FROM… — Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement .. shared with thanks!

See below for a list of right-wing organizations in Wisconsin and the Bradley Foundations 990 information (who they fund).

By the Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” — Commandante Assata […]

After the horrific murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, people of all nationalities have righteously taken to the streets in the millions around the world. When the people of all ages and nationalities defend themselves by any means necessary against the capitalist system that is literally killing them, as is their human right, the police in the most violent way attempt to crush them.

The rich, their political servants and the capitalist media howl in hollow indignation when some property might be destroyed, some goods are liberated by the masses or other forms of self-defense are employed by the people resisting. But what’s rarely mentioned in the area now known as the United States – even in the middle of a pandemic where well over 100,000 people (mostly workers) have died – is how the capitalists and imperialists violently plunder and loot the world 24/7. And even rarer still is when those racist Wall Street and Pentagon vultures are exposed person-by-person and their crimes against humanity detailed in depth.

The area now known as Wisconsin: A Right Wing Base & Model

During the so-called re-open “rallies” in the midst of the current pandemic, right-wing anti-worker racists attempted to organize white supremacist shock troop recruitment events in the area now known as Wisconsin and elsewhere. (Note: Indigenous Nations never agreed to the forced European invasion and carving up of their ancestral homelands. Thus the phrase the area now known as ‘Wisconsin’).

Continue reading “They Ain’t Peaceful: The Rich Violently Loot Wisconsin 24/7!”

FROM ITS GOING DOWN…https://itsgoingdown.org/abolish-police-world-created-them/

The following editorial breaks apart the differences between the neoliberal recuperation of abolitionist politics and what a true embrace of abolition would actual mean. Originally published here.

By Duncan Riley

Ever since the uprising sparked by the murder of George Floyd on the 25^th of May by the Minneapolis Police began, two great social forces have been locked in fierce contention over the fate of that city.

Good morning to the Seattle Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone! 🌞☕️✊ pic.twitter.com/6UTD8FSv1y

— ❤️Black Rose/Rosa Negra🖤 (@BRRN_Fed) June 9, 2020

On the one side are the rebellious masses of black and brown people, youth, and workers, who, after centuries of police brutality, colonialism, and economic inequality, have hurled their rage against the full force of the State. And, on the other side of the barricades, those directing that murderous force, are the ever-so-liberal leaders of that ever-so-liberal city, shocked to discover how deeply despised they truly are. For two weeks now these two sides have battled it out, the former advancing, gradually formulating its vision of a just society, the latter retreating, falling back on ever more brutal modes of repression.

But, in the past few days, and particularly after the announcements made by the Minneapolis City Council on the 7^th of May, this tense dialectic seems to have collapsed into a synthesis – police abolition. However, strong as this synthesis may seem to be at first glance, it carries within it a myriad of contradictions, contradictions which, given time, cannot fail but to erupt into a new wave of social struggle and combat.

Y'all see that hero, saving lives at the #seattleprotests last night? Dan literally stopped a car from plowing into a vigil with his body & was shot for his heroism. Please give if you can & RT anyways. Thanks @seattleYLF for the info
https://t.co/evK4sDPXN8#BlackLivesMatter

— Panic! in the Discord (@discord__panic) June 9, 2020

To begin to understand these contradictions, we must first determine where the calls for “police abolition” derive from. Certainly, activist groups in the Twin Cities like Reclaim the Block and Black Visions Collective have been doing important decarceral work for years, no doubt lending great strength to the current push to abolish the Minneapolis Police Department. But, at the same time, it is quite clear that the primary impetus behind this new development is the massive uprising which has shaken Minneapolis, and indeed the whole country, to its core. It is this spontaneous rebellion of the oppressed, and not negotiations with the City Council, which has put the words “police abolition” into the minds of millions of people across the country.

Continue reading “Abolish the Police and the World that Created Them… Autonomous Zones Begin!”

Originally posted on Bristol Anarchist Black Cross – Prisoner Support:

Advice for avoiding arrest and staying free —

Advice for avoiding arrest and staying free

Posted on June 8, 2020 by bristoldefendantsolidarity | Leave a comment

So after the righteous toppling of Colston’s statue yesterday the police
have said they are investigating footage of Colston’s come down with a
view to making arrests. It may well be, in the context and in view of the
levels of popular support for the action, that they are not actually prepared
to follow through. But we think it’s definitely best to be prepared and take
steps to minimise risk of arrests and court cases.

So here’s a few bits of advice we feel it’s really useful and important to circulate right now to help keep people safe and free. Please share widely.

Advice:

For people present or involved in the take down of Colston:

Get rid of clothes (including shoes) you were wearing at the scene.
Don’t brag or gossip about your, or anyone else’s involvement.
Keep all stories and accounts off social media and the internet.
Encourage others to do the same.
Read up on your rights if arrested:
https://bristolabc.wordpress.com/defendant-solidarity/advice-on-arrest/
Have these numbers ready to call (you can assign to speed dial on your
phone to allow for a quick call if needed):Bristol Defendant Solidarity will support anyone arrested from point of
arrest through the legal process.

For everyone else:

Don’t identify anyone you know in photos or footage of the toppling of
Colston.
Don’t snitch, brag or gossip.
Keep all stories and accounts off social media and the internet.
Encourage others to do the same.

For collective self defence and solidarity.

What a World Without Cops Would Look Like

“Can we come up with a situation where there are fewer killings, and fewer collateral consequences?”

• Madison Pauly at Mother Jones, shared with thanks

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Following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and an outbreak of police violence in response to nationwide protests, calls for change in America’s police departments are coming from activists, public officials, and celebrities.

But unlike past attempts to reform the police in the wake of high-profile killings of people of color, which often centered on increased oversight or training, this time the demands are far more radical: defund police departments or abolish them entirely.

Efforts to cut off funding for police have already taken root in Minneapolis, where the police department’s budget currently totals $193 million. (In 2017, the department received 36 percent of the city’s general fund expenditures.)

Continue reading “No to police ‘Reform-Wash’.. Defund, Disarm, Disband and close down Prisons”