Donald Trump said he would "run the country like a business." Now we see what that means: censorship, sycophancy, despotism—just like in so many workplaces.

Wasn't it the capitalist economy that put power in the hands of these aspiring autocrats in the first place?

If you hate Trump, you should understand the urgency of abolishing capitalism, which is systematically enriching the most selfish and brutal at everyone else's expense.

"If a mafia took over our entire society, would it be any different?"

https://crimethinc.com/posters/capitalism-is-organized-crime

Parasocial identification with leaders is a fundamental element of fascism. Ordinary people who can barely pay their bills live and die vicariously through figureheads they will never meet.

The function of their Nuremberg rallies is to convey that the life of one sycophant is worth more than all of our lives combined. They laugh when Israeli soldiers murder thousands of small children in Gaza, they scoff when shootings take the lives of schoolchildren in Texas and Ohio, but when something happens to one of their elect, we are all supposed to mourn ostentatiously.

Une autre guerre était possible

https://crimethinc.com/2025/07/01/une-autre-guerre-etait-possible

En revisitant les luttes de ce début de siècle du point de vue de notre dystopie actuelle, nous pouvons bien mieux comprendre tout ce qui ce joue dans les combats d’aujourd’hui.

#Français

Luego vinieron a por los palestinos: Cómo responder al secuestro de Mahmoud Khalil

https://crimethinc.com/2025/03/11/luego-vinieron-a-por-los-palestinos-como-responder-al-secuestro-de-mahmoud-khalil

Aquí exploraremos lo que está en juego en este momento y compartiremos la experiencia de anarquistas cuyo compañero fue secuestrado de manera similar por participar en el movimiento Occupy ICE en San Antonio, Texas, en 2018.

#Español

Protejamos nuestros movimientos contra la represión

https://crimethinc.com/2025/09/18/prepararos-protejamos-nuestros-movimientos-contra-la-represion-como-responder-a-las-amenazas-de-donald-trump-1

Donald Trump ha declarado que designará a «Antifa» como «organización terrorista». ¿Qué significa eso? ¿Cómo podemos prepararnos para capear el temporal?

#Español

Confirmation from press secretary Karoline Leavitt that Donald Trump will be signing an executive order designating "antifa"—which is to say, opposition to fascism—as "a domestic terrorist organization."

What this will mean concretely has yet to be seen. The administration is not powerful enough to crack down on all opposition to fascism. In all likelihood, this is chiefly a performative measure intended to intimidate people. Only if people stop resisting will it actually be possible to impose fascist control.

For now, read this guide to preparing communities to endure repression:

https://crimethinc.com/Safeguarding

In Nepal, a protest movement in early September 2025 escalated into a spontaneous insurrection in response to police violence, culminating with the burning of the parliament and an array of government offices, police stations, party headquarters, and politicians’ mansions. Within a day and a half, Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli had fled and the government collapsed. But toppling a government is only the first stage of a much longer struggle; within this unrest, monarchists, neoliberals, and radicals are competing to determine the future of Nepal.

To get a clearer understanding of the background of the insurrection and the dynamics within it, we interviewed Black Book Distro, an anarchist collective and library in Kathmandu. They discuss the preceding social movements and the geopolitical tensions at work in the region.

https://crimethinc.com/Nepal2025

Rather than permitting the Trump administration to frighten us into passivity, we must understand this broad, vague, and performative executive order designating "antifa" a fabricated "terrorist organization" as an effort to intimidate. It is chiefly intended to convince us to let them consolidate power without a fight.

If we look at the stymied #StopCopCity RICO prosecution as a test case, the chief danger is that people will withdraw from movements, enabling the Trump administration to maintain the initiative long enough to escalate to other forms of repression, such as extrajudicial force.

This should catalyze us into urgent organizing, not paralyze us. Only collective action can keep us safe and free.

https://crimethinc.com/Safeguarding

The Ex-Worker podcast, episode #114: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

https://crimethinc.com/exworker114

We review the implications of Donald Trump’s executive order designating “Antifa” as a "terrorist organization” and how we can prepare our communities to endure whatever comes next.

We also review what your rights and options are should the authorities approach you in your home.

If you pre-ordered the new Catharsis album, "Hope against Hope," do not fear, we will mail them out as soon as we are able. We did warn you that it was a preorder!

In the meantime, the music is available on bandcamp and various other platforms.

https://crimethinc.bandcamp.com/album/hope-against-hope

Thank you! 🖤

“Der dem Staat durch die Lappen ging”: Karl Garside, Tierbefreier, 1966–2025

Ein Leben in Freiheit und offenem Widerstand

https://crimethinc.com/2025/07/20/der-dem-staat-durch-die-lappen-ging-karl-garside-tierbefreier-1966-2025-ein-leben-in-freiheit-und-offenem-widerstand-1

Von Jagd- und Schlachthaussabotagen, zur Aufdeckung von Tierquälerei durch verdeckte Ermittlung, Karl Garside zählte zu den erfolgreichsten militanten Mitgliedern der der Animal Liberation Front in Großbritannien, und hat über 40 Jahre dem Kampf für totale Befreiung gewidmet.

#Deutsch

It happened in Turkey to the Armenians.

It happened in Europe during the Holocaust.

It's happening in Gaza right now.

It's getting underway at ICE facilities around the US.

And if we don't put a stop to it, one day it could happen to you, too.

Dehumanization paves the way for ethnic cleansing.

https://crimethinc.com/ChicagoBroadview

Rest in power, Assata Shakur. Your courageous life is an example to us all.

"I have been locked by the lawless.
Handcuffed by the haters.
Gagged by the greedy.
And, if i know any thing at all,
it’s that a wall is just a wall
and nothing more at all.
It can be broken down.

I believe in living.
I believe in birth.
I believe in the sweat of love
and in the fire of truth.

And i believe that a lost ship,
steered by tired, seasick sailors,
can still be guided home
to port."

https://medium.com/@kestherlyana/affirmation-poem-by-assata-shakur-788c4b2aa078