A Call for Anarchist Action in America

Full title: A Call for Anarchist Action in America: Occupy and Disrupt ICE facilities in Every City

Since many of us already know that there’s no safety in getting old, our anarchy doesn’t surrender to the walking corpse of time. Whether it’s 2011 or 2025, we continue to find ourselves oppressed by the same capitalism and the same statism, but with an advanced technological advantage weaponized by state power.

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Update: International Anarchist Conference of the Amazon/Brazil, Nov. 10-21

From Agência de Notícias Anarquistas & Centro de Cultura Libertária da Amazônia

Dear companheirxs,
As a reminder, and for those who may be interested in joining us in our struggle, COP30 is being organized in our city this year, and we will be happy to welcome all libertarian activists who want to participate in protest activities and denounce this most hypocritical of summits designed to protect us from the misfortunes created by the organizers of the event themselves.

Deeds and Propaganda

In suggesting these two different goals, the film effectively reprises two different theories of propaganda of the deed that are often conflated, one which emphasizes propaganda, and another which emphasizes deed. “Let us act,” writes anarchist Paul Brousse, shortly after the crushing of the Paris Commune, “if only from the point of view of propaganda. Perhaps victory will crown our efforts, and if it is martyrdom let us remember that the idea does not perish by the sword, does not fall beneath bullets.” Where the goal is consciousness raising, the propagation of the idea of anarchy, or the Commune, then failure does not matter so much. Italian anarchists such as Errico Malatesta, however, had a different idea, and emphasized the power of such acts to inspire imitators, if selected correctly.

Welcome the Darkness

From Freedom News UK

As the earth’s life systems become destabilised, it seems the human social world too is entering a new phase, marked by dramatic global events, ruptures, new formations appearing as old structures dissolve. Instead of succumbing to misanthropic myths and self fulfilling prophecies of doom, we need to believe in our potential as a species, to have the courage to step into the darkness.

How a Married Undercover Cop Having Sex With Activists Killed a Climate Movement

From Vice by Geoff Dembicki

Mark Kennedy spent seven years pretending to be a climate activist. People he deceived are still rebuilding their lives.

When Kate Wilson was 23, she got deceived into having sex with an older guy who wasn’t what he appeared to be. To her, he was Mark Stone, a radical environmental activist who shared her taste in country music and her belief that capitalism is destroying the planet. He wrote poetry for her, went to her grandmother’s 90th birthday party, and helped her organize a massive protest against the G-8 summit in Scotland. They lived together nearly two years as lovers and stayed close friends for years after.

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