In July of 1979 La Libertaire Group in Tokyo published A Short History of the Anarchist Movement in Japan. It contains endless translated documents and an extensive history from 1860-1970. Its absolutely a marvelous work and has been almost completely lost to time.
a number of journos had the name of the shooter from ppb early and witheld it cause they had to work on the "a nice guy just gone too far" angle first
while a bunch of researchers id'd him and released it as soon as they verified it
watching people photographing/filming grievous assaults and injury without interceding but instead moving themselves around to get the best possibly shot and adjusting their cameras is distressing
Reading an anarchists autobiography: "I myself had little impact on events and ran a humble press"
Reading an anarchists biography after they die: "After a failed assassination attempt on Hitler, so and so helped kidnap the ambassador and smuggled $1 million in rifles into Spain
The caravan in portland yesterday was not a "protest." Protests don't involve driving from out of town to circle a city while shooting bear mace and plastic balls at residents from the back of pick up trucks while occasionally jumping out to beat someone.
@rechelon
this policy is honestly seen as a complete and unforgiveable stain in DV. Every shelter (at least ones I know in the pnw) bring it up with nothing but total recrimination to ensure it can never be instituted again. To say nothing of how many survivors abusers were cis women.
Emma Goldman takes to the stage to give Johann Most a thrashing after the latter had snitch and bad jacketed one too many times. After being publicly challenged for proof of his insinuations, he muttered about "hysterical women" at which point she moves to lash him.
Nestor Makhno meets with Kroptokin in 1918. A moment of respite during the disastrous events of the year.
A year later as food shortages were increasing in Moscow, Makhno sent Kropotkin bread along with an enthusiastic note hoping he would keep up his strength.
I honestly can not understand these "professional" large name leftist accounts claiming every criticism is an opp. Like it actually blows my mind.
I've lived in collective houses where fights over whether honey belonged in a vegan kitchen have lasted for mooonths.
Very important info for portland area graffiti writers who use social media.
Two writers who were just arrested were identified because police subpoenaed one of their instagrams and meta happily complied.
this is so so relatively small in the scope of the horror that is unfolding,
but the number of anarchist historians in Ukraine who are doing everything possible to try and save and distribute their research as they fear imminent death is heartbreaking
Jai has been associated with kiwifarms during the many years of harassment, targetting, and doxing she has engaged in. Its pathetic for anyone to pretend she is somehow part of "the left" and not another right wing grifter endangering peoples lives to play victim for cashapp pops
its Kropotkin's b-day so a good day to remember that while he is often remembered as a scientist and writer, he also fought with police in the street with brass knuckles and flag poles :)
if I was this kid I would never shut up about how I had once convinced a grown adult that there was an insidious furry agenda to put litter boxes in school bathrooms to the point the michigan republican party believed it
whole thread is great
For all the people fighting for a better world who face state repression for taking to the streets in the last year.
We must continue to defend and support them.
Imagine if any of the anarchists who designed radical images throughout the years got outraged at punks busking patches of them and then exclaimed "but I donate money to the counterinsurgency as a tax write off!"
cn: rape
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I can't believe the person who ran a campaign against an anarchist server on mastodon to frame it as a terrorist org full of nazi kiwifarmers ended up being a serial rapist and fed snitch lol
just an appreciation post for all the folks who plug away tirelessly at that type of stuff
and a reminder that a lot of press and cops are buds who share similar interests and don't care one whit about you
One of the youth who was bear maced in Tacoma by terfs spoke on her experience. She is 14 and in addition to being bear maced had racial slurs and abuse screamed at her.
#terfsmacekids
The PSL, who participate in massive cover ups and enabling of abusers, have reared their heads at the opportunity to again channel legitimate rage into a boring recruiting event to funnel more people into their abuser org.
They do not care one iota about bodily autonomy
Been going through the sweetest documentary on Jewish anarchists who were the last generation involved in the publication of the Freie Arbeiter Stimme (Free Voice of Labour) which ran between 1890 and 1977
"So you were an agitator?"
*laughs* "Well we all tried to do our best."