CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

As we wrote at the time, "All we ask in all the world is to be able to continue our chosen task—and you have made this possible for us. This is the most profound gift we could receive. It is humbling to be presented with so much care and support from so many people we admire and aspire to build solidarity with. You have conferred a tremendous responsibility upon us, and we will do everything in our power to deserve your faith in us."

Today, it has been a year and a day since a fire tore through our mail-order space, destroying thousands of our books and posters and much of our infrastructure. In response, people around the world mobilized to support us, raising tens of thousands of dollars and flooding us with messages of encouragement. It was an inspiring example of solidarity. We've never set aside any profits from our activities, never sought to acquire resources for ourselves as a consequence of our political efforts, and it turned out that we didn't have to, because in our moment of need, you were there for us. This experience will sustain us for years to come. https://crimethinc.com/likeaphoenix

Here is an incomplete list of journalists that Elon Musk has suspended from Twitter today. He also suspended the Twitter account of Mastodon. It's Going Down Matt Bider Aaron Rupar Donie O’Sullivan (CNN) Drew Harwell (Washington Post) Ryan Mac (NY Times) Matt Binder (Mashable) Tony Webster (award winning freelancer) Micah Lee (the Intercept) Keith Olbermann Elon Musk bought Twitter in order to suppress free speech and consolidate control of the spaces in which public discourse takes place, as a means to advance his authoritarian quest for profit and power. It's necessary to oppose him the way we would fight against any aspiring tyrant, any oppressor.

Today, Twitter suspended It's Going Down (@igd_news), a longtime anarchist and anti-fascist news source that had never previously run afoul of the Twitter rules. At the time of their suspension, they had 108,000 followers. Elon Musk was lying through his teeth when he said he believes in free speech. He bought Twitter in order to suppress the voices of those who seek an egalitarian society. Since taking over the platform, he has reinstated avowed neo-Nazis and taken guidance from those who explicitly support fascism as he targets journalists and activists. More background: https://crimethinc.com/TwitterCanary You can follow IGD on Mastodon here: https://kolektiva.social/@igd_news

Producing Transdermal Estrogen: A Do-It-Yourself Guide https://crimethinc.com/estrogen In this report, a small collective details how they produced and distributed transdermal estrogen using reproducible do-it-yourself methods. This is an experiment aimed at securing the agency and autonomy of everyone who seeks gender self-determination.

For over a year, a powerful social movement has defended the last remaining forest in Atlanta against the city government's plans to build a giant police training center and corporate film studio. Yesterday, the police destroyed the inspiring structures that people have built to protect the forest. Today, they are charging five arrestees with "domestic terrorism" for allegedly participating in forest defense. This is standard government practice whenever ecological movements threaten business interests. But it is capitalist profiteering, not eco-activists, that is destroying the environment we all depend on and hastening climate change. It is police, not eco-activists, who are terrorizing communities. Please stand in solidarity with those who are fighting to keep the earth habitable.🖤🏴 Background on the movement to defend the forest: https://crimethinc.com/CityintheForest

It's 13/12—ACAB Day. It's the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of the year. You know what that means—all law enforcement personnel are the offspring of unwedded parents! For this occasion, we invite you to read this classic text from the perspective of the police: https://crimethinc.com/cops

Punk—Dangerous Utopia Revisiting the Relationship between Punk and Anarchism https://crimethinc.com/PunkUtopia How did punk emerge out of the countercultures of the 1960s that it claimed to reject? Why did it play such a central role in the resurgence of anarchism around the world at the end of the 20th century? How did it prefigure the participatory media of the digital age? And what can its legacy teach us today?

Aborto sin fronteras Cómo feministas y anarquistas desafían las leyes polacas contra el aborto https://crimethinc.com/2022/11/14/aborto-sin-fronteras-como-feministas-y-anarquistas-desafian-las-leyes-polacas-contra-el-aborto En Polonia, el aborto está prohibido casi por completo desde 2020. Sin embargo, una red de anarquistas y otras feministas se esfuerza por garantizar que quienes necesiten abortos puedan acceder a ellos, legalmente o no. Ahora que el aborto también se ha prohibido en muchos estados de de Estados Unidos, la población norteamericana puede beneficiarse de la experiencia de quienes ya llevan años enfrentándose a esta situación. Para saber cómo utilizan las activistas polacas la acción directa y la ayuda mutua para mantener el acceso al aborto, entrevistamos a los participantes en esta red. #Español

One thing that you can do to help us get the word out in the face of the social media blackout from Elon Musk and his cronies is to put our stickers up in your community. https://crimethinc.com/stickers In addition to our usual stock, we made a short run of these stickers featuring an illustration by Lynd Ward and a quote from Recipes for Disaster, which we'll be including in packages until we run out.

There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places. -Wendell Berry, "How to Be a Poet" https://crimethinc.com/climatechange

Today is the birthday of Peter Kropotkin—anarchist, scientist, and author of Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution. To honor the occasion, we invite you to read this account of his daring escape from prison: https://crimethinc.com/KropotkinBreakout

Il Canarino nella miniera di carbone: Twitter e la fine dei social media https://crimethinc.com/2022/12/09/il-canarino-nella-miniera-di-carbone-twitter-e-la-fine-dei-social-media Twitter stesso è come un canarino in una miniera di carbone. L’acquisizione della piattaforma da parte di Elon Musk conferma la fine dei social media come li conosciamo, almeno ai fini di un cambiamento sociale positivo. Tutte le principali piattaforme che hanno avuto un ruolo nei movimenti dell’ultimo decennio sono stati portati sotto il diretto controllo di reazionari, determinati ad assicurarsi che non possano essere utilizzate per coordinare la resistenza. La domanda è cosa succederà dopo. Saranno i miliardari reazionari a determinare ciò che possiamo fare, pensare e sognare? O stabiliremo altri canali di comunicazione, altre forme di connessione, altri mezzi di coordinamento?

Canary in the Coal Mine: Twitter and the End of Social Media https://crimethinc.com/TwitterCanary Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter confirms the end of social media as we have known it, at least for the purposes of positive social change. Now all the major platforms that played roles in the movements of the past decade have been brought under the direct control of reactionaries determined to make sure that they cannot be used to coordinate resistance. The question is what comes next. Will reactionary billionaires determine all we can discuss and imagine? Or will we establish other channels via which to communicate, other forms of connection?

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: https://medium.com/@danielmcgowannyc/my-own-pearl-harbor-232b11321499

On December 6, 2008, police murdered Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old boy, in the Exarchia neighborhood of Athens, Greece, sparking an uprising that set the model for subsequent revolts around the world. https://crimethinc.com/organizeaninsurrection Yesterday, on December 5, 2022, police in Thessaloniki, Greece, police shot a 16-year-old Roma boy in the head because he allegedly did not pay twenty euros for gasoline. Once again, people return to the streets, seeking to stop the police from murdering their children.

We are honored to have our work included in the 2023 Certain Days calendar, an annual fundraising and educational project connecting organizers inside and outside of prison in the struggle for a society without domination or oppression. You can order one here: https://www.certaindays.org/

Here's another version of our poster about pro-fascist tech industries billionaires: https://crimethinc.com/wheatpaste2022 Send us pictures if you happen to see any of these up in your neighborhood!

Οδηγός για αφισοκολλήσεις με σιταρόπαστα Όλα όσα πρέπει να γνωρίζετε για να καλύψετε τον κόσμο με αφίσες https://crimethinc.com/2017/07/18/odegos-gia-aphisokolleseis-me-sitaropasta-ola-osa-prepei-na-gnorizete-gia-na-kalupsete-ton-kosmo-me-aphises Όπως και το γκράφιτι, έτσι και οι αφισοκολλήσεις με σιταρόπαστα (‘wheatpasting’) είναι μια τεχνική άμεσης δράσης για επικοινωνία με τους γείτονές σας και την εκ νέου διακόσμηση του περιβάλλοντος σας. Επειδή είναι εύκολο να δημιουργηθούν μαζικά αφίσες, η αφισοκόλληση με σιταρόπαστα σας δίνει τη δυνατότητα να αναπτύξετε ένα έγχρωμο, σύνθετο μήνυμα σε μεγάλο αριθμό τοποθεσιών με ελάχιστο κόπο και κίνδυνο. Η επανάληψη κάνει το μήνυμά σας οικείο σε όλους και αυξάνει τις πιθανότητες να το σκεφτούν οι άλλοι. #Ελληνικά

https://crimethinc.com/wheatpaste2022 In case you prefer to paste up posters the old-fashioned DIY way rather than just buying wallpaper paste or spray adhesive, we have made a zine version of our Field Guide to Wheatpasting. Please print these out and distribute them to anyone who might be interested in communicating on a platform that isn’t run by a pro-fascist billionaire!