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Three years have passed since Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd. While politicians encouraged protesters to seek redress through the "justice" system, nothing could bring back his life, nor the lives of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, or any of the other people murdered by police in a structurally racist system. The conviction of the officers who murdered George Floyd was an exceptional case aimed chiefly at pacifying an outraged population. Over the past three years, police have continued to murder Black and Brown people at the same pace. What will it take to stop the police from killing? https://crimethinc.com/endpolice This is the question we must all ask today.

In the new episode of our podcast, supporters of the movements for liberation in the regions of Bakur and Rojava and supporters of the revolution in western Syria discuss the impact of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria—and the ways that the governments of those countries have worsened the consequences of the tragedy while taking advantage of it to accumulate power for themselves. https://crimethinc.com/exworker95 "We have to understand both the earthquakes and the state as aspects of the same catastrophe and take action against both of them."

A year after the Uvalde shooting, neither Republican calls for more guns nor Democrat demands for gun control have served to address the epidemic of mass shootings in the US. The problem runs deeper than either party admits. https://crimethinc.com/TheirGuns Republicans don’t want to hinder gun access, because they see white vigilantes as essential to preserving the prevailing social order. Democrats want the state to have a monopoly on force, because they believe that this is the best way to preserve that same social order. Democrats have done everything they can to rehabilitate the image of police. But as we saw in Uvalde, the role of police is not to protect—it is to control. Police don't prevent crises—they just determine who suffers in them. What would the parents in Uvalde have needed to be able to address the shooting themselves, in defiance of the police? What grassroots institutions, what resources and skills? How can we foster those? It’s horrifying, but we really have no better option.

To celebrate the reprinting of our anarchist cookbook Recipes for Disaster, we present a guide to installing unsanctioned mosaics in asphalt streets and parking lots: https://crimethinc.com/asphaltmosaics Some people know of these as the mysterious "Toynbee Tiles," the stuff of urban legend. Our researchers cracked the method two decades ago. Ever since then, we have been trying to make these as ubiquitous as spray-paint. Will you help us?

We've reprinted our classic manual for direct action, Recipes for Disaster. You can order a copy here: https://store.crimethinc.com/products/recipes-for-disaster 400 pages of tactics and strategy! 62 chapters! 82 instructional illustrations! This book covers everything from Affinity Groups to Wheatpasting, including Black Blocs, Blockades, and Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence. The contents range from collective organizing structures and mutual aid projects to skills for confrontational street action.

"One either writes, paints, composes, or otherwise engages in creative enterprises on behalf of humanity—or against humanity." -Lorraine Hansberry, born on this day in 1930.

"One either writes, paints, composes, or otherwise engages in creative enterprises on behalf of humanity—or against humanity." -Lorraine Hansberry, born on this day in 1930.

A CrimethInc. sticker sighted in the high mountains of the country of Georgia. We are everywhere! https://crimethinc.com/stickers/you-cant-kill-an-idea

À la mémoire de Dmitry Petrov Biographie incomplète et traductions de son œuvre https://crimethinc.com/2023/05/03/a-la-memoire-de-dmitry-petrov-biographie-incomplete-et-traductions-de-son-oeuvre-1 Lorsque Dmitry a été tué, ses camarades ont révélé qu’il avait participé à certaines des initiatives anarchistes les plus importantes de la Russie du XXIe siècle, notamment en tant que cofondateur de l’Organisation de Combat Anarcho-Communiste. Nous donnerons ici un aperçu de ses efforts comme un instantané des deux dernières décennies de lutte dans le monde post-soviétique, en concluant par une traduction d’un de ses textes : « La mission de l’anarchisme dans le monde moderne ». #Français

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Today in Atlanta, City Council has to vote once again to endorse the millions of dollars that will be channeled to the police and their allies through the Cop City project. Hundreds of people lined up at City Hall to speak against the police training facility. The authorities cut off the signup process after the first 300 applicants, attempting to silence opposition as they have throughout this process. People are chanting "Stop Cop City!", "Let us speak!", and "Viva viva Tortuguita!" in memory of the forest defender police murdered in January. Background: https://crimethinc.com/ForestintheCity #StopCopCity

Today in Atlanta, City Council has to vote once again to endorse the millions of dollars that will be channeled to the police and their allies through the Cop City project.Hundreds of people lined up at City Hall to speak against the police training facility. The authorities cut off the signup process after the first 300 applicants, attempting to silence opposition Background:

As everyone watches to see what will happen in the Turkish elections today, we remember the Gezi Park Uprising, ten years ago this month. Turkey deserves better than the autocrat Erdoğan! Elections alone will not suffice to win the freedom we all long for. Solidarity to all those in struggle. https://crimethinc.com/Gezi2013

Here we see Twitter eagerly making itself the accomplice of autocracy. Read about the rise of Turkish fascism and the government of Erdoğan: https://crimethinc.com/2019/11/12/the-roots-of-turkish-fascism-and-the-threat-it-poses

Don't let the news about Title 42 and the rhetoric about "waves of migrants" confuse you: the largest demographic that is impacted by US border policy is comprised of longtime residents of the United States. Well over 10 million undocumented people live in the United States. Many of them have lived here for decades. Lacking legal rights, they are especially vulnerable to exploitation and oppression. Solidarity with workers means solidarity with the undocumented. Solidarity with your neighbors means solidarity with the undocumented. This is why we continue to call for the abolition of borders. To that end, we've reprinted another 100,000 copies of our classic "Immigrants Welcome" sticker. Please order these and display them in your community! https://store.crimethinc.com/products/immigrants-welcome

Zum Gedenken an Dmitri Petrov Eine unvollständige Biographie und Übersetzung seines Werkes https://crimethinc.com/2023/05/03/zum-gedenken-an-dmitri-petrov-eine-unvollstandige-biographie-und-ubersetzung-seines-werkes Als Dmitri ermordet wurde, enthüllten seine Genoss*innen, dass er an einigen der bedeutendsten anarchistischen Initiativen im Russland des 21. Jahrhunderts beteiligt war. Unter anderem beteiligte er sich an der Gründung der Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization. Wir geben hier einen Überblick über seine Bemühungen als Momentaufnahme der letzten zwei Jahrzehnte des Kampfes in der postsowjetischen Welt und schließen mit einer Übersetzung seines Textes The Mission of Anarchism in the Modern World. #Deutsch

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We have added two appendices to our memorial for Dmitry Petrov, the anarchist partisan killed fighting in Ukraine: a translation of a statement about him from the Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization (largely focusing on his youth), and a translation of a delightful punk song written about the sort of clandestine actions he used to carry out as a young person in Russia—"Black Blog Fighter" by Electric Partisans. https://crimethinc.com/2023/05/03/in-memory-of-dmitry-petrov-an-incomplete-biography-and-translation-of-his-work#appendix-ii-dima-ecologs-partisan-path

Pamięci Dmitrija Petrowa Życie w walce https://crimethinc.com/2023/05/03/pamieci-dmitrija-petrowa-zycie-w-walce Kiedy Dmitrij został zabity, jego towarzysze ujawnili, że był zaangażowany w niektóre z najważniejszych inicjatyw anarchistycznych w Rosji XXI wieku, w tym we współzałożenie Anarchokomunistycznej Organizacji Bojowej. Tutaj przedstawimy przegląd jego działań jako migawkę z ostatnich dwóch dekad walki w świecie postsowieckim, kończąc tłumaczeniem jego tekstu, Misja Anarchizmu we Współczesnym Świecie. #Polski

As we do every May, we urge you—we dare you—to somehow track down a copy of this year's edition of Ron Sakolsky's anarcho-surrealist zine, The Oystercatcher. This issue includes an interview with Ben Morea of Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, a narrative from Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta, a historical text about the intersections between the first generation of French surrealists and the anarchists of their time, a book review of The History of Ignored Surrealism, and more. "Surrealism is the bullet in the chamber of love. Surrealism is the pincushion of desire. Surrealism is the daybreak of the Marvelous."