A More Evolved Kind of Symbolic Gesture
This is a considerable improvement over vandalizing historic landmarks and churches.
Keith Preston
The Trashed Target Store: Minneapolis Riot Aftermath
Wal-Marts and Targets are just the modern equivalents of company towns and sweatshops. Fuck ’em. Although this is no real skin off their ass. They will just write it off as a business loss and claim an insurance payout in the process.
Videos Show Cops Slashing Car Tires at Protests in Minneapolis
It’s interesting how many different teams of vandals and rioters have come out of the woodwork during the insurrection. By Julia Lurie, Mother Jones READ MORE
The Yin and the Yang?
“We must never allow our enemies to determine the course of the future.”
By Troy Southgate The fact that America’s puppet-president is portraying Antifa as the main opponent of liberal democracy may have the champagne socialists squealing with delight, not to mention fuelling the Far Right’s delusional claim that Antifa itself is to blame for everything that is wrong with the […]
Overwhelming the Enemy with Human Waves?
Not bad. This is straight out of the Maoist tactical guerrilla playbook.
After the death of George Floyd, where does Minneapolis — and the country — go from here?
Most likely what will happen is this: Trump’s incompetence and malevolence will essentially be the end of the GOP’s electoral chances, and Trump will be WASP America’s last stand. Even if Trump wins reelection, the GOP is demographically and culturally doomed. Meanwhile, the state, capitalism, and totalitarian humanism […]
How the Constitution Was Indeed Pro-Slavery
From 2015. Not only is the Constitution “pro-slavery” it presupposes the existence of slavery as a legitimate institution. Many mainstream liberal and conservative pundits/scholars alike try to get around this by claiming that the Constitution is somehow an abolitionist document because they don’t like the political and cultural […]
Santa Cruz County deputy killed, 2 other officers shot in ambush
This may be an isolated incident, and the reason for it is unclear, but this is the kind of thing that happens in guerrilla insurgencies. Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A Santa Cruz County sheriff’s deputy was killed and two other law enforcement officers were wounded […]
Confederate statue in Monroe Park pulled down by protesters
This happened a few blocks from my residence. There was also a synagogue vandalized in my neighborhood the other night. These kinds of things happen during civil unrest, and Confederate monuments are a long-standing target for obvious reasons. But attacking the artifacts of other tribes is a bad […]
An 18-Year-Old Said She Was Raped While In Police Custody. The Officers Say She Consented.
The killing of blacks by police under dubious circumstances is only the tip of the iceberg as far as problems with the police state. However reasonable and justified, the protests against police killings of blacks need to escalate into protests against police misconduct generally, including non-lethal misconduct involving […]
Why The Small Protests In Small Towns Across America Matter
Lol, I can’t imagine why people in Waco would be protesting against the police state. By Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed News Dorian Miles arrived in Havre, Montana — a windy farm town, population 9,700, along what’s known as Montana’s Hi-Line — just five months ago, a young man […]
NYPD says 292 officers injured during George Floyd protests, as police across US come under siege
By Sam Dorman FOX News Nearly 300 New York police officers have been injured amid the ongoing protests following George Floyd’s death, Fox News has learned. The 292 figure provided by police gave some initial context to the fallout of how the protests, lasting over a week, have impacted […]
Mapping Police Violence
This is an interesting website. Law enforcement agencies across the country have failed to provide us with even basic information about the lives they have taken. And while the recently signed Death in Custody Reporting Act mandates this data be reported, its unclear whether police departments will actually […]
There’s a growing call to defund the police. Here’s what it means
By Scottie Andrew CNN (CNN)There’s a growing group of dissenters who believe Americans can survive without law enforcement as we know it. And Americans, those dissenters believe, may even be better off without it. The solution to police brutality and racial inequalities in policing is simple, supporters say: […]
Cities around the country experience some of their biggest protests
By Hannah Knowles, Brent Griffiths, Miriam Berger, Brittany Shammas, Meryl Kornfield, Candace Buckner, Samantha Pell, Derek Hawkins The Washington Post Cities and towns across the United States faced an outpouring of protests Saturday amid the national outrage over law enforcement excess sparked by the killing of George Floyd […]
U.S. Marine Corps Bans Confederate Battle Flag Displays
“We’ll invade dozens of countries and kill thousands of people but we’ll be ‘woke’ when we’re doing it!” By Jenny Gross The U.S. Marine Corps on Friday issued detailed directives about removing and banning public displays of the Confederate battle flag at Marine installations — an order that […]
Vote for Trump? These Republican Leaders Aren’t on the Bandwagon.
One set of scumbags say they might not vote for the Scumbag-in-Chief. Oh well. By Jonathan Martin New York Times WASHINGTON — It was one thing in 2016 for top Republicans to take a stand against Donald J. Trump for president: He wasn’t likely to win anyway, the […]
Too Radical-Or Not Radical Enough?
The main critique I would have of the liberal/left/BLM approach is not that their perspective is “too radical” but that it is not radical enough. Much of this kind of activism is focused solely on police killings and the racial disparities involved. Fair enough. Murder by cop is […]
Placing the Blame Where It Belongs
Two Buffalo cops plead not guilty to assault after shoving peace activist, 75,
“What’s the world coming to when we can’t just beat up some random old man and crack his skull? Blue Lives Matter!!” This really is an “A Clockwork Orange” scenario here. By Rachel Sharp Daily Mail Two Buffalo cops have been arrested and charged with second degree assault […]
No Countries Matter?
How about “No Countries Matter”? The first problem with this idea is that many Americans have no clue about the political significance of July 4. They think it’s just another day to partying and set off fireworks. I know people like this myself.
The Monopoly On Violence
This is our crowdfunded documentary about anarchism and The State. Featuring interviews with: James C. Scott, David Friedman, Michael Huemer, Scott Horton, Stephan Kinsella, Max Borders, Thaddeus Russell, Tom Woods, Walter Block, Ron Paul, Joseph Salerno, Maj Toure, Andrew Napolitano, Bob Murphy, Mark Thornton, Ryan McMaken and many […]
“We are good, they are bad,” said everyone.
People side with their own tribe. It’s what people do.
57 members of Buffalo police riot response team resign after shoving incident
Bye. By Maki Becker Buffalo News Less than 24 hours after a 75-year-old man was pushed to the ground outside City Hall by members of the Buffalo Police Department’s Emergency Response Team and a video of the incident during a protest drew widespread condemnation, all 57 members of […]
Israeli forces trained cops in ‘restraint techniques’ at Minneapolis conference
“We are all Palestinians now!” By Steve Sweeny People’s World Officers from the U.S. police force responsible for the killing of George Floyd received training in restraint techniques and anti-terror tactics from Israeli law enforcement officers. Floyd’s death in custody on Memorial Day, the latest in a succession […]
Black Lives Matter leader declares war on police and group is ‘training our people to defend our communities’ in Black Panther style armed ‘patrols’
By Ryan Parry Daily Mail A Black Lives Matter leader has declared war on the police and plans to release a blueprint for change that involves Black Panther style armed ‘patrols’ monitoring the behavior of officers on the streets, DailyMailTV can reveal.
North Carolina police kill unarmed deaf man who was using sign language
From 2016. This is why we have anti-police riots. By Shaun King This is as bad as it gets. A North Carolina state trooper shot and killed 29-year-old Daniel Harris — who was not only unarmed, but deaf — just feet from his home, over a speeding violation. […]
Keep Your Guard Up
The murder of George Floyd is a real issue. The police state is a real issue. The racial disparities associated with the police state are real issues. The rebellion against the police state is long overdue. The fact that the ruling class is trying to co-opt the issues […]
Facebook, Apple, Nike and other companies support protesters with donations and hashtags
Tech-oligarchs and sweatshop-mongers for social justice! By Mike Murphy and Andrew Keshner Market Watch As protests stemming from the death of George Floyd wrack the nation, a number of leading tech companies have offered their support for demonstrators and funding for social-justice organizations.
Pat Robertson Goes After Trump!
Conservatives shouldn’t be in favor of Trump sending out the army to suppress the insurrection because, if for no other reason, it might set a precedent where President Kamala Harris will send out the army to suppress a pro-life demonstration or NRA convention in a few years. Be […]
Lawyer says ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin illegally voted in Florida
“I don’t make the laws. I just enforce the laws. And I never said anything about actually obeying the laws.” By Katie Rice Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. — A man running for election supervisor in Pinellas County is asking the Orange-Osceola state attorney to pursue charges against Derek […]
Tucker Carlson’s ‘Law And Order’ Speech Didn’t Go As Planned…
Kyle Kulinski has an interesting rebuttal to Carlson’s Hobbesian-Burkean perspective. In his more serious and intelligent moments, Carlson is simply making the Hobbesian argument that order must be maintained at all costs in order for civilization to exist with considerations of “justice,” whatever their merit, being a secondary […]
Keith Ellison explains why policing isn’t just a black problem, it’s American problem
Keith Ellison has generally struck me as just another shyster politician. However, he is correct that the police state is not just a race issue. I would even go further Krystal and say that it is more than a class issue. Instead, the police state is an issue […]
Heavily armed men who refuse to identify themselves are patrolling the streets of Washington, DC. They were sent by the Bureau of Prisons.
Exactly as I would have predicted. I have long held the position that while municipal police are certainly a problem, they are actually overemphasized in many critiques of the police state. The reasons why are obvious. They are obviously the most visible, and the ones that most people […]
As The Nation Chants Her Name, Breonna Taylor’s Family Grieves A Life ‘Robbed’
When a pig kills a black person, most (though not all) other blacks take it as a personal threat/affront that is a representation of institutionalized oppression, and correctly so. Even many white liberals and leftists, who view themselves as black allies, take such a position. But when a […]
Would You Stand up to an Oppressive Regime or Would You Conform? Here’s the Science
The evidence is overwhelming that most people would conform. By Nick Chater The Conversation Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, described the horror of the authoritarian regime of Gilead. In this theocracy, self-preservation was the best people could hope for, being powerless to kick against the system. But […]
Protest demands can’t focus just on police
The discussion between Saager and Max Alvarez on the relationship between class and the uprising is interesting, along with their discussion of ruling class co-optation efforts. I have long argued that the modern left’s primary emphasis on race, gender, gay, etc. identity politics outside the context of any […]
Richmond, VA police pepper spraying peaceful people walking and then pepper sprayed a guy who was in
Direct Action Wins Again
If you’re not following the Swann Street siege story this morning, it’s incredible.
Don’t Vote, It Only Legitimizes Them
There are some anarchists who believe in voting for the “lesser of the evils” (although whom they consider to be the “lesser evil” is dependent on what kind of hyphenated anarchist they are). In 2016, I knew self-proclaimed “anarchists” who voted for Clinton, Trump, Johnson, Stein, Castle, the […]
I Witnessed Cops Using Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets, and Sound Cannons Against Anti-Pipeline Protesters
From 2016. Police actions against the Dakota Pipeline protestors were a test market in state repression. By Wes Enzinna Mother Jones Police tactics at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest grew dramatically more aggressive last week, with law enforcement using tear gas, rubber pellets, sound cannons, and other controversial […]
Looting, Fires and Gunfire Against Police in United States
The evidence is overwhelming that this is a low-intensity insurgency, and not just handfuls of “extremists” or conventional criminal sectors, though those are obviously present as well. AMW English On Monday, June 1, the insurrectionary wind continues to blow on the streets of many cities of the United […]
Mexico Protester Sets Police Officer on Fire As Man’s Death in Custody Triggers Demonstrations
The Mexicans don’t fuck around. While I was in Mexico a few years back, the Acapulco city police massacred 45 student protestors at one point. By Chantal Da Silva Newsweek Protests have ignited across the U.S. and around the world over the death of George Floyd—a black man […]
Yes, But…
The effect of the civil rights movement was to co-opt the black middle class and integrate it into the system, while altering the civil religion/ideological superstructure of the state to include a “racial redemption” narrative. Meanwhile, post-1968, the state launched a counter-offensive under the guise of the “war […]
Protests and Riots, Red Blue
As I have pointed out in some recent posts, we are not dealing with Socratic thinkers here. The Red/Blue tribal civil war is the modern American version of the Protestant/Catholic conflict in Europe during the early modern period or the Sunni/Shia conflict in the Middle East today. Essentially, […]
What we do and don’t know about the extremists taking part in riots across the US
There are plenty of Antifa, boogaloos/accelerationists, “white supremacists,” “anarchists,” etc. involved in this but there is not anywhere near enough of them to make an insurrection this large happen. All of these “extremist” groups are just a side issue that is barely relevant at all. This is a […]
Caught on camera, police explode in rage and violence across the US
The actions of protestors/insurgents and cops alike have been widely diverse in this thing. Some cops have engaged in random violence and staged riots of their own, some have tried to engage in conventional law enforcement activity, others have stood down and largely done nothing, and some have […]
“Good Cop Bad Cop” Technique Rebranded As “Accomplice Cop, Murderer Cop”
By Janet Danek The Hard Times MINNEAPOLIS — Law enforcement officials have renamed the interrogation tactic “Good Cop, Bad Cop” to “Accomplice Cop, Murderer Cop” to more accurately reflect the reality of modern police dynamics, the Minneapolis Police Department confirmed on Wednesday. “We’ve been calling it ‘Good Cop, […]
Washington Monument struck by lightning
“And the Lord said, ‘No justice, no peace. Black lives matter.” LOL BBC Lightning struck the Washington DC on Thursday night as the city was under a flash flood warning. One bolt from the storm hit the Washington Monument. Two national guard troops were seriously injured by the […]
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