I just received the first copy of Copaganda! It will be sold anywhere books are sold. I try to explain the role of the media, the police, and academia in how we got to this authoritarian moment.

Thanks @generalstrikeus.bsky.social for including us in this starter pack! We've been doing this work for 30 years and are eager to pass on what we've experienced. For example—try this analysis of how the last two successful general strikes in the US were organized: crimethinc.com/TwoGeneralSt...

The “crime panic” was a myth. But an analysis by The Appeal shows the narrative helped local police buy facial recognition software, drones, license plate readers, social media surveillance tech, and more. theappeal.org/shoplifting-...

You may not have a safe place to sleep or food to eat or even clean air to breathe, but in an emergency you can count on armed men defending property with deadly force

This is NOT mutual aid. It's government redistributing donations, which is fine. But most of the politicians promoting their names on these graphics voted to increase police funding and/or violently displace unhoused people every week. This is co-opting justice language.

Between 1977 and 1979, the Carter administration more than doubled U.S. military aid and sales to Indonesia, precisely when Indonesia was carrying out a genocide in East Timor.

California has deployed 400 incarcerated firefighters to fight the LA blaze. They make $26 over 24-hr shift. “We’re doing this heroic, crucial work, but many ppl inside cannot support their family, can barely afford hygiene supplies. Nobody is saving money,” Amika Mota, former firefighter, told me

Having done the work of finding out what a loss of a home truly means, I can reassure you while bodily safety is paramount - the loss of a home, memories, generational wealth, connection, ancestry are a huge part of what makes us feel whole and safe. This is a gigantic loss.

Fires are burning blocks away from where Octavia Butler is buried.

This is Los Angeles. Capitalism is humanity making war on itself in slow motion. The climate crisis is just one aspect of this catastrophe. No solutions will come from corporations or politicians. We have to take action to defend each other and address the root causes. crimethinc.com/Climate2024

Pasadena Humane has seen an influx of over 300 animals due to the fires. People lined up down the block to drop off beloved pets they could not take with them when they fled their homes. Some animals arrived with burns and injuries and are being treated. Donations and fosters are needed NOW.

The IDF is now hiding the faces of soldiers due to “the Legal Threat” of other countries holding their thugs to account for war crimes.

Not true. Karen’s budget cut 71 positions from LAFD according to the Controller.

Happening now: Amazon Labor Union workers and supporters are rallying outside JFK8 on Staten Island ahead of a midnight strike due to Amazon refusing to come to the bargaining table following a Dec. 15 deadline. #STRIKEMAS

THREAD: 12 articles that document and analyze US media bias, manipulation, and misinformation in their coverage of the genocide. Please share widely.

'In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved—and is taking back his family’s story, his community’s health, and the soil beneath his feet.' civileats.com/2024/12/10/b...

Just a reminder that if you buy Refaat's new book If I Must Die thru @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social all proceeds will be donated to the Sameer Project to support displaced Palestinians in the south of Gz: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/collections/...

Given Germany's panic over Palestine solidarity, it's clear what clothing the Berlinale will deem "not compatible with the liberal democratic basic order." (Yup, this is a real rule: www.kbb.eu/en/hausordnung – and yup, artists are striking: filmworkersforpalestine.org#strikeberlin...)

Juan has spent 10 years harvesting sweet potato in CA. While the machine picks up most of the vegetables he often has to get on his knees and dig out the sweet potatoes the machine left behind. He does this up to 10 hours a day 5 days a week. #WeFeedYou

99% of single family homes sold in California since 2021 have been $1 million or more. Up from 89% in 2015. Weird how homelessness soared in California. Must be drugs and mental illness.

Of course the Yes on Prop 36 took full advantage of the fact that the median voter doesn’t connect housing costs with homelessness - instead blaming lower penalties for shoplifting as a cause of rising homelessness

🚨🇵🇸the municipality gaza is raising funds to build essential infrastructure for water supply, waste management, and sewage treatment in gaza. this fund is going to change and save peoples lives. please share and donate! gaza-city.ensany.com/campaign/6737

This is genocide. The apartheid state of Israel is an abomination on humanity.

Holy shit, they've rediscovered the abortion plant! greekreporter.com/2024/07/31/p...

Heartwarming photos and reports of Brits all over the country uniting against the far right. This one is Walthamstow and I’ve seen similar in Derby and Brighton. Civil war my arse.

@prisonculture.bsky.social I’m wondering if you’ve read this. I haven’t seen any comment on your feed so apologies if you have. It’s quite a sad attempt. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Nothing like a liberal mouthpiece pretending to try to understand prison abolition only to completely disregard its roots in dismantling capitalism www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The reasoning behind condemning violence against a fascist are the same ones condemning Ham@$’ violence. Violence is reserved and agreeable only in service to empire

If they’re comfortable killing other people, they will eventually be comfortable killing you. You can learn that lesson the easy way or the hard way.

Uber: we can't make money if we have to follow the law Google: we can't make money if we're not allowed to be a monopoly Nestle: we can't make money without using slave labor OpenAI: we can't make money if we can't steal media: should shoplifters be executed?

Beginning to realize what a devastating effect streaming has had on culture just from the perspective that it’s created an environment where there’s basically zero chance you’ll ever see a movie or tv show you didn’t actively choose to watch.

in case we’re wondering where all the money went