CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

What is privilege? Privilege is being vaccinated in the US while thousands die of #COVID19 in India and Brazil. It seems like an advantage—but it just means that new variants can develop elsewhere, and ultimately make their way back to threaten people in the US, too. There's no such thing as "using your privilege for good." Disparities in power and access to resources are inherently destructive—they ultimately harm everyone. In the final analysis, we can't benefit at others' expense.

We've finally reprinted our classic poster about police. You can order them here for the cost of printing and shipping alone: https://store.crimethinc.com/collections/posters/products/the-police The last printing ran out a week after the murder of George Floyd—and no one would reprint it in bulk on account of the pandemic (or, perhaps, the content). For a world without police!

Next week, ahead of the anniversary of the George Floyd uprising, to help pass on the memory of that struggle, we will release We Are Now, a film centering the voices of participants in the armed occupation of the Wendy's parking lot where Atlanta police murdered Rayshard Brooks. Part of the collective behind the film will be traveling the US with all the equipment necessary for outdoor guerrilla film screenings of We Are Now, footage from the movement in Chile, and other subversive film gems. To set up a last-minute event: podcast@crimethinc.com

https://twitter.com/crimethinc/status/1391599373306449920 A thread on the interconnections between attacks carried out by police and paramilitaries against demonstrators in Colombia and narco-capitalism—and the counterforce represented by Indigenous expressions of solidarity with the revolt.

Después de décadas de conflicto armado, durante el último año y medio Colombia ha visto cómo los movimientos de protesta regresaban con fuerza. En respuesta, el gobierno más fuertemente armado de América Latina ha llevado a cabo una brutal represión. https://cwc.im/RevueltaEnColombia #SOSColombia—Llamada a la solidaridad El vinculo entre el Estado colombiano y nortramericano es inegable, las armas y tecnología bélica usadas para reprimir y asesinar durante las manifestaciones de las ultimas semanas en colombia son fuertemente financiadas por EEUU. Por ello convocamos a todxs a manifestarse en los distintos consulados colombianos y las instalaciones diplomáticas y militares estadounidenses.

To help those on the receiving end of police violence to obtain medical supplies in Cali, one of the cities that has been most targeted with state violence, we endorse this fundraiser: https://vaki.co/en/vaki/soscali?skip=true#history

#SOSColombia—Call for Solidarity Colombian police have murdered dozens over the past week. The Colombian state is closely linked with the US, receiving millions annually in US military aid. Colombians are calling for people around the world to show solidarity by demonstrating at Colombian consulates and US diplomatic and military institutions.

We've just stocked another 100,000 of our "Immigrants Welcome" stickers. You can order them here for the costs of printing and shipping alone: https://cwc.im/stickers/immigrants-welcome For more on why the US border regime is inherently oppressive, try our book, No Wall They Can Build: https://cwc.im/borders 🏴

#Colombia

Colombia: “for our dead, a minute of silence and a life of combat.”

Colombia Has Lost Its Fear https://cwc.im/ColombiaRevolt In Colombia, a nationwide uprising continues in the face of brutal state violence. This translation from the city of Cali details why people are risking their lives to take on one of the most violent governments in Latin America.

Colombia: “corruption and oppression are destroyed by rebellion”

Colombia: If COVID-19 doesn’t kill us, the perverse government will.

Colombia: protesters are using makeshift shields amid protests against new taxes and healthcare privatization schemes.

“The narco-state is killing us”

“Everywhere, the pandemic has intensified disparities in wealth, power, and access to the means of survival, while serving as an excuse for increasing state repression. In learning from and extending solidarity to those who face state and paramilitary violence in Latin America—much of which is supported and directed by the United States and other governments and capitalist institutions—we are confronting the same global forces that threaten our own freedom and well-being.” https://crimethinc.com/2021/05/05/colombia-has-lost-its-fear-a-nationwide-uprising-continues-in-the-face-of-state-violence

Following May Day, we recommend Work, our analysis of how capitalism has changed over the past 100 years. As the compromises that stabilized capitalism through the 20th century break down, it's becoming harder to defend fixed positions in the economy. But if we want to do away with the system in its entirety, we just might have the chance. https://cwc.im/Work Let's topple the whole thing.

In 1886, the anarchists Albert and Lucy Parsons led 80,000 people through Chicago in the first modern May Day Parade: “Eight-hour day with no cut in pay!” 350,000 workers around the US went on strike at 1200 factories—70,000 in Chicago, 45,000 in New York, 32,000 in Cincinnati. On May 3, 1886, police shot into a labor protest in Chicago, killing two. On May 4, police attacked another rally, someone threw a bomb—and the rest is history. This is why laborers have rights—not the benevolence of bosses and politicians. Learn more: https://cwc.im/maydayhistory