The Red Anvil – 25 years since 9/11

heatwaves reblog

WHOA: Working Class & Houseless Organizing Alliance

What is ICE? Why Does It Exist? and How Do We Fight It?

What is ICE? The United States government will tell us ICE is a law enforcement agency born out of the combination of investigative and interior enforcement elements of the former U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Their mission is to “protect America through criminal investigations and enforcing immigration laws to preserve national […]

What is ICE? Why Does It Exist? and How Do We Fight It?

Moving Beyond Spontaneity and Preparing for Conscious Struggle

by Comrade Khalov “Strikes are the principal instrument for the struggle for demands and the general strike is a compliment to insurrection.” 2026 has already been a tumultuous and desperate year for the ruling class—more so for the working class. On one hand we are witnessing the most brutal suppression of counter-protesters; a larger increase […]

Moving Beyond Spontaneity and Preparing for Conscious Struggle

Campañas Psicológicas con Perfiles Falsos en Redes Sociales

night stuff

Due to 23 years with current employer with much of it involving driving between 2 and 6 AM, I often wake up at 2 AM even when off work.

It’s a curse but also a beautiful time of the day.

I’ve met a lot of people I’ve liked within those hours with the nighttime hotel departures, coffee stops, fuel, pissing, etc.

I’m ready to stop, though, but OK for a few more years, maybe, depending on mind and body.

I watch the world in the darkness. Vampiristic awe with decent overtime.

IMLD

To observe, I meditate on it for a few each year. Coming up on Wednesday, 20 Feb. 2024.

International Mother Language Day 🌐 🗣️

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day

hash, coffee, and tobacco

Fictional story.

We were at a cliffside bar in Tangier overlooking the sea. He offered me some hash to smoke, saying, “go ahead, nobody here cares.”

I didn’t feel like getting fucked up during the day, so I declined and lit a Turkish “camel dung” tobacco cigarette instead while sipping a sweet Turkish coffee.

A serene moment with a friend who has since reappeared.

halloween is up

I put out some of the Halloween decor today. If it’s like some years, it will stay until there’s an immediate swap out for the Christmas.