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the world IS on fire

Posted on 2023/04/24 - 2023/04/25 by unsalted

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last friday [April 14th], five fire alarms were pulled at university of michigan buildings simultaneously. the buildings were those with the most students in class, and the action was done in solidarity with the striking graduate students. trans people are being attacked from all sides and it is time that someone raised the alarm. love to every graduate student putting their job on the line for a better world, every u of m member who does not cross a picket line to side with the abusers, and to every queer and trans person who refuses to assimilate. rage at human resources, at scabs, and biggots.

xoxo

University of Michigan Career Fair Disrupted Over Military Recruiters

Posted on 2023/02/10 - 2023/02/10 by unsalted

Rally-goers hold banners reading "No Camp Grayling Expansion", "Land Back", and "All Out Against Empire" in front of the Michigan Union building

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On Wednesday February 9, 2023, the University of Michigan welcomed a variety of military and government recruiters into its Career Fair in Ann Arbor. The U.S. Navy, the National Security Agency, and other militaristic organizations, were provided stands to promote US imperialism and occupation– and to recruit many young students to their ranks.

In protest, a series of disruptions against these recruiters took place throughout the day. Multiple people pushed passed the registration desk carrying banners that said “Stop Camp Grayling” and chanting “No prisons, no borders, fuck your law and order”, emphasizing the Army’s plan to expand an already massive and environmentally-damaging National Guard training facility in Grayling, Michigan. The actions converged in a rally outside of the career fair, where protesters chanted “Stop Cop City” and “Fascist, racist all the way, US army, go away!” and passed out flyers to incoming students to warn them against working for the US war machine.

Another group sprayed red food coloring on the NSA and U.S. Navy displays, and were then detained for several hours while the U of M police refused to give information about their whereabouts or status to concerned friends and supporters. They were eventually released, but this just demonstrates how the University of Michigan continues to support the military industrial complex by unlawfully holding detainees for extended time and refusing to provide information on them to outsiders.

We will not stand by while the University of Michigan continues to support and help recruit people into the US military-industrial complex. We will not stand by while the state expands its capacity to brutally repress our communities by expanding Camp Grayling in Michigan and building Cop City in Atlanta.

2, 4, 6, 8, FUCK THE POLICE STATE

tortuguita mourned in ann arbor- cars painted and tires slashed

Posted on 2023/02/04 - 2023/02/10 by unsalted

Masked demonstrators on a snowy sidewalk hold a hand-painted banner reading "Rest In Power Tortugita, Forest Defender, Murdered By Police, #stopcopcity #justicefortort"

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last saturday, a crowd of 100 people gathered in front of the merrill lynch office building to share memories, tears, and vengence for tortuguita. the crowd was a militant throng, mostly in black from head to toe. the march took state street and then paraded behind a porsche dealership, which funds the atlanta police foundation. the crowd riotously engaged in expressions of grief, including spray painting fancy cars and slashing the tires of 40+ cars waiting to be sold. signs were left behind at porsche and merrill lynch stating “cop city will never be built” and “you fund police murder”. no arrests were made.

people discussed the cop city project, and how direct action can locally be taken to stop it. stopreevesyoung.com was discussed as a resource listing the companies (and the people who run them) who profit off of the murder of tortuguita. stopapf.noblogs.org lists the companies who fund this murder and desire to fund more police killings of us and our loved ones.

we love you tort, and we will never stop fighting for the world you believe in.

Atlas Offices Redecorated

Posted on 2023/01/24 by unsalted

Office building windows, vandalized with acid-etching paint, read "Justice 4 Tort", "RIP TORT" and have a circle-a

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From so-called Novi, MI:

On the Night of Rage (January 20) the Detroit MI Atlas offices were artfully decorated with acid-etching paint. Hope you had fun discovering that your windows are totally fucked, you shitheads. Atlas, until you stop supporting Cop City, there will be no safe corner for you on Turtle Island.

We did this in Tortuguita’s name. We love you, friend, and will never stop fighting. Love and rage to all those fighting in Atlanta.

-Your friends up north

Over 100 Trees Spiked in Opposition to Camp Grayling

Posted on 2022/12/18 by unsalted

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Over the past 2 weeks more than 100 trees in and around the proposed camp grayling expansion area were spiked, namely forests managed by the grayling and gaylord department of natural resources. Spikes of various sizes were placed at various heights in red pine plantations (not necessarily marked for cut) and areas marked for cutting. To avoid worker injury we insist that all trees in Crawford, otsega, Roscommon, and kalkaska be thoroughly checked for spikes before cutting. We are very concerned about these worker’s safeties and wellbeings.

To ensure our claims are taken seriously, we have marked a stand of red pine in a dnr managed campground to demonstrate we are not bluffing. The bathroom is tagged and a few trees are tagged with a white s.

These trees were spiked as an opposition to camp grayling and the Michigan DNR. We will not sit idylly while the military industrial complex expands and the world and it’s people are destroyed by extraction.

We urge Michigan department of national resources to reject the proposal to expand camp grayling, to end cooperation with camp grayling, and to give landback.

Please, stop camp grayling and cop cities everywhere

Atlas Technical Consultants Office in Novi Attacked in Solidarity with Defend the Atlanta Forest

Posted on 2022/12/17 by unsalted

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Solidarity With Struggle In Atlanta And Comrades Denied Bail For Their Nonviolent Direct Action Of Tree Sitting

If The State Responds To Nonviolent Protest With Violence, What Motivation Do We Have To Remain Peaceful? Over The Past Ten Years And Especially Since The Uprising In Summer ‘20 Protestors Have Been Met With Increasingly Militarized Police Repression. The Explicit Purpose Of Cop City Includes Training For Suppression Of Mass Protests By Physical Violence And Chemical Warfare. Instead Of Funding A Live-Able Social Safety Net, Atlanta Politicians Voted Against Public Interest To Create A Cop Playground. Atlas Technical Consultants Is One Of The Private Companies Propped Up By This Corrupt Scheme.

Last Night We Visited An Atlas Office In Novi Michigan. We Smashed Their Front Windows And Poured Paint At Their Doorstep. Unfortunately The Double Reinforced Panes Were Chalenging To Get Through—We Heard Someone Else Successfully Shattered Them Some Months Ago—But Damage Was Done Despite This.

No Cop City In Atlanta, No Cop Cities Anywhere! Violent Dranged Bastards From All Over The Country Would Travel To Atlanta For Training So We Must Travel To Defend Against Their Active Threats. This Fight Affects All Of Us, Coast To Coast And Around The World. From Grayling To Atlanta, Love And Rage.