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[kropotkindersurprise]

September 21, 2020 - Ron Cobb, best known for being the production designer for several major films, has died at 83 years of age. Cobb brought to life several cantina creatures for Star Wars (1977) and came up with weaponry and sets for Conan the Barbarian (1982), the exterior and interior of the Nostromo ship in Alien (1978) and the earth colony complex in Aliens (1986), and the DeLorean time machine in Back to the Future (1985).

More interestingly, to me at least, is that in the 1960s and 70s he was a great radical political cartoonist, and sadly, many cartoons of those days are still just as relevant today. A small selection:

Rest in Peace, Ron Cobb. Find more of his cartoons here: http://roncobb.net/cartoons.html

[angry-anarcho-punk]

Ah yes. The good old ‘reverse uno card’.

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Black Panthers (Agnès Varda, 1968)

[crimethinc]

https://cwc.im/demands

We don't wait for the authorities to bring about the changes we want to see. We organize on a grassroots basis to implement those changes directly.

The prevailing institutions couldn't grant most of the things we want even if our rulers had hearts of gold. No corporate initiative is going to halt climate change; no government agency is going to stop spying on the populace; no police force is going to abolish white privilege.

In movements based in direct action, we can strike blows directly against industrial pollution, state surveillance, and institutionalized white supremacy—but only if we don’t limit ourselves to petitioning. Demand-based politics limits the entire scope of change to reforms that can be made within the logic of the existing order, sidelining us and deferring real change forever beyond the horizon.

There’s no use in asking the authorities for things they can’t grant and wouldn’t grant if they could. Nor should we give them an excuse to acquire even more power than they already have, on the pretext that they need it to be able to fulfill our demands.

Forget about presenting demands—let's start setting objectives.

[nitewrighter]

[haildiscordia]

[zombieofdrake]

Here’s dril’s candles on a graph for reference.

[scottishwobbly]

mural painted by local graffiti artist Syke in the Hilltown in Dundee, Scotland

[scottishwobbly]

Last night some fascist scumbag came down and did this:

So today a group of us have temporarily turned it into an antifascist message until the original artist can fix it.

[scottishwobbly]

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/1361381/dundee-anti-fascists-hit-back-after-white-supremacists-deface-george-floyd-tribute/

[scottishwobbly]

[scottishwobbly]

It’s starting to look like the fash are planning attacks all over the country this weekend, it’ll likely be the ususal farce from a bunch of braindead fannies, but might be a good idea to get organised and on the streets locally so we’re ready for them.

[septictankie]

[smallpoppet-deactivated20210204]

[coolxatu]

YO YOU GUYS SEATTLE

https://twitter.com/BRRN_Fed/status/1270345660617891842

[coolxatu]

oh my god

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/9/headlines/protesters_establish_autonomous_zone_around_seattle_pd_building_as_police_retreat

[coolxatu]

another article. it looks like mainstream media is saying nothing about this so far. wonder if theres a media blackout

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2020/06/09/seattle-sleepless-as-authorities-mobilise-after-locals-declare-free-zone/

[coolxatu]

https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2020/06/welcome-to-free-capitol-hill-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone-forms-around-emptied-east-precinct/

[coolxatu]

losing my mind guys

[coolxatu]

heres some pics of the claimed area

taken from first twitter link

taken from r/seattle 

[coolxatu]

another one from this morning

[foxyhendrix]

Things are moving! 

[pasdecoeur]

b99 is more culpable, actually

[pasdecoeur]

all cop shows are propoganda, but most cop shows are made for 18-49 white men who’re scared of face masks

[pasdecoeur]

b99′s target demographic, however, is young, queer and racially diverse. b99′s target demo is all the people who’re the most vulnerable to police brutality. b99′s target demo is all the folks who absolutely should never be lead to believe the way to view the cops is the way you view jake fuckin peralta.

[pasdecoeur]

[dostoyevsky-official]

when they’re telling you to vote right now, this is who they’re telling you to vote for

[daggers-drawn]

https://nypost.com/2020/06/08/biden-breaks-with-blm-movement-to-oppose-defunding-the-police

[glow-cloud--doodles]

http://chng.it/2TrMRPgFjS

Sign the Petition

STOP ICE FROM POISONING IMMIGRANTS!

Help stop the gassing of Immigrants!!

[milf-adjacent]

We need to do more than sign a petition. Don't shut up about this.

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And I oop-

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[my-nameis-jasper-deactivated202]

Not only did they use the life of a bystander, they literally pushed her car closer to use her for cover. They could have taken her out of the car, or anything else. It no they pushed her into the line of fire to die.

[chlotriflouride-deactivated2025]

Hey guys remember this

[rashfcrd]

YES BRISTOL

[collapsedsquid]

[argumate]

it’s kind of established that there is no “get out of a beatdown” role you can take other than being a cop yourself, right? media, medics, lawyers, all fair game.

[quasi-normalcy]

Turns out that cops are just dudes who really like beating the shit out of defenceless people. There’s really no other qualification.

[sonneillonv-deactivated20220218]

For those who hate lawyers I do want to point out that legal observers are sent by the National Lawyer’s Guild, which is the primary organization providing pro-bono legal defense to protesters and black community leaders who have been jailed to try to derail the movement.  So, these are not the lawyers you hate.

[lesbiansandpuns]

Just to reiterate: the entire point of NLG legal observers is to deter unlawful or improper behavior on the part of the police / law enforcement personnel–and to document such behavior, if they aren’t successful in deterring it. In the U.S., they have to be trained and certified. Their job is to help you protest to the full extent of your constitutional rights and with minimal interaction with the criminal justice system. I cannot stress the extent to which they are on your side.

[bemusedlybespectacled]

The National Lawyer’s Guild’s motto is “human rights over property interests” and was created as a direct fuck you to conservative and exclusionary bar associations. Their dues are way cheaper than other bar associations and you can join even as a jailhouse lawyer (a prisoner who teaches themselves the law to advocate for others). 

And just because this is literally my job: your negative perception of lawyers is literally propaganda. The portrayal of defense attorneys as evil for defending criminals, the idea that suing people is something only rich or very greedy people do, the complete erasure of legal aid as a thing that exists, are all designed to make you afraid to advocate for your legal rights.

[pinetreeanarchism]

They secluded him behind a wall and looked around to see if anyone was watching so they can beat him… this is why we protest

Note that one of the cops beating the man is black.

When we say all cops are bastards, we mean ALL. All cops are bad, all power is the same. Doesn’t matter who has it.

No location or date on the video.