight them on our terms. The state has nothing but time, we have nothing but numbers, we win by attrition. We exhaust them, we waste their time, we deceive them, we distract them."
It's important to learn about the ways that undercover police provocateurs and FBI agents seek to infiltrate and entrap activists:
Bounty Hunters and Child Predators: Inside the FBI Entrapment Strategy
https://cwc.im/entrapment
If the FBI Approaches You to Become an Informant: An FAQ
https://cwc.im/iftheFBI
Is S/He an Informant? A Ten Point Checklist
https://cwc.im/checklist
Bounty Hunters and Child Predators: Inside the FBI Entrapment Strategy
https://cwc.im/entrapment
If the FBI Approaches You to Become an Informant: An FAQ
https://cwc.im/iftheFBI
Is S/He an Informant? A Ten Point Checklist
https://cwc.im/checklist
Every year for over a decade, we have joined others around the world in observing April 15 as Steal Something from Work Day—a day to reflect on all the reasons workers steal from their workplaces.
You can find a wide range of material about this holiday here:
https://cwc.im/StealfromWork
You can find a wide range of material about this holiday here:
https://cwc.im/StealfromWork
What Work Steals from Us
https://cwc.im/StealfromWork2021
During the #COVID-19 pandemic, as many of us are compelled to work remotely, stealing from work has become more difficult than ever.
For Steal Something from Work Day 2021, we consider what this means for the future of humanity.
https://cwc.im/StealfromWork2021
During the #COVID-19 pandemic, as many of us are compelled to work remotely, stealing from work has become more difficult than ever.
For Steal Something from Work Day 2021, we consider what this means for the future of humanity.
En español :
Lo Que el Trabajo Nos Roba: Día de Robar Algo en el Trabajo 2021
https://crimethinc.com/2021/04/15/lo-que-el-trabajo-nos-roba-dia-de-robar-algo-en-el-trabajo-2021
El Asesinato de Daunte Wright: Cooptación y Revuelta
Un Año después del Levantamiento por George Floyd, ¿Qué ha Cambiado?
https://crimethinc.com/2021/04/13/el-asesinato-de-daunte-wright-cooptacion-y-revuelta-un-ano-despues-del-levantamiento-por-george-floyd-que-ha-cambiado
Grecia: “Nuestro Odio a la Policía nos Unirá”
https://crimethinc.com/2021/04/07/grecia-nuestro-odio-a-la-policia-nos-unira
Lo Que el Trabajo Nos Roba: Día de Robar Algo en el Trabajo 2021
https://crimethinc.com/2021/04/15/lo-que-el-trabajo-nos-roba-dia-de-robar-algo-en-el-trabajo-2021
El Asesinato de Daunte Wright: Cooptación y Revuelta
Un Año después del Levantamiento por George Floyd, ¿Qué ha Cambiado?
https://crimethinc.com/2021/04/13/el-asesinato-de-daunte-wright-cooptacion-y-revuelta-un-ano-despues-del-levantamiento-por-george-floyd-que-ha-cambiado
Grecia: “Nuestro Odio a la Policía nos Unirá”
https://crimethinc.com/2021/04/07/grecia-nuestro-odio-a-la-policia-nos-unira
https://twitter.com/NickAtNews/status/1383257520840445953
Tonight police are brutalizing protesters in Minneapolis, Chicago, and elsewhere around the country to assert their right to keep murdering unarmed Black men with impunity.
http://cwc.im/DaunteWright
They are an occupying army—mercenaries who no longer pretend to protect or serve.
Tonight police are brutalizing protesters in Minneapolis, Chicago, and elsewhere around the country to assert their right to keep murdering unarmed Black men with impunity.
http://cwc.im/DaunteWright
They are an occupying army—mercenaries who no longer pretend to protect or serve.
Twitter
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Mass arrests happening now in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Police kettled people and rushed from all sides.
At tonight's press conference, Minnesota police officials sought to dictate the proper way to mourn those murdered by their officers.
Then the chief of state patrol explicitly appealed to supporters to "stand up and help" the police. We've seen what this means: Kyle Rittenhouse.
youtube.com/watch?v=cQSN9kAUwb4
They also allude to their strategy of channeling people into ineffectual protests. Yet no one would know the names of George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and so many others killed by police if not for the brave people who have rebelled.
More on counterinsurgency and how it works alongside paramilitary strategies to support state violence:
http://cwc.im/ParamilitaryCounterinsurgency
Then the chief of state patrol explicitly appealed to supporters to "stand up and help" the police. We've seen what this means: Kyle Rittenhouse.
youtube.com/watch?v=cQSN9kAUwb4
They also allude to their strategy of channeling people into ineffectual protests. Yet no one would know the names of George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and so many others killed by police if not for the brave people who have rebelled.
More on counterinsurgency and how it works alongside paramilitary strategies to support state violence:
http://cwc.im/ParamilitaryCounterinsurgency
YouTube
News Conference: April 17, 2021 -- Briefing Update #1 (12:20 a.m.)
Québec City, April 2001: The Revolutionary Anti-Capitalist Offensive
20 years ago, anarchists from around North America converged in Québec City to oppose the neoliberal proposal for a Free Trade Area of the Americas—and to fight against capitalism itself.
https://cwc.im/QuebecFTAA
In this blow-by-blow account, a participant recounts the fiercest street battles of that generation, detailing the strategies that ultimately defeated the FTAA. The result makes for exciting reading, to say the least, but it also an important educational document that has much to offer today’s anarchists.
20 years ago, anarchists from around North America converged in Québec City to oppose the neoliberal proposal for a Free Trade Area of the Americas—and to fight against capitalism itself.
https://cwc.im/QuebecFTAA
In this blow-by-blow account, a participant recounts the fiercest street battles of that generation, detailing the strategies that ultimately defeated the FTAA. The result makes for exciting reading, to say the least, but it also an important educational document that has much to offer today’s anarchists.
Forwarded from Strike Force
Spread the word to any students and student groups you know! Check out https://www.instagram.com/mnteenactivists for inspiration from their successful action yesterday.
The jury has arrived at a verdict in the Derek Chauvin case, but they delayed announcing it so the police and National Guard could establish total control of the Twin Cities ahead of this announcement.
In short: one individual cop might be found guilty, but the institution of police as a whole is just accumulating more and more power.
On the contrary, the problem is not just individual officers. The problem is the police state. Our rulers are investing tremendous power in the police, who will inevitably go on killing and oppressing.
In short: one individual cop might be found guilty, but the institution of police as a whole is just accumulating more and more power.
On the contrary, the problem is not just individual officers. The problem is the police state. Our rulers are investing tremendous power in the police, who will inevitably go on killing and oppressing.
What changed from the non-indictment of the officer who murdered Michael Brown to the guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin's case?
Only this: that a powerful movement stopped seeking reform through the institutions and took uncompromisingly to the streets.
https://cwc.im/demands
The Chauvin verdict indicates the strength of the movements against white supremacy and police violence.
But as long as we look to the courts for solutions, police will go on murdering people.
The police and National Guard crowding the streets of Minneapolis today confirm this.
Only this: that a powerful movement stopped seeking reform through the institutions and took uncompromisingly to the streets.
https://cwc.im/demands
The Chauvin verdict indicates the strength of the movements against white supremacy and police violence.
But as long as we look to the courts for solutions, police will go on murdering people.
The police and National Guard crowding the streets of Minneapolis today confirm this.
Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day—Մեծ Եղեռնի զոհերի հիշատակի օր.
To understand the deep roots of fascism in Turkey, we recommend this text, composed by Turkish anarchists:
https://cwc.im/TurkishFascism
We honor those fighting state violence in both Turkey and Armenia today.
To understand the deep roots of fascism in Turkey, we recommend this text, composed by Turkish anarchists:
https://cwc.im/TurkishFascism
We honor those fighting state violence in both Turkey and Armenia today.
As the Georgia Tech Police Department continuously claims to stand for LGBTQ+ rights and diversity on GT campus, student activists and local queers have refuted these disingenuous claims in a series of viral Twitter threads. On September 16, 2017, Scout Schultz, an Atlanta anarchist and head of the GT Pride Alliance, was killed by GTPD officer Tyler Beck, who still works on campus.
Following the killing of Schultz, a small revolt took place on campus, in which mourners clashed with police and burned a police cruiser. In the weeks that followed, Atlanta area police dragged queers and students out of classrooms, making arrests, and prompting some to take their own lives in a flurry of harassment and intimidation. As a humble contribution to this horrific sequence, we did our best to catalogue the repressive campaign beginning with Scout’s killing, which we encourage others to study and remember.
RIP
Scout Schultz
Dallas Punja
Kirby Jackson
https://crimethinc.com/2017/10/05/scout-schultz-remembering-means-fighting-mourning-a-queer-activist-and-anarchist-murdered-by-the-police
Following the killing of Schultz, a small revolt took place on campus, in which mourners clashed with police and burned a police cruiser. In the weeks that followed, Atlanta area police dragged queers and students out of classrooms, making arrests, and prompting some to take their own lives in a flurry of harassment and intimidation. As a humble contribution to this horrific sequence, we did our best to catalogue the repressive campaign beginning with Scout’s killing, which we encourage others to study and remember.
RIP
Scout Schultz
Dallas Punja
Kirby Jackson
https://crimethinc.com/2017/10/05/scout-schultz-remembering-means-fighting-mourning-a-queer-activist-and-anarchist-murdered-by-the-police
CrimethInc.
Scout Schultz: Remembering Means Fighting
On September 16, Scout Schultz was murdered by police in Atlanta. Here, we analyze the strategies police, administrators, and other reactionaries have used to suppress the revolt that followed.