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CW: Torture
Ron DeSantis was apparentally involved in guantanamo Bay, and torturing inmates.
Transphobic vultures pretend that they have children's best interests at heart while attempting to dictate everything that children can dream or become without any consideration for their needs or their well-being. It is plain to see that transphobes don't actually care about children or anyone else—they are simply trying to consolidate their power, to control our lives through state oppression and censorship. They want everyone to be subject to patriarchy, confined by constrictive gender roles. They won't stop at attacking children—they will go on assaulting everyone who doesn't fit their narrow-minded scheme until we stop them.
https://crimethinc.com/GenderSelfDetermination
“The fact is that power is as ubiquitous as gravity. Just as gravity is one of the forces that hold the universe together, so power is one of the forces that hold any society together. A defining feature of any society—whether it is tribal, slave, feudal, capitalist, socialist, communist, or even anarchist—is not whether power is being exercised but how. To argue that social power as such is somehow wrong or “evil” is fallacious. What counts is whether it belongs to the people, and by what kind of institutions is it being exercised.”
― Murray Bookchin
While the Italian prison system seeks to bury the anarchist Alfredo Cospito both figuratively and literally, the fascists who hold power in the Italian government want to purge Italian archives of documents relating to resistance throughout history.
https://centrostudilibertari.it/en/comunicato-attacco-asfai-eng
It Could Happen Here: The Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
Episode webpage: https://omny.fm/shows/it-could-happen-here/the-devastating-earthquakes-in-turkey-and-syria
Media file: https://chtbl.com/track/5899E/podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/1a416efe-d97d-4a39-81a6-afa3002ff4ae/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=bc7f369b-dce6-43c2-897e-ae2d0145ca12
A joint statement from anarchists in the region about the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria this week:
https://www.yeryuzupostasi.org/2023/02/07/joint-declaration-from-anarchists-lets-build-solidarity-and-the-struggle-against-this-order%ef%bf%bc/
Disaster aid is not reaching northern Syria as a consequence of the hostility of the Assad regime and the neighboring governments. If you want to donate to a project that will reach people in northern Syria, you could try this:
https://molhamteam.com/en/campaigns/439
DONATE HERE TO SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED BY THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE
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‘Cop City’ protester Manuel Terán shot at least 13 times by police – autopsy
➖ @theguardiannews ➖
But they have no intention of diminishing the amount of violence that police employ, nor addressing the disparities that render that violence inevitable. This is obvious because they are focusing on managing the public response to police violence rather than seeking change.
If there is to be any change, it will have to come from us.
#AbolishthePolice
Governor Brian Kemp issues Executive Order mobilizing National Guard to Atlanta in response to protests against Cop City and declares a state of emergency that will expire on 2/9. 1,000 Georgia National Guard troops being deployed.
https://twitter.com/hannahcrileyy/status/1618701722075160576
https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders/2023
#StopCopCity #DefendTheAtlantaForest
It Could Happen Here: The Rail Strike is Dead, Long Live the Rail Strike
Episode webpage: https://omny.fm/shows/it-could-happen-here/the-rail-strike-is-dead-long-live-the-rail-strike
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On November 25, at the urging of a far-right troll, Elon Musk banned the @crimethinc Twitter account.
Musk’s goal in acquiring Twitter had nothing to do with “free speech”—it was a partisan move to silence opposition, paving the way for fascist violence.
Our full statement:
https://crimethinc.com/TwitterBan
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https://vxtwitter.com/elmforkJBGC/status/1596041824573198336
This weekend, protesters opposing the construction of the police training compound known as "Cop City" reoccupied the forest that the police are trying to destroy. For two days, hundreds of people of all ages gathered to share music, food, literature, art, and camaraderie.
Tonight, while the festival was taking place on the other side of the forest, demonstrators damaged equipment at the construction site itself. In response, the police attacked the festival, which they themselves described as "peaceful" in their press release. The press release falsely implies that the arrests took place at the construction site, whereas all of the reported arrests took place at and around the concert.
For background on the movement:
http://crimethinc.com/ForestintheCity
#StopCopCity
#DefendtheAtlantaforest
When Russian troops invaded Ukraine a year ago, it took many people by surprise—especially Putin apologists, who had been insisting that reports about Russian military preparations were just saber-rattling from the United States government.
It didn't take us by surprise, because we had been corresponding with Russian and Ukrainian anarchists for years.
We still believe that it is most important to listen to anarchists from the region rather than commentators thousands of miles away.
For Russian anarchist perspectives, you could start here:
https://avtonom.org/en
For Ukrainian anarchist perspectives, you could start here:
https://libcom.org/tags/assemblyorgua
For Belarusian anarchist perspectives, you could start here:
https://pramen.io/en/
Why is Norfolk Southern, the company responsible for the environmental catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio, one of the donors to the Atlanta Police Foundation, which is trying to destroy the forest in Atlanta in order to build Cop City?
It makes sense, if you think about it: corporations like Norfolk Southern depend on police violence to suppress protests that might otherwise force them to minimize the risks that their profiteering exposes others to. Police are an essential element in their strategy of raking in profits while offloading the costs onto forests, small towns like East Palestine, and ordinary people like us.
We need an ecological movement that can defend our communities. Otherwise, we will end up ruled by oligarchs in an uninhabitable world.
https://defendtheatlantaforest.org/2023/02/16/pressure-mounts-against-cop-city/
This body cam footage is from the police raid on the forest in Atlanta on January 18.
Moments after police opened fire and killed Tortuguita (at 0:47 in this video), an Atlanta Police officer can be heard saying, "You fucked your own officer up" in reference to the trooper who was shot that day.
For weeks, Atlanta politicians and police have denied that there was body cam footage relevant to the killing. They still maintain that Tortuguita was the one who shot the trooper—though other forest defenders have denied that from the beginning.
https://linktr.ee/atlpresscollective
It Could Happen Here: The Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
Episode webpage: https://omny.fm/shows/it-could-happen-here/the-devastating-earthquakes-in-turkey-and-syria
Media file: https://chtbl.com/track/5899E/podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/1a416efe-d97d-4a39-81a6-afa3002ff4ae/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=bc7f369b-dce6-43c2-897e-ae2d0145ca12
There was a really strong earthquake in Rojava and Turkey last night. I'm broke right now, but if y'all could shoot some money to a mutual aid effort in the area, I'm certain it'll be greatly appreciated.
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The internet is something we take as granted. But who is actually providing the infrastructure you rely on daily?
If you want to build your own (local) network, check out the following ressource:
https://wndw.net/book.html
Ahead of the release of video footage documenting the police execution of Tyre Nichols, the authorities are deploying all the standard tactics in the counter-insurgency playbook:
—Delay the release of the video
—Appeal for calm while mobilizing the same police forces that carried out the killing to be prepared to carry out more violence on a massive scale
—Permit some family members and activists to view the video in order to enlist them as spokespeople demanding a certain kind of response and delegitimizing those who do not comply
—Spread fear about an invented identity ("outside agitators," "gang members," "antifa") in order to preemptively justify violent repression
—Fire the officers involved; if necessary, initiate legal proceedings (these can always be dropped later)
All this has become standard practice. This is how they hope to suppress unrest, even in the most egregious cases of police murder.
For many years, the FBI targeted ecological activists as their #1 priority. This is one of the chief reasons environmental devastation has continued unchecked.
Seventeen years ago today, on December 7, 2005, the FBI opened a new phase of their assault on earth and animal liberation movements with the arrests and indictments of a large number of activists. This became known as the Green Scare.
You can read about it here:
https://crimethinc.com/greenscared
In a text published today, one of the defendants, Daniel McGowan, recalls his arrest and first night in jail:
danielmcgowannyc/my-own-pearl-harbor-232b11321499" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@danielmcgowannyc/my-own-pearl-harbor-232b11321499
Having the most powerful people in the world as our personal enemies is an honor—and a challenge. Thank you so much to everyone who has subscribed to this channel over the past couple days.
With your assistance, we're determined to continue to play our part in the fight for liberation, despite the efforts of fascists and billionaires.
If you need a primer on what we're doing, you could start here:
https://tochangeeverything.com/
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https://vxtwitter.com/elmforkJBGC/status/1596196637025587201?s=20&t=ZxUU3SDe8mK5D3YiVoXdXw
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Now, more than ever, Palestinians require solidarity from the whole world. The incoming Israeli government is bound to be something VERY much worse.
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