![](\"https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2023/06/12/6.jpg\")
Our classic gender subversion poster. Click on the image to order the poster.
\nWe’ve reprinted our classic gender subversion poster, “For Every Girl/For Every Boy.” To mark the occasion, we’ve also printed a new poster in homage to the original, celebrating collective resistance to the forms of gender fascism threatening us today. Here, we offer a deep dive into the legacy of the original poster, exploring the tension between gender abolition and gender self-determination.
\n\n Our classic gender subversion poster. Click on the image to order the poster.
\n![](\"https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2023/06/12/5.jpg\")
Our new poster celebrating gender self-determination. Click on the image to order the poster.
\nTwenty years ago, we published the gender subversion poster, drawing on the creative work of Nancy R. Smith, Jacinta Bunnell, Laura Ann Newburn, Irit Reinheimer, and others. Over the following decades, we distributed hundreds of thousands of copies of the poster.
\n\n\n\n\nThese posters have made their way around the world, into classrooms, libraries, clinics, guidance counselor’s offices, pride marches, dorm rooms, shelters, punk houses, teenage bedrooms, and colleges… I regularly receive texts from friends who spot this poster in all manner of places, sometimes even on a wall in a TV show. Recently, my friend Neko Case sent me a photo of the poster from the green room of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Comrades printed the poster in Spanish, German, Ukrainian, and various other languages.
\n\nIn September 2021, we let the poster go out of print. At the time, it seemed that our society was progressing towards more expansive ways of understanding gender. Since then, unfortunately, a reactionary offensive led by bigots and far-right politicians has gained ground, using the state to intensify the subjugation of women and to impose new forms of violence on trans, queer, and nonbinary people and those who support them. At the same time, we continued to receive requests for us to reprint the original poster. In the end, we decided to put another run of them in circulation, while also producing a new version that speaks to the terrain of struggles over gender that we face in 2023.
\n\nAs before, we are distributing both versions for the costs of printing and postage alone. We have never sought to make money off this project, only to do our part to create a world in which all of us can make the most of our potential on our own terms, however that looks for each of us—a more welcoming and supportive world, without imposed gender norms or bigotry.
\n\n![](\"https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2023/06/12/2.jpg\")
The artwork from the Portuguese version of our gender poster sighted at the Vaca Louca Café in Maringá, Brazil.
\nTwenty years ago, our poster had the audacity to ask: “What would the world look like without gender?” Since then, this question has become even more urgent—and even more challenging to answer.
\n\nOn the one hand, we’ve witnessed major shifts in cultural understandings of gender. As Jacinta Bunnell explains, when the original poster appeared,
\n\n\n\n\n“There was not a culturally unified language for talking about gender fluidity at this point; so much of how we spoke of gender was still either/or.”
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Today, nonbinary identities and gender-neutral pronouns have emerged from trans/queer subcultures and online communities into workplaces, schools, and public debates. Trans communities have received unprecedented visibility.
\n\nOn the other hand, what had been a rising wave of conservative backlash has grown into a tsunami. It is no exaggeration to describe the reactionary program as gender fascism. As the popular saying goes, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” The struggle for gender self-determination has reached the “then they fight you” stage. Today, access to abortion care has been severely restricted in large regions of the US, while hundreds of proposed laws target trans people, especially youth, with restrictions on medical care, participation in sports, bathroom access, legal documentation, entertainment and culture, and more. At the same time, heads of state are citing the preservation of gender roles among their chief justifications for full-scale wars.
\n\nYet at the same time that reactionaries are attempting to use state power to crush gender non-conformity and eliminate reproductive autonomy, the identity politics that emerged from 20th century liberation struggles are experiencing a crisis.
\n\n![](\"https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2023/06/12/3.jpg\")
An illustration from the back of our classic gender poster.
\nWe saw evidence of this on the second day of Donald Trump’s administration in 2017. The Women’s March protests in Washington, DC and around the US were among the most widely attended protests in a decade or more. But anarchists and other radicals largely focused on other priorities, and the massive energy of the mobilization dissipated quickly—in part because the category of “woman” does not suffice to describe all those who suffer as a consequence of gender oppression.
\n\nThe right-wing culture war offensive on the terrain of gender seeks to take advantage of this crisis. While the breadth of support for abortion rights worries Republican strategists who are concerned with their electoral prospects, the right is gambling that it can target trans people with impunity, seeing them as a small and politically less powerful demographic ripe for scapegoating. By framing their attacks as defenses against existential threats to children, the family, and the gender order itself, they have inflamed their base with a sense of mission that identity-based coalitions have not been able to overcome.
\n\nThe same social changes that have uprooted fixed notions of gender and enabled more expansive ways of being have also destabilized models of organizing that relied on coherent notions of identity. We need new ways of understanding ourselves to fight the forces that divide and oppress us, new ways to conceptualize who we are and what we can become. As a Brazilian comrade put it,
\n\n\n\n\nIt is no longer possible to organize a collective action that still holds on to any fiction about “being a woman”; it is not possible to ignore the complicities of white/bourgeois feminism with colonial/racial power. The crisis of feminism is the vanguard of the revolutionary political crisis: there is no longer a subject of history; the demand for recognition/representativeness was swallowed up by neoliberal devices; there is no identity politics that can unite us; really, we don’t want to be part of the same story, we no longer want to organize our desires for a good and dignified life into a state grammar that can govern our lives. The beauty of feminism’s implosion is that it lets us see the hundreds of sharp shards we still have left. Feminism becomes a shattered place, but a place of investigation into what political action can be within life, with life and not outside it; what can make us dangerous again; how are we going to escape all these gender and identity traps?”
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These “gender and identity traps” loom all around us, and the stakes are urgent. How do we resist the rising tide of gender fascism without reverting to models of identity that no longer serve us?
\n\n![](\"https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2023/06/12/1.jpg\")
The poster in German, hanging on a classroom wall.
\nOne way to imagine our way towards the original poster’s provocation—“What would the world look like without gender?”—is to propose gender abolition. Inspired by the movements against the prison industrial complex that propose not more comfortable cages but an end to caging altogether, we could propose that gender itself is an oppressive system that cannot be reformed. This is not the same as saying that “gender isn’t real”—if it weren’t, there would be no need to abolish it!—but rather to insist that just as it has been constructed, it can be deconstructed.
\n\nWhat is gender, after all? As we know it, gender divides a wide range of human qualities and capabilities into mutually exclusive categories, such as “masculine” and “feminine.” This artificial division requires a wide range of forces—social pressures, policing, assorted mythologies, and a variety of technologies from laser hair removal to steroids and Viagra—to uphold the illusion that people come in two standard models rather than a wide spectrum of possibilities. To abolish gender would mean dismantling these varied systems of coercion that force us into one of two narrow boxes while hierarchically ranking them and punishing anyone who pushes their limits.
\n\nUnfortunately, some trans-exclusionary “radical feminists” have attempted to appropriate the language of “gender abolition” to describe their own hateful project. As contradictory as this may seem—given their efforts to gatekeep who counts as a woman and their alliances with the anti-feminist extreme right—they insist that gender, as a system of patriarchal social norms, perpetuates harm against people of the female sex. By itself, this assertion sounds reasonable—until they continue that, therefore, trans people are somehow uniquely responsible for upholding gender and thus causing harm to “women.” This cruel argument pits some victims of gender oppression against others, blaming trans people for their efforts to survive in a system they didn’t create. The supposed “abolition” that these transphobic activists pay lip service to only reinforces the rigid essentialism of sex, further stigmatizing efforts to shape our bodies and lives on our own terms. In fact, it can only perpetuate gender as we know it, not abolish it.
\n\nConfronting this context, we need to be clear about precisely what gender abolition in the service of liberation could mean today.
\n\nAs an alternate framework, we propose gender self-determination, insisting on our autonomy to shape our bodies, presentations, and identities according to our own needs and desires. As we argued last year,
\n\n\n\n\nBy shifting the discussion from the limits of rights to the horizon of self-determination, we propose a radically different world, in which no authorities—neither governments, religions, nuclear families, nor anything else—can confine us within their narrow visions of who we should be and who we can become.
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What could this look like in practice? We’ve seen an explosion of creative new forms of gender identification in recent years, with new language and pronouns expanding far beyond binaries of male/female and cis/trans. These are encouraging, but they may not suffice to dislodge the power of imposed gender norms to shape the material circumstances of our everyday lives. Self-determination must mean more than choice in a consumer framework, a maximum of individual options for constructing our online profiles and Amazon wish-lists. In an alienated consumer society in which we are constantly being appraised and compelled to sell ourselves, defining ourselves with ever more precise categories and hashtags will not be enough to get us free.
\n\nOthers have argued that we can appropriate pharmaceutical and surgical technologies to experiment with producing gender according to our own preferences. That’s an important start—and necessary, even life-saving, for some—and furious right-wing efforts to restrict our access to these methods indicates the threat they pose to guardians of the gender order. Nonetheless, so long as some gendered qualities and categories are valued while others are not, seizing the biomedical means of production to give us more latitude to construct our bodies and identities still will not serve undermine all the different ways that the prevailing gender roles constrain and oppress people.
\n\nHow might we approach the task of undoing gender, combining the best elements of gender abolition and gender self-determination? By identifying which aspects of gender need abolishing, we can propose some points of departure:
\n\nAbolish gender segregation—ensure that people of all genders have access to the same opportunities, resources, social spaces, and forms of agency.
\nAbolish fixed gender roles—break the association between certain traits and certain genders, demonstrating new constellations of the qualities and capabilities that are currently associated with one gender or another. As the original poster suggests, you can be strong without being a boy and sensitive without being a girl; while this sentiment is increasingly accepted today, how much further can we go towards breaking free of the fixed roles and binaries that organize our thinking about human beings?
\nAbolish gender hierarchies—End practices that privilege one gender over another, and those that value some qualities and capabilities over others because of the gender they are associated with. Hillary Clinton becoming president would not have served to qualify our society as feminist—if a person of any gender has to outdo all other contenders in demonstrating traditionally masculine characteristics in order to get a foothold in politics, and if all political institutions continue functioning according to patriarchal priorities and protocols, gender oppression remains in effect even if not everyone in a position of power is a man.
\nAbolish gender gatekeeping—Do away with the boundaries that control who can identify with any gender. Defending trans identity, gender nonconformity, and other departures from fixed binary gender represents a step towards this goal.
\nAbolishing these dimensions of gender can create the space for the free flourishing of all people outside of oppressive roles and identities. We can affirm both the creative impulses that lead millions of people today to define themselves in gendered terms outside of birth assignments and binaries, while also taking aim at the structural conditions that constrain our lives regardless of how we identify.
\n\nAs anarchists, we believe that we can only be free when all of us are free, and that everything that expands the horizons of freedom for others will benefit us, too. Nowhere is this plainer than on the terrain of gender.
\n\n![](\"https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2023/06/12/4.jpg\")
The classic poster.
\nThis is why we have prepared a remix of our classic gender poster. The front of the new version reads,
\n\n\n\n\nFor every fascist who plans to attack drag queen story hour, there are three anti-fascists ready to defend it. For every boss who harasses you, there are ten workers who will back you up. For every judge who seeks to ban abortion, there are twenty collectives stockpiling Mifepristone and Misoprostol. For every cop who is paid to enforce transphobic legislation, there are a hundred gender outlaws determined to defy them. For every politician who tries to prohibit talking about gender in school, there are a thousand students charting their own paths beyond the binary. For every bigot who wants to etch their biases in stone, there is a movement that is already changing the world. For every person that takes one step towards freedom, there is another who finds the road to liberation a little easier.
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The back of the poster presents a revised excerpt from our text, “The Fight for Gender Self-Determination.”
\n\nWe hope that both of these posters of ours—both the classic one and the new remix—can play a part in new efforts towards getting free of gender norms. May they continue to hang in grade-school classrooms and collective houses, breaking up old models and assumptions.
\n\n![](\"https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2023/06/12/7.jpg\")
The back of our new poster celebrating gender self-determination. Click on the image to order the poster.
\nTo accompany our new book, No Wall They Can Build: A Guide to Borders & Migration Across North America, and the poster accompanying it, “Borders: The Global Caste System,”, we have prepared a new sticker decrying the myths used to justify borders and welcoming all who cross them.
\n\nThanks to the generous assistance of hundreds of supporters, we’ve produced 50,000 copies of the sticker, offset printed at 3” by 5”. They’re available in bulk at $0.05 to $0.20 each (from 5 for $1 up to 500 for $25). We’re also sending them out free with each copy of No Wall They Can Build. Order a stack of these and let people know where your community stands!
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\nIn response to popular demand, we’ve also prepared a poster version of the same design. Print these out, photocopy them, and wheatpaste them all over the walls of your town in English and Spanish!
\n\n![](\"https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2017/08/09/1.jpg\")
You can download the English version of the poster here. You can download the Spanish version here.
\nThe border is not a wall—it’s a system of control.
\n\nIt doesn’t protect people; it pits them against each other.
\n\nIt doesn’t foster togetherness; it breeds resentment.
\n\nIt doesn’t keep out predators; it gives them badges and guns.
\n\nThe border does not divide one world from another. There is only one world, and the border is tearing it apart.
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\n\nThanks again to everyone who supported our fundraising campaign to get these books off the ground. Thanks to their assistance, you can download PDFs of both books on their respective sites, paying whatever price you choose. Mind you, we still maintain that nothing compares to the experience of reading a physical print copy with its own unique history. Books aren’t just data—they are magical objects, physical manifestations of the conversations and struggles that produce them.
\n\nEvery year, thousands of people risk their lives to cross the desert between Mexico and the United States. Why do so many people cross the border without documents? How do they make the journey? And whose interests does the border serve, really?
\n\nIn riveting first-person narrative, No Wall They Can Build offers a close look at the borders that control movement around North America. Drawing on a decade of solidarity work in the desert between Mexico and Arizona, this book uncovers the goals and costs of US border policy, and what it will take to change it.
\n\nTo accompany No Wall They Can Build, we’ve prepared a poster, “Borders: The Global Caste System,” illustrating all the different elements that make up the border—from the extraction of resources on one side of the border to wage disparities on the other. Following the model of our classic Capitalism Is a Pyramid Scheme poster, which accompanied our earlier book, Work, this poster illuminates the ideas set forth in the book, presenting them in a form that can appear on the walls of your town to stimulate conversation and show solidarity with everyone who is affected by borders.
\n\nThe book and poster are complemented by an offset-printed 3”x5” sticker proclaiming “immigrants welcome,” which is also available in bulk. Both the poster and the sticker are included in every order for the book!
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\nDemocracy is the most universal political ideal of our day. George Bush invoked it to justify invading Iraq; Obama congratulated the rebels of Tahrir Square for bringing it to Egypt; Occupy Wall Street claimed to have distilled its pure form. From the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea to the autonomous region of Rojava, practically every government and popular movement calls itself democratic.
\n\nBut what is democracy, precisely? Is there a common thread that links all these different variants? And can any of them deliver on their promises?
\n\nIn this critical appraisal, we trace democracy from its classical origins to its current ascendancy around the globe. Reviewing how democratic discourse has served recent social movements in the United States, Spain, Greece, Bosnia, Slovenia, and elsewhere around the world, we conclude by asking what it would mean to seek freedom directly rather than through democratic rule.
\n\nThis book grew out of years of international dialogue between participants in these social movements. Exploring how recent uprisings have been catalyzed and limited by democratic discourse, From Democracy to Freedom explores the difference between government and self-determination, proposing new ways to understand what we’re doing when we make decisions together.
\n\nFor more critical material on democracy, you could consult our classic text, “The Party’s Over: Beyond Politics, Beyond Democracy,” our poster series on the subject (which became the chorus of a song), Uri Gordon’s guest column, or our “Vote Here” stickers, one of which is included free in every copy of From Democracy to Freedom.
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Click above for a downloadable black-and-white PDF.
\nWe are pleased to present versions of To Change Everything in Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Cebuano, Dutch, Farsi, Malay, Maltese, and Serbo-Croatian, as well as the Latin American Spanish version and subtitles for the video in Tagalog and Slovak. This brings the grand total to 30 versions of the project in 28 languages.
\n\nIn addition, we’ve added updated PDFs of the continental French, Italian, Portuguese, and Slovenian versions.
\n\nIf you are interested in producing a version of To Change Everything for your own language or region, please contact us.
\n\nWe are also pleased to announce new print runs in several languages, including Dutch, Malay, Serbo-Croat, and 500 copies for the islands of Malta. After an initial print run of 5000 copies of the Portuguese version, the Brazilian group has produced a run of 11,000 more, funded in part by last year’s “To Change Everything” tour in the US; a new German printing is soon to appear, bringing the total print run in Germany to 50,000. Comrades involved in solidarity efforts in Europe have been making the Arabic and Farsi versions available to migrants seeking to escape oppression, war, and economic turmoil.
\n\nWe’ve also made available the Spanish version of “The Secret Is to Begin”, the follow-up to To Change Everything: El Secreto es Empezar: preguntas comunes sobre el anarquismo.
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\n\n#50: The History and Future of Prison Strikes and Solidarity — As we build momentum towards the September 9th national prison strike, we want to reflect on lessons learned from past generations of prison rebels, as well as how we can maintain energy on September 10th and beyond. In Episode 50 of the Ex-Worker, solidarity organizer Ben Turk fills us in on some history of prisoner organizing in recent decades, recaps some of the solidarity actions that have taken place leading up to this year’s historic strike, and offers perspective on continuing and deepening our resistance to prison society. We commemorate the death of Jordan MacTaggart, an American anarchist killed on the front lines in battle with the YPG against the Islamic State, and discuss international solidarity and the politics of martyrdom with Rojava Solidarity NYC. The death of John Timoney, former police chief and notorious foe of anarchists, prompts both glee and a somber reflection on the misery he inflicted on us. A member of Revolutionary Anarchist Action (DAF) in Istanbul discusses the background to the recent failed military coup as well as recent waves of anti-anarchist repression. A call for solidarity from la ZAD, news, events, and prisoner birthdays round out this packed episode.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
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\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2016/02/11/46-international-anarchist-reflections", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2016/02/11/46-international-anarchist-reflections", "title": " #46: International Anarchist Reflections", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2016/02/11/1b.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2016/02/11/1b.jpg", "date_published": "2016-02-11T18:51:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#46: International Anarchist Reflections on the New Year — What do anarchists around the world think is in store for the new year? In Episode 45, we began our 2015 year in review, focusing on the US. In this episode, we share reflections on developments in 2015 and from anarchists in Chile, Finland, Brazil, Korea, Colombia, Czech Republic, and Rojava. There are also discussions about developments in fascism and anti-fascism, with reports from the UK and Australia, and an analysis by Gulf Coast anarchists of the environmental movement’s supposed “victory” over the Keystone XL pipeline in November. On the Chopping Block, we review the latest issue of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, the journal of the Institute for Anarchist Studies, on the theme of “Justice.” Long term black liberation political prisoner Herman Bell discusses his upcoming parole hearing, and we share plenty of news, including some reflection on a new round of revolts in Tunisia, plus prisoner birthdays, events, listener feedback, and more.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/12/28/44-tce-international-panel-discussion", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/12/28/44-tce-international-panel-discussion", "title": " #44: TCE International Panel Discussion", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/12/28/1b-2.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/12/28/1b-2.jpg", "date_published": "2015-12-28T18:09:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#44: To Change Everything - International Panel Discussion - In our 44th episode of the Ex-worker, and our final episode of 2015, we bring you a live audio recording from the last stop of the recently wrapped-up To Change Everything tour, an international panel discussion featuring stories and lessons from participants in some of the better and lesser known uprisings of the last few years. In two months and just over 50 stops, the featured speakers—hailing from Slovenia, Brazil, the Czech Republic and the U.S.—presented their perspectives on topics ranging from the common pitfalls of making demands, the rise of nationalism and fascism, and the importance of solidarity in the face of state repression. Stay tuned to the end of the episode where we propose some ideas for maintaining some of these valuable, face-to-face connections that have been made while on the tour. In addition, we’re releasing this episode in conjunction with the full tour report-back, so make sure you check that out as well.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/11/16/42-anarchism-in-finland-global-updates", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/11/16/42-anarchism-in-finland-global-updates", "title": " #42: Anarchism in Finland, Global Updates", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/11/16/1b.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/11/16/1b.jpg", "date_published": "2015-11-16T19:43:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#42: Anarchism in Finland, Global Updates - In this episode of the Ex-worker, we take another spin around the world, bringing you several short features focusing on various aspects of the global struggle against domination. We’ll share an interview with a Finnish anarchist, who tells us about an anti-nuclear struggle, a university occupation in Helsinki, and the response to refugees in Finland, and how anarchists have taken part in all of these. We’ll also hear statements from two Turkish anarchist collectives about the recent massacre of peace demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey. There’s also an update on repression from the Hambacher Forest occupation, a text from the streets of Santiago analyzing last month’s demonstrations against the anniversary of the coup by dictator Augusto Pinochet, and a report on the hunger strike of anarchist prisoner Evi Statiri in Greece—along with plenty of news, upcoming events, and more.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/09/15/ex-worker-41-anarchism-across-the-globe", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/09/15/ex-worker-41-anarchism-across-the-globe", "title": "Ex-Worker #41: Anarchism Across the Globe", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/09/15/1b2.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/09/15/1b2.jpg", "date_published": "2015-09-15T19:18:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#41: Anarchism in Belarus, Czech Republic, Korea, and Beyond - In this episode, the Ex-Worker explores connections between anarchism, repression and resistance across the world in countries that rarely appear in the radical limelight. We share an interview with an Anarchist Black Cross chapter in Belarus, discussing the president’s recent release of anarchist political prisoners; interview a Czech anarchist about “Operation Fenix” and recent entrapment cases and terrorism charges leveled at anarchists there; and provide more context to last episode’s call to flag-burning action from South Korean anarchists by examining the historical and political contexts of the flag for Korean radicals. We also discuss the Suruc massacre, in which five anarchists were killed by an ISIS attack, and developments among Kurdish struggles in Turkey and Syria, and expand our ongoing discussion of the concept of “terrorism” through the lens of a court ruling about gangs in El Salvador. Listener thoughts on Zeitgeist, conspiracy theories, and small-town anarchism, debunking the myth of “cops under attack” since the emergence of Black Lives Matter, and an announcement of the CrimethInc. “To Change Everything” US tour top off our usual collection of global news updates, prisoner birthdays, event announcements, and more.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/09/03/40-struggles-against-white-supremacy", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/09/03/40-struggles-against-white-supremacy", "title": " #40: Struggles Against White Supremacy", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/09/03/1b.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/09/03/1b.jpg", "date_published": "2015-09-03T19:02:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#40: Struggles Against White Supremacy and Police Since Ferguson - It’s been a year since rage over Michael Brown’s murder catalyzed an anti-racist and anti-police rebellion that spread from Ferguson around the country. How can anarchists interpret the trajectory of the struggles against white supremacy that have unfolded over the last year? In Episode 40 of The Ex-Worker, we discuss the current state of police violence and both institutional and autonomous white supremacy, alongside an analysis of how anti-racist and anti-police resistance developed from Ferguson to Baltimore to South Carolina. A listener weighs in on the risks of militarism, from the Iron Column in the Spanish Civil War to the militias in Rojava today. Comrades from Korea share updates on state repression and issue an exciting call for international solidarity, and Clara and Alanis discuss the politics of the term “terrorism” and how to undertake assertive resistance to state repression without resorting to sports metaphors.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/07/29/episode-39-the-rojava-revolution-part-ii", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/07/29/episode-39-the-rojava-revolution-part-ii", "title": "Episode #39: The Rojava Revolution, Part II", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/07/29/1b1.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/07/29/1b1.jpg", "date_published": "2015-07-29T18:38:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#39: The Rojava Revolution, Part II - In the latest episode of the Ex-Worker, we continue our discussion of the unfolding social revolution in the autonomous Kurdish territories of Rojava. Building on our coverage in Episode 36, we share two interviews themed around international solidarity with the struggle for autonomy and the fight against ISIS. In the first, a member of Rojava Solidarity NYC, the group of American anarchists that produced the book “A Small Key Can Open a Large Door”, discusses democratic confederalism and the council system in the cantons, compares and contrasts the Zapatista uprising with the Rojava revolution, and describes the solidarity projects they’ve undertaken and what’s at stake for anarchists in our response to the events in Kurdistan. In the second, a member of the Turkish anarchist group Social Insurrection discusses his experience fighting with the United Freedom Forces militia. We address some critiques of the revolutionary structures in Rojava as well as our coverage of them and trace the emergence of international solidarity brigades. A member of Antifa International announces the formation of an International Anti-fascist Defense Fund, and we share info about several recently released anarchist publications. Our discussion of the news takes on Obama’s sudden transformation into a prison reform advocate, indigenous resistance to profiteering off alcoholism, and the outing of a corporate infiltrator into the animal rights movement, while our indignant coverage of Syriza’s entirely predictable betrayal of Greek social movements in their EU bailout austerity proposal concludes with a helpful diagnosis of “The Five Stages of Leftism”.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/07/01/38-anarchism-in-lake-worth-florida", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/07/01/38-anarchism-in-lake-worth-florida", "title": " #38: Anarchism in Lake Worth, Florida", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/07/01/1b.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/07/01/1b.jpg", "date_published": "2015-07-01T19:36:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#38: Anarchism in Lake Worth, Florida - How do anarchists organize outside of major cities? In Episode 38 of the Ex-Worker, we offer a profile of anarchism in Lake Worth, a small coastal town in southern Florida with a surprisingly active and vibrant culture of resistance. Participants in the Everglades Earth First!, the Earth First! Journal, the South Florida Prison Books Project, the former Night Heron Infoshop, and Prison Legal News discuss some of the many radical projects that operate out of Lake Worth. We even hear from a former anarchist elected official discussing the contradictions and possibilities of that position! The episode also includes a CrimethInc. tour announcement, feedback from listeners about online crypto-anarchism, appeals for solidarity, plenty of news from all over the world, and more.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/06/15/37-the-hambacher-forest-occupation", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/06/15/37-the-hambacher-forest-occupation", "title": " #37: The Hambacher Forest Occupation", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/06/15/1b1.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/06/15/1b1.jpg", "date_published": "2015-06-15T16:07:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#37: The Hambacher Forest Occupation - In this episode, the Ex-Worker offers an in-depth profile of the struggle to defend the Hambacher Forest. In the Rhineland coal country of western Germany, a group of angry locals, environmentalists, anarchists and squatters have converged to challenge the destruction of one of the region’s oldest forests by the energy giant RWE’s brown coal mining. In these moving interviews recorded live in the Hambacher Forest in spring 2014, Clara gets a tour of the occupation and discusses the recent history of actions and broader political context. Through insightful and often hilarious informal conversations, the occupiers point out distinctive features of the forest, show the gritty and frequently comical day to day realities of squatter life, discuss their personal motivations for resisting the destruction of the forest, and offer poignant insight into the logic of resistance as a way of life. The episode concludes with recent updates from the occupation, ways to participate and show solidarity, and reflections on its significance for radicals across the world.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/06/01/announcing-rolling-thunder-12", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/06/01/announcing-rolling-thunder-12", "title": "Announcing Rolling Thunder #12!", "summary": "", "image": "", "banner_image": "", "date_published": "2015-06-01T17:04:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "We are thrilled to announce the twelfth issue of North America’s premier anarchist journal, Rolling Thunder. As usual, this issue is the biggest and best yet, and we can’t wait to share it with you. If you have a subscription, you should be receiving your copy right about now—they were sent out last week. Yet another reason to support us by subscribing!
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\nThe centerpiece of this issue is a 64-page feature on the protests against police and white supremacy that spread from Ferguson, Missouri across the United States. It traces the conflict from its origins in the antebellum South, offering a timeline of the clashes vividly illustrated with narratives from the front lines. We especially urge everyone to read the transcript of a debrief discussion among anarchist participants from Missouri, reflecting on their role in predominantly black struggles and the ramifications of joining in street confrontations that include arson and gunfire.
\n\nTwo more features elaborate an anarchist analysis of sex work, beyond the second-wave feminist discourse of victimization and the third-wave feminist discourse of empowerment. From across the Atlantic, we present interviews with Turkish anarchists who crossed the Syrian border to join Kurdish fighters in pushing the Islamic State out of Kobanê, and an analysis of the rise of new left parties in Greece and around Europe as a phase in the neutralization of autonomous social movements. Elsewhere in the issue, a testimonial recounts one daring individual’s efforts to rid his community of surveillance cameras by physically destroying them.
\n\nAs for theory, this issue offers a critique of demand-based political organizing and an intimate look at how what Foucault termed biopower functions in jails and cancer wards. All this, plus poetry and graffiti from the Egyptian revolution—comics about Loukanikos, the celebrated riot dog of Athens—stories from the life of Biófilo Panclasta, the most mysterious and mythologized of anarchist vagabonds—the usual stunning photography, acerbic commentary, and strategic reflection—and much, much more! Altogether, this issue is 154 pages, which places it alongside the books we’ve published as one of our most ambitious projects.
\n\n\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/05/04/episode-35-to-change-everything-audio-zine", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/05/04/episode-35-to-change-everything-audio-zine", "title": "Episode 35: To Change Everything Audio Zine", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/05/04/1b.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/05/04/1b.jpg", "date_published": "2015-05-04T16:43:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "At long last, the Ex-Worker is back! We hope all of you had a riotous May Day. Please send us reports on what you did to observe it at podcast@crimethinc.com so we can include them in our next episode.
\n\nIn celebration of the resistance unfolding around the world from Baltimore to Milan and beyond, we’re releasing our first audio zine! Inspired by others’ contributions to the project, we at the Ex-Worker podcast have produced an audio version of To Change Everything to support the print and video versions circulating across the world.
\n\nListen to or download the audio zine To Change Everything.
\n\nWe’ll be back in mid-May with our next regular episode, exploring the unfolding social revolution in Rojava that came into the media’s attention during the defense of the city of Kobane by self-organized militias against the Islamic State. Stay tuned!
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/02/12/34-staying-safe-to-be-dangerous-together", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/02/12/34-staying-safe-to-be-dangerous-together", "title": " #34: Staying Safe To Be Dangerous Together", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/02/12/1b1.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/02/12/1b1.jpg", "date_published": "2015-02-12T18:28:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#34: Staying Safe So We Can Be Dangerous Together - In our 34th episode, we follow themes of repression, security, and resistance through several different short features. In celebration of former Green Scare prisoner Eric McDavid’s release after nine years inside, we reflect on the lessons of his case for our efforts to resist today. We share part of a recent CrimethInc. essay that assesses the possibilities and limits of whistleblowing, as well as an inspiring statement by Jason Hammond (sibling of incarcerated hacktivist Jeremy Hammond) as he heads to prison for his role in an anti-fascist action. Ramona Africa speaks to us about the MOVE 9 case and the life and death of Phil Africa, and an anarchist from Barcelona gives a report about the recent wave of repression by the Spanish state in Operation Pandora. Listeners weigh in on cable access TV, iTunes, and an insider view on security and entrapment strategies. We conclude with reflections on the lessons to be learned from these various cases and recent events on staying safe in order to be truly dangerous to authority. Plus as usual there are a lot of global news reports, event announcements, prisoner birthdays, and plenty more.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/01/20/33-the-ex-workers-2014-year-in-review", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2015/01/20/33-the-ex-workers-2014-year-in-review", "title": " #33: The Ex-Worker’s 2014 Year in Review", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/01/20/1b1.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2015/01/20/1b1.jpg", "date_published": "2015-01-20T20:17:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#33: The Ex-Worker’s 2014 Year in Review - From the Ukrainian revolution and war with Russia to the Bosnian uprisings, ISIS/Rojava/Kobane conflicts, the Brazilian World Cup protests, anti-police riots in Ferguson and beyond… 2014 was one hell of a depressing, inspiring, roller coaster of a year! In Episode 33 of the Ex-Worker, our year in review, we wrote to anarchists around the world to ask them what they thought were the most significant events of the last year and what they anticipate in 2015. Responses came in from correspondents as far off as Brazil, Russia, Colombia, Slovenia, Finland, and Germany, as well as across North America, with reports about 2014 and analysis of the possibilities for resistance in the upcoming year. We also stop to take stock of the last year of the Ex-Worker, and reveal some schemes and dreams for our next year of anarchist podcasting. And as if that wasn’t enough, we share an exclusive report on squatting, eviction, and resistance in Prague, an analysis of recent anti-police rioting in Oakland, and discussions on listener feedback about Agency’s Ebola article and the police in relation to the state, along with plenty of news, prisoner birthdays, and more. Merry Crisis and Happy New Fear!
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/12/18/episode-32-white-supremacy-capitalism", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/12/18/episode-32-white-supremacy-capitalism", "title": "Episode #32: White Supremacy & Capitalism", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/12/18/1b2.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/12/18/1b2.jpg", "date_published": "2014-12-18T15:50:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#32: White Supremacy and Capitalism, from 1492 to Ferguson - Rebellion has erupted around the country in the aftermath of grand jury decisions to allow the murderers of Mike Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in New York to go free without legal charges. Why did this happen, when authorities knew that this would spark furious protests and international condemnation? In Episode 32 of the Ex-Worker, Clara and Alanis try to understand the persistence of racist police violence by delving into the historical roots of capitalism and white supremacy in European conquest and colonization of the Americas and the transatlantic slave trade. Along with a survey of resistance and backlash since the grand jury announcements, we share excerpts from the recent feature “The Thin Blue Line is a Burning Fuse,” tracing the role of anti-police anger in catalyzing nearly all recent major social upheavals around the globe. Agency, a new anarchist media project, shares an excerpt from an article analyzing the Ebola outbreak and anarchist perspectives on public health. We run through a wide range of news, discuss listener comments on transcripts and international coverage, and even offer a radical holiday song!
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/11/29/31-live-at-the-carrboro-anarchist-book-fair", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/11/29/31-live-at-the-carrboro-anarchist-book-fair", "title": " #31: Live at the Carrboro Anarchist Book Fair!", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/11/29/1b4.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/11/29/1b4.jpg", "date_published": "2014-11-29T18:34:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#31: Live from the Carrboro Anarchist Book Fair! - We’re always looking for ways to up the ante at The Ex-Worker, our twice-monthly podcast of anarchist ideas and action. So we decided to record our 31st episode in front of a live audience at the Carrboro Anarchist Book Fair! Clara and Alanis started off with our usual Hot Wire news, and then interviewed a wide range of participants from the book fair about workshops or presentations they did or projects they represented. Interviewees spoke about a writing project on southern insurrectionary history, the Can Vies eviction and riots in Barcelona, Spain, and rethinking prisoner support based on experiences with anti-authoritarian queer and transgender prisoners. A supporter read a moving letter by Luke O’Donovan sent from prison specifically to be shared at the book fair, while another shared an update about an anarchist injured and arrested at a Philadelphia solidarity demonstration. Participants from the New York City Anarchist Black Cross, the Durham Inside/Outside Alliance, and the UNControllables, an anarchist student group, each discussed their projects, followed by event announcements and prisoner birthdays to round out a lively evening of anarchy in the southeast.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/11/11/the-ex-worker-29-anarchism-in-chile-part-ii", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/11/11/the-ex-worker-29-anarchism-in-chile-part-ii", "title": "The Ex-Worker #30: Anarchism in Chile, Part II", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/11/11/1b1.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/11/11/1b1.jpg", "date_published": "2014-11-11T21:02:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#30: Anarchism in Chile, Part II - The Ex-worker keeps our eyes to the south as we continue our in-depth exploration of anarchism in Chile. While our last episode sought to provide context and history, this episode delves into two recent cases of repression by the Chilean State against anarchists and discusses the importance of prisoner support in the anarchist movement. We interview Victor Montoya, an anarchist who was framed up and spent 16 months in pretrial detention, as well as Luciano “Tortuga” Pitronello, a comrade who faced terrorism charges after a bomb he was carrying prematurely detonated. While Tortuga’s body was damaged in the course of this ordeal, his spirit remains resilient, and he shares inspiring stories and sage advice over vegan sandwiches at the autonomous library Sante Geronimo Caserio in Santiago. We’ll offer a review of the Chicago Conspiracy, a documentary film which illustrates some of Chile’s radical history and present through music, celebration, memory and riot, tackle some thoughtful listener feedback about democracy and anarchy, and top it all off with news from struggles around the globe.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/09/15/the-ex-worker-28-anarcha-feminism-part-ii", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/09/15/the-ex-worker-28-anarcha-feminism-part-ii", "title": "The Ex-Worker #28: Anarcha-Feminism, Part II", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/09/15/1b.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/09/15/1b.jpg", "date_published": "2014-09-15T03:56:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#28: Anarcha-Feminism, Part II: Early Critiques and Visions - Back in Episode 26, the Ex-Worker shared a panorama of dramatic stories from the lives and struggles of 19th and early 20th century anarchist women… but we didn’t focus much on their ideas. In the second episode of our three-part series on anarcha-feminism, we return our focus to the first generations of rebels who brought together anarchist and feminist currents, this time to explore their distinctive revolutionary visions. We survey the context of early revolutionary and feminist ideas, and the distinct perspectives of early anarcha-feminists on marriage, sexuality, economic and bodily autonomy, suffrage, revolutionary sexism, and strategies for women’s emancipation. The Chopping Block discusses Free Women of Spain, Martha Ackelsberg’s classic study of the Spanish anarchist women’s group Mujeres Libres. Listeners weigh in on sports, a special guest contributor offers a correction about indigenous resistance to fracking, and we begin a fascinating conversation on solidarity actions and anonymity amidst the news, event announcements, statements from political prisoners, and more.
\n\nTrigger warning: This episode includes a few passing references to sexual or domestic violence: nothing too graphic, but we wanted to give all of you a heads up. The references appear at 11:40, 35:50, 41:25, 1:04:50, and 1:33:44.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/08/25/ex-worker-27-anti-police-riots-in-ferguson", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/08/25/ex-worker-27-anti-police-riots-in-ferguson", "title": "Ex-Worker #27: Anti-Police Riots in Ferguson", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/08/25/1b4.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/08/25/1b4.jpg", "date_published": "2014-08-25T00:20:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#27: Anti-Police Riots in Ferguson - Since the murder of Mike Brown by police on August 9th, Ferguson, Missouri has been the site of intense riots, looting, and clashes with police. In this episode, we share first-hand accounts from participants and reflections on the rebellion, as well as an analysis which unpacks the designation of “outside agitators.” Two texts discussing other recent anti-police uprisings appear on the Chopping Block: “Unfinished Acts” a discussion of the Oscar Grant riots in Oakland, and “Unforgiving and Inconsolable”, a collection of texts about the response to the death of Chuy Huerta in Durham, North Carolina. Supporters of Luke O’Donovan update us on his trial and how to show solidarity. Clara and Alanis share a slew of listener feedback, exploring the origins of the term feminism, correcting some mistakes about the IWW, and getting into a testy debate over the politics of sports. News, prisoner birthdays, Contradictionary terms, and upcoming events round out another packed episode.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
\n\n" }, { "id": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/08/07/the-ex-worker-26-anarcha-feminism-part-i", "url": "https://crimethinc.com/2014/08/07/the-ex-worker-26-anarcha-feminism-part-i", "title": "The Ex-Worker #26: Anarcha-Feminism, Part I", "summary": "", "image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/08/07/1b.jpg", "banner_image": "https://cdn.crimethinc.com/assets/articles/2014/08/07/1b.jpg", "date_published": "2014-08-07T04:51:00Z", "date_modified": "2024-09-10T03:55:29Z", "tags": [], "content_html": "#26: Anarcha-Feminism, Part I: Introduction and Herstory - What is anarcha-feminism, and what contribution has it made to both feminism and anarchism? The Ex-Worker is back with our longest episode to date as we kick off a series exploring anarcha-feminism in the past and present. After framing the issue and dealing with some thorny questions around definitions of feminism and gender, we take a whirlwind tour through the history—or herstory, if you like—of anarchist women from the barricades of the Paris Commune to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War. In addition to Louise Michel, Lucy Parsons, Emma Goldman, and a few other big names, we’ll share lesser-known stories of Russian nihilists, Puerto Rican tobacco workers, Japanese journalists, Mexican guerrillas, and many other unsung heroines of late 19th and early 20th century anarchist struggles. The anthology Quiet Rumors: An Anarcha-Feminist Reader appears on the Chopping Block, and while a member of the Revolutionary Anarcha-Feminist Group from Dublin, Ireland joins us for an interview. Clara and Alanis even take issue with a term from the Contradictionary, on top of a packed calendar of upcoming events, news, and more.
\n\nYou can download this and all of our previous episodes online. You can also subscribe in iTunes here or just add the feed URL to your podcast player of choice. Rate us on iTunes and let us know what you think, or send us an email to podcast@crimethinc.com. You can also call us 24 hours a day at 202–59-NOWRK, that is, 202–596–6975.
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