Greece: Still Fighting Against the Odds
https://cwc.im/GreeceDecember2021
After two years of repression and lockdown, anarchists took the offensive at the end of 2021 with fierce demonstrations against the murder of Nikos Sabanis and commemorating the revolutionary anniversaries of November 17 and December 6.
https://cwc.im/GreeceDecember2021
After two years of repression and lockdown, anarchists took the offensive at the end of 2021 with fierce demonstrations against the murder of Nikos Sabanis and commemorating the revolutionary anniversaries of November 17 and December 6.
CrimethInc.
Still Fighting Against the Odds
Anarchists in Greece have taken the offensive, demonstrating against the murder of Nikos Sabanis and commemorating November 17 and December 6.
Still doubt that January 6, 2021 was a failed coup?
We recall how—at Fort Bragg on 9/18/2020—when Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller announced that from then on, Special Operations would report to him directly, he interrupted himself to say “This is an omen.”
In November 2020—as soon as his loss to Biden in the election was certain—Trump arranged to remove longtime officials from the Department of Defense and other agencies, replacing them with loyalists, restructuring the chain of command to concentrate power directly in his hands.
Trump installed Christopher Miller after firing Mark Esper on November 9. None of this was lost on Trump's supporters—read their comments on the video of Miller's speech:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FMSw44QvM_0
On 1/6/21, Miller waited more than three hours before deploying the National Guard.
We recall how—at Fort Bragg on 9/18/2020—when Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller announced that from then on, Special Operations would report to him directly, he interrupted himself to say “This is an omen.”
In November 2020—as soon as his loss to Biden in the election was certain—Trump arranged to remove longtime officials from the Department of Defense and other agencies, replacing them with loyalists, restructuring the chain of command to concentrate power directly in his hands.
Trump installed Christopher Miller after firing Mark Esper on November 9. None of this was lost on Trump's supporters—read their comments on the video of Miller's speech:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FMSw44QvM_0
On 1/6/21, Miller waited more than three hours before deploying the National Guard.
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Unicorn Riot has published a helpful overview of what is currently known about Trump's ill-fated plan to seize power on January 6:
https://unicornriot.ninja/2021/january-6-documents-reveal-plans-to-overturn-2020-election-as-military-questions-deepen/
Today, the Republican Party is the party of Kyle Rittenhouse and January 6. They have consolidated around those symbols.
As anarchists, we don't believe that the standing US government is fundamentally any more legitimate than a Trump dictatorship would be. Neither deserve the right to rule us.
But we should be prepared for Republicans to try to repeat this stunt—and for Democrats to do nothing. Like it or not, both will impact us.
For more on this subject, you could read our analysis of the events of January 6:
https://cwc.im/January6DC
And our remarks regarding why it is crucial not to let Republicans gentrify revolt or confuse the issue of what counts as a real insurrection:
https://cwc.im/RealAnarchy
https://unicornriot.ninja/2021/january-6-documents-reveal-plans-to-overturn-2020-election-as-military-questions-deepen/
Today, the Republican Party is the party of Kyle Rittenhouse and January 6. They have consolidated around those symbols.
As anarchists, we don't believe that the standing US government is fundamentally any more legitimate than a Trump dictatorship would be. Neither deserve the right to rule us.
But we should be prepared for Republicans to try to repeat this stunt—and for Democrats to do nothing. Like it or not, both will impact us.
For more on this subject, you could read our analysis of the events of January 6:
https://cwc.im/January6DC
And our remarks regarding why it is crucial not to let Republicans gentrify revolt or confuse the issue of what counts as a real insurrection:
https://cwc.im/RealAnarchy
UNICORN RIOT
January 6 Documents Reveal Plans to Overturn 2020 Election as Military Questions Deepen - UNICORN RIOT
Washington, D.C. – Clearer evidence is slowly emerging from January 6, 2021, when hundreds of organized far-right rioters raided the U.S. Capitol while top-level military authorities hesitated to respond. New documents produced in recent days for the Congressional…
Yesterday, in #Sudan, during nationwide demonstrations against the military coup that seized power on October 25, state forces repeatedly used live rounds, killing protesters.
https://cwc.im/Sudan2021
In this interview, Sudanese anarchists describe the situation.
https://cwc.im/Sudan2021
In this interview, Sudanese anarchists describe the situation.
This past year, 2021, concluded with our mail-order space in Olympia burning to the ground while everyone around the country came down with COVID-19.
Still, it was a hell of a lot better than last year.
https://cwc.im/YearinReview2021
Read our Year in Review report, "Surviving 2021."
Still, it was a hell of a lot better than last year.
https://cwc.im/YearinReview2021
Read our Year in Review report, "Surviving 2021."
The Uprising in Kazakhstan
https://cwc.im/Kazakhstan2022
A full-scale uprising has broken out in #Kazakhstan in response to the rising cost of living. Now Russia and Belarus have sent in troops.
In this interview, a Kazakh expatriate explores what drove people to revolt—and discusses the implications for the region as a whole.
https://cwc.im/Kazakhstan2022
A full-scale uprising has broken out in #Kazakhstan in response to the rising cost of living. Now Russia and Belarus have sent in troops.
In this interview, a Kazakh expatriate explores what drove people to revolt—and discusses the implications for the region as a whole.
January 6: First as Farce, Next Time as Tragedy?
https://cwc.im/January6
What if we knew that we would face the same situation that occurred on January 6, 2021 again, but with Trump and his supporters better prepared for it? How would we prepare?
By the Democrats' own account, Trump and his cronies are rallying their adherents to an explicitly anti-democratic program. Yet the Democrats’ only response is to try to use this talking point to gain an advantage in the next election.
If you believe that the Republicans are plotting to take power via undemocratic means, then limiting yourself to trying to outvote them is explicitly self-defeating. If the things that liberals are saying about January 6 are true—and there is reason to believe that they could be—then it stands to reason that everyone who is concerned about this should be learning about direct action and anti-fascist means of community defense.
https://cwc.im/January6
What if we knew that we would face the same situation that occurred on January 6, 2021 again, but with Trump and his supporters better prepared for it? How would we prepare?
By the Democrats' own account, Trump and his cronies are rallying their adherents to an explicitly anti-democratic program. Yet the Democrats’ only response is to try to use this talking point to gain an advantage in the next election.
If you believe that the Republicans are plotting to take power via undemocratic means, then limiting yourself to trying to outvote them is explicitly self-defeating. If the things that liberals are saying about January 6 are true—and there is reason to believe that they could be—then it stands to reason that everyone who is concerned about this should be learning about direct action and anti-fascist means of community defense.
Columbia’s Graduate Worker Union Struggle, 2004-2022
https://cwc.im/ColumbiaStrike
Last week, after over nine weeks on the picket line, striking graduate workers at Columbia won a rare victory. In this analysis, participants chronicle why they had to confront the union bureaucracy in order to take on the administration.
Their victory shows that workers who seek to assert their interests in the workplace must begin by fighting for self-determination and grassroots power within workplace organizing itself.
https://cwc.im/ColumbiaStrike
Last week, after over nine weeks on the picket line, striking graduate workers at Columbia won a rare victory. In this analysis, participants chronicle why they had to confront the union bureaucracy in order to take on the administration.
Their victory shows that workers who seek to assert their interests in the workplace must begin by fighting for self-determination and grassroots power within workplace organizing itself.
We've added a zine version of our interview about the uprising in Kazakhstan to our online zine library:
https://crimethinc.com/zines/uprising-in-kazakhstan
Please print these out and distribute them!
We hope to publish a follow-up report soon.
https://crimethinc.com/zines/uprising-in-kazakhstan
Please print these out and distribute them!
We hope to publish a follow-up report soon.
Kazakhstan after the Uprising
https://cwc.im/Almaty2022
Following up our coverage of last week’s uprising in Kazakhstan, and seeking to clear up widespread confusion about the events, we have translated an array of perspectives on the situation from various Russian anarchist sources and interviewed two anarchists from Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan and the place where the fighting became most intense.
https://cwc.im/Almaty2022
Following up our coverage of last week’s uprising in Kazakhstan, and seeking to clear up widespread confusion about the events, we have translated an array of perspectives on the situation from various Russian anarchist sources and interviewed two anarchists from Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan and the place where the fighting became most intense.
CrimethInc.
Kazakhstan after the Uprising
We interviewed two anarcha-feminists who witnessed the peak of the uprising in Almaty and translated an array of perspectives from Russian anarchists.
Читайте наше освещение восстания в Казахстане на русском:
https://ru.crimethinc.com/2022/01/06/vosstaniie-v-kazakhstanie-intierviu-i-otsienka-sobytii-1
Включая интервью с анархо-феминистками, которые пережили события в Алматы:
https://ru.crimethinc.com/2022/01/12/kazakhstan-poslie-vosstaniia-otsienka-sobytii-ot-rossiiskikh-anarkhistov-svidietielstva-iz-piervykh-ruk-ot-anarkhistok-v-almaty-1
Пожалуйста, распространяйте в русскоязычной части интернета! Солидарность всем!
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https://ru.crimethinc.com/2022/01/06/vosstaniie-v-kazakhstanie-intierviu-i-otsienka-sobytii-1
Включая интервью с анархо-феминистками, которые пережили события в Алматы:
https://ru.crimethinc.com/2022/01/12/kazakhstan-poslie-vosstaniia-otsienka-sobytii-ot-rossiiskikh-anarkhistov-svidietielstva-iz-piervykh-ruk-ot-anarkhistok-v-almaty-1
Пожалуйста, распространяйте в русскоязычной части интернета! Солидарность всем!
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In the dead of winter, at the apex of a new wave of the pandemic, New York state is going to resume evicting people from their homes.
Landlords are hoping that our compassion and solidarity have eroded since 2020—that we will look away as people die.
In this case, as in some others (#colonialism), property ownership is just an alibi for profit-driven murder.
https://cwc.im/NoEvictions
Landlords are hoping that our compassion and solidarity have eroded since 2020—that we will look away as people die.
In this case, as in some others (#colonialism), property ownership is just an alibi for profit-driven murder.
https://cwc.im/NoEvictions