As Hurricane Ian hits the Southeast, much of the suffering it is inflicting is not a "natural" disaster, but the consequence of structuring our society according to the imperatives of profit and control rather than the needs of human beings.
https://crimethinc.com/Louisiana2021
Extreme weather events produced by climate change, coupled with other forms of crisis, are now so commonplace that they are outstripping the media’s ability to report on them and generating compassion fatigue.
Over the years to come, these crises will impact more and more of us.
https://crimethinc.com/Louisiana2021
Extreme weather events produced by climate change, coupled with other forms of crisis, are now so commonplace that they are outstripping the media’s ability to report on them and generating compassion fatigue.
Over the years to come, these crises will impact more and more of us.
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In the era of disaster, as we react to one crisis after another, let's also build the infrastructure for a new society with new values.
Fighting against capitalism and opening up spaces of freedom and solidarity are essential aspects of disaster relief.
https://crimethinc.com/AtlantaForest
Fighting against capitalism and opening up spaces of freedom and solidarity are essential aspects of disaster relief.
https://crimethinc.com/AtlantaForest
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A participant in CrimethInc. projects spoke on the Antifada podcast about the lines of transmission through which the rebellious aspirations of the 1960s influenced the subcultural movements of the 1980s and 1990s and the new revolutionary movements of the early 21st century.
https://patreon.com/posts/armed-love-4-is-72502978
https://patreon.com/posts/armed-love-4-is-72502978
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Révolte en Iran
La résurrection féministe et le début de la fin du Régime
https://crimethinc.com/2022/09/28/revolte-en-iran-la-resurrection-feministe-et-le-debut-de-la-fin-du-regime
Le 16 septembre 2022, la police des mœurs de Téhéran a assassiné une femme de 22 ans ; prétendument car elle ne portait pas le hijab comme l’exige la politique de l’État iranien. En réponse, des Iranien.ne.s sont descendu.e.s dans la rue depuis près de deux semaines, affrontant la police et ouvrant des espaces d’une liberté ingouvernable. Pour beaucoup en Iran, il semble qu’un processus révolutionnaire soit en cours.
En collaboration avec le Collectif 98, un groupe anticapitaliste et antiautoritaire couvrant les luttes en Iran, nous avons pu interviewer des féministes iraniennes et kurdes sur la situation. Dans le texte, ils explorent la signification historique de cette vague de révolte et les forces qui l’ont déclenchée.
#Français
La résurrection féministe et le début de la fin du Régime
https://crimethinc.com/2022/09/28/revolte-en-iran-la-resurrection-feministe-et-le-debut-de-la-fin-du-regime
Le 16 septembre 2022, la police des mœurs de Téhéran a assassiné une femme de 22 ans ; prétendument car elle ne portait pas le hijab comme l’exige la politique de l’État iranien. En réponse, des Iranien.ne.s sont descendu.e.s dans la rue depuis près de deux semaines, affrontant la police et ouvrant des espaces d’une liberté ingouvernable. Pour beaucoup en Iran, il semble qu’un processus révolutionnaire soit en cours.
En collaboration avec le Collectif 98, un groupe anticapitaliste et antiautoritaire couvrant les luttes en Iran, nous avons pu interviewer des féministes iraniennes et kurdes sur la situation. Dans le texte, ils explorent la signification historique de cette vague de révolte et les forces qui l’ont déclenchée.
#Français
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In Sunday's elections, Brazilians will choose between Bolsonaro and Lula—between the extreme right and the capitalist left.
Whoever wins, both the threat of fascism and the election itself serve to discipline people out of the streets, pushing them back to electoral politics.
Lula has been president before. He and his hand-picked successor, Dilma, attempted to simultaneously please ordinary voters and financial elites.
In response to their failures, in 2013, millions participated in a wave of anarchist and autonomous protest.
https://crimethinc.com/2017/06/12/fighting-in-brazil-2013-2015-three-years-of-revolt-repression-and-reaction
Whoever wins, both the threat of fascism and the election itself serve to discipline people out of the streets, pushing them back to electoral politics.
Lula has been president before. He and his hand-picked successor, Dilma, attempted to simultaneously please ordinary voters and financial elites.
In response to their failures, in 2013, millions participated in a wave of anarchist and autonomous protest.
https://crimethinc.com/2017/06/12/fighting-in-brazil-2013-2015-three-years-of-revolt-repression-and-reaction
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The far right responded to the 2013 wave of protest in Brazil by seeking to shift the focus of anger from capitalism to "corruption."
Brazil experienced a right-wing reaction that culminated with the impeachment of Dilma and a turn towards more brazen neoliberalism.
https://crimethinc.com/Brazilcoup
Today, some of those who participated in the grassroots uprisings of 2013 have ceased to mobilize in the street. They hope this election will defeat fascism and deliver improvements in their lives.
This closes the cycle that began in 2013, re-legitimizing electoral politics.
Brazil experienced a right-wing reaction that culminated with the impeachment of Dilma and a turn towards more brazen neoliberalism.
https://crimethinc.com/Brazilcoup
Today, some of those who participated in the grassroots uprisings of 2013 have ceased to mobilize in the street. They hope this election will defeat fascism and deliver improvements in their lives.
This closes the cycle that began in 2013, re-legitimizing electoral politics.
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If Lula wins, that will resolve nothing. As long as Brazil is subject to the pressures of neoliberal capitalism, he will be hard-pressed to deliver fundamentally better living conditions.
Meanwhile, fascism will continue to spread, both in the streets and in the institutions.
When the next wave of frustration with liberal reforms reaches critical mass and fascism once more presents itself as the solution, only grassroots struggle will be able protect targeted communities and advance social movements.
Solidarity and direct action are indispensable.
The same goes double if Bolsonaro is elected—or seizes power.
Brazil has a history of coups. It is a grave mistake to withdraw from street mobilizations, counting on the electoral process to put a stop to fascism and nationalism. We must be ungovernable.
https://crimethinc.com/Brazil2021
Meanwhile, fascism will continue to spread, both in the streets and in the institutions.
When the next wave of frustration with liberal reforms reaches critical mass and fascism once more presents itself as the solution, only grassroots struggle will be able protect targeted communities and advance social movements.
Solidarity and direct action are indispensable.
The same goes double if Bolsonaro is elected—or seizes power.
Brazil has a history of coups. It is a grave mistake to withdraw from street mobilizations, counting on the electoral process to put a stop to fascism and nationalism. We must be ungovernable.
https://crimethinc.com/Brazil2021
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Rivolta in Iran
La resurrezione femminista e l'inizio della fine del regime
https://crimethinc.com/2022/09/28/rivolta-in-iran-la-resurrezione-femminista-e-linizio-della-fine-del-regime-1
Femministe iraniane e curde esplorano il significato storico di questa ondata di rivolta, le forze che l'hanno messa in moto e l'orizzonte che si prospetta.
#Italiano
La resurrezione femminista e l'inizio della fine del regime
https://crimethinc.com/2022/09/28/rivolta-in-iran-la-resurrezione-femminista-e-linizio-della-fine-del-regime-1
Femministe iraniane e curde esplorano il significato storico di questa ondata di rivolta, le forze che l'hanno messa in moto e l'orizzonte che si prospetta.
#Italiano
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"We have always had to fight on multiple fronts"—to follow up our coverage of the uprising in Iran, we've published a translation of a collective statement from Kurdish left feminists.
https://crimethinc.com/KurdishFeminists
#المرأة_الحياة_الحرية
#Mahsa_Amini
https://crimethinc.com/KurdishFeminists
#المرأة_الحياة_الحرية
#Mahsa_Amini
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Aufstand im Iran.
Die feministische Revolte und der Anfang vom Ende des Regimes.
http://cwc.im/IranAufstand2022
»Die Islamische Republik ist in den Köpfen der Menschen bereits tot, jetzt muss die Bevölkerung sie in der Realität töten.«
#Mahsa_Amini
#Jina_Amini
#Deutsch
Die feministische Revolte und der Anfang vom Ende des Regimes.
http://cwc.im/IranAufstand2022
»Die Islamische Republik ist in den Köpfen der Menschen bereits tot, jetzt muss die Bevölkerung sie in der Realität töten.«
#Mahsa_Amini
#Jina_Amini
#Deutsch
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