Peasant Organizer Disappeared in Chiapas

Early this morning, people dressed as members of the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) kidnapped Jose Manuel Hernandez Martinez, aka “El Chema.” El Chema is one of the leaders of the Emiliano Zapata Peasant Organization (OCEZ). Read more: OCEZ Leader Disappeared in Chiapas | | the narcosphere

Support anti-G20 activist David Japenga!

Via Break the chains: Pack the courtroom on Wednesday Sept. 30th at 8am to support David Japenga, swept up by police during the rioting that happened in Pittsburgh due to the G20. David Japenga was arrested on Thursday and was given trumped up charges blaming him for the bulk of …

The Golden Rule of Genocide: Admit Nothing

“We [Canadians] have no history of colonialism.”—Stephen Harper at the G20 in Pittsburgh Gee,what a relief. Someone should go tell the Indians, i s’pose. (thx to Firewitch for posting this.)

Locked Out 2009

LockedOut is a resource list for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, and queer prisoners in the U.S. The list is free, but stamps are always welcome. Requests for books, legal aid, or pen pals will not be answered. i am posting the 2009 list here ; please note that it is …

Report from Pittsburgh G20 Protests

Below, a report by an anarchist participant at the G20 protests in Pittsburgh (from Crimethinc): This is on-the-spot reporting just in from the first day of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, which has seen a great deal of spirited resistance and confrontation—perhaps as much as has occurred at any anarchist …

Dave Renney: Scattered thoughts on the Leninist Party and Don’s Paper

Dave Renney: In 1914 after the collapse of the 2nd International and the start of WWI, Lenin spent a year studying Hegel. His notes are published in his Abstract of Hegel’s Science of Logic. Among other things he emphasized the importance of the subjective and its relation to material conditions …

Noel Ignatiev: C.L.R. James on the Marxist Organization

Noel Ignatiev: The attached is an excerpt from an introduction I wrote to a book that is supposed to be coming out this year containing two articles by CLR James. I am submitting it with two aims in mind: (1) to correct a misreading of James that has gained currency …