We've prepared a zine version of "Beneath the Concrete, the Forest," our collection of accounts from the defense of the Atlanta Forest. This is an inspiring snapshot of a thriving movement against police, gentrification, and ecocide.
https://crimethinc.com/forestzine
Please print and distribute!
https://crimethinc.com/forestzine
Please print and distribute!
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Once upon a time, in another century, we used to release records for politicized hardcore bands like Zegota and Catharsis. You can download those here, free:
https://crimethinc.bandcamp.com
This December, Catharsis will be playing a memorial show in memory of John Rivera, a fixture in the North Carolina hardcore scene. This show is taking place at the express wish of John, who passed away earlier this month.
Rest in Peace.
https://crimethinc.bandcamp.com
This December, Catharsis will be playing a memorial show in memory of John Rivera, a fixture in the North Carolina hardcore scene. This show is taking place at the express wish of John, who passed away earlier this month.
Rest in Peace.
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Six months into the invasion of Ukraine, we present an interview with the Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization, a clandestine group promoting anti-war sabotage in Russia.
https://crimethinc.com/BOAK
Over the months since the first wave of anti-war protests were crushed, resistance has assumed new forms.
In this interview, they describe how they see their predecessors in the history of anarchist movements, how the situation in Russia deteriorated to such an extent that it was possible to invade Ukraine, and what kind of organizing is possible under the prevailing conditions. We also asked them to go into detail about their operational protocol, in case this may one day be useful for anarchists elsewhere who may be compelled to adopt similar strategies as state repression intensifies around the world.
https://crimethinc.com/BOAK
Over the months since the first wave of anti-war protests were crushed, resistance has assumed new forms.
In this interview, they describe how they see their predecessors in the history of anarchist movements, how the situation in Russia deteriorated to such an extent that it was possible to invade Ukraine, and what kind of organizing is possible under the prevailing conditions. We also asked them to go into detail about their operational protocol, in case this may one day be useful for anarchists elsewhere who may be compelled to adopt similar strategies as state repression intensifies around the world.
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Россия: Боевая Организация Анархо-Коммунистов
https://crimethinc.com/2022/08/22/rossiia-boievaia-orghanizatsiia-anarkho-kommunistov-intierviu-s-podpolnoi-anarkhistskoi-ghruppoi
Подпольные атаки по всей России были направлены на железные дороги, военкоматы, автомобили, принадлежащие фанатикам войны, а также на российскую государственную пропаганду в пользу войны. Одна из групп, продвигающих подобные действия, известна как Боевая Организация Анархо-коммунистов.
В этом интервью они рассказывают о том, как они видят своё наследие в региональной истории анархистских движений, как политическая ситуация в России ухудшилась настолько, что стало возможным подавление общественных движений и вторжение в Украину, и какой тип организации возможен в сложившихся условиях.
https://crimethinc.com/2022/08/22/rossiia-boievaia-orghanizatsiia-anarkho-kommunistov-intierviu-s-podpolnoi-anarkhistskoi-ghruppoi
Подпольные атаки по всей России были направлены на железные дороги, военкоматы, автомобили, принадлежащие фанатикам войны, а также на российскую государственную пропаганду в пользу войны. Одна из групп, продвигающих подобные действия, известна как Боевая Организация Анархо-коммунистов.
В этом интервью они рассказывают о том, как они видят своё наследие в региональной истории анархистских движений, как политическая ситуация в России ухудшилась настолько, что стало возможным подавление общественных движений и вторжение в Украину, и какой тип организации возможен в сложившихся условиях.
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On the thirtieth anniversary of her death at the hands of police, we present a poster in memory of anarchist and People’s Park defender Rosebud Abigail Denovo, complete with a history of People’s Park and an account from the defense of the park this month.
https://crimethinc.com/Rosebud
https://crimethinc.com/Rosebud
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As Biden grabs headlines for debt forgiveness, it's a great time to read David Graeber's Debt: The First 5000 Years.
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fulllist/special/statesofdamage/syllabus201516/graeber-debt_the_first_5000_years.pdf
Graeber argues that capitalism is founded on "the sacred principle that we must all pay our debts"—a principle that is enforced chiefly on the poor.
Debt itself is a social construct that enables the wealthy to accrue more and more social power at the expense of poor, while forcing all of us to put ourselves constantly at the disposal of an economy that is wrecking our lives and the biosphere itself.
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fulllist/special/statesofdamage/syllabus201516/graeber-debt_the_first_5000_years.pdf
Graeber argues that capitalism is founded on "the sacred principle that we must all pay our debts"—a principle that is enforced chiefly on the poor.
Debt itself is a social construct that enables the wealthy to accrue more and more social power at the expense of poor, while forcing all of us to put ourselves constantly at the disposal of an economy that is wrecking our lives and the biosphere itself.
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"Cancel all student loan debt? But that would be unfair to all those people who struggled for years to pay back their student loans!"
Let me assure the reader that, as someone who struggled for years to pay back his student loans and finally did so, this argument makes about as much sense as saying it would be "unfair" to a mugging victim not to mug
their neighbors too.
-David Graeber, "Debt"
Let me assure the reader that, as someone who struggled for years to pay back his student loans and finally did so, this argument makes about as much sense as saying it would be "unfair" to a mugging victim not to mug
their neighbors too.
-David Graeber, "Debt"
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We honor the memory of our inspiring friend David Graeber, who passed away two years ago today.
Please read something he wrote.
You could start with this essay exploring how we can set long-term goals so as not to be caught off guard by our victories:
https://cwc.im/ShockofVictory
Please read something he wrote.
You could start with this essay exploring how we can set long-term goals so as not to be caught off guard by our victories:
https://cwc.im/ShockofVictory
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#LaborDay is an official holiday established to divert attention from May Day—the traditional day celebrating workers' resistance.
Bosses and politicians want us to celebrate our labor and productivity. Better we celebrate our collective power to revolt.
https://crimethinc.com/antiwork
Bosses and politicians want us to celebrate our labor and productivity. Better we celebrate our collective power to revolt.
https://crimethinc.com/antiwork
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For #LaborDay, we recommend "A Tale of Two General Strikes," analyzing the last two citywide general strikes in the United States in order to derive proposals about how to organize a general strike in the 21st century.
https://crimethinc.com/twogeneralstrikes
"Looking at the strikes of the 1940s, we can see that any combative labor resistance that breaks out today will likely emerge in defiance of union leadership rather than because of it. Looking at the general strike of 2011, we can see that to succeed, combative organizing must begin outside the workplace as well as within it, connecting the struggles of the unemployed and precarious with those of the employed. Exploring how the strategies that people experimented with in 2011 have fared in the decade since, we can draw up new proposals about what to bring to tomorrow’s uprisings."
https://crimethinc.com/twogeneralstrikes
"Looking at the strikes of the 1940s, we can see that any combative labor resistance that breaks out today will likely emerge in defiance of union leadership rather than because of it. Looking at the general strike of 2011, we can see that to succeed, combative organizing must begin outside the workplace as well as within it, connecting the struggles of the unemployed and precarious with those of the employed. Exploring how the strategies that people experimented with in 2011 have fared in the decade since, we can draw up new proposals about what to bring to tomorrow’s uprisings."
It Takes a Whole Village
https://crimethinc.com/GotaGoGama
A Sri Lankan anarchist who participated in the Gota Go Gama movement reflects on the lessons of the occupation at the heart of the uprising that toppled president Rajapaksa.
"GGG was Sri Lanka’s first truly leaderless movement."
"Undercover cops and political spies asked us who the leader was... But like Ravanan [the mythical ten-headed demon king of Lanka] the Aragalaya [Sinhala for “struggle”], too, was many-headed."
https://crimethinc.com/GotaGoGama
A Sri Lankan anarchist who participated in the Gota Go Gama movement reflects on the lessons of the occupation at the heart of the uprising that toppled president Rajapaksa.
"GGG was Sri Lanka’s first truly leaderless movement."
"Undercover cops and political spies asked us who the leader was... But like Ravanan [the mythical ten-headed demon king of Lanka] the Aragalaya [Sinhala for “struggle”], too, was many-headed."
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森林中的城市
在气候危机和警察军事化时代重塑抵抗运动
https://crimethinc.com/2022/04/11/sen-lin-zhong-de-cheng-shi-zai-qi-hou-wei-ji-he-jing-cha-jun-shi-hua-shi-dai-zhong-su-di-kang-yun-dong
2021年4月以来，废警主义者和环保主义者一直在为保护佐治亚州亚特兰大一片珍贵的森林而激烈斗争。当地政府计划在这里修筑警察训练设施，并促成兴建一个巨大的电影摄影棚。在下文的分析中，这场运动的参与者记录了一年中的行动，回溯运动的胜利和挫折、并探究影响过它的策略。这场运动代表了乔治·弗洛伊德反抗运动以来（行动者们）开辟新道路的关键努力，它将捍卫我们赖以生存的土地与和针对警察的抗争联系起来。
#中文
在气候危机和警察军事化时代重塑抵抗运动
https://crimethinc.com/2022/04/11/sen-lin-zhong-de-cheng-shi-zai-qi-hou-wei-ji-he-jing-cha-jun-shi-hua-shi-dai-zhong-su-di-kang-yun-dong
2021年4月以来，废警主义者和环保主义者一直在为保护佐治亚州亚特兰大一片珍贵的森林而激烈斗争。当地政府计划在这里修筑警察训练设施，并促成兴建一个巨大的电影摄影棚。在下文的分析中，这场运动的参与者记录了一年中的行动，回溯运动的胜利和挫折、并探究影响过它的策略。这场运动代表了乔治·弗洛伊德反抗运动以来（行动者们）开辟新道路的关键努力，它将捍卫我们赖以生存的土地与和针对警察的抗争联系起来。
#中文
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Bajo el hormigón, el bosque
Relatos de la defensa del bosque de Atlanta
https://crimethinc.com/2022/08/09/bajo-el-hormigon-el-bosque-relatos-de-la-defensa-del-bosque-de-atlanta
En Atlanta (Georgia), el gobierno de la ciudad pretende destruir grandes franjas de lo que queda del Bosque del Río South (Sur) -también conocido por el nombre del río Weelaunee (Muskogee)-. En lugar de una parte del bosque, pretenden construir un complejo de entrenamiento policial; han vendido la parte vecina al ejecutivo de los estudios Blackhall, Ryan Millsap, que pretende construir un gigantesco escenario de sonido. Sin embargo, desde hace más de un año, los y las activistas han protegido el bosque contra sus planes. En un artículo anterior, relatamos cómo empezó esta campaña y las estrategias que la han impulsado; en la siguiente recopilación de relatos, los y las participantes en el movimiento describen sus experiencias y explican qué hace que esta lucha tenga sentido para ellas.
#Español
Relatos de la defensa del bosque de Atlanta
https://crimethinc.com/2022/08/09/bajo-el-hormigon-el-bosque-relatos-de-la-defensa-del-bosque-de-atlanta
En Atlanta (Georgia), el gobierno de la ciudad pretende destruir grandes franjas de lo que queda del Bosque del Río South (Sur) -también conocido por el nombre del río Weelaunee (Muskogee)-. En lugar de una parte del bosque, pretenden construir un complejo de entrenamiento policial; han vendido la parte vecina al ejecutivo de los estudios Blackhall, Ryan Millsap, que pretende construir un gigantesco escenario de sonido. Sin embargo, desde hace más de un año, los y las activistas han protegido el bosque contra sus planes. En un artículo anterior, relatamos cómo empezó esta campaña y las estrategias que la han impulsado; en la siguiente recopilación de relatos, los y las participantes en el movimiento describen sus experiencias y explican qué hace que esta lucha tenga sentido para ellas.
#Español
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