Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
We’d like to take a moment, not just to celebrate the fall of the Orange Emperor, but to acknowledge the importance of sustained resistance, which has, once again, unequivocally proven to be one of the many driving forces in effectively changing the course of history and will be an essential ingredient as we move forward beyond this divisive election.
We are all capable of enforcing creative checks and balances. It’s a lot more difficult and time consuming than simply casting a vote, but you get to have a blast doing it. Politics is a never ending, large scale game of Tug of War and it’s worth remembering that the 60 million plus citizens who voted for Trump will gladly stay committed to pulling their end of the rope until we collapse, so just because Trump is out of office, doesn’t mean we’re done. If anything, it means we need to fight harder than ever while we have the momentum.
Do we think Biden is the answer to our problems? Absolutely not. In fact, we’re all but certain he will do exactly what Obama did when he took over and keep the most vital and vile parts of the machine well greased and functioning in the best interest of the ruling class. Biden won’t do much for the environment and we know he’s not defunding the police. He’ll keep us complicit in Israel’s constant human rights violations and most likely continue to enforce unjust laws at our borders.
A lot of people told us we focused on Trump too much. They said it was “trendy”, low hanging fruit. But the thing these people fail to realize, is that in order to make the biggest impact, sometimes you have to attack the biggest person in the room. But if we choose to act as if Trump, or any President for that matter, is the sole threat to civilization, we will never gain the upper hand. We have to stretch our canvases far and wide and paint in broad strokes in order to create equity, understanding and balance.
20 years of direct action has taught us a lot. It’s taught us that time flies when you’re breaking the rules, creating art, inspiring conversation and debate and doing it all with your loved ones. It’s taught us that 20 years can just serve as the warm up.
Sometimes men in power find themselves in a position to set a historical precedent for the ruling class. But the creative class will always be just around the corner, bags filled with paint, bolt cutters and burner phones, ready and willing to kill that precedent.
Here’s to the next chapter. See you out there.
With Love & Solidarity,
INDECLINE
MUSIC: ANTI FLAG
We’d like to take a moment, not just to celebrate the fall of the Orange Emperor, but to acknowledge the importance of sustained resistance, which has, once again, unequivocally proven to be one of the many driving forces in effectively changing the course of history and will be an essential ingredient as we move forward beyond this divisive election.
We are all capable of enforcing creative checks and balances. It’s a lot more difficult and time consuming than simply casting a vote, but you get to have a blast doing it. Politics is a never ending, large scale game of Tug of War and it’s worth remembering that the 60 million plus citizens who voted for Trump will gladly stay committed to pulling their end of the rope until we collapse, so just because Trump is out of office, doesn’t mean we’re done. If anything, it means we need to fight harder than ever while we have the momentum.
Do we think Biden is the answer to our problems? Absolutely not. In fact, we’re all but certain he will do exactly what Obama did when he took over and keep the most vital and vile parts of the machine well greased and functioning in the best interest of the ruling class. Biden won’t do much for the environment and we know he’s not defunding the police. He’ll keep us complicit in Israel’s constant human rights violations and most likely continue to enforce unjust laws at our borders.
A lot of people told us we focused on Trump too much. They said it was “trendy”, low hanging fruit. But the thing these people fail to realize, is that in order to make the biggest impact, sometimes you have to attack the biggest person in the room. But if we choose to act as if Trump, or any President for that matter, is the sole threat to civilization, we will never gain the upper hand. We have to stretch our canvases far and wide and paint in broad strokes in order to create equity, understanding and balance.
20 years of direct action has taught us a lot. It’s taught us that time flies when you’re breaking the rules, creating art, inspiring conversation and debate and doing it all with your loved ones. It’s taught us that 20 years can just serve as the warm up.
Sometimes men in power find themselves in a position to set a historical precedent for the ruling class. But the creative class will always be just around the corner, bags filled with paint, bolt cutters and burner phones, ready and willing to kill that precedent.
Here’s to the next chapter. See you out there.
With Love & Solidarity,
INDECLINE
MUSIC: ANTI FLAG
