Crimethinc: We Can Block the Wall! A Call to Create a Real National Emergency for Trump
Trump has announced that he will declare a state of emergency to fund his border wall. The proposed wall and additional security measures will be devastating for migrants and border communities. During the last shutdown, federal employees and federal contractors were forced to work without pay or to scrape by on furlough, while people relying […]
Crimethinc: I Was a J20 Street Medic and Defendant: How We Survived the First J20 Trial and What We Learned along the Way
During the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, DC police arrested over 200 people and indiscriminately charged all of them with eight or more felonies apiece, hoping to set a precedent that would suppress street protest once and for all. Two years later, we are publishing a series of reflections on the events […]
The Daily Beast, “Even Anarchists Don’t Like the Government Shutdown”
If the government shutdown has any fans (besides President Donald Trump), one might assume it’s anarchists. Anarchists want a stateless society and the government shutdown is already the longest in U.S. history. But four weeks into the shutdown, anarchists are just as fed up as the rest of the country. “A girl can dream, right?” […]
Daniel McGowan: What the Government Shutdown Really Means for Federal Prisoners
Last week, USA Today ran a hit piece on federal prisoners with the tabloid headline, “Government shutdown: Federal inmates feast on Cornish hens, steak as prison guards labor without pay.” Not to be outdone, The Washington Post followed this up with their own shameful story under the headline, “‘I been eatin like a boss’: Federal […]
Crimethinc: The Threat to Rojava: An Anarchist in Syria Speaks on the Real Meaning of Trump’s Withdrawal
I’m writing from Rojava. Full disclosure: I didn’t grow up here and I don’t have access to all the information I would need to tell you what is going to happen next in this part of the world with any certainty. I’m writing because it is urgent that you hear from people in northern Syria […]
Kim Kelly: This Eye-Opening New Documentary Spotlights the Overlooked Trial of Trump Protestors
As Donald J. Trump laid his hand on the Bible to be sworn in as President on January 20, 2017, the streets of Washington, D.C. were alight with revolutionary fire. Hundreds of protestors had flooded the capital that day as part of a coordinated action called by a coalition of local leftist and radical organizations, […]
Crimethinc: Take Your Pick: Law or Freedom
We saw you last night among thousands of other anti-Trump demonstrators around the US. Their signs proclaimed, “No one is above the law.” You were the one with the sign reading “I love laws.” We need to talk. Really, this is what gets you into the streets? Trump’s goons have been kidnapping your neighbors, preparing […]
Eric Laursen: Why I’m Not Voting
On a short visit to Austin, Texas in June, I heard that one of my favorite one-hit wonders from the long-ago British punk-pop scene, Wreckless Eric (“(I’d Go) the Whole Wide World”), was playing at a local club. I quickly bought tickets. Wreckless gave a tremendous show. The songs from his new album were terrific, […]
Vice News, “Trump is using antifa to scare people into voting for Republicans”
Donald Trump has a new boogeyman to scare midterm voters, an unruly mob known as antifa. “These are bad people,” the president said at the rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp in Macon, Georgia, on Sunday. “These are the people causing problems and the press doesn’t want to talk about them.” Trump implied that […]
HuffPost, “Pro-Trump Gang Seen In Footage Assaulting Anti-Fascist Protesters In Manhattan”
Minutes after an event at a Manhattan Republican club meant to celebrate violence against leftists, attendees belonging to a proto-fascist, pro-Trump street gang reportedly pummeled three people on the sidewalk in Manhattan’s Upper East Side while shouting homophobic slurs. Footage posted online by video journalist Sandi Bachom shows a group of men who appear to be Proud […]