COINTELPRO tactics used on Red Fawn Fallis and NoDAPL protesters (tags)
COINTELPRO all over again - COINTELPRO tactics used on Red Fawn Fallis and NoDAPL protesters
New Zine on Activist Collective Living (tags)
www.anthillzine.wordpress.com A new zine on living in an activist collective intentional community written as a practical guide with tools and references to assist in achieving a more sustainable approach to strategies and tactics for reaching goals
Occupy Wall Street's Act II (tags)
class war
AJLPP CONDEMN THE FASCIST BRUTALITIES VS URBAN SETTLERS IN METRO MANILA (tags)
The Alliance Philippines vehemently condemn in the strongest terms the violent dispersal of informal settlers and urban poor communities in Paranaque by the Philippine National Police (PNP) last April 23. The violent dispersal of April 23 is characterized by violent fascist police tactics and deadly shooting is a carry-over of the fascist policies of dictator Marcos and GMA that cause the death of one person and the wounding of more than 30 others. Scores of people who resisted the brutal suppression were arrested by the PNP.
"The Activism Entry Point: Critiquing The Cancer in Occupy Debate" — by Joseph Anderson (tags)
Longtime Berkeley activist Joseph Anderson weighs in on the ongoing debate around Occupy Oakland on the issue of diversity of tactics and the use of BlackBloc style tactics. He weighs in on the recent debate between Chris Hedges and Occupy Oakland organizer Kristof Lopaur. The Occupy movement, Anderson says, cannot have both a diversity of people and a ”diversity of tactics” at this time – and the movement can’t shortcut the process of attaining, and retaining, the first by jumping to the second. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Medical Self Defense & the Black Panther Party --An interview w/ Alondra Nelson (tags)
Alondra Nelson, the author of 'Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination' writes that “the Party’s focus on health care was both practical and ideological.” On a practical level, the BPP provided free community health care services. Simultaneously, the BPP railed against the medical-industrial complex, declaring that health care was “a right and not a privilege.”
A CALL FOR PEACE THROUGH EDUCATION OF THE WORLD'S POPULACE (tags)
I have documented for over a decade the tactics used by the fbi in their efforts to silence or neutralize me; THIS POST SUMMARIZES THE SALIENT ASPECTS OF MY REPORTS.
Illustrated: How To Detect Infiltrators and Observe Covert Police Misconduct (tags)
This article discusses how to detect police spies, in the flesh, in their vehicles and how to observe their tactics, as well as a historical perspective on the use of spies. It is also very critical of community policing groups like Cellular On Patrol and the alumni of the FBI's National Citizens' Academy, who practice harassment tactics against American citizens, sometimes to the point where their victims commit suicide.
Dancing With Dynamite --An interview with Ben Dangl (tags)
Video-interviewed by Angola 3 News this week while touring the SF Bay Area with his new book Dancing With Dynamite (AK Press), author Benjamin Dangl argues that “because South American social movements have been so successful in the past decade, I think it is important to learn and understand what’s been successful and to apply those strategies and tactics here, where we are facing very similar challenges.”
BTL:GOP Claims of Voter Fraud Cover for Election Intimidation Tactics (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES - A four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcast Award for Best Feature in the non-commercial category, this syndicated, half-hour program provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media. Between the Lines covers a wide range of political, economic and social topics.
da visionary report: still room for creative intelligence and our commonalities (tags)
several visionary art(e) peices to share with short comment on the challenge (and hidden gift) of alienation and building fears around so-called armageddon, etc.
FILIPINOS around the world: Turn grief into revolutionary courage, (tags)
Learn from Ka Elliot, Cast away parliamentary illusions!
Rhetorical Militancy for a Rhetorical Mass Movement? If Only We Could Make Them Like Us… (tags)
The main purpose of this article is to address the questions of strategy and tactics in the anarchist movement with specific reference to the roles the Black Block tactic, and militant direct action play in our movement.
Undocumented workers face new repressive state tactics (tags)
On Dec. 15, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) introduced HR 4321, the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Seurity and Prosperity Act of 2009,” into the House with 89 cosponsors. The Obama administration has stated that it will not act on the bill until health care legislation is passed, but there is a good chance it is also waiting for a more conservative compromise proposal to emerge from the Senate subcommittee on immigration. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is also supposed to introduce an administration bill next year.
Rivers Casino's Union Busting FEAR Tactics (tags)
Did Rivers Casino Security Officers vote against unionization or did they Fall Victim to Jackson & Lewis Union-Busting FEAR and Intimidation Tactics?
Portland ARA Violates Civil Rights (tags)
ARA's longstanding tradition of threats, assault, and intimidation tactics continues. This time, caught on film.
hamas terror tactics in Gaza (tags)
hamas terror tactics in Gaza
Employee Free Choice Act: The Biggest Anti-Union Busting Campaign in History (tags)
Powerful Corporate Front Groups such as the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace will continue to use Union - Busting tactics such as FEAR,Intimidation,Coercion, Misinformation,Out Right Lies and Scare Tactics against any senator who is in favor of the Employee Free Choice Act
Citizens Question Police Strong-Arm Tactics at DNC (tags)
Denver Police Over-React to Small Group of Young Anarchists
Opinion Post on Santa Cruz Underground Actions (tags)
Opinion piece on the recent illegal actions against two vivisectors in Santa Cruz, Ca.
Anti-War Campaigners Have to Change Electoral Tactics (tags)
‘So?” So said Dick Cheney when asked last week about public opinion being overwhelmingly against the war in Iraq. “You can’t be blown off course by polls.” A few days later, his attitude, about the fact that the number of US soldiers killed in Iraq has reached 4,000, displayed similar levels of sympathy. They “voluntarily put on the uniform,” the vice-president told ABC news. This brick wall of indifference helps explain the paradox in which we in the US anti-war camp find ourselves five years into the occupation of Iraq: anti-war sentiment is as strong as ever, but our movement seems to be dwindling. Sixty-four per cent of Americans tell pollsters they oppose the war, but you’d never know it from the thin turnout at recent rallies and vigils.
Sara Olson (SLA) Re-Arrested (tags)
Sara Olson EX-SLA Member Re-Arrested
The Misuse of gandhi: the case of CANVAS (tags)
here is an organisation called CANVAS that misuses Gandhis non-violent philosophy, in order to bring down states that dont obey the Washington consensus...i bet few have heard of them.
Is the Anarchist Movement Dead? (tags)
Today's LA Times included an article that asserts the anarchist movement in LA is dead. The article also tries to blaim anarchists for the LAPD's violence on May Day.
Feb 2-4: Gathering for "Barricade the War Machine" Actions (tags)
From Feb 2-4 Pittsburgh anti-war activists will host a weekend-long gathering to provide information and a forum for dialogue about direct action protests taking place in Pittsburgh on March 2. It is also intended to include social time for movement building and creating personal and organizational relationships.
Are cops trained to lie to the media and cover up police crimes and dirt? (tags)
Read this article written by a cop for Police Public Relations and you answer the question? The answer is pretty obvious!
U.S. military chiefs borrowing tactics from Vietnam playbook (tags)
The tactics, an influx of military advisers and a speeded-up handover to indigenous forces followed by a gradual U.S. withdrawal, resemble those in place as the U.S. effort in Vietnam reached its end. (Looks like we are going to cut and run like we did in Vietnam - The sooner the better)
Bush says we can win war in Iraq (tags)
Damn right we can win the war in Iraq!!! Just like we won the war in Vietnam! It's called win/win. We win by taking our troops out and cutting our loses to under 3,000 dead. They win by defeating the most powerful empire and police state in the history of world the USA! Just like the Viet Cong did!
Stolen election AGAIN? Help spark a general strike Nov. 8! (tags)
shut down jorge arbusto.
Internal Strife at SOS - Part I (tags)
While Save Our State and the Minutemen have seemingly been enjoying an upswing in momentum lately certain factors have become apparent that may point to a change. Following the July 8th police beatings of anti-Minutemen protestors and the subsequent giddy elation displayed by the Minutemen and SOS in the face of such violence, certain factors have come into play which highlight the authoritarian nature of Save Our State and the fact that some of the rank-and-file may get burned by the leadership very soon.
Commentary on US justice movements.
Written by Mao in 1937, when Japanese imperialists occupied all of China, this book served as an instruction manual for guerrilla fighting, written based on more than a decade of personal experience by Mao. Based on the basic strategy and tactics of warfare as described by Sun-tzu, Mao stresses the importance of guerrilla warfare tactics in a revolutionary war, emphasizing that they must be combined in conjunction with conventional warfare tactics.
Whoever Doesn't Really Try, Consents. (tags)
Mass symbolic, sanctioned marches that do nothing to actually change the status quo serve as painless absolution rituals, that allow the participants to “bear witness”, to “speak truth to power” and to “wash their hands of the blood of empire.” Marches, with their biting satire and snazzy costumes, do not provide a real means for stopping the carnage they deplore. A “functioning” democracy needs some form of sanctioned, orderly protest to stimulate discussion, and if the current regime were really “that bad” they wouldn’t allow big demonstrations, right? Ineffective activism, like regulated marches, actually provides a façade of healthy interchange and is welcomed by the status quo. The majority of demonstrators are aware well in advance that their actions will likely have no tangible effect on the negative of the empire, but they go to a huge rally and can sleep better at night having chanted out their guilt. Just as it can be said qui tacet consentive videtu (whoever is silent consents) it can also be said “whoever doesn’t really try, consents.”
Diversion and Distraction.
Arnold's Hired Thug Petition Workers and Scare Tactics (tags)
The conduct Erica describes constitutes a violation of Penal Code Sec. 422 -- "terrorist threats" . The statute punishes threats of bodily harm which are so unequivocal and immediate as to cause the person threatened to be in sustained fear for her safety.
Activists Increase Militance in Wake of Bush's Re-election (tags)
In the wake of Bush's re-election, a string of militants are rising up and taking direct action against Republican, military, and corporate targets. You are cordially invited.
RNC reportback- 10/6 - Flor y Canto- 7:30pm (tags)
Join local activists who traveled to New York in August to protest at The RNC. We will be discussing the details of what happened that historic week in New York City, as well as beginning a discussion of where do we go from here.
Notes on What to Be Done (tags)
Some thoughts on the tasks of revolutionary social movements Notes on What is to Be Done
WWP candidates condemn RNC/police repression (tags)
THE STREETS BELONG TO THE PEOPLE!
uglf communique 07 14 04 (tags)
a new way to win
US tactics condemned by British officers (tags)
Speaking from his base in southern Iraq, the officer said: "My view and the view of the British chain of command is that the Americans' use of violence is not proportionate and is over-responsive to the threat they are facing. They don't see the Iraqi people the way we see them. They view them as untermenschen. They are not concerned about the Iraqi loss of life in the way the British are. Their attitude towards the Iraqis is tragic, it's awful."
IRAQ REVOLT: TACTICS OF DIVERSION (tags)
With questions of 9/11 and Africa's oil and "al-Qaeda" dominating headlines, it sure was lucky that Iraq returned to the front-page...or, was it more than just luck.
An interesting article, considering the upcoming protests (tags)
A very interesting perspective on contemporary protesting.
Whose Police? Our Police! (tags)
"Whose fucking police? Our fucking police!" chant Philly ACT UP. “The people who chant this will never be creative. The people, bad slogans, will always be defeated.” New twists on tired slogans, new tactics such as coming as protesting the protest...for fun!
Does Dissent Equal Terrorism? (tags)
At the University of Texas, Austin--the nation's largest university--the Young Conservatives of Texas at UT have published a "watch list" containing the names of 10 professors the group accuses of using their classrooms to promote personal agendas and to "indoctrinate" students.
BTL:Pentagon's Operation Iron Hammer in Iraq Could Foster More Support for... (tags)
...Anti-U.S. Insurgency. Interview with Rahul Mahajan, author of "Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond," conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
FBI Intelligence Bulletin no. 89: Spying On Protestors (tags)
The FBI intelligence bulletin, disseminated on a weekly basis, provides law enforcement with current, relevant terrorism information developed from counterterrorism investigations and analysis. The intelligence bulletin does not contain threat warning information.
Are IDF members Anti-Semtic? (tags)
If Jewish members of the IDF speak out against the brutalization of innocent Palestinian civilians are they anti Semites?
Our protest tactics do not work. The demonstrations against the war did nothing to dissuade the Bush administration from carrying it out. Mass rallies to demonstrate that the people oppose government policy play on the assumption that the government could give a damn what the people think. It does not, and it will not. The government is motivated exclusively by their interests in capital and power. We know this to be the case by their own admission, by the governments insistence that it will not be influenced by protests.
We need strategy. Who can be the left’s Karl Rove? (tags)
Let's talk strategy.
This article reviews basic street protest tactics and techniques. Practice them at your next party so you are ready to go at the next protest!
Call for Regional Anti-G8 Protests (tags)
From June 8-10 of 2004, a G-8 summit will be held in Sea Island, Georgia, a remote, gated island of resorts and million-dollar houses with two military bases nearby. Maybe we should start thinking about changing our tactics to local or regional convergences?
Letter from Inside the Black Bloc (tags)
Communique from the Black Bloc. July 4, 2003 Happy Independence Day America. When will we be free?
POG Call to action for a padded bloc this Nov in Miami, stop the FTAA (tags)
Call to action for the FTAA meetings this November in miami! As a part of what is sure to be a multitude of tactics, POG is sending out this call specifically for a padded contingent. We envision a total shutdown of the meetings through the combination of diverse tactics.
Are Colleges Swinging “Right” or Is The Right Swinging Colleges? (tags)
Mainstream media suggests college campuses are becoming more conservative. Is that so, or is that what we’re being led to believe?
A Note on Troll Tactics (tags)
The function of most of the Trolls who infest this site is to disrupt, spread, and test disinformation lines to see how easy, or difficult, they are to defuse.
BlackBloc Calling in Austin Tx. May 3rd! (tags)
It is time for anti-authoritarians,anti-imperialist, and like minded individuals to converge on the "Showdown in Texas" and show our solidarity against this capitalist machine.
Craig Rosebraugh Releases pentagonlies.com website (tags)
pentagonlies.com
I must say I admire and support the incredible courage of the Iraqi people in their fight against a cowardly enemy. I especially admire their use of the guerilla tactics the American revolutionaries used more than two centuries ago to defeat the Redcoats. The fake surrender and hit and run attacks are right out of the American Revolution playbook.
Guide TO Living in Dangerous Times: WARNING! (tags)
The end of modern world is quite near: You can smell the death, anticipation of evil or its demise … and know that the JUDGEMENT IS nigh unto…All US soldiers, defense contractors and most of icitizens are considered war criminals and subject to arrest or aggre
Peace protester's recruitment tactics (tags)
Endless arguments between pro and anti war folks are not helping. Read Street Warrior's Tactics 101
DID THE ''PEACE MOVEMENT'' FAIL? (tags)
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Craig Rosenbaugh on the Anti-War Struggle (tags)
An excellent analysis of why the peace movements fail to stop war and a call for radical direct action.
Craig Rosebraugh on the Anti-War struggle (tags)
As the U.S. led military campaign gets fully under way in the very near future, the question remains… how far is the anti-war movement in the United States willing to go to stop the U.S. government and its unceasing atrocities? How far are you willing to go, what are you willing to do to stop the massive bloodshed once again caused by the U.S. government?
A note for conservatives who visit this site (tags)
In Case y'all can read, here's the way you're supposed to talk, but never do, including Bush.
Again-Palestine:On the tactics of the Intifada (tags)
Palestine
Sorry State of the Union (tags)
Brief political rant/inspiration piece I wrote after hearing how unrelated to the facts Bush's speech is going to be.
Iraq War May Be US' Suez, War Games Show (UK Guardian) (tags)
If the US and Iraq do go to war, there can only be one winner, can't there? Maybe not. This summer, in a huge rehearsal of just such a conflict - and with retired Lieutenant General Paul Van Riper playing Saddam - the US lost. Julian Borger asks the former marine how he did it
New anti-authoritarian anti-war email list (tags)
A list for the international network of anti-authoritarians opposed to war
New anti-authoritarian anti-war network (tags)
New email list for anti-authoritarians against war
Boston, May 5th: Take to the Streets! (tags)
Take to the Streets!
When Official Brutality Gets Brazen (tags)
The Free Soil Party is appalled, though not surprised, at the continuing failure of most Italian and American leaders to denounce this escalation of terror tactics by reactionary security forces guarding the recent G8 summit in Genoa. We hope for a thorough investigation, including who authorized tactics like charging into demonstrators in the protest zone, beating people for no good reason, shooting to kill. If dissent is not respected in a democracy, there can be no democracy, no matter what hot air may say.
Berlusconi defends tactics of riot police (tags)
Italian Carabinieri used strong-arm tactics but were badly led, ill-disciplined and indiscriminate
Re: Black Block Tactics, Respect Is A Two-Way Street (tags)
Groups using Black Block Tactics must work with others in the movement to insure we do not hurt each other or the cause for which we're fighting. NGO's, of course, must do the same.
Anarchism In Action: Methods, Tactics, Skills, and Ideas (final draft) (tags)
[Feel free to forward to other lists that would find this information useful] I have completed the final draft of the first edition of Anarchism In Action: Methods, Tactics, Skills, and Ideas. A book of practical organizing and activist information for anarchists and other radicalanti-authoritarian activists. http://www.radio4all.org/aia/
Anarchism in Action: Methods, Tactics, Skills, and Ideas (tags)
I've put together a book (http://www.radio4all.org/aia/) that is a compendium of anarchist/activist methods skills and tactics. It covers everything from decisionmaking, direct action, fundraising, and security -- and much more.
After LA?--Suggestions on Movement Strategy and Tactics (tags)
Although the multi-message RNC and DNC protests have been helpful, a single-issue focus could strengthen our media penetration. Getting Nader into the debates is the obvious choice, since his strong, inside attack on the status quo would be very helpful to the movement. Numerous targets and tactics, both legal and disobedient, can promote this agenda. [This follow-up to "After LA? Force Nader into debates!" tries to answer the question "What tactics?" in some detail.]
Minneapolis Council takes action on ISAG protest (tags)
Public Hearing held on police tactics at ISAG conference held July 24-26. Resolution to follow.
Police Intimidation Tactics Escalate (tags)
Police tactics during the first days of the convention.
Children usually attend protests also (tags)
Response on Rafael's Comments (tags)
A Call For Anarcho-Pacifism (tags)
is a change in tactics necessary?