#SaboTabby QR Code Stickers (inspired by u/Striking-Watch)
#directaction #iww
#labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions
#SaboTabby QR Code Stickers (inspired by u/Striking-Watch)
#directaction #iww
#labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions
poor working conditions drove increasing numbers of Finns to the Industrial Workers of the World (#IWW). In the 1920s, Finns formed the largest individual ethnic group within the organisation. The IWW’s catch phrases were #directaction, #sabotage and #generalstrike. Music was used in the battle against capitalism by the IWW: “The Singing Union”.
Our May newsletter just went out, a practical guide to building infrastructure in consideration of the whole.
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Waymo Attacked in San Francisco
On the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, the windows of a Waymo self-driving taxi were smashed in San Francisco. This attack was carried out as a small direct action against Alphabet, which is complicit in the Zionist occupation’s AI-assisted genocide through Google’s Project Nimbus. May it contribute to continued and escalated attacks against the technologies of the imperialist war machine, which are the same technologies used for surveillance and social control everywhere. Free Palestine, death to AI, glory to the martyrs. — some anarchists source: IndybayWith Legal channel (#EDO) blocked ie now too costly (?) return to #civildisobedience #directaction …
Vandalism at Michigan Tesla manufacturing site under investigation – Cascade Township, MI
"The vandalism allegedly took place between March 28 and March 31 at the manufacturing site located at 5460 Executive Parkway SE in Cascade Township, police said.
There was minor damage to one of the building’s windows, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office confirmed."
Originally published on https://unravel.noblogs.org/vandalism-at-michigan-tesla-manufacturing-site-under-investigation-cascade-township-mi/
What Planet is This?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6yyzJmYl5I
The climate crisis is radically altering the environment to the point that natural landscapes are destroyed and look like scenes from other planets.
If the current administration doesn't have to follow the law, then neither do you. Fight now, or forever hold your peace. #Antifa #AntiFascist #AntiICE #ICE #DOGE #Trump #DirectAction www.amnesty.org/en/wp-conten...
Την Παρασκευή 9 Μαΐου, πραγματοποιήθηκε στο Πανεπιστήμιο Καβάλας ημερίδα της εταιρείας Energean με θέμα την αποθήκευση CO₂. Η Συντονιστική Φορέων Θάσου, μαζί με μέλη της Πρωτοβουλίας Καβάλας παρενέβη με στόχο να αναδείξει τις σοβαρές αντιρρήσεις απέναντι στο επικίνδυνο αυτό έργο.
Συνολικά συμμετείχαμε περίπου 25 άτομα από Θάσο και Καβάλα. Σηκώθηκαν 3 πανό, εκ των οποίων το ένα ήταν δικό μας, με καθαρό μήνυμα ενάντια στην αποθήκευση CO₂ στα σπλάχνα της Θάσου.
Στη μέση της εκδήλωσης, μέλη της Πρωτοβουλίας και Θάσιοι προχώρησαν σε παρέμβαση μέσα στην αίθουσα, υψώνοντας πανό, φωνάζοντας συνθήματα και θέτοντας ερωτήματα – που παρέμειναν αναπάντητα. Η παρέμβαση ήταν ειρηνική, διήρκησε περίπου 5 λεπτά και ακολούθησε αποχώρηση των συμμετεχόντων, που στάθηκαν έξω από το κτίριο.
Σημειώνουμε με ανησυχία ότι:
– Η βιντεοσκόπηση απαγορεύτηκε, με επιμονή να κλείσουμε τα κινητά μας.
– Η πόρτα της αίθουσας κλειδώθηκε, αποκλείοντας την ελεύθερη είσοδο και έξοδο.
– Η αίθουσα ήταν κατάμεστη από φοιτητές, στους οποίους είχε υποσχεθεί η διοργάνωση βεβαίωση παρακολούθησης.
Στο τέλος της ημερίδας, φοιτητής–μέλος της Συντονιστικής έθεσε δημόσια ερώτηση προς την Energean. Η απάντηση που δόθηκε ήταν πως πρέπει να την αποστείλει με email για να απαντηθεί. Η ερώτηση θα σταλεί τις επόμενες ημέρες και όταν λάβουμε επίσημη απάντηση, θα τη δημοσιοποιήσουμε.
Ξεχωριστή στιγμή της εκδήλωσης ήταν η ομιλία του καθηγητή Αθανάσιου Μητρόπουλου (Τμήμα Χημείας ΔΠΘ), ο οποίος παρουσίασε με σαφήνεια και επιστημονική τεκμηρίωση τους σοβαρούς κινδύνους του έργου αποθήκευσης CO₂. Η παρουσίασή του ανέτρεψε το αφήγημα της εταιρείας και θεωρούμε σημαντικό να επιδιώξουμε συνεργασία μαζί του στο μέλλον.
Η παρουσία μας σήμερα έστειλε ένα ξεκάθαρο μήνυμα: οι φωνές αντίστασης πληθαίνουν, και οι φοιτητές αρχίζουν να προβληματίζονται. Η ενημέρωση συνεχίζεται. Η Θάσος δεν θα γίνει πειραματόζωο.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFhOyAm5dFI
https://youtu.be/brXc9-JfLEI?si=j4mOh_7iMdEPKgDA
Interviews with some of the young women arrested by Met police armed with tasers at the #YouthDemand meeting at #WestminsterMeetingHouse, a #Quaker place of worship
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/police-raid-london-quaker-meeting-house-very-worrying
Punk bands drown out fascist anti-LGBTQ+ speakers on SF State college campus
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/punk-bands-drown-out-anti-lgbtq-speakers-on-college-campus/
Solidarity with Marcy Rheintgen, the 20-year- old trans student who deliberately defied her state's fascistic and sexist bathroom restrictions in a courageous act of civil disobedience.
"I'm here to break the law" she said before entering the bathroom at the state capital. Police arrested her as she came out. She faces 60 days in jail.
In Utah, activists flooded a gender policing tip line with hoax reports. No reason you can't do that in Florida, too, and in all of the other 12 states that have these ridiculous laws.
Remember, these anti trans laws oppress ALL women including cis women, who are increasingly being told to prove their sex, like the cis lesbian couple in a Boston hotel, or the cis Arizona woman, arrested for using a Walmart bathroom. J
"Trump Eyes Deportation Pacts With Nations Unaware of Negotiations
The Trump administration is pursuing deportation agreements with countries including Angola, Benin, Eswatini, Libya, Moldova, Rwanda, and Equatorial Guinea—some of which deny any negotiations are occurring. Homeland Security deferred inquiries to the State Department, which declined to comment. A representative from Equatorial Guinea stated their embassy is unaware of any discussions"
https://newsfactsnetwork.com/news/trump-eyes-deportation-pacts-with-nations-unaware-of-negotiations/
#immigration #fascism #firsttheycamefor #protest #directaction
EDIT:
related ...
https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/114469783991819229
Direct Action 56 - May 2025
https://www.onebigunion.ie/post/direct-action-56-newsletter-of-the-iww-ireland-branch
If anybody wanted to undertake #DirectAction, targetting groups like the Federalist Society or New Civil Liberties Alliance would be an excellent place to start.
Take down the attack dogs of #WhiteSupremacy.
Why you should skip work and refuse to buy anything tomorrow, May 1:
*A General Strike is the most effective way to pressure the government to change
*Protracted General Strikes have revolutionary potential. They can bring down governments and pave the way to for libertarian communism
*Everyone else on the planet is doing it, and has been doing so since 1886, when the U.S. executed 4 anarchists on trumped up charges of throwing a bomb in Haymarket Square, during protests to establish the 8-hour work day in the U.S.
More on the #StocktonMine occupation.
Losing faith in legal process, you say?
Oh my, I wonder why?
[insert surprised face]
Younger activists turn to direct action after ‘losing faith’ in legal process
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/24/younger-activists-turn-to-direct-action-after-losing-faith-in-legal-process/