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.
#J20: Cierra los centros de detención
https://cwc.im/Cierraloscentrosdedetencion
Si no nos unimos para luchar contra la detención, separación, deportación y negligencia médica de los inmigrantes, el mundo no estará mejor bajo la administración de Biden que bajo la de Trump.
#AbolishICE
#AbolirICE
https://cwc.im/Cierraloscentrosdedetencion
Si no nos unimos para luchar contra la detención, separación, deportación y negligencia médica de los inmigrantes, el mundo no estará mejor bajo la administración de Biden que bajo la de Trump.
#AbolishICE
#AbolirICE
Why We Need Real Anarchy
https://cwc.im/RealAnarchy
Politicians have come together across the aisle to decry the storming of the Capitol on January 6 as “lawless,” “anti-democratic,” and “extremist,” going so far as to misrepresent the result as “anarchy.” The problem with the invasion of the Capitol was not that it was unlawful, undemocratic, or extremist, per se, but that it was an effort to concentrate oppressive power in the hands of an autocrat—which is precisely the opposite of anarchy.
Direct action, militant tactics, and a critique of electoral politics will remain essential to movements against fascism and state violence. We must not let the far right gentrify revolt, nor permit centrists to confuse the issue.
https://cwc.im/RealAnarchy
Politicians have come together across the aisle to decry the storming of the Capitol on January 6 as “lawless,” “anti-democratic,” and “extremist,” going so far as to misrepresent the result as “anarchy.” The problem with the invasion of the Capitol was not that it was unlawful, undemocratic, or extremist, per se, but that it was an effort to concentrate oppressive power in the hands of an autocrat—which is precisely the opposite of anarchy.
Direct action, militant tactics, and a critique of electoral politics will remain essential to movements against fascism and state violence. We must not let the far right gentrify revolt, nor permit centrists to confuse the issue.
CrimethInc.
Why We Need Real Anarchy
Direct action, militant tactics, and a critique of electoral politics remain essential to our movements. Don't let the far right confuse the issue.
Over a week after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, police have made less than 100 arrests.
By contrast—on J20, the day Trump was inaugurated, DC police arrested 234 people for the crime of wearing black in the vicinity of confrontational protests.
Most of those arrested for storming the Capitol have been charged with negligible misdemeanors.
All of the arrestees from the mass arrest at Trump's inauguration were immediately charged with felonies. The vast majority of them faced a minimum of 8 felonies each.
We're not calling for more charges against the fascists who invaded the Capitol. We know that whatever the cops do to their friends, they will do to us ten times worse.
The point is—the police and the justice system exist to repress us, not to protect us. We organize against fascists ourselves because we know that the state will always side with them.
It's worth reading about the J20 court case to see the lengths the state will go to repress us—and how we can defeat them.
https://cwc.im/J20legal
By contrast—on J20, the day Trump was inaugurated, DC police arrested 234 people for the crime of wearing black in the vicinity of confrontational protests.
Most of those arrested for storming the Capitol have been charged with negligible misdemeanors.
All of the arrestees from the mass arrest at Trump's inauguration were immediately charged with felonies. The vast majority of them faced a minimum of 8 felonies each.
We're not calling for more charges against the fascists who invaded the Capitol. We know that whatever the cops do to their friends, they will do to us ten times worse.
The point is—the police and the justice system exist to repress us, not to protect us. We organize against fascists ourselves because we know that the state will always side with them.
It's worth reading about the J20 court case to see the lengths the state will go to repress us—and how we can defeat them.
https://cwc.im/J20legal
In 2017, Trump and his supporters took control of all three branches of government. Fascists came to DC to celebrate.
We honor the courage of those who mobilized against his inauguration:
https://cwc.im/J20Analysis
This report also offers vital insight into the strategies—and limits—of the police.
There is also a choose-your-own-adventure protest simulator based on the experiences of participants in the black bloc march against Trump’s inauguration and the subsequent court case that followed it:
https://cwc.im/J20Simulator
#J20
We honor the courage of those who mobilized against his inauguration:
https://cwc.im/J20Analysis
This report also offers vital insight into the strategies—and limits—of the police.
There is also a choose-your-own-adventure protest simulator based on the experiences of participants in the black bloc march against Trump’s inauguration and the subsequent court case that followed it:
https://cwc.im/J20Simulator
#J20
CrimethInc.
Anarchist Resistance to the Trump Inauguration
An analysis of the J20 protests based in a blow-by-blow review of the actions of police & demonstrators throughout January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC.
6 de Janeiro: Uma Base de Massas Para o Fascismo?
cwc.im/6JanDC
Como consequência da invasão de apoiadores de Donald Trump ao edifício do Capitólio em Washington, DC após um comício promovendo suas alegações infundadas de fraude eleitoral, o Partido Republicano está se fragmentando, preparando o cenário para a consolidação de um novo centro político bipartidário. Isso também abre caminho para que setores massivos da base de Trump rompam totalmente com a democracia representativa, adotando uma alternativa explicitamente fascista. Os acontecimentos de 6 de janeiro lhes oferecem mártires e uma narrativa revanchista que eles aproveitarão por muitos anos.
Mas esse não é o único perigo à frente. Em nome de uma guerra contra o extremismo, os centristas vão exigir a expansão da mesma máquina de repressão estatal que o próximo Trump inevitavelmente usará contra nós e demais anticapitalistas. Isso é essencialmente o que aconteceu na República de Weimar, preparando o cenário para a ascensão do Terceiro Reich.
cwc.im/6JanDC
Como consequência da invasão de apoiadores de Donald Trump ao edifício do Capitólio em Washington, DC após um comício promovendo suas alegações infundadas de fraude eleitoral, o Partido Republicano está se fragmentando, preparando o cenário para a consolidação de um novo centro político bipartidário. Isso também abre caminho para que setores massivos da base de Trump rompam totalmente com a democracia representativa, adotando uma alternativa explicitamente fascista. Os acontecimentos de 6 de janeiro lhes oferecem mártires e uma narrativa revanchista que eles aproveitarão por muitos anos.
Mas esse não é o único perigo à frente. Em nome de uma guerra contra o extremismo, os centristas vão exigir a expansão da mesma máquina de repressão estatal que o próximo Trump inevitavelmente usará contra nós e demais anticapitalistas. Isso é essencialmente o que aconteceu na República de Weimar, preparando o cenário para a ascensão do Terceiro Reich.
We may be entering an era when a variety of political actors will find it more strategic to be positioned outside the government, so as to avoid being discredited with it. Now that the state can no longer mitigate the effects of capitalism, people are bound to become more and more disillusioned and rebellious. Where left parties hold state power, seeking to pacify those who remain in the streets, it will be easier for right-wing groups to present themselves as the real partisans of revolt—as they have in Venezuela, for example. The insurrections of the past decade are sure to continue, but the important question is what kind of insurrections they will be. Will they put people in touch with their own collective power, setting the stage for the final abolition of capitalism? Or will they look more like what happened in the US Capitol?
In 2015, when SYRIZA, a far left party, won Greek elections on the platform of anti-austerity, we correctly predicted that they would fail and that, in their failure, they would pave the wave for a groundswell of far right movements. Looking back at our reflections just six years ago still feels helpful for thinking through the problems we face today:
https://crimethinc.com/2015/01/28/feature-syriza-cant-save-greece-why-theres-no-electoral-exit-from-the-crisis
In 2015, when SYRIZA, a far left party, won Greek elections on the platform of anti-austerity, we correctly predicted that they would fail and that, in their failure, they would pave the wave for a groundswell of far right movements. Looking back at our reflections just six years ago still feels helpful for thinking through the problems we face today:
https://crimethinc.com/2015/01/28/feature-syriza-cant-save-greece-why-theres-no-electoral-exit-from-the-crisis
Crimethinc
Syriza Can’t Save Greece: Why There’s No Electoral Exit from the Crisis
Since 2008, Greece has been a bellwether of crisis and resistance around the world: whatever happens in the social movements there is a pretty good indication of what lies ahead for the rest of us.
The FBI is visiting anti-fascists around the country, using the invasion of the Capitol as an excuse to threaten the movements that have done the most to resist those responsible for the events of January 6.
They don't protect us from fascists—they coddle fascists and attack us!
Introduction to security culture: https://cwc.im//texts/security
If the FBI question you or ask you to become an informant: https://cwc.im/ifthefbi
Beware of agents provocateurs and entrapment: https://cwc.im/entrapment
Basic security in protest situations: https://maskon.zone
Dozens of police officers participated in Trump's rally on January 6—if not more—and many of them participated in storming the Capitol.
Giving the police and FBI more power in hopes that they will control the far right means giving more resources to the people behind January 6.
They don't protect us from fascists—they coddle fascists and attack us!
Introduction to security culture: https://cwc.im//texts/security
If the FBI question you or ask you to become an informant: https://cwc.im/ifthefbi
Beware of agents provocateurs and entrapment: https://cwc.im/entrapment
Basic security in protest situations: https://maskon.zone
Dozens of police officers participated in Trump's rally on January 6—if not more—and many of them participated in storming the Capitol.
Giving the police and FBI more power in hopes that they will control the far right means giving more resources to the people behind January 6.
CrimethInc.
What Is Security Culture?
A security culture is a set of customs shared by a community whose members may be targeted by the government, designed to minimize risk. Having a security culture in place saves everyone the troubl...
TELEGRAM CENSORS BLM-AFFILIATED CHANNELS
AFTER FAR-RIGHT DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 18 January 2021
In the weeks following the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol, various right-wing extremist Telegram channels coordinated a campaign to remove BLM-affiliated and anti-fascist groups from the platform by submitting false reports to Telegram’s moderators. On the morning of Ma¬rtin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States, owners of the targeted groups woke up to find that a number of their communities had been shut down over¬night without warning or explanation. These groups were used to share information, resources and community in times of unrest and uncertainty. These groups date back to the George Floyd protests or mutual aid initiatives in the early days of the Coronavirus pandemic. Their censorship and removal are the result of a deliberate effort by white nationalist groups to silence opposition during a moment of political turmoil.
Telegram did not provide detailed notices of any kind to channel owners, instead replacing all content with a generic message alleging a Terms of Service violation. While BLM-affiliated channels were taken down, many of the extremist groups coordinating the campaign were left in place, including “Proud Boys: Uncensored” (where the Proud Boys retreated after being removed from other platforms for violent activity) and “GypsyCrusader News Network” (a non-stop deluge of racial slurs, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, and a man dressed as the Joker giving Nazi salutes) as well as the group "archived1488" which gloated over the TOS announcement on one of these channels.
After several hours most of the targeted channels were brought back online. Telegram has offered no explanation for the initial shutdowns or the reinstatement of these channels. One possibility is that the spurious mass-reporting by right-wing spam accounts triggered an automatic removal violation, but no actual Terms of Service violation was found upon review by content moderators.
Attacks like these targeting non-violent groups on the left exemplify the double-standard used to silence marginalized people and their allies. Activists use Telegram to provide and receive real-time information related to protest actions, to communicate with allies across regional and national boundaries, and to share resources ranging from recipes to first-aid training. Topics of conversation range from heartbreak over news of Black deaths at the hands of police, to coordinating support for unhoused people in their communities, to organizing mutual aid efforts for those affected by the pandemic. These community resources were taken down while multiple channels openly affiliated with far-right hate groups remained online and functional.
As fallout from the Jan 6 Capitol attack continues to be felt, we anticipate increased attacks on leftist social media channels as well as political targeting of leftist activists. We vehemently maintain that there is a fundamental distinction between groups calling for justice, equity, the end of state sanctioned murder, and an end to homelessness and poverty, and groups calling for the murder and abuse of vulnerable populations to aid in the dissolution of our democracy.
That fundamental difference must be recognized by content moderators at Telegram and other social media networks, and freedom of peaceful organization and protest must be maintained. Equating groups advocating for Black Lives or Anti-Fascism with those calling for genocide, murder, and race war to perpetuate systems of white supremacy only serves to assuage a misguided sense of fairness, and lacks both moral and ethical judgement.
JPG: https://news.1rj.ru/str/BLMProtests/9806
PDF: https://news.1rj.ru/str/BLMProtests/9807
PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY TO PRESS & MEDIA!
AFTER FAR-RIGHT DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 18 January 2021
In the weeks following the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol, various right-wing extremist Telegram channels coordinated a campaign to remove BLM-affiliated and anti-fascist groups from the platform by submitting false reports to Telegram’s moderators. On the morning of Ma¬rtin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States, owners of the targeted groups woke up to find that a number of their communities had been shut down over¬night without warning or explanation. These groups were used to share information, resources and community in times of unrest and uncertainty. These groups date back to the George Floyd protests or mutual aid initiatives in the early days of the Coronavirus pandemic. Their censorship and removal are the result of a deliberate effort by white nationalist groups to silence opposition during a moment of political turmoil.
Telegram did not provide detailed notices of any kind to channel owners, instead replacing all content with a generic message alleging a Terms of Service violation. While BLM-affiliated channels were taken down, many of the extremist groups coordinating the campaign were left in place, including “Proud Boys: Uncensored” (where the Proud Boys retreated after being removed from other platforms for violent activity) and “GypsyCrusader News Network” (a non-stop deluge of racial slurs, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, and a man dressed as the Joker giving Nazi salutes) as well as the group "archived1488" which gloated over the TOS announcement on one of these channels.
After several hours most of the targeted channels were brought back online. Telegram has offered no explanation for the initial shutdowns or the reinstatement of these channels. One possibility is that the spurious mass-reporting by right-wing spam accounts triggered an automatic removal violation, but no actual Terms of Service violation was found upon review by content moderators.
Attacks like these targeting non-violent groups on the left exemplify the double-standard used to silence marginalized people and their allies. Activists use Telegram to provide and receive real-time information related to protest actions, to communicate with allies across regional and national boundaries, and to share resources ranging from recipes to first-aid training. Topics of conversation range from heartbreak over news of Black deaths at the hands of police, to coordinating support for unhoused people in their communities, to organizing mutual aid efforts for those affected by the pandemic. These community resources were taken down while multiple channels openly affiliated with far-right hate groups remained online and functional.
As fallout from the Jan 6 Capitol attack continues to be felt, we anticipate increased attacks on leftist social media channels as well as political targeting of leftist activists. We vehemently maintain that there is a fundamental distinction between groups calling for justice, equity, the end of state sanctioned murder, and an end to homelessness and poverty, and groups calling for the murder and abuse of vulnerable populations to aid in the dissolution of our democracy.
That fundamental difference must be recognized by content moderators at Telegram and other social media networks, and freedom of peaceful organization and protest must be maintained. Equating groups advocating for Black Lives or Anti-Fascism with those calling for genocide, murder, and race war to perpetuate systems of white supremacy only serves to assuage a misguided sense of fairness, and lacks both moral and ethical judgement.
JPG: https://news.1rj.ru/str/BLMProtests/9806
PDF: https://news.1rj.ru/str/BLMProtests/9807
PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY TO PRESS & MEDIA!
Telegram
The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
The Trump Years—A Chronology of Resistance
https://cwc.im/TrumpYears
Now that it's time to confront the risks and opportunities of a new era, let's review the essential roles that direct action and ungovernable movements have played in the events of the past four years.
https://cwc.im/TrumpYears
Now that it's time to confront the risks and opportunities of a new era, let's review the essential roles that direct action and ungovernable movements have played in the events of the past four years.