Forwarded from CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
Rather than permitting the Trump administration to frighten us into passivity, we must understand this broad, vague, and performative executive order designating "antifa" a fabricated "terrorist organization" as an effort to intimidate. It is chiefly intended to convince us to let them consolidate power without a fight.
If we look at the stymied #StopCopCity RICO prosecution as a test case, the chief danger is that people will withdraw from movements, enabling the Trump administration to maintain the initiative long enough to escalate to other forms of repression, such as extrajudicial force.
This should catalyze us into urgent organizing, not paralyze us. Only collective action can keep us safe and free.
https://crimethinc.com/Safeguarding
If we look at the stymied #StopCopCity RICO prosecution as a test case, the chief danger is that people will withdraw from movements, enabling the Trump administration to maintain the initiative long enough to escalate to other forms of repression, such as extrajudicial force.
This should catalyze us into urgent organizing, not paralyze us. Only collective action can keep us safe and free.
https://crimethinc.com/Safeguarding
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Forwarded from CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
Mark these words:
If we let the fascists consolidate power in the US—if they manage to defeat the American people—the next stage will be ruinous war. Their brand of politics depends on always mobilizing against an enemy.
That is what happened in Russia under Putin.
Already, in 2022, we understood that the invasion of Ukraine represented a looming possible future for all of us. It would never have been possible for Putin to sacrifice hundreds of thousands on the altar of war if he had not spent the preceding decade crushing every social movement in Russia.
https://crimethinc.com/AntiwarRussia2022
If we let the fascists consolidate power in the US—if they manage to defeat the American people—the next stage will be ruinous war. Their brand of politics depends on always mobilizing against an enemy.
That is what happened in Russia under Putin.
Already, in 2022, we understood that the invasion of Ukraine represented a looming possible future for all of us. It would never have been possible for Putin to sacrifice hundreds of thousands on the altar of war if he had not spent the preceding decade crushing every social movement in Russia.
https://crimethinc.com/AntiwarRussia2022
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It Could Happen Here: CZM Book Club: Nazis Don't Go To Valhalla
Episode webpage: https://omny.fm/shows/it-could-happen-here/2024-11-08-bc-no-nazis-valhall
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Episode webpage: https://omny.fm/shows/it-could-happen-here/2024-11-08-bc-no-nazis-valhall
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CZM Book Club: Nazis Don't Go To Valhalla - It Could Happen Here
Book Club Rerun from the ol' ICHH archive - now with Book Club wrapping!
Margaret Killjoy joins us to read a special spooky week ghost story about the 2nd American Civil War.
Margaret Killjoy joins us to read a special spooky week ghost story about the 2nd American Civil War.
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Forwarded from CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
In the wake of Donald Trump's security directive aimed at criminalizing anti-fascism, we can expect to see federal agents use entrapment strategies to attempt to disrupt social movements.
Read about how earlier movements have experienced and dealt with entrapment:
https://crimethinc.com/entrapment
Read about how earlier movements have experienced and dealt with entrapment:
https://crimethinc.com/entrapment
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