CrimethInc

CrimethInc, 2 months ago to random

On March 18, 1871, at the end of a disastrous war with Germany, Parisians drove the French government from the city and embarked on an ambitious social experiment in women’s liberation, workers’ self-management, and public education. Afterwards, this became known as the Paris Commune.

https://crimethinc.com/arch18

In this narrative, we present the experience of the anarchist Louise Michel at the moment the insurrection broke out.

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A hush falls. The soldiers ready their weapons. They look pale. Someone cries, “Don’t shoot!” but the crowd does not fall back.

“Aim!”

A line of matching rifles goes up. A woman is trembling; another grips her arm, sneering at the young men in their army uniforms. Behind them, Michel and her friends raise their rifles as well. They see that some of the soldiers are shaking too.

“Fire!” There is an instant’s pause.

CrimethInc, 1 year ago to Ukraine

When Russian troops invaded #Ukraine a year ago, it took many people by surprise—especially Putin apologists, who had been insisting that reports about Russian military preparations were just saber-rattling from the United States government.

It didn't take us by surprise, because we had been corresponding with Russian and Ukrainian anarchists for years.

We still believe that it is most important to listen to anarchists from the region rather than commentators thousands of miles away.

For Russian anarchist perspectives, you could start here:

https://avtonom.org/en

For Ukrainian anarchist perspectives, you could start here:

https://libcom.org/tags/assemblyorgua

For Belarusian anarchist perspectives, you could start here:

https://pramen.io/en/

A screenshot of a February 22, 2022 tweet from CrimethInc. (@crimethinc) reading: We're receiving reports from one of our colleagues, a refugee from Luhansk whose family remains there, that in the "LPR" and "DPR," all men ages 18 to 55 are now subject to compulsory military conscription and prohibited from leaving the occupied territories. A #Ukraine thread.