What Made Large Scale Resistance Possible at the G20 in Hamburg?

trashgender-neurotica: We bring you this on-the-ground account from one of our comrades in Black Rose/Rosa Negra who had the opportunity to travel and participate in the G20 protests in Hamburg, Germany.  Similar to the impact of the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, we may look back at the Hamburg G20 protests as a symbol of … Continue reading What Made Large Scale Resistance Possible at the G20 in Hamburg?

queeranarchism: deersintincr: queeranarchism: 60 year old historian Martin Bühler (who identified himself to the press, I do not identify activists without consent) appears to ‘photobomb’ a lot of media images of the G20 in Hamburg. In reality he is a long time observer documenting police brutality. In Hamburg he chose to cultivate the most non-activist … Continue reading

queeranarchism: Another thing that really bothers me about the conversations around ‘riots’ is the amount of people who have a binary image of ‘big capitalist store’ versus the romantized ‘honest local store’ and think they can tell the difference from a photo.  A lot of local stores feel the need to compete with the big … Continue reading

spatheandspadix: Academic hills I will die on: -Land-use history didn’t begin with European colonization and if, like me, your research focuses on post-settlement land use it’s important to acknowledge that fact. -The great American wilderness is a grossly inaccurate colonialist fantasy. -Human influence, specifically that of indigenous people, is all over the ecology of what … Continue reading

queeranarchism: just-a-fan-of-things: curiousobsession101: gatewaycommunism: queeranarchism: Fun fact: in the 80′s the Dutch Unemployed Union held ‘fridge raids’ to protest against poverty.  They’d find out when a politician of big boss who upheld poverty and starvation wages was speaking at some public even, then they’d carefully break into his house with a LOT of people and they … Continue reading

Riots

oodlenoodleroodle: infinite-liminal-beings: queeranarchism: elliegrine: queeranarchism: queeranarchism: While we’re on the topic of the kind of lawbreaking ‘civil’ society frowns upon, let’s say out loud for a moment that rioting in response to injustice works. Is it dangerous? yes. Will the media lie about it? yes. Will people in our own communities tell us that we’re … Continue reading Riots

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