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Your false allegation—that the participants in the black bloc did not participate in planning or promoting the mobilization—was addressed in a statement from some participants in the WTO mobilization (and the black bloc) on December 4, 1999.

Citation:

theanarchistlibrary.org/library/acme...
“They don’t know the issues” or “they aren’t activists who’ve been working on this.” While we may not be professional activists, we’ve all been working on this convergence in Seattle for months. Some of us did work in our home-towns and others came to Seattle months in advance to work on it. To be sure, we were responsible for many hundreds of people who came out on the streets on the 30th, only a very small minority of which had anything to do with the black bloc. Most of us have been studying the effects of the global economy, genetic engineering, resource extraction, transportation, labor practices, elimination of indigenous autonomy, animal rights and human rights and we’ve been doing activism on these issues for many years. We are neither ill-informed nor inexperienced.
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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In the linked zine, you can read the analysis of the WTO protests that RAND corporation later republished. If it's good enough for the capitalist ruling class, it's good enough for us.

The screenshots here show how false—if not mendacious—your account is.

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Police Go on the Offensive Shortly after 10 a.m., the Seattle Police Department got their show on the road. The Seattle Police began using tear gas to clear the streets. It’s still not clear if the order was issued by Assistant Chief Ed Joiner—Chief Stamper had delegated control of the WTO operation to him and did not arrive at the commanders’ meeting until late that afternoon—or if was a spontaneous decision made by officers in the street. The use of gas may have been an effort to open a pathway into the protest area from outside, as the gas was fired at on Sixth Avenue, between University and Union Streets. This is the extreme southern end of the triangular area blockaded by the Direct Action Network. The Seattle Times said “police used gas to disperse demonstrators massing.” Police officials later explained that the gas was an attempt to expand and re-connect their now isolated perimeters inside the crowds. None of these explanations makes much sense. The Black Bloc While the police were regrouping and preparing to force the Direct Action Network protesters to join the AFL-CIO parade, several groups took advantage of the lull in the battle. They’ve all been lumped together into a nameless anarchist horde, but the fact remains there were two distinct groups acting out different agendas, not one “organized” anarchist conspiracy as the myth would have it. At approximately 1 p.m., the police temporarily stopped trying to push corridors through the protest area. The “Black Bloc” anarchists had entered into an understanding with the Direct Action Network that they would refrain from vandalism at least as long as the protests remained peaceful. This is another way of saying that they were loosely following the lead of the DAN organizers. How loosely is shown by the fact the Black Bloc arrived downtown armed with hammers, crowbars, spray paint, M-80 firecrackers, and paint bombs. Their goal was a “propaganda of the deed” centering around vandalizing chosen stores—Nike, Starbucks, the Gap, Old Navy and others—which they saw as fitting targets.
November 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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An image of a factory, reading "DON'T SHOP, IT JUST ENCOURAGES THEM"
November 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Here is the image from the St. Paul Police Federation again, this time with alt text.

Since 2020, what has changed? Democrats doubled down on support for the police, enabling them to continue escalating their racist violence, paving the way for today's ICE raids.

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A screenshot of a post from the St. Paul Police Federation, reading: St. Paul Police Federation " Yesterday morning, federal agents executing a warrant were assaulted, Statement Regarding the threatened, and blocked by a violent mob. They called us for help. We Recent Immigration and responded only to protect lives and restore order - nothing more. We do Customs Enforcement not do immigration enforcement. Never have, never will. Activity in St. Paul A core of professional agitators refused every order, attacked officers with frozen bottles and rocks, damaged patrol cars, and shouted “Don't let them leave.” Our officers, while being assaulted, used the absolute — minimum force necessary to end the threat and get everyone home safe. Not one rioter was seriously injured. Several officers were struck by projectiles, yet every one of them showed extraordinary discipline and courage. This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We are not your adversary. We are your police. —/ When the next mob comes, please stand with us - not against us. Our community deserves nothing less.
November 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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St. Paul police brutally assault locals defending their neighbors from ICE, then absurdly accuse the locals of being "professional agitators."

"We are not your adversary. We are your police."

They support ICE with violence, just as they murder with impunity. They are, in fact, our adversaries.
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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As ICE expands their operations to target other communities around the United States, this text offers crucial lessons from Chicago.

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Demonstrators line up behind reinforced banners outside the Broadview ICE facility on November 1, 2025. One banner reads "Free our neighbors." Demonstrators bearing reinforced banners clash with police in Broadview outside an ICE holding facility.
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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On the heels of Democrats' electoral victories and spineless capitulation ending the government shutdown, the decision to target a city in a swing state suggests that the Trump administration is not concerned about electoral blowback.

In other words—they don't intend to leave power voluntarily.
A masked ICE mercenary sitting in a car points a gun directly at the photographer. A picture of the Capitol building at night, looking as scary and evil as what goes on inside it.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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ICE crackdowns have not been popular with the general public or good for the economy. Kidnapping laborers who work for disproportionately low wages is bound to interfere with profits.

Trump has focused the crackdowns on cities controlled by Democrats as a means of making life worse there.
A photograph of masked, armed ICE mercenaries terrorizing Chicago.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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They tell us that dangerous people are on the loose, threatening our communities.

But if anyone is dangerous, it is those who would do harm to their neighbors in return for a bribe—those who sell their capacity to inflict violence to the highest bidder.

Crush ICE.

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A photograph of ICE mercenaries with text reading "The enemies of humankind."
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Proper security culture is essential to all kinds of organizing—especially today, when Donald Trump has pledged to focus federal agencies on attacking anti-fascists.

Print out this zine version of our guide to security culture and distribute them everywhere!

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The cover of a zine titled "Security Culture,” showing two masked cartoon animals high-fiving after painting "Security Culture” on a billboard. A cartoon image of bolt cutters with the words "How to fight for a more compassionate future and keep yourself and your friends safe."
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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There's enough for everyone—but they'd rather throw it away than share it with you.

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A screenshot showing a photograph of a grocery store with this text: The Trump administration has requested an immediate halt to a court order that it fund food stamps. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, provides aid to about one in eight Americans. Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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We concur with the members of this jury that tossing a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, DC should not be treated as criminal activity.
The man who slung a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, D.C., and was unwittingly transformed into an opposition symbol of President Trump’s local crime crackdown has been found not guilty of misdemeanor assault after a trial. A jury handed down the not guilty verdict Thursday against Sean Dunn, a former Department of Justice (DOJ) employee who hurled a hoagie after confronting a group of officers patrolling a popular nightlife area of the nation’s capital.
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Yesterday's election results must not diminish the urgency of grassroots organizing.

First, because it is clear that Donald Trump will not leave power voluntarily.

But even more importantly, because—as we saw under Biden—the Democrats will not solve any of these problems.

Real change is up to us.
A sticker showing a number of businessmen and politicians in suits, with text reading "They don't give a fuck about you."
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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"We are all anti-fascists!"

Drawing on the classic Italian chant, “Siamo tutti antifascisti,” this poster pushes back against the regime's efforts at intimidation and propaganda.

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Please print these out and display them around your community!
A poster design reading: We Are All Anti-Fascists! Together against all forms of oppressive power. They will not intimidate us. Remember, if you can read these words, there are others putting themselves out there at least as much as you are. That means you are not alone, and the struggle is not hopeless.
October 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Elbit Systems is Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer. This analysis explores the year-long targeted direct action campaign that successfully shut down an office Elbit's subsidiary company KMC Systems opened in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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A photograph of three activists blocking a door by red paint graffiti reading "Shut Elbit down"
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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49 members of the Thousand Madleens freedom flotilla remain in Israeli custody for trying to deliver much-needed aid to starving people in Gaza. Whatever Trump says about a "ceasefire," the lives and liberation of Palestinians still depend on international solidarity.

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A banner hangs from a building at night, reading "Free the flotilla fighters—free Palestine."
October 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Do not misrepresent us—this is not a call for confrontation. It's not shields that cause police to tear-gas people, though they can help to protect you.

You need to experience firsthand that you can be in the presence of protesters who are prepared to defend you without that *increasing* your risk.
A screenshot of text reading "If there are dozens of you involved in the organizing, make your bloc festive and lively with a drum corps or a sound system. Just for practice, you could bring shields or a reinforced banner emblazoned with your message—not with the intention of getting into any sort of confrontation, but simply to normalize such things for other demonstrators so they can learn to feel comfortable around them."
October 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Simply marching in the streets once every few months will not stop fascism. We have to draw people into concrete organizing and activity. No one else is going to do this for us.

Whether there are two of you or two hundred of you, this guide goes over what you can do.

crimethinc.com/NoKings2025
An anarchist red and black flag with an image of a sword run through a crown and the words "No Kings"
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.
A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."
October 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Much of the panel is given over to fringe "journalists" praising Donald Trump. One of them describes how, after hesitation, she came to love Donald Trump and it even made her "more attractive."

It is the narrative that Winston Smith presents at the end of George Orwell's 1984: "I love big brother."
A screenshot from C-Span showing "President Trump holds meeting on Antifa"
October 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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If you care about public health, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about medical research, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about climate change, labor conditions, the well-being of children in war zones—you have to become a revolutionary.

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There is no more middle ground. If you care about public health, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about medical research, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about climate change, labor conditions, the well-being of children in warzones, there is nothing else for it—you have to become a revolutionary. There is no going back to the way things were, to the future that we once anticipated. The old world is in flames around us.
October 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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The Israeli military is currently attacking the Thousand Madleens flotilla as they attempt to deliver much-needed aid to people in Gaza who are suffering famine as a consequence of the Israeli blockade.

Read this statement from one of the participants in the flotilla:

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A livecam still showing a mercenary in the pay of the Israeli occupation forces climbing the mast of the Sunbird, a boat in the Thousand Madleens flotilla, aiming to destroy the camera.
October 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Donald Trump is trying to criminalize opposition to fascism. What are the real threats—and how can people prepare for them?

We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression."

Please print these out and distribute them widely!

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The front and back cover of the zine "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression." The back cover reads "Everyone who is against fascism is an anti-fascist. In seeking to target everyone who opposes fascism, Trump is biting off more than he can chew—provided we don’t roll over and let him win." There is also a CrimethInc. logo.
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Today, a million people took the streets of Italy in solidarity with Gaza. Protests occurred worldwide.

Meanwhile, another solidarity flotilla is headed for Gaza, determined to break the siege via which the Israeli government is inflicting famine as a means of genocide:

www.thousandmadleens.org
Demonstrators with Palestinian flags block a major roadway in Turin with a bonfire in solidarity with Gaza on October 3, 2025.
October 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Pete Hegseth demands to “untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country.”

Donald Trump demands to use US cities "as training grounds for our military,” claiming “We’re under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy.”

Fascism.
A black-and-white photograph showing white National Guardsmen terrorizing Black residents of Newark, New Jersey on July 14, 1967. Waving rifles around, they are menacing a child who has his hands raised as he walks away from them.
October 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM