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Nexus X HumectressA Compromise Solution?
The Robert E. Lee statue with Rainbow flag coloring and the Black Lives Matter acronym. Probably unacceptable to all sides.
All Members of SWAT Team in Florida City Resign, Including Police Union President, Over Chief Kneeling With Protesters
Bye. This so funny. “I’ll show these ungrateful assholes. I’ll quit my job!” Uh, that’s kind of the goal, dude. By Daniel Villareal Newsweek
Burning Down the 3rd Police Precinct Changed Everything
I’m not so sure that it did. What I find most fascinating about the recent low-intensity insurrection is not the insurrection itself but the near-total indifference of the ruling class combined with the immediate move of vast sectors of the ruling class to co-opt the insurgency, from the […]
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
While I agree with 99% of this article, I’m a bit suspicious as to why the New York Times (“Voice of the Ruling Class”-Abbie Hoffman) was willing to publish it. It seems like some kind of co-optation scheme is in the works. The left-wing of the ruling class […]
Calls to remove controversial Abraham Lincoln statue in Boston
Did the Left and the neo-Confederates finally find something they can agree on? Hating on Father Abraham, lol. By Josh Brogadir WCVB5 BOSTON —The dismantling of controversial statues and monuments in the city of Boston is a mounting subject in the ongoing push for racial justice in the […]
13 of the world’s most controversial monuments
Even Satan has a monument in his honor. By Gabbi Shaw Insider Not all monuments are universally beloved. While some simply took a while for locals to come around to, others still inspire controversy. That could be due to their subject matter, their histories, or their appearance. Monuments […]
Speaking Queerly About Whiteness
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley White people hate to talk about race, even the supposedly woke ones. When they do, the entire conversation is almost inevitably governed by fear. With white conservatives, it’s usually the fear of being made irrelevant by darker bodies. […]
Joe Rogan Experience: Michael A. Wood, Jr.
Michael A. Wood, Jr. is a retired Baltimore police officer and veteran of the USMC. He recently made the news for publicly speaking out against police brutality and has become a proponent of a new era of policing.
A Former Baltimore Cop Explains Why the Department Targets Black Men
From 2015. This is interesting.
Petition Calls For Statue Of GWAR’s Oderus Urungus To Replace Robert E. Lee
The late great Oderus Urungus (Dave Brockie) was one of the first people I met when I moved to Richmond 33 years ago. By Ed Mazza Huffington Post Out with Robert E. Lee and in with… Oderus Urungus? A new petition is calling for a statue of the late […]
Atlanta police chief resigns after law enforcement fatally shoots black man
Another thing that I have found interesting about recent events is how many police chiefs and high-ranking police officials seem to be female. Just like Trump actually has a record-high number of female “national security” advisors (imperial privy councils), the first-ever female CIA director, and a lot of […]
Third consecutive weekend of anti-racism protests expands to suburbs, as ‘Blue Lives Matter’ demonstrators push back
It is interesting how the protests have taken place in small towns, suburban areas, and deep red zones as well as in the cities. My best guess is that it’s because the police state is large enough and entrenched enough that at this point virtually everyone has a […]
Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed engulfed in flames
“What part of ‘hold the mayonnaise’ did you not understand?” By Audrey Washington WSBTV Atlanta Protesters have taken to the streets of Atlanta for a third weekend after a dramatic 24 hours that saw the death of a black man at the hands of an Atlanta police officer […]
Racism, Classism, Statism, or All of the Above?
“Don’t fire until you see the black of their eyes…”
Reminds me of a co-worker I once had whose ex-husband was allowed to remain on the SWAT team as a sniper while she had a restraining order on him for stalking and domestic violence.
Hell’s Angels and Mongols riding on their way to Seattle to fight Antifa
As Stirner and Bakunin noted in the 19th century, the lumpenproletariat is the rightful class vanguard of an anarchist revolution, as we have once again seen in recent weeks, as opposed to the conventional bourgeoisie, petite bourgeoisie, and conventional proletarian “protestors.” The most revolutionary sectors of the recent […]
Youse Guys and that Podcast: Episode 11 with Keith Preston
Listen here. On this episode, Keith Preston joined us & gave an absolute master class on several schools of anarchism, from anarcho-communism, collectivism, syndicalism, platformism, national syndicalism, synthesism, Georgism & more. We also discussed current events, the CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone) & a deep dive into historical […]
I’m an ER Doctor. Here’s What I Feel OK Doing as My State Reopens.
By Amita Sudhir Slate As states continue to open up, but COVID shows no signs of magically disappearing, many of us are asking ourselves: What is the safe and responsible thing for me to do? Even if my state says it’s legal for me and a hundred of […]
George Floyd: 10 things that have changed since his death
Most of this sounds like capitalist class co-optation efforts, celebrity self-promotion, symbolic gestures, token reformism, and totalitarian humanist opportunism. In other words, nothing much at all has changed, at least not yet. BBC There have been protests around the world over the way police treat black people and […]
George Floyd: The personal cost of filming police brutality
By Joshua Nevett BBC When videos of controversial police encounters generate headlines, there’s an important figure in the story that we rarely hear about – the person filming.
Why Not All of the Above?
Violence vs. non-violence is another false dichotomy.
The Many Paradoxes of “Progressivism”
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces the ‘Justice for Breonna Taylor’ Act
A lot of “police reform” ideas I come across strike me as token reformist bullshit or an effort to deflect the conversation toward liberal pet projects like expanding the welfare state, but eliminating no-knock warrants, like eliminating qualified immunity, might actually count for something. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, […]
What is happening in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone?
Kiev, Ukraine: Criminal Investigations Department Building Petrol-Bombed by the ‘Brave Ones’ Group
Ukrainian anarchists claim Minneapolis as an inspiration. a2day.Net On the night of June 10, 2020 the building of Criminal Investigations Department (Kyiv, 25, Naberezhne highway) was attacked by petrol bomb. The other day appalling news came from Kagarlyk, Ukraine, where on the night of May 24, police officers […]
Zapatistas to extend their control with 11 more autonomous zones in Chiapas
They’re doing this with the acquiescence of the Mexican President, just as CHAZ is existing with the apparent acquiescence of local and state governments of Seattle and Washington, which raises some interesting questions about anarchist strategy. Mexico News Daily The Zapatistas are on the move in Chiapas, extending […]
The Vanishing Tradition: Perspectives on American Conservatism
Paul Gottfried recently published a new anthology through Cornell to which I have a contribution. A collection of high-brow conservative scholars (plus crazy anarchist me) explains why the FOX News-type conservatives and neocons are a bunch of scam artists.
‘The Five’ spar over legitimacy of Seattle’s ‘autonomous zone’
If these FOX News reactionaries were as “anti-establishment” or “anti-big government” as they pretend they would be creating “autonomous zones” of their own. What a shame they’re really just mouthpieces for the right-wing of the ruling class.
Hannity: Anarchy reigns supreme in Seattle
If only it were true. Roadblocks, checkpoints, barricades, armed vigilantes: Anyone with a functioning brain knows this is unacceptable.
Tucker: The new nation of CHAZ is a lesson for us all
Indeed it is. But not in the way that Carlson means. This is hilarious. During the heydey of the militia movement of the 1990s, there were “freemen” and “sovereign citizen” groups that did stuff like this.
Nature of Authority
Todd Lewis is joined by Keith Preston and Derrick Jensen to discuss the nature of authority, justified vs. unjustified authority; and how tyrannical systems are maintained.
Top General APOLOGIZES for Trump photo-op participation
The most interesting aspect of the insurrection has been the way that the actual Deep State and MIC leadership has told Trump to fuck off over the idea of using US troops to suppress the uprising. This confirms my longstanding argument that the formal political government, including the […]
Celebs CRINGE liberal guilt video draws scorn online
Obviously, I’m getting old because I didn’t recognize a single one of these celebrities.
The Seattle Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
I have the unique perspective of favoring the autonomous zone in Seattle AND the Bundys’ standoff AND the Antifa threats against ICE. I like Krystal’s comment that “if you’re against the police state, be against the police state.” Krystal and Saagar discuss the bizarre response from Gov. Jay […]
Starbucks sparks outrage by banning BLM support by employees
Krystal’s “capitalists are going to capitalist” line is hilarious. Krystal and Saagar discuss Starbuck’s ban on Black Lives Matter merchandise for their employees, Apple CEO Tim Cook announces $100M commitment for racial equality and justice.
An Interesting Observation
It’s interesting that the four lead articles on ATS right now are from an anarcho-capitalist, a conservative libertarian, a left-communist, and a social anarchist. There’s another writer with a piece on the way arguing against the insurrection from a Hobbes-Burkean-Schmittian perspective.
Why Native American communities have worst COVID outbreak in the nation
If Native American tribes were states they would be the top 5 states in terms of COVID-19 infection rate.
Broken Economy, Broken Society, and the Prospects for Liberty
By Stratton J. Davis Looking at the daily news these past couples of weeks one may have the pessimistic opinion that what was left of liberty will soon be gone. Even before the recent riots, which has President Trump and his GOP goons threatening the US people with […]
The Conservatives: Not Fit for Any Honest Purpose
By Alan Bickley Ludwig von Mises Centre According to The Daily Mail, Madeline Odent is the Curator of the Royston Museum in Hertfordshire. This museum is funded by Royston Council. In the past few days, Mrs Odent has taken to Twitter, giving expert advice on how to use […]
Update: Nightclub colleague RETRACTS story of tension between Floyd and Officer Chauvin
This George Floyd/Derek Chauvin thing is starting to sound like the Botham Jean/Amber Guyger situation where it seems like more than police malevolence/incompetence was involved. My guess is that the former co-worker of these two was paid a visit and told to keep their mouth shut.
Cops Whine Like Entitled Brats In Press Conference
Kyle’s commentary in this is pretty good. Most of the “police reforms” Kyle is discussing are a good idea, but the two big ones are ending overcriminalization and holding the police to the same standards as civilians. One point where I would agree with the NYPD police union […]
Western Civilization has low self-esteem. What can raise its spirits?
Western civilization doesn’t really exist anymore. It died during the two world wars. “The West” today is basically just the American Empire, and it’s not the America of Nathaniel Hawthorne or Mark Twain. It’s the America of McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, and Amazon. Western Europe is the most far gone, […]
Riots, looting, pillaging: America’s social fabric has been torn apart. Why?
Recent events were the equivalent of a large scale prison riot with inmates attacking the guards (kinda sorta) but with the prison administration and prison labor profiteers remaining unscathed.
Black Lives Matter Solutions, White Male Fragility, and Fake News- Dr. Michael Datcher.
Dr. Michael Datcher is the author of the Ferguson-area historical novel AMERICUS and the critically-acclaimed New York Times Bestseller RAISING FENCES as well as the author of ANIMATING BLACK AND BROWN LIBERATION. http://michaeldatcher.com/
The Fed and The Big Bank Wealth Heist. Why We Need Public Banking- Ellen Brown
This isn’t a bad discussion of the financial system but the solutions are predictably milquetoast. Anti-banksters need to rediscover Proudhon. Ellen Brown is an attorney, chair of the Public Banking Institute, and author of thirteen books including Web of Debt and Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in […]
The Mainstream Media Will Not Tell the Truth About Black Lives Matter
The right-wing uses BLM, Antifa, and an-coms as all-purposes bogeymen in the same way the left-wing uses white nationalists and Russians for the same purpose. Probably the most radical thing that has come out of the uprising so far has been the actual burning of police precincts and […]
Seems Reasonable Enough
Will CHAZ Be Waco’d?
They will be if the state decides they are an actual threat. For the CHAZ idea to develop into an actual revolutionary situation, it would have to spread very rapidly and come to dominate significant bodies of geographical territory in North America, with significant numbers of sympathetic allies […]
Hundreds of Thousands Sign Petitions Urging the U.S. Government to Declare KKK a Terrorist Group
And the right-wing wants to declare Antifa a terrorist group. Fortunately, under actual US law, only foreign organizations can be declared terrorist groups. Otherwise, Black Lives Matter or the National Rifle Association could also be declared terrorist groups. The KKK is about as relevant to contemporary politics as […]
Richmond Police Memorial statue removed from city park
Attacking police and/or military memorials is another tactically bad idea. The US regime is never going to be defeated through either voting for do-gooders or in a Third World-like armed struggle by radical insurgents, left or right, except perhaps on a peripheral level. The only possible path to […]
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