Autonomie und SolidaritätDec 10, 2024
#capitalism #capitalismIsADeathCult
Show threadAutonomie und SolidaritätDec 14, 2024

What I love about Luigi - A great comment 🖤

This killing, this individual act of war, would mean nothing, and get no support, if it wasn’t a shot fired in a war that was already ongoing
~ Madeline Silver ~

"Imagine, if you will, a thought experiment, in Minecraft, many miles away. Let’s imagine I wanted to write an article in support of Luigi Mangione, the assassin of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson. Wouldn’t that be strange? How would I do that?

By telling you – it’s not about him.

The real attraction of the CEO killer, however handsome he may be, is not him: it’s us. The last few days have seen our misery laid bare, but above all they have seen our glorious rage rise to the surface and cover the world like lava. These have been amazing days, because of what beautiful connection I’ve seen in your eyes....."

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/12/13/what-i-love-about-luigi/

#LuigiMangione #CEO #UnitedHealthcare #USA #Capitalism #CapitalismIsADeathCult #FreeLuigi

What I love about Luigi - Freedom News

This killing, this individual act of war, would mean nothing, and get no support, if it wasn’t a shot fired in a war that was already ongoing ~ Madeline Silver ~ Imagine, if you will, a thought experiment, in Minecraft, many miles away. Let’s imagine I wanted to write an article in support of Luigi

Freedom News
Show threadAutonomie und SolidaritätApr 2, 2025

Todesstrafe für Luigi Mangione? US-Justizministerin stellt Forderung

"Der mutmassliche Todesschütze #LuigiMangione muss sich wegen Ermordung eines Versicherungschef verantworten. Die Bundesjustiz pocht auf die Todesstrafe....."

https://www.nau.ch/news/amerika/todesstrafe-fur-luigi-mangione-us-justizministerin-stellt-forderung-66951414

#USA #Todesstrafe #Healthcare #CEO #Capitalism #CapitalismIsADeathCult #FreeLuigi

Todesstrafe für Luigi Mangione? US-Justizministerin stellt Forderung

Der mutmassliche Todesschütze Luigi Mangione muss sich wegen Ermordung eines Versicherungschef verantworten. Die Bundesjustiz pocht auf die Todesstrafe.

Nau.ch
Show threadAutonomie und Solidarität1d ago

‚A 29-year-old California man has been arrested for allegedly causing $500 million in damage when he set fire to a Kimberly-Clark warehouse to protest the cost of living and the Iran War.
“All you had to do was pay us enough to live,” the Justice Department’s indictment alleges he said in video posted to Instagram.

„[T]hey had it coming … fucking eight hours, six days … stuck paying rent on a bullshit ass apartment that I can’t afford to fucking live … pedophiles out here fucking children, profiting off … fucking wars.”

In a press conference, Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli went out of his way to stress that the defendant had “compared himself to Luigi Mangione” in a comment to a witness.‘

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigi-inspired-arsonist-threatened?triedRedirect=true

#USA #Capitalism #DirectAction

Luigi-Inspired Arsonist Threatened “Our Way of Life,” Feds Say

Does that mean gas prices will go down now?

Ken Klippenstein
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShell

@autonomysolidarity

I think it’s funny that the prosecutor thinks such a comment helps his case.

Just another right wing, who cannot read the room

Apr 15 at 4:21pmWeb
Show threadGeofCox18h ago

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @autonomysolidarity

Do these random lone acts of violent rebellion, clearly motivated by political economy, but not organised within labour movement or political party structures, speak of America's cultural individualism, or the weakness of its left political organisation ?

Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShell18h ago

@GeofCox @autonomysolidarity

I don’t think that really applies because if you think about the Arab spring, it crystallized over a single individual setting himself on fire in despair.

With any social phenomenon, then I think the history of the anti-Vietnam movement as another example is smaller scale outbursts of defiance or revenge anticipate collective action later

Show threadGeofCox3h ago

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @autonomysolidarity

Hmmm... I don't think many successful political movements have been inspired by individual acts of violence like murder or arson - in general the feelings of anger and desperation find expression instead in contributing to collective action. This does sometimes arise quite spontaneously - like the 'gilets-jaunes' protests in France - but in Europe at least tends to be very closely linked with, and quickly integrated in existing anti-establishment or counter-cultural political organisation.

I'm not in the USA so obviously have limited knowledge - but what comes across does seem more individual than collective - even the big anti-Trump marches look like isolated days of protest rather than - like the gilets-jaunes - continuous action such as occupation over many months of key roundabouts and interchanges across the whole country - even some airport runways - stopping traffic etc...

You may be right that individual acts of violence will inspire more sustained collective action in the US - I hope so - but I still think the current indications are that there are social factors mitigating sustained, effective popular action in the US.