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GREEK ANARCHISTS RIOT IN HONOR OF ALEXIS GRIGOROPOULOS
From perseus999
Disrupt the Flows: War Against DAPL and Planetary Annihilation
From itsgoingdown.org
Hundreds of demonstrations have occurred across Turtle Island to express solidarity with the Oceti Sakowin and their fight for sovereignty against the development of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). These actions expand the struggle, by de-cententering the area in which conflict can occur and help transform supportive people from afar into active participants rather than passive social media spectators. #NoDAPL solidarity has mainly consisted of rallies, marches, vigils, lockdowns at banks or intersections
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TO OTHER WORKING AMERICANS
From redneckrevolt.org
To other working Americans:
As the election season of 2016 has finally come to an end, the ramifications of this election are on everyone’s minds. The coming year is going to bring tremendous change. Although we probably all agree on that statement, we probably have very different ideas about what those changes will be, and whether or not they will be positive. Hopefully, we can try to find some common ground.
Trumping Fear, Finding Safety in Resistance
From itsgoingdown.org
Submitted to It’s Going Down
by Scott Campbell
Following a calamitous event such as the election of Donald Trump, the first reactions are often visceral. Those who view it positively gloat and interpret it as greater permission to act according to their more base impulses, seen in the increase in anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and racist attacks since November 8. Those who view it negatively experience a kind of shock and anger. In an attempt to process the unexpected, those emotions frequently are vented in the form of projection, utilizing shame and blame in an attempt to shore up a challenged worldview. Social media exacerbates this by permitting us all to become unfiltered pundits, clicking the “post” button to bestow legitimacy upon any thought that may pop into our heads or trying to acquire social capital by presenting oneself as the holder of the correct analysis.
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REMEMBERING THE ST. PATRICK’S BATTALION: IRISH AND MEXICAN SOLIDARITY AGAINST EMPIRE
From redneckrevolt.org
The St. Patrick’s Battalion – known in Spanish as el Batallón de los San Patricios – was a unit comprised primarily of Irish Catholics who had defected from the invading US army during the Mexican-American War and turned their guns against the land grabbing U.S. invasion.
BERN, SWITZERLAND: UBS BANK ATTACKED IN SOLIDARITY WITH #NoDAPL
THE AUTHORITARIAN VISION OF CHE GUEVARA
From anarkismo.net
By Wayne Price
Review of Samuel Farber, The Politics of Che Guevara (2016)
The recent death of Fidel Castro makes it timely to review this account of how Che Guevara and Fidel Castro created the ideology and social structure of “Communist” Cuba.
HOW TO BURN AN AMERICAN FLAG
From submedia.tv
BURN A FLAG FOR DONALD TRUMP
From c4ss.org
Burn a flag for Donald Trump
It seems silly to continue harping on the incoming tidal wave of fascism, but if there’s one thing C4SS – and the anarchist tradition in general – is good at, it’s making sure you don’t forget that we’re in for a long god damn ride.
