Anarchy in Joshua Tree

"It is those same government-funded charities that push the narrative that “kindness kills” as they tout for your donations. Do not believe them. Apathy and austerity kill. Your kindness saves lives."

"The effort involved much more than just paying an individual’s bail. There were re-entry experts and social workers waiting at Rikers Island to meet those released and to immediately connect them with services."

"Almost all of the popular evangelical songs that incorporate the Magnificat stop after the first few verses"

Of course there is the Psalters version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT8VoWX2238

A pre-John Brown Gun Club activist on no longer liking guns.

A nice open-source presentation of Kropotkin's The Conquest of Bread.

Nice video about the 1921 Tulsa race riots.

Uses Brazil's 2013 uprising as an example of how the labour union's fears of the far-right danger becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Good report on abusive Denver-area cops.

One of my favorite Chris Hedges articles I've read (though most of it is Cone quotes):

"The lynching tree is America’s cross. What happened to Jesus in Jerusalem happened to blacks in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Kentucky. Lynched black bodies are symbols of Christ’s body. If we want to understand what the crucifixion means for Americans today, we must view it through the lens of mutilated black bodies whose lives are destroyed in the criminal justice system. Jesus continues to be lynched before our eyes. He is crucified wherever people are tormented. That is why I say Christ is black."

I enjoyed these first-person reflections by the author who was visiting her home in France during Acte IV of the protests.

"A 1990s pop hit reveals how the Adams feel about capitalism."

This article by Aaron Lake Smith was one of the first I read on Jacobin, and still one of my favorites.

"There’s that song, the one about getting knocked down and then getting back up again, but their body of work is like an iceberg; the bulk of it is submerged below the surface, difficult to get a hold of."

This is a good account of the 1981 Brixton riots (but leads to a page linking to a large 90MB PDF).

"By doing away with single-family zoning, the city takes on high rent, long commutes, and racism in real estate in one fell swoop."

I try to stay away from cities, but I was recently in both Phoenix and Denver and saw for the first time those electric scooters that are everywhere that you can rent with a phone app.

"The following was written shortly after my arrest..."

A local news account of the eviction of the young Housing and Dignity Village in Oakland. (https://thevillageinoakland.org)

More details reported in this Twitter thread:
https://twitter.com/Indybay/status/1070822320300683265

CrimethInc's analysis of the Yellow Vest movement and the conundrum it presents to anarchists.