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DESCRIPTION:Trouble #6 Adapt and Destroy: Counterinsurgency and Social War\n\nMonday, 
 October 9\nIndigenous Resistance everyDay\n7:00pm\nSubRosa, 703 Pacific 
 Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060\n\nSanta Cruz TroubleMakers presents Trouble #6 
 You Are Being Watched: Movement Defense Against State & Corporate 
 Surveillance. Join us for a screening and facilitated discussion on Monday, 
 October 9, 7:00 PM, at SubRosa, 703 Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa 
 Cruz.\n\nDespite the unimaginable capacity for violence and coercion that 
 they wield, states are far more vulnerable than they let on. This is not 
 only true of the so-called “failed states” currently plagued by civil 
 war and internal strife, but also the imperialist centers of global 
 capitalism themselves. Their fatal weakness is built into their design; 
 modern states are incredibly complicated and dynamic political 
 constructions, yet at their core they remain what they have always been – 
 vehicles of social organization aimed at facilitating the exploitation of 
 the many, for the enrichment of the few. Without the active or passive 
 consent of the many, the few are in serious trouble.\n\nIn order to seek 
 out and manage threats to their legitimacy and authority, states invest a 
 considerable amount of time, energy and resources towards the science of 
 social control. This science, known as COIN or Counterinsurgency doctrine, 
 is nothing less than a perpetual war, waged by states against their 
 domestic populations. Their tactical repertoire spans the gamut from 
 violence and covert assassination, to elections, community police liaisons, 
 and the funding of pacifist non-profit groups. In addition to this, they 
 pursue divide-and-rule strategies, relying on structural institutions such 
 as nationalism, white supremacy, and hetero-patriarchy to fan the flames of 
 reaction and keep us fighting amongst ourselves.\n\nIf revolutionaries hope 
 to be successful in our efforts, it’s vitally important to understand the 
 way our enemies view us, and the tactics and strategies that they will 
 deploy against us. In this month’s episode of Trouble, anarchist media 
 collective sub.Media interviews a number of individuals as they explain 
 some of the main principles of counterinsurgency, and identify historical 
 and contemporary examples of how they are put into practice.\n\nIn this 
 episode we interviewed JoNina Ervin and Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin of the 
 Black Autonomy Federation, Gord Hill, Author of 500 Years of Indigenous 
 Resistance, Dawn Paley, author of Drug War Capitalism, Peter Gelderloos, 
 author of The Failure of Nonviolence and Kristian Williams author of Our 
 Enemies in Blue.\n\n\n	subMedia\n\n\n	SubRosa\n\n\n	Santa Cruz Guerilla 
 Drive-In\n\n\n	Santa Cruz TroubleMakers\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/09/26/18803241.php
SUMMARY:Trouble #6 Adapt and Destroy: Counterinsurgency and Social War
LOCATION:SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/09/26/18803241.php
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