Our online store has been down since the end of 2020 as we've been overhauling and updating it. Finally, the new version is up and running!
If you've been waiting to order books, posters, or stickers from us—now is the time! Come one come all!
https://store.crimethinc.com
Let us know if you encounter any bugs, too. We're still in the process of polishing it up.
If you've been waiting to order books, posters, or stickers from us—now is the time! Come one come all!
https://store.crimethinc.com
Let us know if you encounter any bugs, too. We're still in the process of polishing it up.
As new crackdowns emerge on the stock market to insulate hedge funds and capitalists from innovative disruptions to the system, we look back to our reflections immediately on the heels of the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement:
“The same technology that helped capitalists outflank the resistance of the 1960s has produced new forms of revolt, from file-sharing to viral riots. Without the advance endorsement of Anonymous, for example, Occupy Wall Street might never have gotten off the ground. We can expect to see a worldwide authoritarian backlash against the internet-spread and twitter-savvy revolts of 2011.
Much of this clampdown will take the form of direct surveillance and censorship. We take for granted that those are chiefly employed in places like Syria and Tunisia; in fact, most of the censorship technology those governments use comes from Silicon Valley—and was first applied right here in the US.”
https://crimethinc.com/2012/01/18/2012-the-empire-has-no-clothes-whats-at-stake-in-the-new-year
“The same technology that helped capitalists outflank the resistance of the 1960s has produced new forms of revolt, from file-sharing to viral riots. Without the advance endorsement of Anonymous, for example, Occupy Wall Street might never have gotten off the ground. We can expect to see a worldwide authoritarian backlash against the internet-spread and twitter-savvy revolts of 2011.
Much of this clampdown will take the form of direct surveillance and censorship. We take for granted that those are chiefly employed in places like Syria and Tunisia; in fact, most of the censorship technology those governments use comes from Silicon Valley—and was first applied right here in the US.”
https://crimethinc.com/2012/01/18/2012-the-empire-has-no-clothes-whats-at-stake-in-the-new-year
CrimethInc.
2012: The Empire Has No Clothes
The new year breaks on a turbulent world. Increasingly superfluous, we pour into the service industry—greasing the wheels for consumption rather than producing anything of lasting value—or scavenge...
Republicans are pretending that it's "not capitalism" for the wealthy to make the rules benefit them.
But capitalism always concentrates wealth in the hands of a privileged class who use it to hoard power.
That's how it works:
cwc.im/work
Down with fake revolts.
The power of Wall Street is the logical outcome of a profit-driven system.
It is grotesque buffoonery—if not outright anti-Semitism—for Republicans to protest their own favorite system on the grounds that it is bringing "elites" to power.
Abolish capitalism and the state.
But capitalism always concentrates wealth in the hands of a privileged class who use it to hoard power.
That's how it works:
cwc.im/work
Down with fake revolts.
The power of Wall Street is the logical outcome of a profit-driven system.
It is grotesque buffoonery—if not outright anti-Semitism—for Republicans to protest their own favorite system on the grounds that it is bringing "elites" to power.
Abolish capitalism and the state.
CrimethInc.
Work
After so much technological progress, why do we have to work more than ever before? How is it that the harder we work, the poorer we end up compared to our bosses? Starting from the vantage point of our daily lives, _Work_ offers an overview of 21st century…
January 28, 2012: During a standoff with police, a participant in Occupy Oakland demonstrates the proper meaning of armchair anarchism.
Used properly, just about anything can be a weapon.
http://cwc.im/Contradictionary
Not that we begrudge anyone their comfort, mind you!
Used properly, just about anything can be a weapon.
http://cwc.im/Contradictionary
Not that we begrudge anyone their comfort, mind you!
CrimethInc.
Contradictionary
_Contradictionary_ is a glossary of capitalist cant and anarchist argot—a field operations manual for the war within every word. In the tradition of The Devil’s Dictionary, it concentrates a wealth of ideas and history into aphorisms and anecdotes, alternately…
If capitalism were really the most efficient way of meeting people's needs, we probably wouldn't be having so much trouble producing and distributing enough #COVID19 vaccines.
Of course, we also wouldn't be facing mass evictions—or widespread poverty—or climate catastrophe.
http://cwc.im/deathcult
Of course, we also wouldn't be facing mass evictions—or widespread poverty—or climate catastrophe.
http://cwc.im/deathcult
Forwarded from Strike Force
“Here’s how it works: Fascist groups promote racist, sexist, and nationalist violence. Individual bigots carry it out—attacking people in the streets, shooting people in churches, stabbing
people on trains. The authorities use these attacks as an excuse to increase control, promising to protect a fearful population. But the greatest threat is not individual fascists: it is the state itself. It is the state that deports and imprisons millions, that suppresses dissent. When a more reactionary government takes power, it will use all the resources and legitimacy that the previous one obtained to carry out even more violence. Only grassroots resistance can stop the rise of fascism.” — Crimethinc
people on trains. The authorities use these attacks as an excuse to increase control, promising to protect a fearful population. But the greatest threat is not individual fascists: it is the state itself. It is the state that deports and imprisons millions, that suppresses dissent. When a more reactionary government takes power, it will use all the resources and legitimacy that the previous one obtained to carry out even more violence. Only grassroots resistance can stop the rise of fascism.” — Crimethinc
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of punk in the worldwide renaissance of anti-authoritarian politics that occurred in the late 20th century, from Poland to the Philippines and Latin America.
https://cwc.im/punk
Against all dictatorships—and all militaries.
The picture is from a twitter thread reporting on resistance to the military coup in Myanmar:
https://twitter.com/the_ayeminthant/status/1358325966452510722
https://cwc.im/punk
Against all dictatorships—and all militaries.
The picture is from a twitter thread reporting on resistance to the military coup in Myanmar:
https://twitter.com/the_ayeminthant/status/1358325966452510722
Puerto Rico: The Road to Decolonization
https://cwc.im/PuertoRico2021
In Puerto Rico, the grassroots response to #COVID19 has built upon the response to Hurricane Maria, the uprising of 2019 that toppled the governor, and centuries of resistance to capitalism and colonialism.
https://cwc.im/PuertoRico2021
In Puerto Rico, the grassroots response to #COVID19 has built upon the response to Hurricane Maria, the uprising of 2019 that toppled the governor, and centuries of resistance to capitalism and colonialism.
CrimethInc.
Puerto Rico: The Road to Decolonization
In Puerto Rico, mutual aid responding to COVID-19 and the economic crisis builds on the response to Hurricane Maria and centuries of colonialism.
From the 2011 Revolution to the Revolt of 2021—New Stirrings in North Africa
https://cwc.im/Tunisia2021
Tunisia is experiencing its largest grassroots revolt since the so-called Arab Spring, with implications for all North Africa.
Anarchists in Tunisia explore what has changed—and what remains the same.
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https://cwc.im/Tunisia2021
Tunisia is experiencing its largest grassroots revolt since the so-called Arab Spring, with implications for all North Africa.
Anarchists in Tunisia explore what has changed—and what remains the same.
🏴
CrimethInc.
Tunisia: From the 2011 Revolution to the Revolt of 2021
Tunisia is experiencing its largest grassroots revolt since the Arab Spring, with implications for all North Africa.