An inspiring flier distributed at the Atlanta forest occupation during this week of action, the fourth in a year. "This Is Not A Music Festival."

#StopCopCity

Eight years ago tonight, people in Ferguson, Missouri rose up in response to the murder of Michael Brown, driving the police out of their community for the night and setting in motion a reckoning with racist policing that has yet to reach its conclusion.

http://cwc.im/FergusonTimeline

Tonight, it's been five years since hundreds of fascists gathered in Charlottesville to march with torches.

Anarchists had already been mobilizing against the rise of fascism for years—but most people had not taken our pleas seriously.

http://cwc.im/Charlottesville

On the day of Trump’s inauguration, an alt-right assaulter shot an unarmed anti-fascist protestor in Seattle. Police initially responded by declining to charge the shooter with a crime, while continuing to condemn and repress anti-fascist demonstrators.

https://crimethinc.com/escalation

Politicians had already sent the message that both police and fascists could freely assault those who stood up against racism, taking steps to legalize using vehicles to murder protestors, while Fox News and the Daily Caller promoted vehicular assaults:

https://money.cnn.com/2017/08/15/media/daily-caller-fox-news-video-car-crashing-liberal-protesters/index.html

This text chronicles the years leading up to the fascist rally in Charlottesville, during which the far right attacked protest from the top down with police, courts, and legislatures—and from the bottom up with militias, fascist groups, and lone shooters:

https://crimethinc.com/j20charlottesville

It is inspiring and humbling that, despite the risks, a small number of students, anti-racist activists, and anarchists mobilized against a larger force of armed fascists in Charlottesville.

Had Nazis been able to gather unopposed, today's world might be even scarier.

In this interview—a valuable historical document—a participant in the anarchist resistance in Charlottesville speaks on the stakes of the conflict, why anti-fascists were able to achieve their goals, and how the outcome impacted the course of US politics.

https://crimethinc.com/squaringoff

We also recommend this text—"Why We Fought in Charlottesville"—from an anarchist participant in the resistance to the fascist "Unite the Right" rally, exploring why it is crucial to prevent fascists from organizing and legitimizing their political parties:

https://crimethinc.com/whycharlottesville

In response to the courageous efforts of anti-fascists, the city government—which had attempted to permit the fascist rally—was forced to call it off.

In retaliation, a fascist drove his car into the demonstrators.

We mourn Heather Heyer and everyone else fascists have killed.