Suggested tactical improvements – a response to Some Anarchists letter

From Rose City Counter-Info

I reviewed the Rose city counter info blog post from Some Anarchist. I’d like to offer a Clearer Argument (based on Some Anarchists piece). Some points out that protests at the ICE office have become stuck in a loop: people show up, clash with feds, leave, and repeat. This has not shut ICE down or shifted power. To move forward, she argues, we need to change tactics.

Tucson, AZ: Going on the Offensive Against ICE - Reflections on a Recent Demo

From Living and Fighting

While LA fought off ICE raids in June, Tucson remained mostly quiet. There were the appropriate outraged lectures on social media and “peaceful” demonstrations outside the federal building, with plenty of organizer back-patting afterwards, but little material result. Although there had been small indicators of disenchantment and a desire for more, including some tense rapid response callouts and a demo at a hospital which had allegedly called ICE on a patient that ended in a brief standoff with the police, this energy had not yet found any meaningful outlet. Until the flyer appeared.

The Responsibility of Criminals

From never sleep

A new short zine questioning how one acts under political persecution and certain risks of being a political criminal.

Obviously, you don't run around telling everyone you're under investigation, anyone who has been investigated, or in close relation with someone who has, knows this well. So how do we ensure we keep those around us safe while under this type of pursuit?

Queer Anarcho-Communism: An Atemporal Approach

Submitted anonymously. Also available on The Anarchist Library.

This is a collection of an essay, the Queer Anarchist Communist Manifesto, and the writings created to go along with it. The sections are as follows: the Queer Anarchist Communist Manifesto; page by page summary of Against His-Story, Against Leviathan by Fredy Perlman; re-writes of Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth magazine into summaries and commentary; page-by-page summary of Baeden’s “Against The Gendered Nightmare” essay, from the Journal of Queer Heresy, and several more summaries and commentaries of essays from Ian McKay’s Libertarian Reader volumes 1 and 2 used in the paper.

Assassination as an Anarchist Tactic

From Montreal Counter-Information

This is a raw, underdeveloped reflection on why political assassinations of CEOs, politicians, slumlords, etc., should happen more often. The assassination of UnitedHealthCare Executive CEO, Brian Thompson left me spiralling in a myriad of unexpected ways, mostly around these two questions: why doesn’t this happen more often? And perhaps, why do anarchists seemingly no longer do this?

Night Owls #3: Autumn Offensive

From It's Going Down

Diversity of tactics is a concept that has been used to break the hegemony of non-violence in social movements. The term can be understood as a shared principle that advocates respect and solidarity across different approaches with the aim of breaking down moralistic and ideological divisions. Tactics, however, are often confused with methods, leading to a dangerous misuse of the idea of diversity of tactics to advocate for tolerance of or collaboration with authoritarian, populist, or democratic initiatives

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