No War But Class War

thegreenurbanist: View from the Montrose Brown Line...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:36:51 -0500

View from the Montrose Brown Line station.

Wow looks like someone did what should be done to every empty lot in the city. Very cool, it’s a start.

"As for politics, I’m an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can’t stand caged..."

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:56:40 -0500

“As for politics, I’m an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can’t stand caged animals. People must be free.”

- Charlie Chaplin. (via anarchyagogo)

Photo

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:25:27 -0500

thepeoplesrecord: Referring to Bradley as Breanna ManningJune...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:54:53 -0500

thepeoplesrecord:

Referring to Bradley as Breanna Manning
June 27, 2012

As The People’s Record continues to cover whistleblower news relating to Wikileaks and Breanna Manning, many readers have had questions about us referring to Pfc. Manning as “Breanna.”

Breanna Manning, also known as Bradley, was arrested in May 2010 in Kuwait for releasing thousands of classified cables to Wikileaks. However, once the Army intelligence analyst was arrested, her greatest fears weren’t a life sentence or years in solitary confinement.

In June 2010, conversations between Manning and former hacker Adrian Lamo were released to the public and offered insight into the whistleblower’s involvement with Wikileaks.

She also confided in Lamo that she was having gender identity issues and feared being publicized as a man.

“I wouldn’t mind going to prison for the rest of my life, or being executed so much, if it wasn’t for the possibility of having pictures of me… plastered all over the world press… as boy…” (Source)

A few days after Manning had confided in Lamo, she was arrested in Kuwait after Lamo informed the FBI and the Army about the leaked cables.

Manning has been held in conditions classified by Amnesty International as “inhumane,” including 23 hours in solitary confinement each day, daily strip searches and deprivation of pillows, sheets and often times clothing and her glasses. Manning has lived in these conditions since July 2010 for exposing war crimes, corruption, civilian murders and human rights violations, but has not been convicted of any crime. She is currently being charged with “transferring classified data” and “delivering national defense information to an unauthorized source.”

Perhaps widely acknowledging Manning’s transgender identity would have exposed her to more violence and an even more unfair trial. But The People’s Record feels it is vital to cover news surrounding the trial in the way in which she identifies – as a transgender woman. For clarification, we will always mention that Breanna is more widely known as Bradley, but in order to justly and accurately portray the struggle for truth, we will continue to recognize her transgender identity.

Breanna Manning currently faces a potential life sentence for her heroism in bringing justice to victims of war and exploitation all over the world.

- G. Razo

this article was worded a lot nicer than I usually put it. I’m usually like “hey her name is breanna and if you would like to continue this discussion just don’t and go fuck yourself.”

fuckyeahtattoos: devin cardosi - bridgeport tattoo co. in...

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:51:38 -0500

fuckyeahtattoos:

devin cardosi - bridgeport tattoo co. in chicago.

Yeahhhh that’s my boy devin!!! Go go go blow up tumblr!!!

shannonwest: oh karl I’ve got a surplus boner for this...

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:24:19 -0500

shannonwest:

oh karl

I’ve got a surplus boner for this meme if you know what I mean.

"Wow just saw a bike rider get clipped by a car car stop said wtf to the biker and try to drive away..."

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:55:44 -0500

““Wow just saw a bike rider get clipped by a car car stop said wtf to the biker and try to drive away biker broke back window of car then car cases after biker in revers car hits street light.””

- Chicago FB friend’s status (via thegreenurbanist)

how it’s done. hope the cyclist is ok.

I shit everywhere when she walked into the room.

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:21:52 -0500

I shit everywhere when she walked into the room.

thegreenurbanist: citymaus: via stevencanplan, 17.01.12. In...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:54:08 -0500

thegreenurbanist:

citymaus:

via stevencanplan, 17.01.12.

In most cities the law is that a bicyclist has 3ft (sometimes 4ft) of space between the riders right side & the car door. Take the space you are entitled to.

This is why I’m not only upgrading to a 3 piece crank from an old ashtabula 1 piece, but also getting a loud ass bell.

breeatlast: From my brutal-yet-delicious vegan cupcake baking...

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:15:31 -0500

breeatlast:

From my brutal-yet-delicious vegan cupcake baking marathon, today. Chocolate stout crumble and banana split cupcakes. Yeah.

i will be eating the fuck out of these in t-minus 7 hours.

Seventy-five years since the Memorial Day Massacre

Wed, 30 May 2012 11:59:08 -0500

Seventy-five years since the Memorial Day Massacre:

kropotkinskayastation:

“On May 30, 1937, Memorial Day, Chicago police opened fire on unarmed workers demonstrating against Republic Steel in the midst of the “Little Steel” strike of 1937, killing 10 people and wounding dozens more. Most of the workers were shot in the back as they fled. Another 28 were injured by police clubbing, 9 of them permanently disabled.

In the wake of the massacre, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt—a Democrat and purportedly a “friend of labor”—pointedly refused to condemn the murders or intervene in the strike in favor of the steel workers’ union federation, then called the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO), which had backed him in the 1936 elections. (The following year, the CIO would be transformed into the Congress of Industrial Organizations.) Roosevelt instead issued his infamous “plague on both your houses” remark, largely blaming the workers for the violence.”

Yup

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:56:23 -0500

Yup

Tired of wars, anarchist seeks new social order

Mon, 21 May 2012 05:22:33 -0500

Tired of wars, anarchist seeks new social order:

breeatlast:

“John Slavin, 30, teaches chemistry at City Colleges, performs post-doctoral research as a visiting scholar at Northwestern University and lives in Logan Square with his partner and their soon-tobe 1-year-old child. He’s also an anarchist. Slavin seeks nothing less than the overthrow of our current social order. ”

blackcatfactory: Things began smoothly at 8am. We waited just...

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:56:36 -0500

riot duck

riot squirrel

safety packs

pins

dwindling supplies

friends wearing bandannas

blackcatfactory:

Things began smoothly at 8am. We waited just outside of Grant Park with supplies and met some ducks and a squirrel.

Around 11, we set up and began handing out safety packs which contained vinegar, earplugs, a paper towel, all wrapped in a bandanna. Everyone was receptive and appreciative, and word spread quickly.

A quick thanks to everyone who came today and enjoyed what we had to offer. We’ll gladly do it again in the future.

We joined the black bloc for the march and were part of the initial clash with police as we attempted to head east rather than the directed west. Injuries were sustained from police with clubs.

There was an old woman with a walker next to me. Everyone was trying to help her out, but she didn’t want to leave. She remained at the front of the lines yelling, “We’re not afraid!”

We’d like to think that our safety packs played a role in strengthening the black bloc by providing more people with the materials to participate, especially the bandannas.

No major incidents on our end, a comrade in jail, but we hope all are well and safe. We’ll update as more projects come up.