john.brown_typeface
No badjacketing: the state wants to kill us; let's not cooperate
https://libcom.org/article/no-badjacketing-state-wants-kill-us-lets-not-cooperate
No badjacketing: the state wants to kill us; let's not cooperate
An article by the Twin Cities General Defense Committee (GDC) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) about the dangers of 'badjacketing', which is defined as 'creating suspicion, by spreading rumors or unsubstantiated accusations, that people are undercovers, infiltrators, snitches, or cooperators. '
Not Liking Someone Doesn’t Mean They’re a Cop: On Bad-Jacketing
https://itsgoingdown.org/not-liking-someone-doesnt-mean-theyre-a-cop-on-bad-jacketing/
Not Liking Someone Doesn’t Mean They’re a Cop: On Bad-Jacketing
Critical text on how paranoia, conspiracy theories, and misinformation spread on the Left and ideas on how to push back against it. Originally published on North Shore Counter-Info. Read the full text, including visuals, online as a PDF Find the full text ready for printing as an imposed PDF Since the commencement of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,...
@ariadne
yeah, that's part of the harm of badjacketing. you can just make careless, unfounded claims and it will harm the other person while you feel superior and maybe even forget doing it
gotta wonder if my fedi reputation never recovered from Ariadne Conill (@ariadne) fedjacketing me ~3 years ago
Unsalted Counter-InfoNot Liking Someone Doesn’t Mean They’re a Cop: On Bad-jacketing
"This text was written through the summer and early autumn of 2024 from Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory (so-called Southern Ontario, Canada), where people, many new to the left, have been facing intensified violence and harassment from both police and Zionists. Protests are regularly met with arrests and other attacks, which have created a climate of fear among attendees and organisers.
At the same time, that fear, combined with a disconnect from previous generations of struggle and an often-unchallenged fear of militancy, has led to practices that end up putting our comrades in more danger. This text hopes to address one such recurring issue."
#Anarchism #AntiImperialism #AntiRepression #FreePalestine #Zines #BadJacketing
