You can now order the new Catharsis album, “Hope against Hope,” on CD through our online store:

https://store.crimethinc.com/collections/music/products/catharsis-hope-against-hope-cd

Catharsis plays underground anarchist hardcore, at once pummeling and poetic.

“The passion, the sheer musical force, and the stubborn drive make it stand out not only as one of the releases of the year, but as one of its defining events.”

-DIY Conspiracy

“A record that feels less like a comeback and more like a statement carved out of three decades in the trenches.”

-Idioteq

If this is the first you have heard about this record, you can read reviews here:

https://crimethinc.com/hopeagainsthope

Party to the Conflict: On Spreading ICE Thin

In January 2026, open confrontations between communities and federal mercenaries expanded from the Twin Cities to other locations around the US.

In this account, a participant explores the clashes in Eugene, Oregon as a microcosm of the resistance that is spreading ICE increasingly thin everywhere.

https://crimethinc.com/Eugene2026

“A State that Massacres Its Own People Cannot Be a Force of Liberation for Others”

In this interview, Palestine solidarity activists from the Chinese diaspora speak with Iranian activists in exile about the uprising that took place in Iran in January 2026, comparing notes about resistance to various forms of authoritarianism and exploring the ways that rival authoritarian forces can falsely present themselves as representing an alternative to authoritarian regimes.

https://crimethinc.com/Roja2026

As Donald Trump is threatening to attack Iran in order to distract from his problems at home and advance US and Israeli interests in the Mideast, it is important to hear from Iranians who resist the Iranian government about why US military action will not help Iranians at all.

The Road to Prairieland

The Crackdown on Anti-ICE Activists in Texas Reflects a Pattern of Intensifying Repression

https://crimethinc.com/Prairieland

Pay attention to the Prairieland case that goes to trial in Texas next week.

By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.

Some of the defendants in the Prairieland case apparently never set foot anywhere near the protest in question. Just as authorities sought to crush the #StopCopCity movement by randomly indicting people on baseless charges, here they aim to scare people out of acting in solidarity with immigrants.

The murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti show what lies at the end of this road. In those public executions, there is no role for the judicial branch of government at all—the executive branch chooses the target, pulls the trigger, and declares the victims guilty of terrorism afterwards. That is the kind of “justice” that the Trump administration aims to carry out. If they get away with what they are trying to do to the Prairieland defendants, we will be a step closer to that.

We’ve prepared a zine version of our text “Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities,” describing the dynamic and resilient system that people in the Twin Cities have developed to keep the pressure on ICE.

Please print and distribute!

https://crimethinc.com/zines/rapid-response-networks-in-the-twin-cities

Five Years of Coup: Burmese Anarchists within and without the Revolution

https://crimethinc.com/Myanmar2026

An activist who has organized in Burma and Thailand across a period of decades discusses the various ways people have resisted even under a military coup.

Activists elsewhere in the world will find this instructive, as rule by brute force is becoming more and more widespread.

The Rojava Revolution in Peril, the Struggle for Free Life Continues

https://crimethinc.com/Rojavaperil

With the backing of the Turkish government and the blessing of the United States and European governments, the Syrian military is surrounding the self-governing communities of Rojava, seeking to forcibly integrate them into the Syrian state. Although the Syrian Democratic Forces in Rojava have signed a peace treaty agreeing to integration, the outcome remains to be seen.

A statement from American, Chinese, and Russian anarchists who have fought to defend Rojava about what this means for the future.

**Basic Banalities Concerning the January 31 Demonstration in Turin**

*Reflections on Conflict Following a Night of Street Fighting in Italy*

https://crimethinc.com/Turin2026

On December 18, 2025, police evicted the historic Askatasuna social center in Turin, which had been squatted since 1996. A call circulated for a demonstration in response on January 31.

Newspapers report that 50,000 people took the streets. In the street where Askatasuna was located, clashes with the police continued for several hours—an intensity of confrontation that is extraordinary in Italy today.

Something is changing in Italy. The pro-Palestinian movement that erupted in support of the flotillas that sailed for Gaza in fall 2025 drew millions of participants into the streets, including a new generation that had not previously participated in direct action. The events in Turin last month show that this momentum has not abated. While authoritarianism is gaining power all around the world, we are also seeing a rising desire to revolt.

Filter Blockades: A Tactic to Defend Your Neighborhood from ICE

https://crimethinc.com/filterblockades

Filter blockades are a simple and effective way to resist the occupation of our communities. All you need is a few determined friends or neighbors and some widely available materials. The goal is to slow traffic, without fully blocking it, in order to identify potential ICE vehicles. The more filter blockades, the more effective the strategy becomes.

We review how to establish and maintain filter blockades, share accounts from filter blockades in the Twin Cities this past week, and conclude with a broader look at the history and potential of the model.

Some people have described the movement against police and white supremacy that emerged into the public eye in May 2020 as a “failure” because it didn’t win legislative changes.

But the Twin Cities have been able to stand up to ICE because of networks that developed at that time.

Changing a system that exists to perpetrate oppression is the work of decades. What is needed is not a minor reform that can be implemented politicians, but the kind of structural change that requires long-term grassroots struggle.

https://crimethinc.com/antipolice2025