CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

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.

One hundred and two years ago today, the first issue of the daily paper of the Kronstadt revolt appeared, chronicling the politics and day-to-day events of the uprising. You can read every issue of it in English here, along with a history of the revolt: https://crimethinc.com/kronstadt

We've prepared a zine version of "Balance Sheet: Two Years against Cop City," the follow-up to "The Forest in the City," evaluating the various strategies that people have employed in the movement in Atlanta: https://crimethinc.com/zines/balance-sheet Please print these out and distribute them! #StopCopCity #DefendtheAtlantaforest

Defending Abundance Everywhere: A Call to Every Community from the Weelaunee Forest https://crimethinc.com/WeelauneeAbundance A collection of essays from participants in the movement to defend Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta, reflecting on how to embody values of abundance as we weave ourselves into the web of life that surrounds us. #StopCopCity

Another example of this from the past month: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-agrees-to-pay-5-2m-to-settle-claims-of-mass-arrests-at-stockley/article_bc726afb-2f7d-5f91-9050-b61287ff74c8.html

The government of New York City has agreed to pay $21,500 to each of hundreds of demonstrators who were penned in by the police in the Bronx during protests in June 2020. This is only the latest example of something that has been happening for decades. Police systematically engage in millions of dollars worth of illegal activity on a regular basis. To the authorities, it's worth breaking their own laws and throwing millions of taxpayer dollars into settlements if it means that they can maintain control. Nobody believes in the sanctity of law less than the cops and those who control them. No wonder anarchists don't, either. https://crimethinc.com/texts/prizes

Balance Sheet: Two Years against Cop City http://crimethinc.com/AgainstCopCity Starting in April 2021, a bold movement set out to defend Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta, Georgia, where local politicians and corporate profiteers want to build a police training compound known as Cop City. In the following assessment, participants evaluate the strategic hypotheses that the movement has produced and tested over the past two years and reflect on the risks and possibilities of the next phase of the struggle. #StopCopCity #DefendtheAtlantaForest

Las w mieście https://crimethinc.com/2023/02/22/las-w-miescie-dwa-lata-obrony-lasu-w-atlancie Kampania w obronie lasu w Atlancie stała się jednym z najbardziej żywiołowych ruchów ery po-trumpowej, przeplatając ekologizm z abolicjonizmem i walką z gentryfikacją. Jednak gdy policja przeszła do stosowania potencjalnie śmiercionośnych metod i zbiorowych oskarżeń o terroryzm, ruch znalazł się w punkcie krytycznym. W poniższym tekście uczestnicy analizują rozwój tej walka się w ciągu ostatniego roku, zastanawiając się nad praktykami, które dały jej siłę i analizując stojące przed nią wyzwania. #Polski

Georgia prosecutors have used the same RICO statute to charge rappers Young Thug and Gunna, among others. Atlanta police have already been trying to terrorize activists in the #StopCopCity movement, killing one and bringing terrorism charges indiscriminately against others. We recall how in 2017, DC prosecutors attempted to send over 200 people to prison for decades just for participating in a march at Trump's inauguration. They were seeking to open the Trump era by setting a new precedent for how conspiracy charges could be used to crush movements. They ultimately failed. That case is a useful reference for what could take place in Atlanta: https://crimethinc.com/J20legal

On the Looming RICO Case in Atlanta According to a prosecutor in Georgia, state prosecutors are preparing to charge local activists who oppose Cop City and the destruction of Weelaunee forest as a “criminal organization” under the RICO statute: https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/atlanta-activists-say-prosecutors-plan-to-indict-them-on-rico-charges/ The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) was introduced in order to target illegal capitalist operations. However, corporations and police have repeatedly used RICO charges to intimidate perceived adversaries. The nonprofit organization Greenpeace faced RICO charges from 2016 to 2019, for example. Elsewhere in the Southeast, North Carolina police brought RICO charges against members of the Latin Kings and Queens who were working to organize gang truces in their community: https://alkqnsupport.wordpress.com/paradigm-shift/

Transphobic vultures pretend that they have children's best interests at heart while attempting to dictate everything that children can dream or become without any consideration for their needs or their well-being. It is plain to see that transphobes don't actually care about children or anyone else—they are simply trying to consolidate their power, to control our lives through state oppression and censorship. They want everyone to be subject to patriarchy, confined by constrictive gender roles. They won't stop at attacking children—they will go on assaulting everyone who doesn't fit their narrow-minded scheme until we stop them. https://crimethinc.com/GenderSelfDetermination

Punk – Μια επικίνδυνη Ουτοπία Επανεξετάζοντας τη σχέση του πανκ με τον αναρχισμό https://crimethinc.com/2022/12/13/punk-mia-epikindune-outopia-epanexetazontas-te-skhese-tou-pank-me-ton-anarkhismo-1 Πώς προέκυψε το πανκ μέσα από τις αντικουλτούρες της δεκαετίας του 1960 που ισχυριζόταν ότι απέρριπτε; Γιατί έπαιξε τόσο κεντρικό ρόλο στην αναζωπύρωση του αναρχισμού σε όλο τον κόσμο στα τέλη του 20ού αιώνα; Πώς προεικόνισε τα συμμετοχικά μέσα της ψηφιακής εποχής; Και τι μπορεί να μας διδάξει η κληρονομιά του σήμερα; #Ελληνικά

To our joy, people are already pasting these posters up on the walls. This photo is from the streets of New York City. To download the poster: https://crimethinc.com/posters/defend-the-forest To learn about making wheatpaste for postering: https://crimethinc.com/wheatpasting #DefendtheAtlantaforest #StopCopCity

When Russian troops invaded Ukraine a year ago, it took many people by surprise—especially Putin apologists, who had been insisting that reports about Russian military preparations were just saber-rattling from the United States government. It didn't take us by surprise, because we had been corresponding with Russian and Ukrainian anarchists for years. We still believe that it is most important to listen to anarchists from the region rather than commentators thousands of miles away. For Russian anarchist perspectives, you could start here: https://avtonom.org/en For Ukrainian anarchist perspectives, you could start here: https://libcom.org/tags/assemblyorgua For Belarusian anarchist perspectives, you could start here: https://pramen.io/en/

We've prepared a zine version of our article, "The Forest in the City—Two Years of Forest Defense in Atlanta, Georgia." Please print these out and distribute them in your community! https://crimethinc.com/zines/the-forest-in-the-city #StopCopCity #DefendtheAtlantaForest

To accompany our new history of the fight to defend the forest in Atlanta, "The Forest in the City," we've prepared a poster celebrating forest defense. Please print these out and paste them up! If you're organizing solidarity events where you are, there's a space at the bottom where you can add those. The poster: https://crimethinc.com/posters/defend-the-forest Background on the movement: https://crimethinc.com/ForestintheCity

The Forest in the City https://crimethinc.com/ForestintheCity The fight to defend the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta has become one of the most vibrant movements of the post-Trump era, interweaving environmentalism, abolitionism, and the struggle against gentrification. Yet as police begin employing lethal violence and indiscriminate terrorism charges, it has reached a critical juncture. In this comprehensive history of the past year of struggle, participants reflect on the practices that have given the movement strength and analyze the challenges that face it. This is a follow-up to last year's article, "The City in the Forest," which traced the first phase of the movement. #StopCopCity #DefendtheAtlantaForest

A Revolta Popular no Peru Em dezembro de 2022, uma onda de protestos populares liderados por camponeses e os movimentos indígenas varreram o Peru depois que o ex-presidente Pedro Castillo sofreu impeachment após uma tentativa fracassada de dissolver o legislativo e sua vice-presidente, a conservadora Dina Boluarte, assumiu o governo. Para uma visão direta desses acontecimentos, conversamos com anarquistas peruanos, na esperança de obter uma perspectiva sobre os aspectos desse movimento que ultrapassam a política de estado. https://crimethinc.com/2023/02/21/a-revolta-popular-no-peru-anarquistas-discutem-a-revolta-contra-a-violencia-policial-e-o-estado-de-emergencia #Português

Artwork in the burned metro station of downtown Santiago, Chile, depicting President Gabriel Boric, who emerged from the student movement but turned against it as soon as he arrived in the halls of power. https://crimethinc.com/ChilePlebiscite