Vicky Osterweil - CAW Journal (Page 2)

A group of nerdy 7 young white guys (and one girl) in lanyards in a hotel room drinking and partying.

There is a Room in DC

The DOGE boys have a coup party

A black and white pencil illustration of the French cavalry on the streets during Napoleon III's 1851 coup

We Will Outlive Them

But it will be easiest if we attack now

A screenshot from The Wolf Man with the protagonist, Christopher Abbott, with a werewolf in the window behind him

Nitrate Fires

The Wolf(man) at our Door

I've been wanting to write all week, some analysis of the current situation, maybe something inspiring and helpful around organizing and orienting ourselves, but I've only really been able to do so on bluesky, thoughts in tiny bursts, with immediate feedback loops of endorphins and positivity.

a picture of a bright red fire engine sitting in front of the shells of a number of burned out houses, all in grey rubble

Disaster Looting and the LA Fires

As the fires began to get under control in LA, news media started reporting on arrests for looting, and in particular the presence of the military police "maintaining order" in the overwhelmingly non-white and poor Altadena. I wrote about the use of looting panic as a form of

a filtered image of the cybertruck bomb on fire outside Trump towers, credit to @renegadecut on bsky for the filter

I Was Promised a More Aesthetically Pleasing Cyberpunk Dystopia

Even the horrors are mid

Podcasts

Propaganda of the Deed

Vicky goes on Death Panel podcast to discuss organizing in this moment, the launch of CAW, and the murder of the coward Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione

The Crows are Coming

Hi everybody! I'm very very excited to tell you about a new project I'm starting with some of my favorite writers and creators in the whole world: CAW Journal, an anarchist journal of arts and culture. Caw is a Collective of Autonomous Writers, a Corvid Appreciation

two men on each side of the screen in roman battle armor fighting with roman swords from Gladiator II

Nitrate Fires

Make Gladiating Great Again

Gladiator II and Hollywood's fascist drift

A protestor in gas mask and goggles swings a tennis racket to hit back a tear gas cannister bouncing in the air

Let's Get Started

In winter 2015/2016, as folks prepared to face whatever was coming from the first Trump administration, a call went out across social media to "join an organization". Once moribund groups that had barely survived from the 70s were suddenly full of excited young organizers ready to push

A meme electoral map which features Harris and Trump at 0 and the entire map filled in gold for Shy Guy

On Being Loudly, Publicly Wrong

Some self reflection, some perspectives for the future. Alas for me, I not only convinced myself that I would never have to think about Trump again because he was going to lose this election, but I loudly broadcast it to all who would listen. While most of my comrades correctly

City on a Shill

The Internal Consumption Engine of the American Reich The grift has almost run its course. Even the combined forces of the New York Times, The Washington Post, the Gannett papers group, The Atlantic, CNN, NBC, 538, the nation's pollsters, the Substack intelligensia and all the rest can no

Free HRT On Demand Without Apology

Thing have been quiet here at All Cats Are Beautiful as I went in to the final push to finish the second draft of my Extended Universe manuscript and have since submission been on a road trip. But I wanted to share a little piece of writing that weve produced