Massive banners reading "prison abolition" hang once more at the Yerba Buena Island tunnel connecting San Francisco and the East Bay.
One reads "8/21"—the date of the countrywide call for "Shut’Em Down" demonstrations:
https://itsgoingdown.org/shut-em-down-roundup/
The other reads "9/9," recalling the prison strike of 9/9/2016:
https://abolitionjournal.org/the-abolition-collective-solidarity-statement-with-sept-9-national-prisoners-strike/
One reads "8/21"—the date of the countrywide call for "Shut’Em Down" demonstrations:
https://itsgoingdown.org/shut-em-down-roundup/
The other reads "9/9," recalling the prison strike of 9/9/2016:
https://abolitionjournal.org/the-abolition-collective-solidarity-statement-with-sept-9-national-prisoners-strike/
The View from New Orleans
An anarchist nurse working at a hospital in downtown New Orleans reports on the impact of the hurricane—and discusses what it means for all of us.
http://cwc.im/HurricaneIda
“Coastal cities are home to the a large portion of the country's population and some of its most beloved culture—and they're probably going to become uninhabitable.”
An anarchist nurse working at a hospital in downtown New Orleans reports on the impact of the hurricane—and discusses what it means for all of us.
http://cwc.im/HurricaneIda
“Coastal cities are home to the a large portion of the country's population and some of its most beloved culture—and they're probably going to become uninhabitable.”
To directly support autonomous relief efforts in and around New Orleans, donate to New Orleans Mutual Aid Group and Lobelia Commons via Venmo:
https://venmo.com/nolamutualaid
https://venmo.com/lobeliacommons
Be sure to set your Venmo to private if you don’t want your transaction publicly visible.
https://venmo.com/nolamutualaid
https://venmo.com/lobeliacommons
Be sure to set your Venmo to private if you don’t want your transaction publicly visible.
Drawing on interviews with local anarchists and ecologists, we explore the colonial roots of the ongoing catastrophes that Hurricane Ida has exacerbated in Louisiana and discuss how communities of resistance can create truly resilient infrastructure.
https://cwc.im/Louisiana2021
https://cwc.im/Louisiana2021
This is the Third Precinct in Minneapolis, today.
https://cwc.im/ThirdPrecinct
When we say abolish the police, we don't mean beg politicians to defund them. We mean take grassroots action to prevent them from continuing to do harm—until flowers grow in the wreckage of their system.
Abolishing the police means developing ways to resolve conflicts and address crises that do not depend on concentrating all coercive force into unaccountable institutions.
It is a project that extends from our interpersonal relationships to mass action against state violence.
https://cwc.im/ThirdPrecinct
When we say abolish the police, we don't mean beg politicians to defund them. We mean take grassroots action to prevent them from continuing to do harm—until flowers grow in the wreckage of their system.
Abolishing the police means developing ways to resolve conflicts and address crises that do not depend on concentrating all coercive force into unaccountable institutions.
It is a project that extends from our interpersonal relationships to mass action against state violence.
Instituted by conservative president Grover Cleveland to sap momentum from anarchist May Day events celebrating worker struggles, #LaborDay glorifies the process by which—every other day of the year—our labor alienates us from our potential.
https://cwc.im/work
Just a few hundred years of labor under the market economy have dramatically transformed the surface of the earth—destroying ecosystems, driving species into extinction, melting the polar ice caps. If the market really gave us self-determination, is this what we would be doing?
The more unevenly distributed wealth is—and the bitterer the competition to hoard it—the less freedom everyone has. The poor, because they must serve the wealthy; the wealthy, because they must compete so that someone more ruthless can't take their place.
Capitalism ≠ freedom.
https://cwc.im/work
Just a few hundred years of labor under the market economy have dramatically transformed the surface of the earth—destroying ecosystems, driving species into extinction, melting the polar ice caps. If the market really gave us self-determination, is this what we would be doing?
The more unevenly distributed wealth is—and the bitterer the competition to hoard it—the less freedom everyone has. The poor, because they must serve the wealthy; the wealthy, because they must compete so that someone more ruthless can't take their place.
Capitalism ≠ freedom.
As the statue of Robert E. Lee comes down in Richmond, remember, the state is doing that because movements compelled them to via direct action—and those movements were fighting for much more.
A chronology of statues toppled during the George Floyd revolt:
https://cwc.im/StatuesDown
A chronology of statues toppled during the George Floyd revolt:
https://cwc.im/StatuesDown
CrimethInc.
The Government Didn’t Remove the Statues—We Did
In a chronology of actions during the George Floyd revolt, we show that the removal of Confederate monuments was driven by direct action, not reform.
On the Fires in Greece
https://cwc.im/GreeceSeptember2021…
The Greek government has used both the pandemic and the wildfires as a pretext to clamp down on refugees and social movements. Yet ecological catastrophes may soon put many Greeks in the same situation that refugees entering Greece face today.
https://cwc.im/GreeceSeptember2021…
The Greek government has used both the pandemic and the wildfires as a pretext to clamp down on refugees and social movements. Yet ecological catastrophes may soon put many Greeks in the same situation that refugees entering Greece face today.
The Craziest Walk Ever
https://cwc.im/CraziestWalk
On September 11, 2001, two young anarchists who had come to DC to prepare for an anti-capitalist mobilization stood before the flaming wreckage of the Pentagon, looking into the disastrous future that we now inhabit.
This is their story.
https://cwc.im/CraziestWalk
On September 11, 2001, two young anarchists who had come to DC to prepare for an anti-capitalist mobilization stood before the flaming wreckage of the Pentagon, looking into the disastrous future that we now inhabit.
This is their story.
On September 16, 2017 anarchist, anti-fascist, engineering student, and queer activist Scout Schultz was shot and killed by police on Georgia Tech campus in Midtown Atlanta. Two days later, a small revolt took place following a vigil on campus in which mourners clashed with police and burned a police cruiser. In the days to follow, law enforcement from across the city coordinated a sophisticated campaign of repression against the friends and loved ones of Scout, dragging people out of classrooms, and arresting people at their homes.
This harassment eventually drove Scout’s ex-partner Dallas Punja to take their own life, as well as Kirby Jackson, who was arrested and charged for their participation in the revolt. We documented some of this repressive sequence as it was unfolding, a small contribution to help provide sense to a confusing and painful moment.
In March 13, 2020 District Attorney Paul Howard decided he would not press charges on Officer Tyler Beck, who still works for the Georgia Tech police department.
https://crimethinc.com/2017/10/05/scout-schultz-remembering-means-fighting-mourning-a-queer-activist-and-anarchist-murdered-by-the-police
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This harassment eventually drove Scout’s ex-partner Dallas Punja to take their own life, as well as Kirby Jackson, who was arrested and charged for their participation in the revolt. We documented some of this repressive sequence as it was unfolding, a small contribution to help provide sense to a confusing and painful moment.
In March 13, 2020 District Attorney Paul Howard decided he would not press charges on Officer Tyler Beck, who still works for the Georgia Tech police department.
https://crimethinc.com/2017/10/05/scout-schultz-remembering-means-fighting-mourning-a-queer-activist-and-anarchist-murdered-by-the-police
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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.
Today, it's been 10 years since Occupy Wall Street kicked off, bringing anti-capitalist ideas to the mainstream in the US.
In this twitter thread, we explore the history of Occupy:
https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1438803505121316864
If you're not sure why anyone would be critical of capitalism, start here:
https://cwc.im/work
In this twitter thread, we explore the history of Occupy:
https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1438803505121316864
If you're not sure why anyone would be critical of capitalism, start here:
https://cwc.im/work
Max Chafkin claims that In a secret meeting in 2019, Mark Zuckerberg made a deal with Jared Kushner that Facebook would not fact-check political speech in the run-up to the 2020 election—and in exchange, the Trump administration would not regulate Facebook:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peter-thiel-silicon-valley-contrarian-max-chafkin.html
This tracks with our experience. In 2020, Facebook claimed to be banning militia groups, but instead, they banned us and several other anarchist publishers:
https://cwc.im/BannedonFacebook
After the ban went into effect, militia groups used Facebook to mobilize armed vigilantes to Portland and Kenosha, where one of them shot three people.
It's no exaggeration to say that Facebook is trying to create a brainwashed populace for the sake of tyranny.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peter-thiel-silicon-valley-contrarian-max-chafkin.html
This tracks with our experience. In 2020, Facebook claimed to be banning militia groups, but instead, they banned us and several other anarchist publishers:
https://cwc.im/BannedonFacebook
After the ban went into effect, militia groups used Facebook to mobilize armed vigilantes to Portland and Kenosha, where one of them shot three people.
It's no exaggeration to say that Facebook is trying to create a brainwashed populace for the sake of tyranny.
On the second week of October 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement spread across the US and even the world. After NYC protesters agreed to a basic ethos of horizontalism, direct action, and self-organization, they managed also to withstand multiple attacks by the NYPD on their demonstrations and encampment. This movement emerged on the heels of struggles in the UK, in California, North Africa, Spain, and Wisconsin.
https://cwc.im/Nightmares
In the months and years following Occupy, many sincere activists and opportunists alike sought to recreate some of its bright enthusiasm and innovation. Today, it is likely that the same will occur in the aftermath of the 2020 George Floyd protests. Instead of memorializing what has been accomplished or bemoaning what has disappeared, it can be helpful to revisit the general sequences and contexts immediately preceding these moments, as we are more likely to recognize parallels in the previous chapters of rising action than in the peaks of revolt, which can often feel timeless and without parallel to participants and spectators alike.
https://cwc.im/Nightmares
In the months and years following Occupy, many sincere activists and opportunists alike sought to recreate some of its bright enthusiasm and innovation. Today, it is likely that the same will occur in the aftermath of the 2020 George Floyd protests. Instead of memorializing what has been accomplished or bemoaning what has disappeared, it can be helpful to revisit the general sequences and contexts immediately preceding these moments, as we are more likely to recognize parallels in the previous chapters of rising action than in the peaks of revolt, which can often feel timeless and without parallel to participants and spectators alike.