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Protest & Resistance


Evictions = Death

Zhandarka Kurti

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Yesterday morning, two masked protestors dropped a banner from the roof of the New Orleans First City Court. It read: “Evictions = Death” Locking arms and banging on pots and pans, protestors blocked people, some of ...

“WTF is Going on in Portland Right Now?”: A Report

Pete Little

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This is a long attempt to offer some insights into the question I keep getting: WTF is going on in Portland right now? I assume I’m not alone in believing that the current wave of protest ...

The Blood on the Bricks: On Reform, Characters & The Iron City House Rockers

Mike Morgan

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First off, I want to encourage all readers to check out the new Matthew Lyons essay in the publication Three Way Fight on the ruling class strategies towards insurgency. Matthew explores the carrot and stick approach to ...

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: On The Demolition of the Symbols

Mike Morgan

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When we see something that we are used to seeing being taken away or changed, we tend to pay special attention.  In this recent upsurge against police violence, the protestors have been advocating for the removal ...

Middle of the Road

Mike Morgan

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“The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac I can’t get from the cab to the curb Without some little jerk on my back” Middle of the Road – The Pretenders During the Ariel Sharon ...

Today We Mourn

Abahlali baseMjondolo

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Hard Crackers is pleased to publish this recent message from Abahlali baseMjondolo, the Shack Dwellers Movement in South Africa.  The message was released on the anniversary of the Soweto Revolt in 1976.  We thought it would ...

“Preserving Our Capacity to Act:” An Interview with Kristian Williams

Hard Crackers Editors

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Hard Crackers:  If I understand correctly the argument you’ve made about the efficacy of riots, it’s that they impose, far more effectively than legal limits, that communities can place new limits on police brutality. That seems ...

In the Streets of Philadelphia

A lot can happen in a week. On Saturday, May 30, a beautiful sunny afternoon, we joined thousands of others at the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum to protest the murder of George Floyd by ...

Bill de Blasio: The Most Decrepit Mayor in America

John Garvey

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In the wake of days of intense protests against the murder of George Floyd on the streets of New York City, Bill de Blasio, a failed presidential candidate and now infamous bungler of the city’s response ...

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (WITHOUT GUITARS*)

Hard Crackers Editors

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On the Outside Agitators Question Governors, Mayors, Police Chiefs, and many network TV journalists with their security experts are all set on promoting the idea that the uncontainable sectors of the enormous protests that are engulfing ...