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With Allies Like These… (A report back from the Red/Black Bloc in Chicago)

  [ed. Reports from the streets of Chicago’s May Day march revealed, once again, that the “labor movement” many comrades wax so nostalgic about has betrayed fundamental, historical facts of our movement. While we have long known the SEIU and other liberal power brokers are … Continue reading

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We Go

  With sadness tinged with hope… There’s a quote at the top of our blog that merits some consideration today, on this all-too-quiet morning after a jury in Orange County acquitted two Fullerton pigs, Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli, in the … Continue reading

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From Saying ‘Officer’ to Screaming ‘Pig’; How I Learned to Stop Equivocating and Hate the State (Part 1)

(ed. Originally published December 10, 2013 – here!) [Introduction] Four days after I got out of the LA County Jail, released on my own recognizance after a brief three day stint there, an unarmed 19-year-old was shot and killed by … Continue reading

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The Missed Insurrection

(ed. Originally published November 10, 2013 – here!) “Find Each Other” (just don’t tell Glenn Beck)…     We found each other with a conspiratorial wink – our alliance affirmed. We spilled our secrets deep into morning, sparking at the resin … Continue reading

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Bro, Do You Even Alexander Berkman? On Ghosts and Hedges’ Other ‘Invisible’ Things

(ed. Originally published November 8, 2013 – here!) “I believe in strategy. And so did many anarchists, including [Alexander] Berkman…” – Chris Hedges, Our Invisible Revolution (Oct. 28, 2013) While we weren’t startled to see Chris Hedges admit he’d “prefer the … Continue reading

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An Anarchist Walks Into an Ecosocialist Conference…

(ed. originally published September 25, 2013 – here!)   Remarks by our comrade, Craig, at the 2013 Ecosocialism Conference in Culver City, CA on September 21, 2013: “To start: I’m bemused by my own inclusion on this panel. I don’t … Continue reading

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The Dark Knight Rises… Towards an Apotheosis of Capitalism

(ed. Originally published July 21, 2012 – here!) *Spoiler Alert: The themes and even some details of The Dark Knight Rises are discussed in this post. If you absolutely must see this vile piece of counterrevolutionary propaganda, please download it … Continue reading

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Create, Take, Take Over and Be Free!

(ed. Originally published on March 14, 2012 – here! Background: On March 5, 2012, several thousand “occupy” protesters and their allies descended on the Capitol in Sacramento to “demand” nothing more than their human right to education. Or so many of them thought. … Continue reading

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Colonizer: A Postcolonial Reading of Chris Hedges

COLONIZER: A POSTCOLONIAL READING OF CHRIS HEDGES (ed. Originally published Feb. 6, 2012 – here. This blistering critique of Hedges’ brazen hypocrisy and shameless “orientalism” inspired him to pen a wholly unsubstantiated screed that included snitch-jacketing OLAASM, suggesting we: “infiltrated the movement to foster … Continue reading

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