Forwarded from Fogo
Mexican black bloc feminists running a people's bodega last month. This struggle is global yall
A note from Seattle, but we should all take notes. And DA means direct action: https://twitter.com/R3volutionDaddy/status/1312620437214433282?s=20
Twitter
Alissa Azar
From what I’m hearing (and seeing) protesters who aren’t into DA do their own events and other events that are DA are... well, DA. Everyone is prepared and seem to be aligned. Organizers still respect each other and a diversity of tactics. Seems to help infighting.
Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
Wonderful and successful multi-purpose #AntifaFoodDrive in #NYC earlier today. Volunteers in #BlackBloc showed up to receive and sort donations and hold space as a counter-action to a planned MAGA rally nearby. The reactionaries reportedly left the city before they even assembled, marking the first clear win for the action. All foodstuffs will be donated to La Jornada food pantry in Queens (link), and a lot of donations were gathered: second win. The normalization of bloc is a third important aspect of this kind of action: as a bunch of bloc on the ground were petting some dog, one of the owners was overheard saying (to his dog), “these are nice, good people.”
Do actions like this in your city! Bring flyers and distribute lit too!
Assembled and excerpted from this thread: https://twitter.com/itsa_talia/status/1312737584385331201
Do actions like this in your city! Bring flyers and distribute lit too!
Assembled and excerpted from this thread: https://twitter.com/itsa_talia/status/1312737584385331201
Forwarded from Strike Force
Here's the flyer and framing used, if anyone is trying to replicate this excellent community action: https://twitter.com/gonzalezderwin/status/1312620057047035904 #FoodDrive #Soup #BlackBloc #WeKeepUsSafe #CounterAction
Twitter
Derwin Gonzalez
Tomorrow morning a MAGA caravan from Long Island will invade Manhattan to flex and intimidate under the guise of a "food drive." So New Yorkers are holding a real food drive for a local pantry and a counterprotest because We Keep Us Safe!
Forwarded from PDX Uprising Channel
GDC Statement on Recent Visits to Defendants by the FBI
September 4, 2020 GDC Admin
We have confirmed reports of the Federal Bureau of Investigation visiting people’s homes in the last week or so. The result of some of these visits is that people with state charges, whether they have been no-complained or not, are being arrested by the FBI for federal charges of a similar nature. Below are some steps to dealing with a FBI visit:
* DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE. Just don’t talk. It is the safest approach for yourself, your friends, your comrades and the community.
* Don’t answer the door. Unless they have a warrant, you do not have to open the door.
* If you open the door by accident, say “I am busy right now and can’t talk” and close the door or “I am not going to answer any questions without my lawyer present” and close the door.
* You can ask for a card from the agent, but, again, be careful because they are going to try to engage you in conversation in any way.
* DO NOT LIE TO THE FBI. It is a crime with a potential for 5 to 7 years in federal prison. Saying “I don’t know” can count as a lie if they have evidence you might actually know something. The FBI uses the tactic of getting people to lie as a way to pressure them to turn on their comrades and talk.
* If federal agents come to your door with a legitimate arrest warrant, you may want to step outside your door as quickly as possible and lock your house behind you. If the cops come inside to get you, they can (and will) search the house.
* If law enforcement has a search warrant, read the warrant and take a photograph of it before letting them in (they can put it under the door or put it against the window) and look at what it is they can actually take.
* After you have been visited and the agents have left, let your comrades know and call the GDC (503-442-0866) and NLG (833-680-1312) to let us know what happened.
If you were arrested on state charges (Interfering with a peace officer, unlawful direct laser, anything like this), you may want to take some preventive measures in case you are visited and/or arrested by federal law enforcement. Some steps to take are below:
1. Create a support plan with your friends, comrades and family to prepare. This link will take you to a series of questions to help you with that plan: https://pdxgdc.com/custodysupportplan/
2. Talk to your housemates, partners, lovers, or anyone else whose home you spend significant time at about what could happen. For example, talk through a police visitation, your arrest, or a subpoena to a grand jury, along with what your friends and family should do if the state shows up to talk to them.
3. Leave a poster or sticker or note by the door reminding yourself and others that you do not need to open the door to the police and that if questioned you should say “I will be remaining silent. I want to speak to a lawyer.”
4. It is possible the state may visit your family or your work. As an organization or group of friends, talk about how this might impact you and others in your organization or friend group and make a plan for how you want to address this with your family and/ or work.
5. Make a support plan that addresses these questions: what do you need in terms of mental, emotional and material support when you are faced with a crisis? What would you need if you got arrested? What would you need if you went to jail for an extended period?
6. Set up a system with your organization or group of friends to communicate quickly with each other in the event of a visitation, arrest, or subpoena.
https://pdxgdc.com/recent-fbi-visits/
September 4, 2020 GDC Admin
We have confirmed reports of the Federal Bureau of Investigation visiting people’s homes in the last week or so. The result of some of these visits is that people with state charges, whether they have been no-complained or not, are being arrested by the FBI for federal charges of a similar nature. Below are some steps to dealing with a FBI visit:
* DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE. Just don’t talk. It is the safest approach for yourself, your friends, your comrades and the community.
* Don’t answer the door. Unless they have a warrant, you do not have to open the door.
* If you open the door by accident, say “I am busy right now and can’t talk” and close the door or “I am not going to answer any questions without my lawyer present” and close the door.
* You can ask for a card from the agent, but, again, be careful because they are going to try to engage you in conversation in any way.
* DO NOT LIE TO THE FBI. It is a crime with a potential for 5 to 7 years in federal prison. Saying “I don’t know” can count as a lie if they have evidence you might actually know something. The FBI uses the tactic of getting people to lie as a way to pressure them to turn on their comrades and talk.
* If federal agents come to your door with a legitimate arrest warrant, you may want to step outside your door as quickly as possible and lock your house behind you. If the cops come inside to get you, they can (and will) search the house.
* If law enforcement has a search warrant, read the warrant and take a photograph of it before letting them in (they can put it under the door or put it against the window) and look at what it is they can actually take.
* After you have been visited and the agents have left, let your comrades know and call the GDC (503-442-0866) and NLG (833-680-1312) to let us know what happened.
If you were arrested on state charges (Interfering with a peace officer, unlawful direct laser, anything like this), you may want to take some preventive measures in case you are visited and/or arrested by federal law enforcement. Some steps to take are below:
1. Create a support plan with your friends, comrades and family to prepare. This link will take you to a series of questions to help you with that plan: https://pdxgdc.com/custodysupportplan/
2. Talk to your housemates, partners, lovers, or anyone else whose home you spend significant time at about what could happen. For example, talk through a police visitation, your arrest, or a subpoena to a grand jury, along with what your friends and family should do if the state shows up to talk to them.
3. Leave a poster or sticker or note by the door reminding yourself and others that you do not need to open the door to the police and that if questioned you should say “I will be remaining silent. I want to speak to a lawyer.”
4. It is possible the state may visit your family or your work. As an organization or group of friends, talk about how this might impact you and others in your organization or friend group and make a plan for how you want to address this with your family and/ or work.
5. Make a support plan that addresses these questions: what do you need in terms of mental, emotional and material support when you are faced with a crisis? What would you need if you got arrested? What would you need if you went to jail for an extended period?
6. Set up a system with your organization or group of friends to communicate quickly with each other in the event of a visitation, arrest, or subpoena.
https://pdxgdc.com/recent-fbi-visits/
Portland General Defense Committee
Custody Support Plan, Portland General Defense Committee
This series of questions is a way to start a plan for what to do if you are taken into custody by the local or federal police for a period of time.
Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
#JonathanPrice was shot and killed Saturday night in #WolfeCity #Texas. He was a city employee and "beloved in the Wolfe City community," about an hour outside of #Dallas. He was intervening to break up a fight at a gas station when officers arrived on the scene, tazed him, and then shot him dead.
How many more? #JusticeForJonathan. #BlackLivesMatter. #ACAB. #EveryCityEveryTown
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas-rangers-investigating-police-shooting-in-wolfe-city-officer-placed-on-leave/287-abe92429-3282-43b2-8d30-cfd32d8976ca
How many more? #JusticeForJonathan. #BlackLivesMatter. #ACAB. #EveryCityEveryTown
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas-rangers-investigating-police-shooting-in-wolfe-city-officer-placed-on-leave/287-abe92429-3282-43b2-8d30-cfd32d8976ca
Forwarded from Strike Force
This is old now but a great read if you missed it earlier this summer. #ACAB #AllCops https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759
Medium
Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop
I was a police officer for nearly ten years and I was a bastard. We all were.