CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

A beautiful ambience during the dance party in the autonomous zone at the Atlanta forest tonight provides proof of concept for our new zine, "How to Throw a Squatted Dance Party." https://crimethinc.com/zines/how-to-organize-a-squatted-dance-party More on the struggle to defend the forest: https://crimethinc.com/CityintheForest 🏴❤️‍🔥

The same court that gladly released the cop who murdered 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos is refusing to recognize the legal rights of Giannis Michailidis, who has been on hunger strike for 67 days now. They want him to die on hunger strike. This is why they continue to deny him his guaranteed legal right to study, as well as rejecting the possibility of parole. https://enoughisenough14.org/2022/07/14/immediate-freedom-for-giannis-michailidis-on-hunger-strike-for-more-than-40-days/

We've prepared a zine version of "How to Throw a Squatted Dance Party." https://crimethinc.com/zines/how-to-organize-a-squatted-dance-party This anonymous step-by-step guide was composed by people who organize squatted dance parties. The link between unauthorized dancing and radical politics extends back decades, from the early rave scene and the worldwide squatting movement through Reclaim the Streets and Occupy. Even if you live in a small town far from big city dance parties and squatting, you can organize adventurous events that demonstrate how much more joyous life could be.

A poster of ours hanging at a #GotaGoGama—protest occupation—in Sri Lanka this week. Far-right conspiracy theorists are trying to spread lies about the crisis there. For some background, you could start with this analysis from Sri Lankan feminists: http://ssalanka.org/april-2022-sri-lankas-economic-crisis-feminist-response-unfolding-humanitarian-emergency/ And here is the poster: https://crimethinc.com/posters/dont-let-them-crush-the-life-out-of-you

On the 2022 Philippine Elections: Anarchist Strategies amid the Dying Liberal Status Quo https://crimethinc.com/Philippines2022 On May 9, 2022, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. won the presidential election in the Philippines. Bongbong Marcos is the son of Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., who ruled the Philippines as a right-wing dictator from 1965 to 1986. The return of the Marcos dynasty to power has spread considerable dismay among those who remember the dictatorial reign of the senior Marcos. How could another Marcos come to power—and how does this relate to the electoral contests playing out in Colombia, France, the United States, and elsewhere around the world?

On July 13, 2019, Willem Van Spronsen was killed by police while attempting to disable the fleet of buses serving a private immigration detainment facility. This forced ICE to cancel a wave of raids ordered by Trump. You can read his final statement here: http://cwc.im/willem

In the tradition of The Devil’s Dictionary, our Contradictionary pulls back the curtain from the war within every word. As of today, it is available for downloading from our site, absolutely free: https://crimethinc.com/books/contradictionary Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible! "Whence do Stockholm Syndrome and Broken Window Theory derive their names? What is the common root of aristocracy and democracy? Who gets diagnosed with Anarchia and Drapetomania? How did voting kill Edgar Allen Poe, and why is a crater on the dark side of the moon named for the man who blew up the Tsar? This is no mere miscellany, but a lighthearted work of serious literature, concentrating a wealth of ideas and history into aphorisms and anecdotes."

The first book we published—Days of War, Nights of Love—presents a passionate appeal for a politics of liberation that approaches life as a joyous adventure. A classic foundational document of 21st-century anarchism, it has introduced several generations to radical ideas and possibilities over the past 22 years. Today, it is finally available for downloading from our site, absolutely free: https://crimethinc.com/books/days-of-war-nights-of-love Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible!

Thank you to those who gathered in Washington, DC tonight to fight for abortion access. The cops and courts will take everything from us that we cannot defend. Build power in the streets. Build networks that are independent of all political parties. Footage: https://twitter.com/DCMediaGroup/status/1544134065800069120 Strategy/Analysis: https://cwc.im/DefendAbortionAccess

Who wore it better? The CrimethInc. guide to celebrating the #FourthofJuly: https://crimethinc.com/July4

You can read an interview with participants in antijob.net, a Russian labor organizing project providing workers a forum to compile a "blacklist of employers," here: https://cwc.im/antijob

Congratulations to Firestorm Books on their printing of our classic children's book, The Secret World of Terijian—telling the story of two children who set out to defend the wilderness in their backyard. https://cwc.im/terijian https://firestorm.coop/products/1681-the-secret-world-of-terijian.html By forest defenders, for the next generation of forest defenders. #StopCopCity

On this day in 1876, Peter Kropotkin accomplished a daring escape from prison in Russia, defying the Tsar to begin life anew in Western Europe. https://cwc.im/KropotkinBreakout Here's the story of how he pulled it off.

To our joy, the workers at https://kissradio.ca are still playing "Killing in the Name of" on repeat, reportedly to protest the firing of two DJs. If this is what it seems to be, it's a perfect demonstration of the strategy described on our poster, "When they fire you, quit": Quit playing by their rules. Quit counting on their system. Quit buying into their idea of happiness. Quit obeying their laws. Quit thinking you could finally get ahead if you just tried a little harder. If they could, they’d fire everyone, leaving us to push grocery carts along the sidewalk and dig in the trash for food. What’s good for business is not good for humanity. Quit letting them get away with it." https://crimethinc.com/posters/when-they-fire-you-quit

Equador: Paro Nacional, Parte Dois Dois Anos e Meio Depois, Outro Levante Abala o País http://cwc.im/ParoNacional22 O que significa que as pessoas no Equador tenham que lutar essa batalha novamente logo após uma vitória histórica? Essa força se espalhará pela América Latina? #PortuguêsBrasileiro

Ecuador: Paro Nacional, Segunda Parte Dos años y medio después, otro levantamiento sacude al país. https://es.crimethinc.com/2022/06/29/ecuador-paro-nacional-segunda-parte-dos-anos-y-medio-despues-otro-levantamiento-sacude-al-pais ¿Qué pasó en los últimos dos años y medio en el Ecuador para que, después de una pandemia y elecciones presidenciales, se volviera al punto de partida? #Español

Paro Nacional in Equador: un nuovo “estallido”? https://crimethinc.com/2022/06/29/paro-nacional-in-equador-un-nuovo-estallido Nell’ottobre 2019 ci fu stata una straordinaria rivolta indigena e popolare in Ecuador che, dopo 12 giorni e con un bilancio di 11 morti, riuscì a cancellare un pacchetto di misure neoliberiste imposte dal FMI, tra cui la cancellazione di un sussidio sul prezzo del carburante. In questo giugno del 2022, lo sciopero generale e le proteste di piazza in Ecuador entrano nella terza settimana, con più di 15 giorni del cosiddetto Paro Nacional, sempre guidato dai movimenti indigeni, sempre contro le politiche del FMI e l’aumento del prezzo del carburante. #Italiano

Ecuador: General Strike, Take Two crimethinc.com/Ecuador2022 Two and a half years after an uprising toppled the government, people are in the streets for another general strike. What does it mean that they have to fight this battle all over again so soon after that historic victory? During the 2019 revolt, we interviewed a comrade in the front lines to learn about the dynamics of the revolt in the Ecuadorian capital and the self-management and popular power practices of the “Quito Commune.” Two and a half years later, we reached out to him again.

To Defend Abortion Access, Take the Offensive 🏴 https://cwc.im/DefendAbortionAccess What can direct action offer the fight for reproductive freedom? A tentative effort to discuss grassroots strategies for resisting the criminalization of abortion. It is becoming widely understood that the shot callers in the Democratic Party have no intention to stick their necks out to preserve abortion access. For the most cynical of the Democratic politicians, the overturning of Roe v. Wade represents an opportunity to improve their job security by the changing the subject back to electoral politics once again. Yet a coherent grassroots strategy for resisting the criminalization of abortion has yet to emerge. Let’s talk about what such a strategy might entail. This is especially pressing as today’s Supreme Court is not finished reshaping the legal landscape. They may continue to hand down decisions like the overturning of Roe v. Wade for years or even decades to come.