Tout le Monde Dèteste la Police, and other chansons!

From Utrecht to Paris; solidarité!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glYfQpn3Fa4

#France #Paris #Anarchism #Palestine #Israel #demonstration #FreePalestine #FranceIsrael

Anarchy -- the sovereignty of the individual over his own actions -- is the goal for which we strive. Communism is one of those incidents that come afterwards.
-- Joseph Labadie

#anarchism #quote #bot

i just want to stir everyone's soul with a song written & performed by the man who said, 'the only honour for an artist is not getting any [honours].'
#leoFerre #anarchy #music #musique #anarchism
https://youtu.be/mPn4vAOv0Xo

I think my brief period in the Panthers was very important because it taught me about the limits of -- and even the bankruptcy of -- leadership in a revolutionary movement.
-- Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin

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“The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently.”
- David Graeber

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/07/david-graeber-optimistic-anarchist-rebecca-solnit

#anarchism

The morning Hurricane Helene hit Asheville, members of our collective sat in the dark, listening to the howling wind and the crack of huge trees falling all around. When we emerged Friday evening to take stock, a cardboard sign on our co-op’s door read “Community meeting here, Saturday at 2pm. Let’s talk about how we can take care of each other + community.” That first autonomous act by an anonymous neighbor set the stage for the week, with Firestorm becoming a container for other people’s brilliant, beautiful, and generous self-organizing.

About forty people attended the first meeting. Nearly four hundred attended the next one. The gatherings, now a daily anchor, have generated a multitude of connections and volunteer powered projects. Before city officials had finished assessing the damage, community members were sharing supplies, doing wellness checks, and serving hot meals. Over the next few days, things became more organized. Anarchist arborists collected chainsaws and dispatched crews to clear roads for trapped residents; activists mobilized to build long term water distribution systems capable of delivering 6k gallons/day; bike punks offered free repair clinics; a farmer began driving regular water supply loops to Firestorm from a nearby spring; and an enthusiastic DIY-er set up a tent to distribute dry toilets made from affordable materials.

In the midst of this anarchic moment, Firestorm isn’t setting the agenda or directing anyone—we’re offering a space that welcomes independent initiative, we’re supporting the exchange of critical information, and we’re modeling a do-it-ourselves approach that’s responsive, experimental, and human-scale.

Yes, government and NGO aid is now flowing into the region—but the work of caring for one another continues to be done by neighbors, grassroots organizations, small businesses, and activists. It’s done voluntarily, with thousands of autonomous actions synchronized through a shared solidarity. For a brief moment, the logic of the capitalist market is suspended, care is given freely, and everyone contributes what they can.

It’s a strange paradox that the utopia we dream of becomes most visible in the dark.

#HurricaneHelene #MutualAid #Anarchism #Cooperativism #MutualAidDisasterRelief #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop

The inherent tendency of the state is to concentrate, to narrow, and monopolize all social activities.
-- Emma Goldman

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Today, Mexico's Supreme Court is supposed to issue its decision on a case regarding Indigenous anarchist Miguel Peralta, from Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca.

Miguel previously beat trumped-up murder charges stemming from his community's struggle for autonomy, only to have them be reinstated against him. He is now in hiding.

His supporters rallied outside the Supreme Court in Mexico City demanding Miguel's "absolute freedom."

https://desinformemonos.org/exigen-frente-a-la-scjn-libertad-absoluta-para-el-perseguido-politico-mazateco-miguel-peralta/

#Mexico #Oaxaca #SCJN #CDMX #autonomy #Indigenous #anarchism

Devil’s Night Peasants Visit Slumlord Stewart Beal

"Hark! Let it be known that on this 30th of October – Devil’s Night – we, the peasants of so-called Ypsilanti, have declared that we have HAD ENOUGH of landlords! The peasants have united to declare to Stewart Beal, Ypsi’s own Scrooge McSlumlord, that he is not welcome in our town.

To Stewart Beal, we say: FUCKETH YOU. No amount of wealth can protect you from our wrath.

...

The Ghosts of Christmas Past gave Scrooge a second chance, but the Ghosts of Devil’s Night and Halloween do not. Beal will know no comfort until he abandons his properties and makes reparations for his crimes. The peasants, renters, rough sleepers, toilers, and caretakers all live DESPITE what the city, police, and lords do to us– not BECAUSE of what they do for us. We do not need them. Until they are thrown off and everything they have stolen has been reclaimed… Every night can be Devil’s Night."

https://unsalted.noblogs.org/post/2024/11/02/devils-night-peasants-visit-slumlord-stewart-beal/

#HomeDemo #Anarchism #DevilsNight #MischiefNight #Halloween #FuckLandlords #FuckSlumlords #DirectAction #Ypsilanti

No Peace: An Analysis

"(The Radical Activist) flank (of #SJP) played a vital role in not only the uprising at Columbia, but in the direction of the movement nationally. This essay is an attempt to both correct the record and offer up some political perspectives from a segment of this radical flank." ignored and dissed by teh me-dee-unhs

Reflections on #Columbia, the #StudentIntifada and the Culture of #Counterinsurgency (vs NONVIOLENT #protest) by Anonymous

https://unityoffields.org/?p=1161 #Anarchism

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They do a lot of work on #anarchism and increasing coverage of women.

The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages. As a precaution to ever committing major acts of evil it is our solemn duty never to do what we're told, this is the only way we can be sure.
-- Banksy

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What is a debt, anyway? A debt is just the perversion of a promise. It is a promise corrupted by both math and violence.
-- David Graeber

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