TOTW: Manifestos

When a white supremacist mass shooter, rich politician-turned-tech-executive, and anonymous anarchists all release public declarations to the media in the same week, perhaps there’s reason to pause and reflect on the form. Whether you call them manifestos, communiqués or marketing campaigns, there’s a patterned reliance on rhetoric to complement provocative deeds.

Defend the Barricades; Calling Feral Anarchists to Atlanta Forest!

From Scenes from the Atlanta Forest

“No Forest? No Peace! Truck the Police!”, reads a banner hanging from a skypod attached to an overturned truck blocking the ONLY Bridge crossing the little creek between the police construction staging ground and the main part of the forest which they intend to destroy.

TOTW: 2020 - The year past, the year ahead

Topic of the week - As 2020 comes to a close, let’s take a look back at the ongoing social upheavals worldwide, the inspiring international anarchist actions, some books that have kept you turning the pages, and the music that has been the soundtrack to it all. 2020 has been a year, to say the least.

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