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Noam Chomsky has passed away at the age of 95. We remember him at the time of his debate with Michel Foucault in 1971. "If it is correct that a fundamental element of human nature is the need for creative work, for creative inquiry, for free creation without the arbitrary limiting effects of coercive institutions, then a decent society should maximize the possibilities for this. That means trying to overcome the elements of repression and oppression and destruction and coercion that exist in any society—ours, for example. A federated, decentralized system of free associations incorporating economic as well as social institutions would be anarcho-syndicalism, and it seems to me that it is the appropriate form of social organization for an advanced technological society in which human beings do not have to be forced into the position of cogs in the machine—in which the creative urge, that is intrinsic to human nature, will be able to realize itself." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wfNl2L0Gf8

Seis meses en la distopía neoliberal Canibalismo social frente al apoyo mutuo y la resistencia en Argentina https://crimethinc.com/2024/06/17/seis-meses-en-la-distopia-neoliberal-canibalismo-social-frente-al-apoyo-mutuo-y-la-resistencia-en-argentina En diciembre de 2023, Javier Milei llegó al poder en Argentina, introduciendo medidas radicales de desregulación y austeridad. Prometiendo aplastar a los movimientos sociales en nombre de un capitalismo salvaje, su administración está allanando el camino para un colapso social total y la aparición de la narcoviolencia a escala masiva. Nuestro corresponsal traza un vívido cuadro de las fuerzas y visiones rivales que se disputan el futuro de Argentina, culminando recientemente en los enfrentamientos del 12 de junio, cuando manifestantes militantes se enfrentaron a casi tres mil policías que rodeaban un congreso atrincherado. #Español

Six Months in a Neoliberal Dystopia: Social Cannibalism versus Mutual Aid and Resistance in Argentina https://crimethinc.com/Argentina2024 In December 2023, Javier Milei came to power in Argentina, introducing sweeping deregulation and austerity measures. Promising to crush social movements in the name of unfettered capitalism, his administration is paving the way for complete social collapse and the emergence of narco-violence on a mass scale. Our correspondent paints a vivid picture of the rival forces and visions that are contending for the future of Argentina, culminating most recently in the clashes of June 12, when militant demonstrators took on nearly three thousand police officers surrounding a barricaded congress.

Visita virtual a Priamukhino, finca y museo de la familia Bakunin https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/30/visita-virtual-a-priamukhino-finca-y-museo-de-la-familia-bakunin Visita virtual a la casa familiar de Mijail Bakunin, incluido el museo que documenta su vida y la de sus familiares y amigos. #Español

Contra el apartheid y la tiranía Por la liberación de Palestina y de todos los pueblos de Oriente Medio - Declaración de los exiliados iraníes https://crimethinc.com/2024/06/03/contra-el-apartheid-y-la-tirania-por-la-liberacion-de-palestina-y-de-todos-los-pueblos-de-oriente-medio-declaracion-de-los-exiliados-iranies Feministas iraníes explican por qué es esencial apoyar la lucha palestina por la liberación sin respaldar al gobierno iraní. #Español

Louise Michel en Nueva Caledonia https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/29/louise-michel-en-nueva-caledonia Con motivo del cumpleaños de Louise Michel y de la actual resistencia anticolonial en Nueva Caledonia, ofrecemos un relato de su tiempo de exilio allí, desde su llegada en noviembre de 1873. Esta historia ilustra cómo los regímenes obligan a sus propios súbditos a servir en proyectos coloniales, así como a los prisioneros que capturan en otros empeños coloniales. También vale la pena señalar que, al igual que Mijaíl Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin y muchos otros anarquistas del siglo XIX, Louise Michel sólo llegó a identificarse formalmente como anarquista después de pasar tiempo con indígenas. Mientras que muchos de sus colegas conservaban nociones eurocéntricas sobre el «progreso» y la «civilización», Louise Michel apoyó incondicionalmente la resistencia indígena al colonialismo francés. Hoy se la recuerda con más cariño que a la mayoría de los colonos franceses de Nueva Caledonia. #Español

Před dalším létem klimatických katastrof si promluvme o skutečných řešeních https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/08/pred-dalsim-letem-klimatickych-katastrof-si-promluvme-o-skutecnych-resenich Mainstreamový proud klimatického hnutí vychází z předpokladu, který zaručeně vede k neúspěchu. Nejen k neúspěchu. Ke katastrofě. A čím účinnější bude, tím větší škody způsobí. #Čeština

People in Atlanta have been without water for five days now because of infrastructure collapse. Meanwhile, the city government is channeling more than $90 million dollars towards Cop City, just one of several ways that they are militarizing the police. This makes their priorities clear enough. They're robbing you blind to pay the salaries of the mercenaries who impose this order on you. They don't care if you die of hunger or thirst, but they'll give you RICO charges or even shoot you if you try to do something about it. https://crimethinc.com/AtlantaRICO #StopCopCity

As Joe Biden competes with Donald Trump to impose Trump's anti-immigrant policies, we once again urge you to read No Wall They Can Build, our book exploring the forces that compel people to cross borders, the obstacles that states put in their way, and how the ruling class benefits from this at the expense of ordinary people, both documented and undocumented. https://crimethinc.com/borders This book draws on a decade of solidarity work in the desert between Mexico and Arizona. It makes a case for why we should all dedicate ourselves to creating a world without borders. 🏴

Avant un nouvel été de catastrophes climatiques, parlons de vraies solutions https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/08/avant-un-nouvel-ete-de-catastrophes-climatiques-parlons-de-vraies-solutions Nous présentons un court texte de Peter Gelderloos explorant les raisons de l’échec des stratégies actuellement employées par les principaux mouvements environnementaux pour stopper le changement climatique d’origine industrielle, et ce que nous pourrions faire à la place. #Français

Against Apartheid and Tyranny: For the Liberation of Palestine and All the Peoples of the Middle East https://crimethinc.com/IranIsrael Iranian exiles explain why it is both possible and necessary to support the Palestinian struggle for liberation without endorsing the Iranian government.

We've prepared a zine version of Peter Gelderloos's recent text exploring why the strategies that mainstream environmental movements are currently employing to halt industrially-produced climate change are failing and what we could be doing instead. https://crimethinc.com/zines/ahead-of-another-summer-of-climate-disasters-lets-talk-about-real-solutions Please print and distribute!

We've prepared a zine version of our account from the front lines of the opioid epidemic, "It Was Not an Unexpected Death." https://crimethinc.com/zines/not-an-unexpected-death-an-account-from-the-opioid-epidemic In this reflection, Angustia Celeste revisits harm reduction strategies through the lens of personal tragedy and grief.

“Это не было неожиданной смертью” об опиоидной эпидемии в США https://crimethinc.com/2024/03/14/eto-nie-bylo-nieozhidannoi-smiertiu-ob-opioidnoi-epidiemii-v-ssha Анархисты борются против условий, порождающих наркоманию, против того, как власти используют зависимость в своих интересах, чтобы нанести дополнительный ущерб сообществам, а также против самой зависимости. В следующих далее размышлениях Ангустия Селесте пересматривает стратегии снижения вреда через призму личной трагедии и горя. #Русский

A Virtual Tour of Priamukhino, the Bakunin Family Estate and Museum https://crimethinc.com/Priamukhino To observe the 210th birthday of the Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, we present a photoessay and virtual tour of his birthplace and family home, Priamukhino, including the museum documenting his life and the lives of his relatives and friends. Owing to the unfortunate conditions prevailing in Russia today, it is not easy for many of us—including many Russians—to visit. This is a misfortune, because Priamukhino has served as a gathering place for anarchists since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Trump has been convicted of falsifying business records. From our perspective, the outrageous thing is that some liberals are more concerned with whether he violated the law in a business transaction than with the concrete harm he has inflicted on human beings. The fact that so much of the damage he has done was legal shows the worthlessness of the law itself, which is usually used against poor people and to suppress movements against oppression, genocide, and climate change. This particular court outcome will not buy our allegiance to a fundamentally repressive legal system. As we said in 2018, "Trump’s goons have been kidnapping your neighbors, preparing to block your access to abortion, openly promoting white nationalism, calling the targets for lone wolf assassins who send mail bombs and shoot up synagogues—and your chief concern is whether what they’re doing is legal?" https://crimethinc.com/2018/11/09/take-your-pick-law-or-freedom-how-nobody-is-above-the-law-abets-the-rise-of-tyranny

何故国家はガザ連帯運動に妥協できないのか、それは私達にとって何を意味するのか https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/03/he-gu-guo-jia-hagazalian-dai-yun-dong-nituo-xie-dekinainoka-sorehasi-da-nitotutehe-woyi-wei-surunoka 4月17日、コロンビア大学の学生がガザに連帯してキャンパス内でテント村を始めた。大学当局がニューヨーク市警を呼んだがテント村を排除できず、全米中の学生達がそれぞれ独自のテント村や占拠を開始した。以下の分析で、運動参加者達が、運動が現在直面している戦略的諸問題を探求する。 #日本語

Louise Michel in New Caledonia https://crimethinc.com/MichelCaledonia In honor of Louise Michel’s birthday and the ongoing anticolonial resistance in New Caledonia, we offer a narrative describing her time in exile there. This story illustrates how regimes force their own subjects into service in colonial projects. It is worth remarking that, like Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, and many other 19th-century anarchists, Louise Michel only came to formally identify as an anarchist after spending time with Indigenous people. While many of her colleagues nonetheless retained Eurocentric notions about “progress” and “civilization,” Louise Michel wholeheartedly sided with Indigenous resistance to French colonialism. Consequently, she is remembered more warmly today than most French settlers in New Caledonia.

Mέρα Πρώτη: Στο πανεπιστήμιο του Τέξας Όστιν φοιτητές καταλαμβάνουν το γκαζόν https://crimethinc.com/2024/04/25/mera-prote-sto-panepistemio-tou-texas-ostin-phoitetes-katalambanoun-to-gkazon Στις 24 Απριλίου, φοιτητές, καθηγητές και μέλη της πανεπιστημιακής κοινότητας συγκεντρώθηκαν στο campus του Austin του Πανεπιστημίου του Τέξας για να διαδηλώσουν ενάντια στη συνενοχή της πανεπιστημιακής διοίκησης στη συνεχιζόμενη γενοκτονία στη Γάζα. Φοβούμενες μια επανάληψη των αναταραχών που έλαβαν χώρα στο Πανεπιστήμιο Columbia και στην υπόλοιπη χώρα, οι αρχές της πανεπιστημιούπολης κινητοποίησαν έναν τεράστιο αριθμό αστυνομικών δυνάμεων ως απάντηση. Ωστόσο, παρά τις συλλήψεις και τη βία, οι διαδηλωτές τελικά υπερίσχυσαν και ξεπέρασαν την αστυνομία. Στην έκθεση που ακολουθεί, οι συμμετέχοντες περιγράφουν τι έμαθαν. #Ελληνικά