On this day 26 years ago, demonstrators blockaded and shut down the summit of the World Trade Organization in Seattle—demonstrating the power of direct action and horizontal, decentralized organizing. Today, as federal mercenaries attack our communities while state institutions strive even more blatantly to repress and impoverish us, we need the lessons of the Seattle WTO protests more than ever.
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Epilogue on the Movement against Capitalist Globalization
22 years after the victory against the World Trade Organization in Seattle, what can we learn from the networks that gave rise to that movement?
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Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol official leading the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crackdowns, is bringing his forces to attack people in Charlotte, North Carolina next. Like LA, DC, and Chicago, the previous targets of ICE crackdowns, Charlotte has a Black mayor and is majority non-white. One of the chief purposes of these crackdowns is to normalize using federal forces to terrorize people of color. What's new is that Charlotte is in a swing state. This has ominous implications. ICE crackdowns have not been popular with the general public or good for the economy. Kidnapping laborers who work for disproportionately low wages is bad for business. Thus far, Trump has focused the crackdowns on cities controlled by Democrats as a means of exerting economic pressure while avoiding impacting his supporters. On the heels of Democrats' electoral victories and spineless capitulation ending the government shutdown, the decision to target a city in a swing state suggests that the Trump administration is not concerned about electoral blowback. Whatever elections the Democrats might win, they have shown that they will collapse under pressure. In other words—targeting a city in a swing state suggests that the Trump administration does not intend to leave power voluntarily.
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They tell us that dangerous people are on the loose, threatening our communities. But if anyone is dangerous, it is those who would do harm to their neighbors in return for a bribe—those who sell their capacity to inflict violence to the highest bidder. Crush ICE.
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Seven Steps to Stop ICE
Seven Steps to Stop ICE 1) Form resistance groups. Form tight-knit groups to play roles in the resistance. You and your friends may already form ...
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On November 11, 1887, in the midst of the fight for the eight-hour workday, four anarchists were executed as scapegoats for the Haymarket riot. This established May Day as a day of labor struggle around the world. "The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today." -August Spies
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The May Days: Stories of Courage and Resistance
A century and a half of rebellions, uprisings, daring escapes, and adventures celebrating May Day and our collective capacity for freedom and self-...
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We concur with the members of a jury in Washington, DC that tossing a sandwich at a federal agent should not be treated as criminal activity. In completely unrelated news, everyone should know about jury nullification! A jury has an absolute right to return any verdict it chooses. You can return a verdict of NOT GUILTY if you consider a law, punishment, or prosecutor unjust. Mind you, if you mention this during selection, you may not end up on a jury. Pass it on! image
On October 28, 2500 police officers raided communities in the favelas of Penha and Alemão in Rio de Janeiro to search for leaders of armed drug trafficking factions. The scene was a war zone: armored vehicles filling the streets, columns of smoke, barricades, helicopters and drones firing bullets and bombs over communities where more than 200,000 people live. By the end of the day, news reports indicated 64 deaths, making the massacre the largest in the state's history. But on October 29, the residents found more than 50 additional bodies in houses and forests of the region, raising the number to almost 130 confirmed deaths. When we say that Gaza is the future of every favela and rebel territory in the world, this is not just a symbolic comparison. The logic of extermination is the same, whether we are speaking about organized crime (which the state participates in) or "terrorist organizations" (which states sponsor)—we are witnessing policies that treat entire populations as disposable on account of their skin color or place of residence. From Brazil to Gaza, solidarity against all forms of state violence. image
Anarchists around the country participated in the No Kings rallies, sharing proposals and in some cases leading marches through the streets. In this selection of report-backs, the participants share their experiences and conclusions.
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Anarchists at the No Kings Rallies
Following the call to establish an anti-authoritarian presence at the October 18 "No Kings" rallies, we reached out to anarchists in a dozen cities...
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