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.”

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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.

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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

We've finally reprinted our classic poster about police.

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The last printing ran out a week after the murder of George Floyd—and no one would reprint it in bulk on account of the pandemic (or, perhaps, the content).

For a world without police!

What is privilege? Privilege is being vaccinated in the US while thousands die of #COVID19 in India and Brazil.

It seems like an advantage—but it just means that new variants can develop elsewhere, and ultimately make their way back to threaten people in the US, too.

There's no such thing as "using your privilege for good." Disparities in power and access to resources are inherently destructive—they ultimately harm everyone. In the final analysis, we can't benefit at others' expense.

140 years ago, Errico Malatesta and his fellow anarchists understood that privation anywhere endangers humanity everywhere. As they mobilized mutual aid projects to respond to the outbreak of cholera in Europe, they identified the spread of cholera as the result of the colonial impoverishment of India:

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Taistelu elämiemme puolesta (alkuperäisteos Fighting for our lives) on ytimekäs 24 sivun johdantoteksti anarkismiin, joka ei kiusaa lukijaa sivistyssanoilla tai namedroppailulla. CrimethInc. levitti kirjoitusta aikanaan ilmaiseksi jopa 650 000 kopiota.

Anonyymi toveri päätti viedä keskeytyneen käännösprojektin päätökseen, A-ryhmä sai sen luettavakseen ja totesi, että kirjoitus on edelleen ajankohtainen, lähes 20 vuotta alkuperäisen englanninkielisen laitoksen ilmestymisen jälkeen. Siispä päätimme ottaa painoksen, ja levittää sen ilmaiseksi.

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We Are Now: The Story of an Armed No-Cop Zone in Atlanta

https://cwc.im/WeAreNow

On the night of June 12, 2020, police officers murdered Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, at a Wendy’s in Atlanta, Georgia. This took place immediately following the high point of the countrywide uprising in which people responded to the murders of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and countless other Black people around the United States. In response, a new wave of protest and revolt broke out across Atlanta, in which the Wendy’s burned to the ground. Armed Black demonstrators occupied the site of the Wendy’s, mourning for Rayshard Brooks and seeking to create spaces of Black empowerment.

Ahead of the anniversary of the George Floyd uprising, we present We Are Now, a film centering the voices of participants in the occupation of the Wendy’s. We hope that this will help to pass on the memories of some of the forms of courageous resistance to white supremacy and policing that took place in 2020.

“Instead, We Became Millions”—Inside Colombia’s Ongoing General Strike

https://cwc.im/ColombiaGeneralStrike

In the face of brutal state repression, the general strike in Colombia has persisted for 23 days, setting crucial precedents for what it means to strike in the 21st century.

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This is a 21st-century strike. In a country where the majority worked precarious jobs in an informal economy, now devastated by the pandemic and government restrictions, this strike is less about not going to work than about actively shutting everything down. Blockades have halted commerce in many cities, but they serve a double role: these points are also where people gather and experiment with new ways of living together and caring for one another, outside of dictates of capitalism and the state.

Murals, dances, barricades, nurses, steaming pots of food, shields, and conversation are all equally important to this uprising. People combine courageous expressions of joy and care with an iron determination to fight.

This week, we mourn the loss of George Floyd and the thousands of other people whose lives have been stolen by police killings.

We can honor their memory by fighting to put an end to the institutions that treat human beings this way.

https://cwc.im/endpolice

This is a good week to make the signs in your neighborhood more articulate.

Acquire plastic yard signs, stencil your message on them, drill holes in them, and follow the instructions in the diagram.

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