If you call yourself an abolitionist, but you support the police and prisons of Russia, Syria, Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Cuba, or China…
Then you're not really an abolitionist.
If you oppose police and prisons everywhere, you might be—an anarchist.
http://cwc.im/cops
Then you're not really an abolitionist.
If you oppose police and prisons everywhere, you might be—an anarchist.
http://cwc.im/cops
CrimethInc.
Police: An Ethnography
We let police officers speak for themselves about what they are trying to do and why. And as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Genoa 2001: Memories from the Front Lines
https://cwc.im/GenoaG8
Twenty years ago today, at the peak of a movement against capitalist globalization, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Genoa, Italy to oppose the summit of the eight most powerful governments in the world—the G8. The demonstrations in Genoa represented the high-water mark of an era of global protest, in which both confrontational tactics and police repression reached their apex. In a new era of uprisings, we stand to learn a lot from studying previous cycles of resistance. This narrative history recounts the mobilization in Genoa through a series of firsthand accounts.
https://cwc.im/GenoaG8
Twenty years ago today, at the peak of a movement against capitalist globalization, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Genoa, Italy to oppose the summit of the eight most powerful governments in the world—the G8. The demonstrations in Genoa represented the high-water mark of an era of global protest, in which both confrontational tactics and police repression reached their apex. In a new era of uprisings, we stand to learn a lot from studying previous cycles of resistance. This narrative history recounts the mobilization in Genoa through a series of firsthand accounts.
CrimethInc.
Genoa 2001: Memories from the Front Lines
A narrative history recounting the mobilization against the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa through a series of firsthand accounts from the front lines.
The demonstrations against the G8 summit in Genoa 20 years ago exemplified the strategy of convergence—in which anti-capitalists worldwide concentrated their forces for spectacular attacks on multinational institutions like the G8, WTO, and IMF.
http://cwc.im/GenoaG8
It's important to understand how the root system of long-running social and cultural spaces contributed to the success of these mass mobilizations, creating opportunities for people to undergo a shared political evolution, build ties, and innovate new tactics and discourses.
Today's black bloc tactics, widespread from Chile and Hong Kong to the United States, derive in part from the movements that came together in Genoa in 2001. How can we develop a more robust root system?
http://cwc.im/GenoaG8
It's important to understand how the root system of long-running social and cultural spaces contributed to the success of these mass mobilizations, creating opportunities for people to undergo a shared political evolution, build ties, and innovate new tactics and discourses.
Today's black bloc tactics, widespread from Chile and Hong Kong to the United States, derive in part from the movements that came together in Genoa in 2001. How can we develop a more robust root system?
CrimethInc.
Genoa 2001: Memories from the Front Lines
A narrative history recounting the mobilization against the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa through a series of firsthand accounts from the front lines.
It’s Bigger than Cuba
https://cwc.im/July11Cuba
To explore the causes and implications of the wave of protests that broke out in Cuba on July 11, we present two interviews with Cuban anarchists and a statement from an anarchist initiative in Cuba.
We have heard a wide range of explanations for last week’s protests in Cuba. Right-wing proponents of capitalism blame the Cuban government, charging that the protests stem from the failures of one-party socialism. Self-proclaimed anti-imperialists blame the United States government, alleging that these protests indicate covert US intervention. Others blame US sanctions on Cuba, suggesting that these are chiefly to blame for creating the economic conditions that sparked the protests.
Each of these narratives contains a grain of truth, but all fall short of grasping the whole. If we do not wish to simply project our own assumptions onto the events, the first thing we should do is to ask Cubans how they understand what is happening.
https://cwc.im/July11Cuba
To explore the causes and implications of the wave of protests that broke out in Cuba on July 11, we present two interviews with Cuban anarchists and a statement from an anarchist initiative in Cuba.
We have heard a wide range of explanations for last week’s protests in Cuba. Right-wing proponents of capitalism blame the Cuban government, charging that the protests stem from the failures of one-party socialism. Self-proclaimed anti-imperialists blame the United States government, alleging that these protests indicate covert US intervention. Others blame US sanctions on Cuba, suggesting that these are chiefly to blame for creating the economic conditions that sparked the protests.
Each of these narratives contains a grain of truth, but all fall short of grasping the whole. If we do not wish to simply project our own assumptions onto the events, the first thing we should do is to ask Cubans how they understand what is happening.
Congratulations to those in São Paulo who burned the statue of Borba Gato, a 17th-century perpetrator of colonial violence.
To quote our comrades in Brazil, "If monuments still honor slavers and rapists, it is because the system they built is still standing." Let's take it down.
https://cwc.im/statues
To quote our comrades in Brazil, "If monuments still honor slavers and rapists, it is because the system they built is still standing." Let's take it down.
https://cwc.im/statues
CrimethInc.
When You Topple the Statues, Don't Forget to Uproot the Pedestals
In Durham, protestors showed how anyone can tear down the legacy of white supremacy. Uprooting the base—the root causes of white supremacy & powerlessness over our own lives—demands the same approach.
Tonight, after many months of protest, the president of #Tunisia suspended the parliament—widely regarded as a hotbed of corruption—and dismissed the prime minister.
For background, we recommend this analysis by Tunisian anarchists, from last February:
https://cwc.im/Tunisia2021
These events indicate the strength of the popular movement against the old political class in Tunisia.
But looking on from afar, it's impossible not to recall how the military helped topple Morsi in Egypt—and then retained power.
The important thing is to build grassroots strength, not to seek—or accept—solutions from above.
For background, we recommend this analysis by Tunisian anarchists, from last February:
https://cwc.im/Tunisia2021
These events indicate the strength of the popular movement against the old political class in Tunisia.
But looking on from afar, it's impossible not to recall how the military helped topple Morsi in Egypt—and then retained power.
The important thing is to build grassroots strength, not to seek—or accept—solutions from above.
On this day, July 29, 121 years ago, the anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto of Italy to impose consequences for the slaughter of hundreds of poor workers.
You can read the story in full here, including Tolstoy's and Malatesta's perspectives:
https://cwc.im/bresci
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You can read the story in full here, including Tolstoy's and Malatesta's perspectives:
https://cwc.im/bresci
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The federal eviction moratorium expires today. The fact that it was in place for over a year shows how senseless evictions are in the first place. Aren't wealth disparities in the US bad enough already?
Here's a poster promoting eviction defense to use in your community:
https://cwc.im/NoEvictions
Let's fight back and defend each other.
Here's a poster promoting eviction defense to use in your community:
https://cwc.im/NoEvictions
Let's fight back and defend each other.
The eviction moratorium that protected thousands of families until today was not introduced out of the kindness of politicians' hearts, but chiefly for fear that mass evictions during the pandemic would generate mass resistance.
Learn about rent strikes:
https://cwc.im/rentstrike
Renters' organizing efforts in April 2020 helped force the government to introduce the federal eviction moratorium.
We have to keep fighting—to make them fear the consequences of throwing people out on the street.
Learn about rent strikes:
https://cwc.im/rentstrike
Renters' organizing efforts in April 2020 helped force the government to introduce the federal eviction moratorium.
We have to keep fighting—to make them fear the consequences of throwing people out on the street.
Deschooling: Unlearning to Learn
https://cwc.im/unlearning
As students prepare to return to an increasingly dystopian learning environment, it’s a good time to revisit our assumptions about education itself. What is the purpose of our educational institutions? How deeply do the premises of those institutions shape the ways that we approach learning, even in our “free time”? How else might we go about developing and exploring our capacities?
https://cwc.im/unlearning
As students prepare to return to an increasingly dystopian learning environment, it’s a good time to revisit our assumptions about education itself. What is the purpose of our educational institutions? How deeply do the premises of those institutions shape the ways that we approach learning, even in our “free time”? How else might we go about developing and exploring our capacities?
Most of the things we make and do for money are patently irrelevant to our survival—and to what gives life meaning, besides.
https://cwc.im/workmythology
The anarchist critique of work is that activity dictated by the economy rather than our self-determined desires is bound to be alienating. Many people enjoy gardening, carpentry, and cooking for their own sake. Free activity could provide for all our needs—if not for the artificial pressures and scarcities imposed by capitalism.
The artwork is from a flier distributed by Solidarity Bookshop in Chicago in the 1970s.
https://cwc.im/workmythology
The anarchist critique of work is that activity dictated by the economy rather than our self-determined desires is bound to be alienating. Many people enjoy gardening, carpentry, and cooking for their own sake. Free activity could provide for all our needs—if not for the artificial pressures and scarcities imposed by capitalism.
The artwork is from a flier distributed by Solidarity Bookshop in Chicago in the 1970s.
No Gods, No Masters Degrees
https://cwc.im/NoMastersDegrees
A memoir of struggle from both outside and inside the institutions of learning, reflecting on how students can engage in class mutiny—weaponizing their access to resources to contribute to broader struggles against capitalism.
https://cwc.im/NoMastersDegrees
A memoir of struggle from both outside and inside the institutions of learning, reflecting on how students can engage in class mutiny—weaponizing their access to resources to contribute to broader struggles against capitalism.