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Bay Area Autonomists Reflections on UCB, SFSU, and USF Camps
a reflection and context for why the bay area's movement in solidarity with Palestine has been stifled...
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 12:30pm PDT
Escalation and Orientation
Let's strive to deepen the political horizons of this moment as much as the tactics....
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 4:29pm PDT
On the occasion of the death of "the leading left communist in the United States"
Revolutionary extremism is what it does -- and when it does nothing, it is nothing......
Posted: Tue, Apr 16, 2024 2:41pm PDT
We can either have billionaires or democracy. Not both.
Political debate on wealth redistribution is a fight for fairness
Call it socialism - as the wealthy GOP does - or call it progressive taxation or economic justice. It doesn't matter; the nation's fiscal conservatives will demonize any idea of redistributing wealth and try to stoke unfounded fears of creeping communism no matter what specific language we use around fairness....
Posted: Sat, Dec 23, 2023 9:10am PST
Conformist Media Outlets Hide Realities of Power. Noam Chomsky Has Exposed Them
Conformist Media Outlets Hide Realities of Power...
Posted: Tue, Dec 12, 2023 6:17am PST
The machine is broken
Corporations are also using their profits to repurchase their own shares (thereby boosting stock indices to record levels), to finance mergers and acquisitions (which increase concentration, but not investment, and often involve cutting jobs)......
Posted: Wed, Dec 6, 2023 4:03pm PST
For Media Elites, War Criminal Henry Kissinger Was a Great Man
Oceans of blood on his hands, but revered nonetheless...
Posted: Thu, Nov 30, 2023 10:59am PST
Ten thousand acts of graffiti vandalism in solidarity with the people of Palestine
A communique from a bay area anarchist writer engaged in an endless campaign against all forms of captivity and colonization...
Posted: Sat, Nov 18, 2023 4:34pm PST
Tacoma/Seattle Protests Planned at Port After Oakland Activists Delay US Vessel Bound for Israel
A massive protest will take place at Tacoma Port against ship destined for Israel...
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2023 11:21am PST
"Alameda County" Courthouse Attacked for Palestinian Martyrs
"It is never possible to balance liberatory violence with the conditions of struggle. The process of liberation is excessive by nature. In the direction of overabundance or in that of deficiency. Where have we ever seen a popular insurrection hit the bullseye, clearly distinguishing the enemies to kill? It is a blow of the tiger’s claws that rips and does not distinguish." Alfredo Bonanno...
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2023 11:34pm PDT
Capitalism as Mental Illness
As to the stress mechanism, Adam Smith supplied that with his theory of “selfish interest” providing collective benefit. And while it’s inarguable that being forced to compete in a self reinforcing and ever accelerating rat race has provided us with many industrial and technological milestones, we must ask ourselves: at what cost? The fracture of social cohesion?...
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2023 8:21am PDT
Backyard Community Theater with Warmth from The 408 (in Bozeman, MT)
A beautiful theatrical open stage was hosted in the backyard of a friend with shared values as ours - the Bozeman Antifa Dance (& Theatre Collective) ... i.e., BAD. This essay describes some of the performances and the thought behind connecting community art with the antifascist movement....
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2023 1:01pm PDT
Jubilee USA Statement on IMF Global Financial Stability Report
The IMF releases the Global Financial Stability Report and raises global concerns over continued inflation, the banking system and climate investments....
Posted: Tue, Oct 10, 2023 11:47am PDT
Jubilee USA Statement on IMF World Economic Outlook Report
As world leaders arrive in Marrakesh for the Annual IMF and World Bank Meetings, the IMF releases its flagship World Economic Outlook report. The IMF projects the global economy to grow 3% this year, which remains below the average of growth for two decades before the pandemic....
Posted: Tue, Oct 10, 2023 11:19am PDT
World Leaders Focus on High Debt Levels and Poor Economic Growth as Morocco Meetings Begin
World leaders, finance ministers, business groups, academics and development organizations descend on Marrakesh, Morocco, for the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF head Kristalina Georgieva reports that the global economy lost $3.7 trillion due to shocks since 2020 and that slow and unequal growth continues....
Posted: Tue, Oct 10, 2023 7:52am PDT
Windows Smashed at Military Recruiters' Office in Daly City
On Indigenous People's Night, we smashed all nine windows at the military recruiters' office in so-called Daly City, California (Ramaytush Ohlone territory)....
Posted: Tue, Oct 10, 2023 1:14am PDT
Conference on the “IHRA definition” of antisemitism launches new Institute
The newly-formed Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ) will hold its inaugural bicoastal conference, Battling the “IHRA Definition”: Theory & Activism, on October 13-14. Through the lens of research on structural racism, state violence, and social justice movements, the conference will analyze political campaigns that seek to codify the “IHRA definition” of antisemitism, and efforts to oppose IHRA policies. This is the first research conference focusing on IHRA campaigns, which ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2023 9:37am PDT
IMF Speaks: World Economy Loses $3.7 Trillion Due to Pandemic and Economic Shocks
As World Leaders Head to Morocco, IMF Leader Raises Growth and Debt Challenges...
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2023 10:23am PDT
October and November: Direct Action Trainings to Say "No 2 APEC"
Get trained before APEC - there are opportunities every week in the East Bay and San Francisco. See you there!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2023 2:32pm PDT
Socialist Health Care Organizers Exit DSA
Open letter from former members of DSA-LA explaining why they resigned from DSA following the organization's abandonment of a true fight for Single Payer health care in CA....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2023 12:18pm PDT