John Garvey

John Garvey is part of the editorial group of Hard Crackers and a co-editor of Insurgent Notes.

[Ross Wolfe @rosswolfe]

Revisiting the late great Loren Goldner's outstanding essay collection Vanguard of Retrogression, which defended Marxist theory during the ascendance of French poststructuralism. Hoping to write on it for the next issue of Insurgent Notes. Full PDF here:
https://t.co/a1gltgjnbO

[The SNCC Legacy Project @SNCCLegacy]

After a long illness, our Bernice passed away Tuesday July 16, 2024, to what must surely be a better and promised land.

We cling to this belief in our sorrow. Part of what that means is that she is still with us, lodged within our souls.

[About Face: Veterans Against the War @VetsAboutFace]

This morning outside the Israeli army’s recruitment center in Tel Hashomer, three young conscientious objectors are refusing the draft. In their words, “refuse to be complicit in genocide.”

[Hard Crackers: Chronicles of Everyday Life @Hard_Crackers]

On Saturday, August 10th starting at 6pm, the contributors of the 🔥new book, Three Way Fight will be at Pilsen Community Books discussing antifascist organizing from the 1980s and 1990s to the political upheavals of the twenty-first century.

Come thru!

[Free Boris Kagarlitsky International Campaign @2024borisk]

Ilya Budraitsikis writes: Yesterday's prisoner exchange is a huge event, the significance of which has several dimensions.

The first is humanitarian and human. The lives of Ilya Yashin, Lilia Chanysheva, Oleg Orlov and other political prisoners have been threatened for the past two years. Indirect forms of torture have been applied to them, and the necessary medical care has been deliberately withheld. In order to further assess the nature of these cruel abuses of the Russian repressive system, we recommend the interview on Posle website with the mother of St. Petersburg activist Sasha Skochilenko, one of those released as part of the exchange.

The second dimension is political. Putin's release of a dozen anti-war prisoners of conscience was not a gesture of goodwill, but the result of a bargain and cold calculations. Handing back to Russia its assassin Viktor Krasikov, who was serving a life sentence in Germany for his crime, as well as various Russan spies, including some who had been monitoring the Russian opposition abroad, creates a sense of impunity for similar activities in the future.

We should not forget that the prisoner swap was the result of secret agreement between states, not something that happened because of international public pressure, much less because of protests against repression inside Russia.

If the nature of Putin's regime changes after this exchange, it will only be for the worse. Now the cynical trade in human lives has proven its effectiveness, the "exchange fund" can continue to be replenished at the expense of Russian opponents of the war, and the stakes can be raised, creating unbearable conditions for those who are already in prison.

The only way out of this vicious circle of arbitrariness and violence is a massive international campaign against political repression in Russia, independent of any state structures and demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in the country.

Follow prisoner support groups' social media to stay aware of their cases and the ways you can help them!

[John Garvey @JohnGar69206676]

A powerful 1982 letter from Gunther Anders on the occasion of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon:

https://t.co/IFmUXMsTCX

[Ill Will @illwilleditions]

R.I.P. Loren Goldner you would have loved this shit

[RASH - Subkultur und Widerstand @Redskinsberlin]

Ein Buchtipp zur Geschichte von 2 Tone Records, den Rude Boys und Rassismus:

[Gary Parrish @GaryParrishCBS]

Alex Rodriguez asked a question. Reggie Jackson answered it.

(Shouts to the producer and rest of the desk for staying out of Reggie’s way and just letting him talk. I doubt they expected this answer. But it’s a great few minutes of television.)

[Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein]

Israeli Activists have occupied the German embassy in Tel Aviv to protests German arms exports to Israel. They held up signs saying “don’t you have enough blood on your hands?” And: “never again is never again for anyone”. Scenes of how they were forcibly removed @RadicalBlocTLV

[Nora Barrows-Friedman @norabf]

The $320 million Lego set that did nothing, now falling apart in the sea. A pier made of garbage. All this instead of forcing Israel to open the fucking crossings. Astonishing symbolism for US policy

[John Garvey @JohnGar69206676]

@nikhil_palsingh You might want to check out the new Three Way Fight book available from leftwingbooks:

https://t.co/NwDAc5pcw1

John Garvey

[anna @moonbeeaam]

Some of Hegel explained:

Jay Bernstein was in a bar with his friend, skipping class, and he criticised Freud for thinking the mind was all in the head. His friend said: ‘So, where is it?’ and he replied ‘It’s here. Between us.’

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

Famed historian Ilan Pappe says he was detained Monday at Detroit airport, questioned by federal agents and had his phone copied. “am I a Hamas supporter? do I regard the Israeli actions in Gaza a genocide? what is the solution to the "conflict" (seriously this what they asked!)”

[Hard Crackers: Chronicles of Everyday Life @Hard_Crackers]

Please check out Norman Kaplan's art, including a reproduction of some of the many cartoons and cartoon strips he made anonymously for the South African liberation movement from exile in London.

All Shall Be Afforded Dignity: The Art of Norman Kaplan https://t.co/kc1mrHfFSd

[John Garvey @JohnGar69206676]

Two promotional videos for two new books about fighting fascism. Worth seeing and reading!

Heres the Three Way Fight video,
https://t.co/zLMSfEoWkk

And the Genealogies of Antifascism video

https://t.co/tOoe9m9Dwg

[Rafael Shimunov @rafaelshimunov]

Israeli historian Dr Ilan Pappé reminds us why Gaza is Gaza in terms of geography.

[Abier @abierkhatib]

This tribute to the WCK aid worker killed by Israel in Gaza is so moving.

[Hard Crackers: Chronicles of Everyday Life @Hard_Crackers]

Rosa Luxemburg on the miseries and pain of working class daily life.

Just a human life! https://t.co/dGb4xHVRCx

[Abier @abierkhatib]

Ireland…. I’m speechless ♥️