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If you are reading this, you are likely deeply aware of the great and ongoing damage inflicted upon humanity by Capitalism and its twin pillars, Liberalism & Fascism. They lie at the root of every crisis – the occupation of Indigenous lands, ecological devastation and global warming, and the inability of the state to ensure the most basic components of public health, housing, education, food, and water. They impose artificial borders to separate us from each other, tearing apart families, stealing resources from colonized nations and hoarding them in the imperial centers, stoking xenophobia and nationalism to distract from their failures.
And in the so-called United States, under conditions that historically and internationally would lead to widespread rebellion, the people face oppression and suppression at every turn. Economic exploitation keeps us tired, desperate, and working, while alienating us from our own labor. And a vast system of police and prisons, descended from slavers and plantations, waits to destroy and sweep away any who do not comply, to rob and assault marginalized and vulnerable people.
Joining our comrades in other states, we are calling for a day of action on May Day – Saturday, May 1st – to deliver a message to those who harm us. We have compiled suggested lists of methods to express this message and recipients to deliver it to, but by no means should you limit yourself to our suggestions. There are many people and institutions in Colorado that are complicit in the murder and brutalization of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people, the exploitation of workers, the criminalization of poverty & homelessness, the demonization of trans people, the oppression of immigrants, and state violence in many forms – incarceration, surveillance, policing.
We urge you all to find a crew and follow the guidelines of security culture, and strike at the infrastructure of power, not at its empty symbols. Directly obstruct the machinery of Capitalism & the police state, and/or directly aid your community in ways that the state disapproves of. Avoid the trap of downtown Denver, and keep the police confused and spread thin. Be creative. Be brave. Be ungovernable. Have fun and take care of each other. We keep us safe.
