The trial of Jair Bolsonaro and his allied generals begins today for their plot to stage a coup d'état in January 2023 after losing the election to Lula da Silva. In addition to a business-funded uprising that stormed the government headquarters in Brasília on January 8, 2023—emulating Trump on January 6—his political and military allies plotted to kill Lula, his vice-presidential candidate, and members of the Brazilian Supreme Court.

This is the first time in Brazil that a political leader and military generals have gone to court for a coup d'état or attempted coup. The country has endured several coup attempts and two dictatorships—the last of which lasted until 1985—and none of the military officials responsible for disappearances, torture, and deaths have been tried and punished.

https://crimethinc.com/January8Brazil

This time, the international press and politicians are calling attention to "the maturity of Brazilian democracy" in trying Bolsonaro for his political crimes and making him ineligible to run for office so he doesn't return to power with impunity as Trump did. But it's symptomatic that Brazilian institutions only moved to act when the lives of their high-ranking members were at risk, not when Bolsonaro weaponized the COVID-19 pandemic against the poor, favela populations, and Indigenous peoples and turned entire cities into testing grounds for COVID-denialism, causing more than 716,000 senseless deaths, as attested by a parliamentary commission that investigated his crimes against the population.

We cannot expect these institutions to protect us. Historically, they have sided with coup plotters and murderers and only act to protect themselves. Our only hope is to organize a popular force capable of defending itself beyond the spectacles of media trials.

https://crimethinc.com/VirusofPopulism

Today, we are remembering David Graeber, who passed away five years ago.

“Nothing could conceivably be more violent than to tell us—and particularly our young people—we are forbidden to even dream of a peaceful, caring world.”

crimethinc.com/ShockofVictory

A imprensa e políticos internacionais estão chamando a atenção para "a maturidade da democracia brasileira" ao julgar Bolsonaro por seus crimes políticos e torná-lo inelegível, para que não retorne ao poder impunemente, como fez Trump. Mas é sintomático que as instituições brasileiras só tenham agido quando as vidas de seus membros de alto escalão estavam em risco, não quando Bolsonaro usou a pandemia de COVID-19 como arma contra os pobres, as populações de favelas e os povos indígenas e transformou cidades inteiras em campos de testes para o negacionismo da COVID-19, causando mais de 716.000 mortes, como atestou uma comissão parlamentar que investigou seus crimes contra a população.

Não podemos esperar que essas instituições nos protejam. Historicamente, elas se aliaram a golpistas e assassinos e agem apenas para se proteger. Nossa única esperança é organizar uma força popular capaz de se defender para além dos espetáculos dos julgamentos midiáticos.

https://pt.crimethinc.com/Brasil8Janeiro

#Português

Nothing could be more naïve than to imagine that Donald Trump's effort to put the military on the streets of US cities has anything to do with "fighting crime." He himself is very clear: this is an act of war against the part of the population that does not support his autocracy.

No political party is going to protect us. We must build the capacity to defend ourselves through grassroots initiatives or watch powerlessly as his mercenaries come for our neighbors one after another until they finally come for us.

Gather the people you trust and discuss what kinds of action you are prepared to take together. The fascists are not in a position to triumph over us unless we remain passive. Get organized. 🏴

https://crimethinc.com/opsec

As people prepare to confront the new ICE offensive in Chicago, it's worth revisiting the day of action less than three months ago when thousands took the streets against them.

https://crimethinc.com/ChicagoJune10

The lessons of that day should inform the next phase of resistance.

Don't rely on streaming services!

You can download the new Catharsis album—as well as dozens of other albums we've released over the years, all of which are free—from the CrimethInc. bandcamp page:

https://crimethinc.bandcamp.com/

The violence of the Israeli state is systematic, indiscriminate, continuous, and targets anyone who could interfere with their program of ethnic cleansing. Backed by Christian Zionists, they perpetrate this violence right up to the limit of what they can get away with. In addition to the tens of thousands they have murdered and the millions they have displaced, rendered homeless, tortured, terrorized, and imprisoned, this also makes life more dangerous for Jewish people everywhere.

http://crimethinc.com/Gaza2024

Background on the uprising in Sri Lanka:

https://crimethinc.com/GotaGoGama

Why you can't use the state to abolish capitalism:

https://crimethinc.com/government

The judge in the #StopCopCity case says that he is likely to toss out the RICO charges on the grounds that they were improperly filed. That will not be the end of the ordeal, but it is an important step.

Background on the charges:

https://crimethinc.com/AtlantaRICO

Background on the movement itself:

https://crimethinc.com/CopCity2025

​​Сегодня, 9 сентября, день рождения нашего товарища, анархиста, партизана, интернационалиста, одного из основателей Боевой организации анархо-коммунистов Дмитрия Петрова. Ему исполняется 36 лет. Дмитрий стал мучеником 19 апреля 2023 года, штурмуя позиции российских оккупантов под Бахмутом. Вместе с ним погибли интернационалисты Купер Эндрюс и Финбар Кэферки.

Дима был партизаном и организатором анархического партизанского движения во всех странах, где ему доводилось находиться долгое время, участвовал в Курдской революции и был другом Курдского революционного движения, распространяя его идеи и практики в русскоязычной среде, активно работал над созданием либертарной военной структуры в Украине после начала полномасштабного российского вторжения. Участвовал в протестах 2011 года на Болотной площади, в восстаниях на Майдане в 2014 и в Беларуси в 2020.

Для БОАК и для всего анархического движения Дмитрий Петров навсегда останется примером милитантности — полной преданности революционному делу, воли к активным действиям, сопровождаемым постоянным идеологическим анализом, приверженности организованной борьбе, солидарности и любви к товарищ:кам. Мы должны помнить об этом примере и быть достойными его. Продолжать путь, который завещал нам товарищ.

Биографию Дмитрия Петрова и разные стороны его революционной деятельности освещает текст товарище:к из CrimethInc. «В память о Диме Петрове». О его борьбе во время полномасштабной войны можно прочитать в нашем тексте «Действие и организационная работа: в память о мученике Дмитрии Петрове».

Şehîd namirin!
Мученики не умирают!

A second drone strike has occurred targeting another boat in the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Not only is the Israeli military intentionally committing genocide on a mass scale against Palestinians in Gaza, it is showing that wherever possible, anywhere around the world, it intends to carry out violence targeting civilians who express solidarity with Palestinians.

If you believe that Palestinians deserve to be treated as human beings, the Israeli military has you in its sights. Behave accordingly.