Six weeks since Trump's inauguration, there is less and less question as to whether or not Trump and Musk are pursuing a coup. The forces of normalization are failing in the face of the destructive and unstrategic behavior of King Leer and his Nazi speed-freak CEO. Nevertheless, the
Change is a practice, not an event. Here's a guide on how to get started changing this world.
Silicon Valley isn't giving in to fascism, it's inheriting a fascist social world it already built.
The DOGE boys have a coup party
But it will be easiest if we attack now
Nitrate Fires
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.
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
Even the horrors are mid
Podcasts
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
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
Nitrate Fires
Gladiator II and Hollywood's fascist drift
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