2017-02-11
By advocating non-compliance and resistance, the “Resist” movement is calling into question the legitimacy of this administration’s authority. Such erosion of government authority is intolerable to any state, particularly one with a long history of disrupting social movements. As such, Resist will be a target for state disruption, either through direct targeting of visible leadership or by disrupting specific relationships and associations within the movement.
2017-02-06Click below to see my short video on the weekend-long No Muslim Ban protest at San Francisco International Airport this past January 28 and 29.
2017-01-06UPDATE: In a Feb 16, 2017 press release Riseup confirmed they had been unable to update their warrant canary due to gag orders that accompanied two sealed warrants related to alleged extortion activities. They have complied with these warrants and have updated their canary with more general language.
After nearly five months, I am calling it: Riseup’s canary is truly well and dead. Riseup’s services have been compromised and are no longer secure.
This may sound like an extreme claim, until one understands that the canary existed to let us know if Riseup was ever compromised.