TigerSwan: Crushing Protests for Profit

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Have you heard of TigerSwan? This company profits off of the surveillance and suppression of pipeline protests. Staffed with former military personnel from the War on Terror, TigerSwan has developed a hyper-militarized counterinsurgency approach to dealing with protestors resisting fossil fuel projects.

TigerSwan first made a name for itself by monitoring, infiltrating, and disrupting Indigenous-led protests against the development of the Dakota Access Pipeline. A recent article in The Intercept states “To TigerSwan, the emergence of Indigenous-led social movements to keep oil and gas in the ground represented a business opportunity” (Intercept).

Much of what we now know about TigerSwan was recently revealed after the company failed to obtain a security license and was later forced to release over 50,000 pages of documents. The company fought to keep these documents private, which is no wonder since they detail the company’s ruthless targeting of pipeline protestors.

MAIN SOURCE:

“After Spying on Standing Rock, TigerSwan Shopped Anti-Protest ‘Counterinsurgency’ to Other Oil Companies” The Intercept

COCKTAIL PAIRING:

THE FOREST DEFENDER

2 oz White Rum

½ oz Lime Juice

¼ ozSt. Germain Elderflower

¼ oz Celery Juice

¼ ozSimple Syrup

⅛ tsp Matcha powder

Cucumber wheel

Add all ingredients into a shaker, muddle a cucumber, and shake hard with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a thinly-sliced cucumber wheel.

Glassware: Coupe

Garnish: Cucumber wheel

BIG THANKS to Jesse Torres ( @jessejamz ) for crafting this delicious custom cocktail!

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TigerSwan: Crushing Protests for Profit

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published 2 years ago

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MAIN SOURCE:

“After Spying on Standing Rock, TigerSwan Shopped Anti-Protest ‘Counterinsurgency’ to Other Oil Companies” The Intercept

COCKTAIL PAIRING:

THE FOREST DEFENDER

2 oz White Rum

½ oz Lime Juice

¼ ozSt. Germain Elderflower

¼ oz Celery Juice

¼ ozSimple Syrup

⅛ tsp Matcha powder

Cucumber wheel

Add all ingredients into a shaker, muddle a cucumber, and shake hard with ice. Double strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a thinly-sliced cucumber wheel.

Glassware: Coupe

Garnish: Cucumber wheel

BIG THANKS to Jesse Torres ( @jessejamz ) for crafting this delicious custom cocktail!

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In this episode, I speak with Francisco Pérez about Economics for Emancipation , a free online and in-person course on "capitalism, solidarity, and how we get free.” Francisco is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah and senior economist at the Center for Economic Democracy. He’s the former director of the Center for Popular Economics, a nonprofit collective of political economists whose programs and publications demystify the economy and put useful economic tools in the hands of people fighting for social and economic justice. Follow at Francisco Pérez (@Platanomics) on Instagram and Twitter Follow @economics4emancipation on Instagram and @econ4freedom on Twitter Economics for Emancipation is a course created by the Center for Economic Democracy (CED) and the Center for Popular Economics (CPE). The current version of this course is the result of many years of work first led by the CPE – a collective which was founded in 1979 by radical (or heterodox) economists out of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Since 2019, CPE has partnered with the Center for Economic Democracy (CED) to update and redesign its curriculum into “Economics for Emancipation” (E4E). During the 2020 Covid crisis, CPE and CED worked to adapt E4E for virtual learning geared towards regional cohorts of just transition and social justice organizers, and thus was born this offering. E4E has been shaped by decades of dialogue between progressive economists, grassroots organizers, and rank & file union workers; we hope it will strengthen your analysis, fuel your spirit and connect you to efforts challenging this economic system at its root. COCKTAIL PAIRING: Cuba Libre Use a Cuban rum like Havana Club if you're able to get it (outside of the US). Probitas is a good substitute that you can find in the US. 1 1/4 oz Light rum 3 oz cola like Coke 1/4 oz lime juice Add all to Collins glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge. Support the show Cocktails & Capitalism is an anticapitalist labor of love, but we could use your help to make this project sustainable. If you can support with even a dollar a month, that would really help us continue to educate, agitate, and amplify the voices of those who are working to dismantle capitalism and create a better world. https://www.patreon.com/cocktailsandcapitalism Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Some episodes on YouTube . Subscribe & enjoy! Cheers!…

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From Bethlehem to St. Louis with Palestinian Organizer Sara Bannoura 1:17:09

1 year ago1:17:09

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This week, I speak with Sara Bannoura , a Palestinian organizer, artist, and journalist who has been fighting for a ceasefire from her home in St. Louis, Missouri. The daughter of a Christian pastor, Sara was born in Bethlehem, Palestine. We talk about the childhood experiences that exposed the violent and dehumanizing reality of Israel’s occupation, including some of Sara’s early encounters with IOF soldiers. As an organizer, Sara works with the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee (STLPSC), a group that was instrumental in pushing the city to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire. In December, Sara and others in St Louis were victorious in shutting down the local Boeing facility. This facility supplies missiles, warheads, guidance systems, and F-15 fighter aircraft to the Israeli military, all of which are being used against the Palestinian people in this ongoing genocide. LINKS: Instagram for Sara Bannoura St Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee The St Louis for a Ceasefire Toolkit helped to push the city of St. Luis to call for a ceasefire. They are working on a toolkit to help others replicate this victory in cities across the US. Cocktail pairing: The Old Fashioned (Sara’s favorite!) 1.5 oz whiskey 2 dashes bitters I cube of sugar Orange twist Cherry Support the show Cocktails & Capitalism is an anticapitalist labor of love, but we could use your help to make this project sustainable. If you can support with even a dollar a month, that would really help us continue to educate, agitate, and amplify the voices of those who are working to dismantle capitalism and create a better world. https://www.patreon.com/cocktailsandcapitalism Follow us on Instagram and Twitter Some episodes on YouTube . Subscribe & enjoy! Cheers!…

Cocktails & Capitalism

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Palestinian Journalist Hebh Jamal on the Politics of Condemnation 1:01:28

1 year ago1:01:28