Political repression beyond the baton
Submitted by Scott Jay on Mar 23 2017 19:10
Mike King's new book, When Riot Cops Are Not Enough, describes how movements are repressed when overt police violence is unsuccessful
I've got 99 problems but a class analysis ain't one
Submitted by Mike Harman on Mar 2 2017 23:06
Some things should have been left in 2011, the mystifying 99 percent slogan is one.
A Return to Occupy Wall Street : what lessons can we learn ?
An interview by Fabien Delmotte of Marisa Holmes, Mark Bray, Nathaniel Miller and Jason Freedman about the occupy movement.
Electoral folly: no matter how good the candidate, business as usual rules elected office - Michael Reagan
An article by Michael Reagan that looks at the Kshama Sawant's time as a Seattle city councilperson and the compromises she's made.
Standing at night, or taking it lying down? - Mouvement Communiste/Kolektivně proti Kapitălu
A byproduct of the recent protests against the new "Labour Law" in France was an Occupy-style protest movement (known as "Nuits Debout") based around gatherings in public squares, notably Place de La République in Paris. This is a translation of a highly critical leaflet which Mouvement Communiste distributed at the gatherings. The original French version is provided as a PDF.
Building a revolutionary anarchism - Colin O'Malley
An article by Colin O’Malley on the failures of the anarchist movement to grow, despite numerous social movements, and ways he thinks anarchists need to take to move forward.
Necessary steps in tough economic times: New York students take to the streets in the wake of Occupy
Submitted by Recomposition on Sep 13 2015 07:35
A piece by Marianne LeNabat that takes us through an overview of how students in recent decades have become saddled with debt, how a student movement rose up in NY during the height of Occupy Wall Street, some of the lessons we can draw from organized resistance, and the ripples that student fights caused spreading solidarity throughout various sectors of society.
Durruti was a revolutionary unionist (and don't you forget it!)
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 6 2015 22:29
A response by Juan Conatz to a blog that criticizes the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
War on time: Occupy, communization and the military question - Benjamin Noys
Noys examines the contrasting conceptions of military struggle of Theorie Communiste and Paul Virilio, and the absense of such concepts from the Occupy movement.
Who gives the orders? Oakland police, City Hall and Occupy
Submitted by Scott Jay on Dec 21 2014 20:18
The recent declaration of "war" by the NYPD police union shows how the police are a political institution who do not simply follow orders from elected leaders. A similar revolt occurred among Oakland police during Occupy Oakland.
