Today marks 29 years since the officers who beat Rodney King were acquitted. The uprising that broke out in Los Angeles in response was a precursor to the George Floyd rebellion.

The music of the uprising:

https://cwc.im/LA92

29 years of uprisings against police:

https://detritusbooks.com/products/we-fight-three-decades-of-rebellion-against-the-police

(This book, "We Fight," includes several CrimethInc. texts.)

You know you've made it as an anti-capitalist collective when the Wall Street Journal tries to smear the President of the United States by alleging that he borrowed his strategy from you.

Their article:

https://wsj.com/articles/joe-bidens-art-of-the-non-deal-11619647864

The article they quote:

https://cwc.im/demands

The Wall Street Journal author is pursuing a classic strategy—when facing two opponents [e.g., Democrats and anarchists], attempt to identify them with each other and distinguish oneself.

In fact, Biden and the WSJ have more in common, both being proponents of capitalism and the state.

Ahead of May Day, we present "How the Unions Lost Their Teeth," a report from a labor union intern about what happened to the powerful labor unions of the mid-20th century and how we might approach labor struggles today.

https://cwc.im/shopfloor

#MayDay2021

In 1886, the anarchists Albert and Lucy Parsons led 80,000 people through Chicago in the first modern May Day Parade: “Eight-hour day with no cut in pay!”

350,000 workers around the US went on strike at 1200 factories—70,000 in Chicago, 45,000 in New York, 32,000 in Cincinnati.

On May 3, 1886, police shot into a labor protest in Chicago, killing two.

On May 4, police attacked another rally, someone threw a bomb—and the rest is history.

This is why laborers have rights—not the benevolence of bosses and politicians.

Learn more:

https://cwc.im/maydayhistory

Following May Day, we recommend Work, our analysis of how capitalism has changed over the past 100 years.

As the compromises that stabilized capitalism through the 20th century break down, it's becoming harder to defend fixed positions in the economy. But if we want to do away with the system in its entirety, we just might have the chance.

https://cwc.im/Work

Let's topple the whole thing.

“Everywhere, the pandemic has intensified disparities in wealth, power, and access to the means of survival, while serving as an excuse for increasing state repression. In learning from and extending solidarity to those who face state and paramilitary violence in Latin America—much of which is supported and directed by the United States and other governments and capitalist institutions—we are confronting the same global forces that threaten our own freedom and well-being.”

https://crimethinc.com/2021/05/05/colombia-has-lost-its-fear-a-nationwide-uprising-continues-in-the-face-of-state-violence

“The narco-state is killing us”

Colombia: protesters are using makeshift shields amid protests against new taxes and healthcare privatization schemes.

Colombia: If COVID-19 doesn’t kill us, the perverse government will.

Colombia: “corruption and oppression are destroyed by rebellion”

Colombia Has Lost Its Fear

https://cwc.im/ColombiaRevolt

In Colombia, a nationwide uprising continues in the face of brutal state violence. This translation from the city of Cali details why people are risking their lives to take on one of the most violent governments in Latin America.

Colombia: “for our dead, a minute of silence and a life of combat.”

We've just stocked another 100,000 of our "Immigrants Welcome" stickers.

You can order them here for the costs of printing and shipping alone:

https://cwc.im/stickers/immigrants-welcome

For more on why the US border regime is inherently oppressive, try our book, No Wall They Can Build:

https://cwc.im/borders

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#SOSColombia—Call for Solidarity

Colombian police have murdered dozens over the past week. The Colombian state is closely linked with the US, receiving millions annually in US military aid.

Colombians are calling for people around the world to show solidarity by demonstrating at Colombian consulates and US diplomatic and military institutions.

To help those on the receiving end of police violence to obtain medical supplies in Cali, one of the cities that has been most targeted with state violence, we endorse this fundraiser:

https://vaki.co/en/vaki/soscali?skip=true#history

Después de décadas de conflicto armado, durante el último año y medio Colombia ha visto cómo los movimientos de protesta regresaban con fuerza. En respuesta, el gobierno más fuertemente armado de América Latina ha llevado a cabo una brutal represión.

https://cwc.im/RevueltaEnColombia

#SOSColombia—Llamada a la solidaridad

El vinculo entre el Estado colombiano y nortramericano es inegable, las armas y tecnología bélica usadas para reprimir y asesinar durante las manifestaciones de las ultimas semanas en colombia son fuertemente financiadas por EEUU.

Por ello convocamos a todxs a manifestarse en los distintos consulados colombianos y las instalaciones diplomáticas y militares estadounidenses.

https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1391599373306449920

A thread on the interconnections between attacks carried out by police and paramilitaries against demonstrators in Colombia and narco-capitalism—and the counterforce represented by Indigenous expressions of solidarity with the revolt.

Next week, ahead of the anniversary of the George Floyd uprising, to help pass on the memory of that struggle, we will release We Are Now, a film centering the voices of participants in the armed occupation of the Wendy's parking lot where Atlanta police murdered Rayshard Brooks.

Part of the collective behind the film will be traveling the US with all the equipment necessary for outdoor guerrilla film screenings of We Are Now, footage from the movement in Chile, and other subversive film gems.

To set up a last-minute event: podcast@crimethinc.com