Trump is not going to seize power in a belated coup. Rather, the far-right convergence in DC this week is a means of building a base for the next round of street violence.
Conspiracy theories won't keep Trump in office—but they lay the groundwork to expand the fascist movement.
In this light, the liberal campaign to keep counter-protesters off the streets is especially irresponsible. They aim to consolidate their electoral victory to seize the initiative from last summer's ungovernable street movements, even if it means ceding the streets to fascists.
There are three sides in this struggle:
—nationalists + fascists
—anarchists + anti-fascists
—neoliberal centrists (including most Democrats and a few Republicans), who have very different concerns than those who will be worst impacted by the growing fascist street movement.
(twitter thread: https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1346568011625472005)
Conspiracy theories won't keep Trump in office—but they lay the groundwork to expand the fascist movement.
In this light, the liberal campaign to keep counter-protesters off the streets is especially irresponsible. They aim to consolidate their electoral victory to seize the initiative from last summer's ungovernable street movements, even if it means ceding the streets to fascists.
There are three sides in this struggle:
—nationalists + fascists
—anarchists + anti-fascists
—neoliberal centrists (including most Democrats and a few Republicans), who have very different concerns than those who will be worst impacted by the growing fascist street movement.
(twitter thread: https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1346568011625472005)
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Trump is not going to seize power in a belated coup. Rather, the far-right convergence in DC this week is a means of building a base for the next round of street violence. Conspiracy theories won't keep Trump in office—but they lay the groundwork to expand…
The White House has effectively brought back the Anarchist Exclusion Act of 1903/1918, seeking to exclude people from the US for simply for opposing fascism.
Incidentally, liberal politicians like Portland's Ted Wheeler are equally complicit in creating the conditions for this.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-inadmissibility-persons-affiliated-antifa-based-organized-criminal-activity/
Incidentally, liberal politicians like Portland's Ted Wheeler are equally complicit in creating the conditions for this.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-inadmissibility-persons-affiliated-antifa-based-organized-criminal-activity/
As the smoke clears in Washington, DC after Trump supporters stormed the capitol building—some preliminary thoughts.
Today's events will discredit Trump supporters in the eyes of centrists, but it will also push the envelope regarding what is acceptable. This may help the far right recruit locally countrywide and could normalize similar actions in the future.
The state clampdown after this will suppress freedoms across the board, targeting all forms of dissent. In Turkey, when Erdoğan put down a right-wing military coup, that paved the way for him to repress every form of protest.
State repression of the right will follow the playbook they use against our movements—incorporating reformist elements while isolating and destroying "extreme" elements.
If the only pressure on the government is from the far right, the state will make concessions to them.
Proponents of liberation should not remain spectators, hoping the state will protect us. Let's use this opportunity to reach out to others in our communities to organize against local far-right efforts and also against forthcoming state repression and economic/ecological crisis.
Today's events will discredit Trump supporters in the eyes of centrists, but it will also push the envelope regarding what is acceptable. This may help the far right recruit locally countrywide and could normalize similar actions in the future.
The state clampdown after this will suppress freedoms across the board, targeting all forms of dissent. In Turkey, when Erdoğan put down a right-wing military coup, that paved the way for him to repress every form of protest.
State repression of the right will follow the playbook they use against our movements—incorporating reformist elements while isolating and destroying "extreme" elements.
If the only pressure on the government is from the far right, the state will make concessions to them.
Proponents of liberation should not remain spectators, hoping the state will protect us. Let's use this opportunity to reach out to others in our communities to organize against local far-right efforts and also against forthcoming state repression and economic/ecological crisis.
Nachdem Trump-Supporter:innen das Kapitol stürmten lichtet sich der Rauch in Washington, DC – einige vorläufige Gedanken.
Die heutigen Ereignisse werden Trump-Anhänger:innen in den Augen der Zentrist:innen diskreditieren, sie werden aber auch das Fenster dessen was akzeptabel ist verschieben. Sie können der äußeren Rechten helfen lokal und landesweit zu rekrutieren und ähnliche Aktionen in Zukunft normalisieren.
Das erwartbare staatliche Vorgehen wird Freiheiten auf ganzer Linien unterdrücken und gegen alle Formen des Dissens vorgehen. Als Erdoğan in der Türkei einen rechten Militärputsch niederschlug, ebnete genau das den Weg für ihn jede Form von Protest zu unterdrücken.
Die staatliche Repression gegen die Rechte wird dem Drehbuch folgen, das sie gegen unsere Bewegungen verwenden – reformistische Elemente einbinden und ›extreme‹ Elemente isolieren und zerstören.
Wenn der einzige Druck auf die Regierung von rechts-außen kommt, wird der Staat Zugeständnisse an sie machen.
Befürworter:innen der Freiheit sollten keine Zuschauer:innen bleiben; nicht still darauf hoffen das der Staat uns beschützt. Lasst uns diese Gelegenheit nutzen, um uns in unseren Communities zu vernetzen, antifaschistischen Selbstschutz aufzubauen und gemeinsam gegen staatliche Repression und die ökonomisch-ökologische Krise zu organisieren. Weltweit.
Hier noch eine älterer Text von uns, der die Möglichkeiten des Ausgangs der Wahlen analysiert:
https://de.crimethinc.com/2020/10/21/zwischen-wahlpolitik-und-burgerkrieg-anarchistinnen-stellen-sich-der-wahl-2020
Die heutigen Ereignisse werden Trump-Anhänger:innen in den Augen der Zentrist:innen diskreditieren, sie werden aber auch das Fenster dessen was akzeptabel ist verschieben. Sie können der äußeren Rechten helfen lokal und landesweit zu rekrutieren und ähnliche Aktionen in Zukunft normalisieren.
Das erwartbare staatliche Vorgehen wird Freiheiten auf ganzer Linien unterdrücken und gegen alle Formen des Dissens vorgehen. Als Erdoğan in der Türkei einen rechten Militärputsch niederschlug, ebnete genau das den Weg für ihn jede Form von Protest zu unterdrücken.
Die staatliche Repression gegen die Rechte wird dem Drehbuch folgen, das sie gegen unsere Bewegungen verwenden – reformistische Elemente einbinden und ›extreme‹ Elemente isolieren und zerstören.
Wenn der einzige Druck auf die Regierung von rechts-außen kommt, wird der Staat Zugeständnisse an sie machen.
Befürworter:innen der Freiheit sollten keine Zuschauer:innen bleiben; nicht still darauf hoffen das der Staat uns beschützt. Lasst uns diese Gelegenheit nutzen, um uns in unseren Communities zu vernetzen, antifaschistischen Selbstschutz aufzubauen und gemeinsam gegen staatliche Repression und die ökonomisch-ökologische Krise zu organisieren. Weltweit.
Hier noch eine älterer Text von uns, der die Möglichkeiten des Ausgangs der Wahlen analysiert:
https://de.crimethinc.com/2020/10/21/zwischen-wahlpolitik-und-burgerkrieg-anarchistinnen-stellen-sich-der-wahl-2020
CrimethInc.
Zwischen Wahlpolitik und Bürgerkrieg
Was aber, wenn wir nichts davon wollen – weder Tyrannei noch Bürgerkrieg, noch vom kleineren der beiden Übel regiert werden?
Enquanto a fumaça se dissipa em Washington, DC depois que os apoiadores de Trump invadiram o prédio do capitólio — algumas ideias preliminares.
Os eventos de 6/01 vão desacreditar apoiadores de Trump para os centristas, mas também vão girar a roleta em relação ao que é aceitável. Isso pode ajudar a extrema direita a recrutar pessoas no país e normalizar ações semelhantes no futuro.
A repressão estatal depois disso suprimirá as liberdades além das fronteiras, visando todas as formas de dissidência. Na Turquia, quando Erdoğan deu um golpe militar de direita, isso abriu caminho para ele reprimir todas as formas de protesto.
A repressão estatal sobre direita seguirá o manual que eles usam contra nossos movimentos — incorporando elementos reformistas enquanto isola e destrói elementos "extremos".
Se a única pressão sobre o governo vier da extrema direita, o estado fará concessões a eles.
Defensoras da liberdade não devem ser espectadoras, aguardando que o estado nos proteja. Vamos usar esta chance para alcançar as pessoas em nossas comunidades e nos organizarmos contra ações da extrema direita local e contra a repressão estatal e a crise econômica/ecológica.
https://twitter.com/crimethinc_pt/status/1347206445536661506
Os eventos de 6/01 vão desacreditar apoiadores de Trump para os centristas, mas também vão girar a roleta em relação ao que é aceitável. Isso pode ajudar a extrema direita a recrutar pessoas no país e normalizar ações semelhantes no futuro.
A repressão estatal depois disso suprimirá as liberdades além das fronteiras, visando todas as formas de dissidência. Na Turquia, quando Erdoğan deu um golpe militar de direita, isso abriu caminho para ele reprimir todas as formas de protesto.
A repressão estatal sobre direita seguirá o manual que eles usam contra nossos movimentos — incorporando elementos reformistas enquanto isola e destrói elementos "extremos".
Se a única pressão sobre o governo vier da extrema direita, o estado fará concessões a eles.
Defensoras da liberdade não devem ser espectadoras, aguardando que o estado nos proteja. Vamos usar esta chance para alcançar as pessoas em nossas comunidades e nos organizarmos contra ações da extrema direita local e contra a repressão estatal e a crise econômica/ecológica.
https://twitter.com/crimethinc_pt/status/1347206445536661506
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CrimethInc. PT-BR
Enquanto a fumaça se dissipa: Os eventos de 6/01 nos EUA vão desacreditar apoiadores de Trump para os centristas, mas também vão girar a roleta em relação ao que é aceitável. Isso pode ajudar a extrema direita a recrutar pessoas no país e normalizar ações…
A Mass Base for Fascism?
https://cwc.im/January6DC
Our full chronology and appraisal of the events of January 6 in Washington, DC.
As the Republican Party fractures, a new political center is emerging—albeit much further to the right—while some Trump supporters are embracing outright fascism.
https://cwc.im/January6DC
Our full chronology and appraisal of the events of January 6 in Washington, DC.
As the Republican Party fractures, a new political center is emerging—albeit much further to the right—while some Trump supporters are embracing outright fascism.
6. Januar: Massenbasis für den Faschismus?
Während die Republikaner:innen zerbrechen, entsteht eine neue politische Mitte – weiter rechts
http://cwc.im/6Januar
Erster Bericht & Analyse.
#Kapitol #antifa #trump
Während die Republikaner:innen zerbrechen, entsteht eine neue politische Mitte – weiter rechts
http://cwc.im/6Januar
Erster Bericht & Analyse.
#Kapitol #antifa #trump
After the election, we argued that voting alone hadn't defeated Trump—rather, ungovernable social movements showed the ruling class that backing his attempt to retain power would trigger widespread resistance.
Trump cast around ahead of the election unsuccessfully for ways to hold power—attempting to deploy the military to suppress protests, experimentally deploying federal officers in Portland, reorganizing government agencies to answer directly to him.
By January 6, there was no real possibility of a coup—all that remained possible was for Trump's supporters to throw a tantrum to punish the rest of the political class for not letting him retain power and to show that, even out of power, he could be dangerous.
https://cwc.im/January6DC
The far right has made opposing “antifa” into their chief priority—not just because negative points of unity are most expedient in a time of political polarization, but also because anarchists and anti-fascists have won so many victories against them, slowing their growth.
Trump cast around ahead of the election unsuccessfully for ways to hold power—attempting to deploy the military to suppress protests, experimentally deploying federal officers in Portland, reorganizing government agencies to answer directly to him.
By January 6, there was no real possibility of a coup—all that remained possible was for Trump's supporters to throw a tantrum to punish the rest of the political class for not letting him retain power and to show that, even out of power, he could be dangerous.
https://cwc.im/January6DC
The far right has made opposing “antifa” into their chief priority—not just because negative points of unity are most expedient in a time of political polarization, but also because anarchists and anti-fascists have won so many victories against them, slowing their growth.
CrimethInc.
January 6: A Mass Base for Fascism?
In the name of a war against extremism, centrists will demand to expand the machinery of state repression—and the next Trump will use it against us.
As conservatives, Trump loyalists, and reactionaries discuss plans to resist the incoming Biden-Harris administration, we can take a moment to reflect on anarchist resistance to presidential inaugurations in the US from the late 60s to 2016. Autonomous grassroots protesters have always opposed Democratic and Republican administrations alike. As the ruling class hopes to inaugurate a peaceful transition, we have to find ways to seize the initiative in struggles for freedom and revolution after an era defined largely by community self defense.
https://crimethinc.com/2017/01/16/whoever-they-vote-for-we-are-ungovernable-a-history-of-anarchist-counter-inaugural-protest
https://crimethinc.com/2017/01/16/whoever-they-vote-for-we-are-ungovernable-a-history-of-anarchist-counter-inaugural-protest
Forwarded from Strike Force
#J20: Close the Camps
A call to protest against detainments at ICE detention centers, ICE field offices, and police stations that cooperate with ICE on January 20.
#AbolishICE #StopFamilySeparation
https://crimethinc.com/2021/01/11/j20-close-the-camps-a-call-to-demonstrate-against-ice-on-inauguration-day
https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1348761768349335552
A call to protest against detainments at ICE detention centers, ICE field offices, and police stations that cooperate with ICE on January 20.
#AbolishICE #StopFamilySeparation
https://crimethinc.com/2021/01/11/j20-close-the-camps-a-call-to-demonstrate-against-ice-on-inauguration-day
https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1348761768349335552
6 de Enero: ¿Las Bases del Fascismo?
https://cwc.im/6deEneroDC
Tras una manifestación en la que proclamaban sus infundadas acusaciones de fraude electoral, lxs partidarixs de Donald Trump ocuparon el edificio del Capitolio en Washington DC, como consecuencia de ello el Partido Republicano se está fracturando, preparando el terreno para la consolidación de un nuevo centro político bipartidista aunque mucho más a la derecha que antes. Sin embargo, esto también allana el camino para que innumerables sectores de las bases de Trump se separen por completo de la democracia representativa, adoptando una alternativa explícitamente fascista. Los acontecimientos del 6 de enero les ofrecen mártires y un discurso revanchista que les será útil en los próximos años.
Pero este no es el único peligro que se avecina. En nombre de una guerra contra el extremismo, lxs centristas van a exigir el despliegue de la maquinaria de represión del estado, que el próximo Trump usará inevitablemente contra nosotrxs.
https://cwc.im/6deEneroDC
Tras una manifestación en la que proclamaban sus infundadas acusaciones de fraude electoral, lxs partidarixs de Donald Trump ocuparon el edificio del Capitolio en Washington DC, como consecuencia de ello el Partido Republicano se está fracturando, preparando el terreno para la consolidación de un nuevo centro político bipartidista aunque mucho más a la derecha que antes. Sin embargo, esto también allana el camino para que innumerables sectores de las bases de Trump se separen por completo de la democracia representativa, adoptando una alternativa explícitamente fascista. Los acontecimientos del 6 de enero les ofrecen mártires y un discurso revanchista que les será útil en los próximos años.
Pero este no es el único peligro que se avecina. En nombre de una guerra contra el extremismo, lxs centristas van a exigir el despliegue de la maquinaria de represión del estado, que el próximo Trump usará inevitablemente contra nosotrxs.