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The Roots of the Uprising in France … The Unrest Regarding the current wave of unrest, I can only speak from my position, describing what I have seen in the city where I live in the suburbs close to Paris. The movement has used three primary tactics, all very effectively: violent clashes with police, the…
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In France, a new surge of protest activity has erupted against the government of Emmanuel Macron in response to an unpopular pension reform. This promises to be the most powerful unrest in France since the Yellow Vest movement. In the following introduction and translation, we explore the roots, forms, and prospects of this movement. read here
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Ursprünglich veröffentlich von CrimethInc. Übersetzung von SchwarzerPfeil. Die Geschwindigkeit, mit der die Taliban Afghanistan noch vor dem Ende des Abzuges der USA zurückerobert haben, zeigt, wie zerbrechlich die Hegemonie des US-Imperiums ist: wie viel Zwangsgewalt es braucht, um sich aufrecht zu erhalten und wie schnell sich alles ändern kann, wenn diese Gewalt abgezogen wird. Dadurch wird ein Blick…
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An Anti-Imperial Perspective from a Veteran of the US Occupation he speed with which the Taliban have recaptured Afghanistan ahead of the United States pullout illustrates how fragile the hegemony of the US empire is: how much force it takes to maintain it and how quickly everything can change when that force is withdrawn. It…
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Inside Colombia’s Ongoing General Strike The Minga of the Southwest In the midst of systematic warfare in the city of Cali, with more than 18 points blockaded in resistance, there was joy that gave color to the fight that had seemed lost after 35 deaths. More than 8000 Indigenous people arrived from the mountains and…
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A Nationwide Uprising Continues in the Face of State Violence After decades of armed conflict and paramilitary violence, Colombia has seen protest movements return in strength over the past year and a half. The forceful demonstrations of the past week exceed even the high points of the nationwide uprising of November and December 2019. In…
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Wodurch breitet sich Revolte aus – und was hindert sie? Der Kampf für Würde und die Kampagne für eine neue Verfassung Am 18. Oktober 2020 jährte sich der Aufstand in Chile zum ersten Mal. In Chile, den USA und darüber hinaus stehen wir am Schnittpunkt einer Pandemie, einer Wirtschaftskrise und wachsenden Aufständen gegen die Polizei.…
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The streets of several Colombian cities have erupted into conflict in the last two days in response to the brutal police murder of 43-year-old Javier Ordóñez, a lawyer and father of two in Bogotá, the nation’s capital. Ordóñez was peaceably drinking in the street in front of his friends’ apartment when police arrived and, without…
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On Thursday, both Donald Trump and his white nationalist and nativist advisor Stephen Miller announced that they will begin deploying armed officers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the streets of cities that have seen large-scale protests—specifically, cities governed by Democrats. According to The Daily Mail, Trump stated he would “be looking at Seattle,…
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Just outside the European Union, Serbia is the latest country in the COVID-19 era in which simmering unrest has given rise to open revolt. In this upheaval, as at the beginning of the Gilets Jaunes movement in France, protesters of every persuasion from fascists and football hooligans to liberals, leftists, and anarchists are competing to…