Category Archives: justice

Kristian Williams: ‘“Full Spectrum Resistance”: a field manual for insurgencies’

Posted on June 27, 2020 by

“Aric McBay’s massive, two-volume, handbook for political action, covers the fundamentals of social change, offering advice on organization, strategy, tactics, security, communication (internal and external), and so on — all illustrated with historical case studies.”

Posted in agonism, anarchism, Blog, disobedience, freedom, governance, justice, power, revolt, revolution, rights, tyranny, violence

“More Precisely Revolution”​: Notes from the Protests Worldwide

Posted on June 27, 2020 by

“In an ongoing series, The Drift is inviting short reflections on global protest movements. We ask: What are we learning about direct political action in the midst of this unprecedented crisis? What are we risking, and what are we gaining, by gathering together—many of us for the first time in months?”

Posted in emergency, hubris, In The News, justice, power, resistance, revolt, the Left

Peter Gelderloos: “Questions In The Face Of Counterinsurgency”

Posted on June 19, 2020 by

“Liberal identity politics, in contrast to radical resistance against the multiple, overlapping forms of oppression that exist in our society, is ultimately about turning oppressed people into demographics to be exploited for power struggles within the dominant institutions. It is about representation. To be represented, a people must be simplified, they must be homogenized, borders must be drawn around them to determine who has membership and who does not, and then that entire body must be further disciplined, bribed, and silenced until they accept the political views that belong to their representatives.”

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“Reading the History of Slavery: 3 Experts Offer Book Recommendations”

Posted on June 16, 2020 by

On the ways the history of slavery informs our present.

Posted in Blog, freedom, justice, revolt, revolution, rights, tyranny

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CrimethInc.: “This Is Anarchy”

Posted on June 11, 2020 by

“Eight Ways the Black Lives Matter and Justice for George Floyd Uprisings Reflect Anarchist Ideas in Action.”

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Asad Haider: “No Justice, No Peace”

Posted on June 5, 2020 by

‘The disturbance of the peace will continue as long as there is injustice; so “no justice, no peace,” is a slogan which represents the intransigent pursuit of justice, against all the forces of containment wielded by the state, against the voices of the white moderates who would blame protestors for the violence of the police, and against all those who fail to grasp King’s lasting message that a politics of overcoming injustice is a politics of revolutionary change.’

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William C. Anderson: “We defend ourselves so we can all breathe in peace”

Posted on June 4, 2020 by

“These events, revolts and rebellions like the ones taking place in the streets this very moment, are not the revolution itself. They are singular events in a long process that eventually can lead to a revolutionary struggle, which in itself is a substantial undertaking.”

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CrimethInc: “What Will It Take to Stop the Police from Killing?”

Posted on June 1, 2020 by

“So what will it take for us to end police murders once and for all? Nothing short of revolution.  But that revolution isn’t a distant utopia, or a single spasm in which we storm the Winter Palace. It’s an ongoing process of building relationships, sharing resources, defending ourselves, undoing the interlocking structures of white supremacy, and organizing to meet our needs together without police or politicians—and it’s already happening.”

Posted in anarchism, emergency, justice, Nota Bene, power, revolution, the Left, violence

Tim Wise: “Protest, Uprisings, and Race War”

Posted on May 31, 2020 by

“As much of the country burns, literally or metaphorically, it is time to face our history. Time to stop asking others to fight for their lives on our terms, and remember that it is their collective jugular vein being compressed. It is their windpipe being crushed. It is their sons and daughters being choked out and shot and beaten and profiled and harassed.  It is their liberty and freedom at stake.”

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“Far-Right Extremists Are Hoping to Turn the George Floyd Protests Into a New Civil War”

Posted on May 30, 2020 by

‘Armed extremists are showing up to protests and urging a “boogaloo” — code for civil war — online.’

Posted in In The News, justice, law, revolt, violence

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