For eight years, liberal politicians and pundits have counted on legal strategies to stop Donald Trump. Now that Trump has gained control of the executive and legislative branches of government and is consolidating control of the judicial branch, this isn't just naïve—it's counterproductive. It is past time to stop legitimizing the means they will use to repress resistance and focus on strategies that make use of the power we have when we act together, directly.

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Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace

Neither courts nor laws will suffice to halt the descent into autocracy. Massive numbers of people will have to take direct action on their own ini...

Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace

CrimethInc.

Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace

Neither courts nor laws will suffice to halt the descent into autocracy. Massive numbers of people will have to take direct action on their own ini...

As Donald Trump and Elon Musk subordinate the United States government to their pursuit of totalitarian power, their opponents remain in a defensive posture, accusing them of lawlessness. But neither courts nor laws will halt the descent into autocracy. Massive numbers of people will have to take it upon themselves to organize concrete acts of resistance, to take direct action on a horizontal and participatory basis—in other words, to become anarchists. 🏴 🏴 🏴

Those who imagine that they can simply keep their heads down and wait out the Trump administration are deluding themselves. This is exactly what Russians told themselves during the rise of Vladimir Putin. Trump seeks autocratic power. He won't be satisfied with minor concessions. He will take everything he can. If you do not fight now, you will have to fight later, when he has accumulated more power and you are in a weaker position. Learn a lesson from anarchist organizing. The first compromise is the last one.

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Eight Simple Steps towards Revolution

Over the winter, the social momentum that picked up with the occupation of Zuccotti Park has predictably cooled. We can be sure that conflict will ...

Using the market to exploit us and state violence to control us, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trying to consolidate power in the hands of a billionaire elite. They want to establish a totalitarian dystopia in which artificial intelligence does away with our livelihoods while killer robots keep us in line. By targeting undocumented people and trans people, they hope to channel anger towards those who are most vulnerable while they get away with murder. Neither the Democrats nor the court system will help us. The Democrats identified Trump as a fascist, then welcomed him into office. Trump already controls the highest court in the land; his lackeys dominate the legislative branch. The only thing that could stop them is widespread resistance. Get together with the people that you trust. Build networks with others who feel the way you feel. Identify weak points in the ruling order and look for ways to go on the offensive. When Trump tried to impose the Muslim ban in 2017, thousands blocked airports across the country. When millions filled the streets in 2020, Trump lost. We can’t vote out an unelected authoritarian billionaire, but we can deal with Elon Musk by cutting off his profits at the source. Start by taking action at Tesla outlets 2/15 & 3/1. Print flier:

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Depose Trump // Depose Musk

Using the market to exploit us and state violence to control us, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trying to consolidate power in the hands of a billi...

People have begun demonstrating at Tesla outlets against the agenda of Elon Musk and other tech billionaires who are seeking to consolidate power under Donald Trump. Some have held signs and chanted outside dealerships. Some have created disruptions inside. A Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado has been vandalized three times in the past three months, with red spray paint across the windshields and broken glass in the lot. Last year, in Germany, some anarchists blocked the expansion of the Tesla Gigafactory by occupying the adjacent forest; other anarchists used direct action to shut down power supply to the factory. Musk and his cronies are concentrating power in their hands through the market as well as through the apparatus of the state. In both of those contexts, the cards are stacked against us. They hope we will remain passive as they exploit us and profit at our expense. But it is a mistake to be passive.

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Germany: The Fight against the Tesla Gigafactory

An interview with forest occupiers resisting the expansion of a Tesla factory and a translation of a statement by a group that shut down the power ...

If you are attending demonstrations against ICE or organizing in your community against deportations, please print out copies of this zine to share. You can download the PDFs in English or Spanish here:

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Strategizing to Stop Mass Deportations

You can read the entire text of this zine here; in fact, it is the appendix of this article, and also appears at the end of this zine.

Attacking the undocumented is a way to expand the apparatus of repression, which will used against more and more people. Resist techno-fascism!

You can extinguish tear gas canisters! Wearing gloves, submerge the canister in a wide-mouthed water jug containing baking soda, dish soap, and/or vegetable oil—3 tablespoons of each per liter of water. Cover the top with one hand, just enough to keep the gas from getting out, and shake the jug. Never seal a bottle containing an active tear gas canister—you don't want it to explode. One role you could play at demonstrations is to show up prepared to protect your fellow human beings from toxic gas, in case the mercenaries deploy it. You can learn more here:

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A Demonstrator’s Guide to Understanding Riot Munitions

An extensive guide to less-lethal police weaponry—including chemical weapons and impact munitions—and how to defend against and treat their eff...

It's Safer in the Front Faced with intensifying repression and state violence, there is an understandable inclination to seek safety by avoiding confrontation. But this is not always the most effective strategy.

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It's Safer in the Front

Faced with intensifying repression and state violence, there is an understandable inclination to seek safety by avoiding confrontation. But this is...

“Counterintuitively, in a confusing situation, often the best, if not safest, place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.”

Thirteen years ago today—during a demonstration in Oakland, California, one participant demonstrates the proper meaning of "armchair anarchist." 🏴 https://crimethinc.com/contradictionary

I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death; I am not on his payroll. I will not tell him the whereabouts of my friends nor of my enemies either. Though he promise me much, I will not map him the route to any man’s door. Am I a spy in the land of the living, that I should deliver men to Death? Brother, the password and the plans of our city are safe with me; never through me Shall you be overcome. -Edna St. Vincent Millay