Unarmed Insurrection
via Roar Magazine
Unarmed insurrection and the Hot Summer of 2020
This summer’s insurrection requires a critical investigation of the ideal of nonviolence, in order to understand and develop new popular tactics.
via Roar Magazine
Unarmed insurrection and the Hot Summer of 2020
This summer’s insurrection requires a critical investigation of the ideal of nonviolence, in order to understand and develop new popular tactics.
From New York City Anarchist Bookfair
The NYC Anarchist Book Fair will be held virtually this year, with a few limited outdoor events. Our website will host presses, live digital conversations and workshops, prerecorded talks and roundtables, a film festival, and archival materials from previous events.
submitted anonymously –
A call was put out for a demo here in Olympia in solidarity with Portland against the deployment of the federal agents. I showed up to the Heritage Park Fountain a little late but when I got there I was greeted by a crowd size I haven’t seen since the beginning of the uprising. There was probably around 150 people, 75-100 of them in bloc and geared up with helmets, shields, umbrellas, and a few gas masks.
From CrimethInc.
The case against Monica and Francisco in Chile offers a glimpse into a possible future following the ongoing anti-police revolts.
From AMW
On Saturday, July 25th, 2020, revolutionaries gathered in cities across the country in response to the deployment of unmarked vans filled with ICE and other fascist personnel to Portland, OR, snatching comrades off of the streets in recent weeks; as well as plans to send these thugs to other cities in the weeks to come. Meanwhile, the murder of black people by police and right-wing civilians continues unabated. Precincts were attacked, State vehicles burned throughout the night, and countless federal buildings were smashed.
From AMW
In Seattle, Washington, revolutionaries burned down the buildings at the construction site of a new youth detention center. The windows of the building that houses State Patrol and several other state offices were smashed and road flares and rocks thrown...
From It's Going Down, by Peter Gelderloos
Peter Gelderloos looks at the harmful role of “progressive” white vigilantes in resistance movements.
More recently, another kind of white vigilante has carved out a niche. This kind comes from the Left, and they claim to be critical of the police and the white supremacist structures with which they work hand in hand. Meet Kristina Beverlin. Kristina was a participant in the CHOP in Seattle who frequently used her social media (@krisbeverlin on Twitter and @mindfulexplorer on Instagram) to share #BLM posts and criticisms of the police.
From Washington Post
By Kim Kelly, June 4, 2020
As protests continue to sweep the nation, a narrative has emerged blaming alleged “anarchists” for stirring the pot. They are, the story goes, materializing out of nowhere to sow chaos, put marginalized people at risk and generally make more peaceful protesters look bad.
From Esquire
The Authoritarian Operation in Portland Is Only a Dress Rehearsal
A major American city is being softly Pinochet’ed in broad daylight.
By Charles P. Pierce
Pardon me for being this uncivil this early in the morning but, seriously, what in the FCK is this shit? From Oregon Public Broadcasting:
From CrimethInc.
Solidarity with the People in the Streets of Portland
Against the Federal Occupation and the Police
From IGD
A retrospective on the ongoing revolt in so-called Atlanta, Georgia that has exploded in the wake of the police murders of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks.
From Crimethinc.
The cop-free zone is not the particular block or traffic circle or park. It is the shared commitment to defending a space and eliminating the dynamics of policing and white supremacy. In the following collection, we explore some people’s experiences attempting to create police-free autonomous zones in different parts of the United States.
From Crimethinc.
July 4 saw fiercely ungovernable demonstrations from Olympia to Atlanta. The following report from south Minneapolis describes a march that took place that evening, exploring the logic of autonomous organizing and concluding with a gallery chronicling the graffiti that the march left in its wake.
(México) Oaxaca joins in the acts of revolt against police (June 14)
Received via email on , translated by Anarchist News
These events are added to the streak of violent protests against police in various locations across the country like Guadalajara, Ciudad de México, Xalapa y San Luis Potosí, where anarchist groups and other protester gathered to give an anarchic and violent response in the streets.