The Ex-Worker

The Rebel Girl goes over the last week of anti-colonial, anti-#ThingsTaken actions across Turtle Island. The anti-fracking blockade in Olympia is going strong, opening up space for struggle and churning out innumerable demands. Anarchists in Chile demonstrate what anti-electoral action looks like, and decentralized mutual aid is spreading across Puerto Rico. Stay tuned until the end for updates on the first J20 trial and a new guide to supporting the defendants. We also have announcements for anarchist book fairs, marches, and other calls to action. {November 29th, 2017}

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• Table of Contents:
  • Introduction {0:00}
  • Headlines {2:15}
  • No thanks given for #ThingsTaken {9:45}
  • Olympia Blockade {13:30}
  • Repression Roundup {20:45}
  • Next Week’s News {26:15}
• The New Orleans Anarchist Bookfair Saturday, December 9 from 11 AM to 5 PM at Clouet Gardens, near the corner of Clouet Street and Royal, New Orleans
• J20 support resources:
  • Seven Things You Can Do to Support the J20 Defendants As the Trials Get Underway
  • J20 Legal Defense Fund
  • Sub.media’s Defend J20 Resistance info video
  • Twitter
  • Fed book
  • Agency: The J20 Case, What You Need to Know
• [Call-in campaign to #DropJ20]: Call Mayor Bowser’s Office at 202–727–6263. Find a sample script to use here.
• January 20, 2018: Build the Base, Take the Initiative. A Call to Expand Our Capacity
• Antifa: The Anti-fascist Handbook book tour:
  • Bowdoin College on November 29
  • The University of Southern Maine on November 30
  • The Harvard Coop in Cambridge, MA on December 1 7 PM
  • 1400 Mass Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
  • Phoenix Books in Burlington, VT on December 5 7 PM
  • 191 Bank St, Burlington, VT 05401
• Here are our favorite communiqués from the Olympia blockade so far:
  • 20 demands from the Olympia Commune
  • Commune Against Civilization: Dispatches from Olympia Blockade
  • Commune Against Civilization: Dispatch #2 from Olympia Blockade
  • How do We turn Olympia Stand into the Olympia Commune?
  • Donate to the Olympia Stand here.
• Puerto Rico’s DIY Disaster Relief by Molly Crabapple
• Check out the support poster for the Vaughn Correctional prison rebels, and write them an uplifting letter while you’re at it. Use this prisoner letter writing guide.
• Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement’s new Support Through the Walls prison literature distribution campaign.
• Support Peike from Amsterdam, one of the prisoners from the G20 resistance in Germany.
• The Cascadia Forest Defenders are fighting against the Goose Timber Sale of 2,500 acres of the Willamette National Forest in Oregon. Go here to donate to their struggle or find out how to get involved.
• Black Snake Killaz, Unicorn Riot’s brand new documentary about the indigenous-led resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016.
• Anti-Rape and Police Abolition march in New York City November 30 6:30 PM, Washington Square Park, New York City
• The Transgender Day of Remembrance website
• Hudson Valley Earth First! is hosting an action camp from December 1–4. RSVP or ask questions by emailing hudsonvalleyearthfirst[at]riseup[dot]net or by going to hudsonvalleyearthfirst.org.
• Other anarchist podcast episodes mentioned in this Hotwire:
  • Trouble #7: No Permission Needed covers the autonomous, mutual aid relief efforts in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
  • Trouble #8: Hack the World
  • Hotwire #12 has our anarchist argument against standardized time.
  • The Ex-Worker #57: Reports from the G20 in Hamburg
  • This episode of The Final Straw has interviews with Cascadia Forest Defenders about their anti-logging occupation in the Willamette National Forest.
• CrimethInc. texts mentioned in this Hotwire:
  • Scout Schultz: Remembering Means Fighting; Mourning a Queer Activist and Anarchist Murdered by the Police
  • Why We Don’t Make Demands
  • DON’T TRY TO BREAK US–WE’LL EXPLODE. The 2017 G20 and the Battle of Hamburg: A Full Account and Analysis
• The 2018 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar is now available! Your group can buy 10 or more at the rate of $10 each. Single issues are available from LeftWingBooks.net and AK Press. This year’s theme is “Awakening Resistance,” and features art and writings by Jesus Barraza, Fight Toxic Prisons, Serena Tang, Andrea Ritchie, Roger Peet, Sophia Dawson, Rasmea Support Committee, EE Vera, Herman Bell, Fernando Marti, Alexandra Valiente, Billie Belo, Arlene Gallone Support Committee, Marius Mason, David Gilbert, UB Topia, April Rosenblum, Design Action Collective, Sundiata Acoli, CrimethInc, Annie Banks, Mutope Duguma, Xinachtli, Zola and more. You can sponsor copies for prisoners for only $8, postage included! Just be sure to specify their full legal name and prisoner number. Any questions can be sent to info@certaindays.org.
• Ongoing grassroots disaster relief efforts:
  • Florida: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief
  • Texas: Bayou Action Street Health, Greater Houston Grassroots Relief, World on My Shoulders, Austin Common Ground, the Black Women’s Defense League, Redneck Revolt Houston, West Street Response Team, Houston Food Not Bombs
  • California: Sonoma County IWW wildfire rebuilding fund
  • Puerto Rico: Submedia’s grassroots disaster relief support, Hurricane Maria Community Recovery Fund, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: here and here. Also, check out Mutual Aid Disaster Relief’s website for on-the-ground reports from Puerto Rico.
  • Mexico: Oaxaca Earthquake Autonomous Solidarity Campaign