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18 Μαρτίου 1871: Η γέννηση της Παρισινής Κομμούνας https://crimethinc.com/2017/03/18/18-martiou-1871-e-gennese-tes-parisines-kommounas Το έτος είναι 1871. Η επανάσταση μόλις δημιούργησε μια δημοκρατική κυβέρνηση στη Γαλλία, μετά την ήττα του αυτοκράτορα Ναπολέοντα στον πόλεμο με τη Γερμανία. Αλλά ο νέος Ρεπουμπλικανισμός δεν ικανοποιεί κανέναν. Η προσωρινή κυβέρνηση αποτελείται από πολιτικούς που υπηρέτησαν υπό τον Αυτοκράτορα. Δεν έχουν κάνει τίποτα για να αντιμετωπίσουν τα αιτήματα των επαναστατών για κοινωνική αλλαγή και δεν σκοπεύουν να το κάνουν. Οι δεξιοί αντιδραστικοί συνωμοτούν για να επαναφέρουν τον Αυτοκράτορα ή, ελλείψει αυτού, κάποιον άλλο μονάρχη. Μόνο το επαναστατικό Παρίσι βρίσκεται ανάμεσα στη Γαλλία και την αντεπανάσταση. #Ελληνικά

Today is the anniversary of the outbreak of the revolt that created the Paris Commune in 1871. You can read about it here: https://crimethinc.com/arch18 One of the protagonists in the events was Louise Michel, who became one of the most famous anarchists of her time after surviving a decade's exile in a prison colony in the South Pacific.

8 Janvier, le 6 Janvier Brésilien https://crimethinc.com/2023/01/10/8-janvier-le-6-janvier-bresilien-tracking-the-rise-of-fascism-from-the-united-states-to-brazil-1 Pourquoi la débâcle du 6 janvier 2021 a-t-elle été jugée suffisamment réussie pour mériter d'être répétée ? Et comment les populations marginalisées qui sont ciblées par les mouvements fascistes peuvent-elles se mobiliser pour se défendre sans légitimer les mêmes institutions de l'État que les fascistes et les centristes utilisent contre elles ? #Français

Disasters of State: On the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria https://crimethinc.com/Earthquake2023 These two texts offer different vantage points on the ways that the Turkish and Syrian governments not only failed to protect their subjects but used this catastrophe as an opportunity to consolidate power and target their adversaries via neglect, blockading, and even bombing. We must understand both the earthquakes and the state as aspects of the same catastrophe and take action against both of them.

Tonight, we are tabling at the Godspeed You! Black Emperor show at the aptly named venue, The Chapel, in San Francisco. We are grateful for the deeply moving music they have made over the years. https://crimethinc.com/store

Elections, Fascism, and Popular Resistance in #Brazil https://crimethinc.com/exworker91 In Brazil, a three-way contest has unfolded between the far right in the streets, the institutional electoral left in the halls of power, and autonomous radical movements caught between them. When authoritarian president Jair Bolsonaro was narrowly defeated at the polls in October, a popular right-wing movement emerged to contest the election results, culminating in a protest in which Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings in the capital of Brasilia. In the latest episode of our podcast, we explore these events and their implications around the world.

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“Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” (Mujer, Vida, Libertad): la genealogía de un eslogan https://crimethinc.com/2023/03/08/jin-jiyan-azadi-mujer-vida-libertad-la-genealogia-de-un-eslogan Con motivo del 8 de marzo, Día Internacional de la Mujer, Somayeh Rostampour explora los orígenes y las implicaciones del lema que se convirtió en la consigna del levantamiento en Irán en 2022. #Español

Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Femme, Vie, Liberté) : La généalogie d’un slogan https://crimethinc.com/2023/03/08/jin-jiyan-azadi-femme-vie-liberte-la-genealogie-dun-slogan-1 À l’occasion du 8 mars, Journée internationale de la femme, Somayeh Rostampour explore les origines et les implications du slogan qui est devenu le mot d’ordre du soulèvement en Iran en 2022. #Français

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Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom): The Genealogy of a Slogan https://crimethinc.com/JinJiyanAzadi For March 8, International Women’s Day, a Kurdish author from Iran explores the origins and implications of the slogan that became the watchword of the uprising that shook Iran in 2022. #InternationalWomensDay

Why is the fight against Cop City important? During the George Floyd rebellion of 2020, for the first time it became possible to speak of police abolition as a viable proposal for how to break the cycle of violence that poverty and police militarization impose on communities. Yet every effort to “defund the police” via institutional means hit a dead end. Under Biden, the Democratic Party doubled down on unconditional support for police. If there is any hope of limiting the continuous expansion of police infrastructure and state violence, grassroots movements and direct action will have to show the way. That goes double for climate change. Practically everyone agrees that humanity is on a collision course with ecological disaster, but institutional reforms have utterly failed. The movement in Atlanta offers a glimpse of what it would take to defend our communities from the unbridled profiteering and repression that are forcing the catastrophe on us all. https://crimethinc.com/CityintheForest #StopCopCity

Here is an English translation of what we fear will be the final letter from Alfredo Cospito, the Italian anarchist on hunger strike against a dehumanizing regime of permanent solitary confinement: https://illwill.com/last-letter "I am convinced that my death will put a stop to this regime, and that the 750 people who have been subjected to it for decades will be able to live a life worth living, whatever else they have done. "I love life, I am a happy man, I would not trade my life for anyone else's. And it is precisely because I love it, that I cannot accept this hopeless non-life. "Thank you comrades, for all your love. "Always for anarchy. "Never bend."

Defender la Abundancia en todas partes Una llamada a todas las comunidades desde el bosque de Weelaunee https://crimethinc.com/2023/03/02/defender-la-abundancia-en-todas-partes-una-llamada-a-todas-las-comunidades-desde-el-bosque-de-weelaunee En el siguiente texto, personas participantes en el movimiento para defender el bosque Weelaunee en Atlanta, Georgia, describen algunos de los valores que animan esta lucha. #StopCopCity #DefendtheAtlantaforest #Español

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. Background: http://crimethinc.com/ForestintheCity #StopCopCity #DefendtheAtlantaforest

Today, as part of the first day of the week of action to defend Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta, hundreds of people have reoccupied the forest. For background on the movement, you could start with these articles: The Forest in the City http://crimethinc.com/ForestintheCity Balance Sheet: Two Years against Cop City http://crimethinc.com/AgainstCopCity #NoCopCity #DefendtheAtlantaforest

La revuelta popular en Perú Anarquistas discuten la revuelta contra la violencia policial y el estado de emergencia https://crimethinc.com/2023/02/21/la-revuelta-popular-en-peru-anarquistas-discuten-la-revuelta-contra-la-violencia-policial-y-el-estado-de-emergencia-1 El 18 de enero, movimientos populares del sur del Perú marcharon hacia la capital en una movilización conocida como “Tomada de Lima”. Estudiantes y sindicatos les dieron la bienvenida, sumándose a las protestas para exigir nuevas elecciones presidenciales y legislativas. En respuesta, la policía mató a más de 60 personas e hirió a miles. Hablamos con participantes de Periodico Libertária, una publicación anarquista que surgió como parte de la resistencia al régimen peruano. Su objetivo, como dicen, es “la liberación total de los Andes y de todo el territorio dominado por el estado asesino llamado ‘Perú’”. #Español

El bosque en la ciudad Dos años de defensa forestal en Atlanta, Georgia https://crimethinc.com/2023/02/22/el-bosque-en-la-ciudad-dos-anos-de-defensa-forestal-en-atlanta-georgia-1 Los participantes en el movimiento para defender el bosque en Atlanta exploran el último año de lucha en detalle, reflexionando sobre sus fortalezas y los desafíos que enfrenta. #Español

Tomorrow, there will be demonstrations in Italy in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, the anarchist who has been on hunger strike demanding release from solitary confinement. Cospito on his deathbed, fighting against the repressive prison regime. https://crimethinc.com/AlfredoCospito

From Bolsheviks to ring-wing conservatives, many different currents have spread falsehoods about who participated in the Kronstadt uprising and what their goals were. Fortunately, you can see for yourself by reading their own words. This is the third issue of the Izvestia [news] of the Provisional Revolutionary Committee of Sailors, Soldiers, and Workers of the Town of Kronstadt, in the original Russian and as an English facsimile.