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We've prepared a zine version of our zine about how to start an announcements-only thread on Signal, and how organizers in Austin established one called The Sunbird to coordinate solidarity actions with Palestine. https://crimethinc.com/zines/the-sunbird Print and distribute at will!

As we wrote in 2020, "Remember this moment. Later, there will be misinformation campaigns, conspiracy theories, rumors to distract us from our agency. But right now, we are seeing what we can accomplish together when we stand up to our oppressors. Don't let anyone tell you we can't change the world."

Four years ago, demonstrators grieving for George Floyd burned the Third Precinct in Minneapolis, showing the world what police abolition could look like. https://crimethinc.com/ThirdPrecinct Immediately after, politicians promised to defund the police—if only activists would confine themselves to seeking change through state institutions. None of those promises came true. Instead, for four years, politicians of all stripes have engaged in a concerted effort to erase that moment of possibility, doing everything they can to equip police with even more funding and perceived legitimacy, even as the police go on murdering with impunity. In a society wracked by extreme disparities in wealth and power, police are essential to governance itself. The politicians can't afford to do without them. But neither capitalism nor police nor politicians are beneficial to the rest of us.

The Sunbird: How to Start an Announcements-Only Thread on Signal https://crimethinc.com/sunbird As billionaires have clamped down on social media, secure group messaging platforms have moved to the fore as spaces for discussion and organizing. In this interview, organizers in Austin, Texas describe how they established Sunbird, a Signal account that runs an announcements-only thread to enable participants in the Palestine solidarity movement to share news and coordinate horizontally. This model represents an alternative to centralized, top-down leadership frameworks, showing how a movement can scale up without losing its decentralized, egalitarian character. Includes a step-by-step guide to establishing an announcements-only Signal thread yourself.

Murdering tens of thousands of civilians, most of them women and children. Rendering 1.7 million more homeless. Commanding the refugees to crowd into tents in a designated “humanitarian zone,” then bombing it, killing dozens at a time. These are the official policies of the Israeli government. Think how many more Palestinians the Israeli military might have already slaughtered if not for the pressure brought to bear against them, chiefly as the result of grassroots protests. This is why we have to keep organizing and taking action in solidarity with Palestinians. If we let this kind of brutality become normalized, the future will be unthinkably bloody. https://crimethinc.com/GazaSolidarity

First as tragedy, then as farce. In 2017, when Donald Trump became president, anarchists in the Bay Area displayed a banner reading "Become Ungovernable" while shutting down San Francisco International Airport in protest of the Muslim Ban and a speaking event by noted misogynist and Islamophobe Milo Yiannopoulos at the University of California at Berkeley. This week, the Libertarian Party displayed the same phrase (with the "a" circled, no less!) while hosting Donald Trump himself. The Libertarian Party represents the opposite of anarchism: they only endorse the kind of freedom that money can buy, whereas for us, real freedom is beyond price. Our enemies have no ideas of their own, no vision, nothing to offer. All they have is what they dishonestly steal from us. We must, indeed, become ungovernable. 🏴🏴🏴

Pourquoi l’État ne peut pas faire de compromis avec le Mouvement de Solidarité avec Gaza — Et ce que cela veut dire pour nous https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/03/pourquoi-letat-ne-peut-pas-faire-de-compromis-avec-le-mouvement-de-solidarite-avec-gaza-et-ce-que-cela-veut-dire-pour-nous Le 17 avril, en solidarité avec Gaza, des étudiant.es de l’Université de Columbia ont établi un campement sur leur campus. A la suite d’un intervention ratée de la police de New York City pour évacuer le site demandée par l’administration, des campements et autres occupations organisés par les étudiant.es se sont multipliés à travers tout le pays. Dans les analyses qui vont suivre, les participant.es à ce mouvement explorent les questions stratégiques auxquelles ielles sont aujourd’hui confronté.es. #Français

Por qué el Estado no puede transigir con el Movimiento de Solidaridad con Gaza Y lo que eso significa para nosotras https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/03/por-que-el-estado-no-puede-transigir-con-el-movimiento-de-solidaridad-con-gaza-y-lo-que-eso-significa-para-nosotras Participantes en el movimiento de acampadas y ocupaciones de solidaridad con Gaza exploran las cuestiones estratégicas a las que se enfrenta el movimiento en la actualidad. #Español

Since 1853, France has been occupying the island of New Caledonia against the wishes of the Indigenous Kanak people. In the 1870s, the French government exiled Louise Michel and many other participants in the Paris Commune uprising there. In 1878, the Kanaks revolted against French oppression. Ataï, one of the leaders of the revolt, achieved several victories against the occupiers. After he was finally betrayed, the French colonizers cut off his head and brought it back to Paris. They refused to return it until 2014. Today, colonialism continues in New Caledonia. The French government has just sent 1200 more police officers there from Paris to suppress the latest uprising. Like Louise Michel, we support Indigenous struggles against colonialism. Get France out of New Caledonia.

Ante otro verano de desastres climáticos, hablemos de soluciones reales https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/08/ante-otro-verano-de-desastres-climaticos-hablemos-de-soluciones-reales Presentamos un breve texto de Peter Gelderloos en el que explora por qué están fracasando las estrategias que los principales movimientos ecologistas emplean actualmente para detener el cambio climático producido industrialmente, y qué podríamos hacer en su lugar. #Español

Vor einem neuen Sommer voller Klimakatastrophen sollten wir über echte Lösungen sprechen https://de.crimethinc.com/2024/05/08/vor-einem-neuen-sommer-voller-klimakatastrophen-sollten-wir-uber-echte-losungen-sprechen Präsentieren wir einen kurzen Text von Peter Gelderloos, in dem er der Frage nachgeht, warum die Strategien, die die etablierten Umweltbewegungen derzeit anwenden, um den industriell erzeugten Klimawandel aufzuhalten, scheitern – und was wir stattdessen tun könnten. #Deutsch

Many people were struck by this photograph that we circulated during today's protests against the deforestation that Elon Musk's Tesla plant is inflicting outside Berlin. Some even say that it seems like a sort of metaphor. As partisans of neutral journalism, we believe that it is important to give both parties the opportunity to tell their side of the story. In this photoessay, the cops present their side: crimethinc.com/cops 🐷

In vista di un’altra estate di disastri climatici, parliamo di soluzioni reali https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/08/in-vista-di-unaltra-estate-di-disastri-climatici-parliamo-di-soluzioni-reali Presentiamo un breve testo di Peter Gelderloos che esplora i motivi per cui le strategie che i movimenti ambientalisti mainstream stanno attualmente impiegando per arrestare il cambiamento climatico prodotto industrialmente stanno fallendo e cosa potremmo invece fare. #Italiano

Defendiendo el campamento https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/01/defendiendo-el-campamento-informe-del-campamento-de-solidaridad-con-gaza-de-la-universidad-de-illinois-urbana-champaign-1 En este informe, los participantes en el campamento de protesta de solidaridad con Gaza de la Universidad de Illinois Urbana–Champaign (uiuc) relatan sus experiencias aprendiendo a mantenerse firmes. #Español

“I have no particular love for the idealized 'worker' as he appears in the bourgeois Communist’s mind, but when I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on.” ―George Orwell, Homage To Catalonia

"Say it loud, say it clear—Elon is not welcome here!" Defying local opposition, Elon Musk has been trying to expand the Tesla "Gigafactory" outside Berlin. Today, anarchists participated in a mass mobilization against the project. The organizers reported that some participants blocked the nearby airport used by Tesla, while 800 people reached the factory premises to actively "redesign" the Gigafactory. The mobilization: https://disrupt-now.org/disrupt-tesla Background: https://crimethinc.com/TeslaGermany

Anarchists are in the corporate news again—as usual, being vilified for expressing solidarity with the oppressed and demonstrating the effectiveness of direct action. This could be a good time to distribute material explaining the values and proposals at the core of anarchism. 🏴 We'll gladly send you copies of our outreach pamphlet, To Change Everything, for the costs of printing and shipping alone. https://store.crimethinc.com/products/to-change-everything

Γιατί το κράτος δεν μπορεί να συμβιβαστεί με το Κίνημα Αλληλεγγύης στη Γάζα Και τι σημαίνει αυτό για εμάς https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/03/giati-to-kratos-den-mporei-na-sumbibastei-me-to-kinema-alleleggues-ste-gaza-kai-ti-semainei-auto-gia-emas Στις 17 Απριλίου, φοιτητές και φοιτήτριες του Πανεπιστημίου Κολούμπια έστησαν σκηνές εντός της πανεπιστημιούπολης σε ένδειξη αλληλεγγύης στη Γάζα. Αφού η διοίκηση κάλεσε την αστυνομία της Νέας Υόρκης σε μια αποτυχημένη προσπάθεια να καταστείλει την κινητοποίηση, φοιτητές σε όλη τη χώρα δημιούργησαν δικούς τους καταυλισμούς και καταλήψεις. Στην ανάλυση που ακολουθεί, οι συμμετέχοντες στο κίνημα διερευνούν τα στρατηγικά ερωτήματα που αυτό αντιμετωπίζει σήμερα. #Ελληνικά

Ahead of Another Summer of Climate Disasters, Let’s Talk about Real Solutions crimethinc.com/Climate2024 Peter Gelderloos explores why the strategies that mainstream environmentalists are currently employing to halt industrially-produced climate change are failing—and what we could do instead.

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