This episode offers an audio version of “<a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2025/01/28/its-safer-in-the-front-taking-the-offensive-against-tyranny">It’s Safer in the Front</a>,” making the case that seeking safety by avoiding confrontation is not likely to be an effective strategy in a time of escalating political conflict. {February 25, 2025} -------SHOW NOTES------   <ul> <li>Table of Contents <ul> <li>Introduction {0:30}</li> <li>My Friend’s Grandfather {1:11}</li> <li>“Summit of the Americas,” Québec City, April 20, 2001 {3:41}</li> <li>George W. Bush’s Second Inauguration, Washington, DC, January 20, 2005 {5:10}</li> <li>Democratic National Convention, Denver, August 25, 2008 {6:34}</li> <li>Donald Trump’s First Inauguration, Washington, DC, January 20, 2017 {8:59}</li> <li>Block Cop City, Atlanta, November 13, 2023 {13:11}</li> <li>Conclusion {18:33}</li> </ul> </li> <li> This episode offers an audio version of “<a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2025/01/28/its-safer-in-the-front-taking-the-offensive-against-tyranny">It’s Safer in the Front</a>,” published by CrimethInc. on January 28, 2025. The article version includes a variety of hyperlinks offering more documentation about the events referred. </li> <li> To learn more about the mobilization against the “Summit of the Americas” in Québec City in 2001, read <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2021/04/19/the-revolutionary-anti-capitalist-offensive-anarchists-confront-the-summit-of-the-americas-april-2001"> this</a>. To learn more about the movement against capitalist globalization, of which it was a part, you could start <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2021/11/30/epilogue-on-the-movement-against-capitalist-globalization-22-years-after-n30-what-it-can-teach-us-today"> here</a>. You could also read David Graeber’s <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2020/09/03/the-shock-of-victory-an-essay-by-david-graeber-and-a-eulogy-for-him"> reflections</a> on the movement. </li> <li> To learn more about the demonstrations against George W. Bush’s second inauguration, read <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2017/01/17/no-more-presidents-a-narrative-from-the-2005-inauguration"> this</a>. For more background on the history of anarchist protest activity against presidential inaugurations across the decades, you could start <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2017/01/16/whoever-they-vote-for-we-are-ungovernable-a-history-of-anarchist-counter-inaugural-protest"> here</a>. </li> <li> To learn more about the mobilization against the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in 2008, read <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2009/05/05/going-it-alone">this</a>. </li> <li> To learn more about the anarchist demonstration against Donald Trump’s first inauguration, read <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2019/01/22/analysis-anarchist-resistance-to-the-trump-inauguration-learning-from-the-events-of-january-20-2017"> this</a>. To learn about how the arrestees used solidarity to win a historic victory over the charges brought against them, start <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2019/01/30/weve-got-your-back-the-story-of-the-j20-defense-an-epic-tale-of-repression-and-solidarity"> here</a>. You could also read <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2017/01/30/making-the-best-of-mass-arrests-12-lessons-from-the-kettle-during-the-j20-protests"> this text</a> about what to do when kettled. And to get a sense of what it was like on the streets that day, don’t miss the <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2019/01/18/j20-protest-simulator-choose-your-own-adventure-in-the-streets-and-courts-of-washington-dc"> J20 protest simulator</a>! </li> <li> For background on the movement to stop Cop City in Atlanta, start <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2022/04/11/the-city-in-the-forest-reinventing-resistance-for-an-age-of-ecological-collapse-and-police-militarization"> here</a>; to learn about the Block Cop City mobilization, read <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2023/12/12/dont-stop-continuing-the-fight-against-cop-city-six-more-months-in-the-movement-to-defend-the-forest"> this</a>. Finally, <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2023/09/05/understanding-the-rico-charges-in-atlanta-a-sweeping-indictment-seeks-to-criminalize-protest-itself"> this article</a> explores the trumped up charges brought against arrestees in the movement. </li> <li> For background on the anti-fascist resistance to the “Unite the Right” rally, read <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2024/08/11/charlottesville-revisited-2017-to-2024-what-can-a-moment-of-peril-tell-us-about-our-own-dangerous-times"> these reflections</a>. To learn about the Kronstadt revolt, you could start <a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2021/03/03/the-kronstadt-uprising-a-full-chronology-and-archive-including-a-view-from-within-the-revolt"> here</a>. </li> <li>Finally, for further reading in this category, try “<a href= "https://crimethinc.com/2018/03/22/we-fight-because-we-like-it-maintaining-our-morale-against-seemingly-insurmountable-odds">We Fight because We Like It: Maintaining Our Morale against Seemingly Insurmountable Odds</a>.”</li> </ul>

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