Our bookstore is no stranger to unwanted government attention; we’ve been threatened by city officials, visited by the FBI, and surveilled by police. Historically, the investigation and prosecution of activists has aimed to disrupt our movements for change, sow fear and isolation among participants, break intergenerational bonds, and criminalize struggles for freedom. But we can overcome these attacks through principled action and uncompromising solidarity.
Firestorm has made the following commitments:
• We will minimize non-required collection and storage of information about customers, authors, event participants, and others who engage with our co-op.
• We will resist, and publicly disclose, any attempt to obtain such information when it exists.
• We will decline to answer questions from police and government agents.
• We will fight any court or government subpoena, process, or demand for records, testimony, or evidence.
• We will support those in our community who face state repression, regardless of “guilt” or “innocence.”
• We will retain legal counsel to defend our freedom to not cooperate with the State.
We know that these actions cannot guarantee safety for our members or community, but to cooperate in the face of our own repression, or the repression of others, would be a profoundly unsafe betrayal. Noncooperation is both the ethical and strategic position for those who want to build a new world, but must contend with the old one.
Find our entire statement, including linked references, at https://firestorm.coop/noncooperation.html.
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📸: Daniel Barlow
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@firestorm For people doing anything with tech and data, save only the most minimum data about people and keep it for as short of period of time as possible. You can't give cops what you don't have. That should include web server logs that have ip addresses.
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@arrrg Thanks! We're beginning a thorough review of our data practices that will include the points you mention.
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@arrrg and store only fo as long as strictly needed.
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@firestorm superb. Well done.
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@firestorm Doing the good work.
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@firestorm Back in 2018 I had to take that all the way to burning a grand jury subpeona for raw video clips on the courthouse plaza. I figured I was dead meat but they were not up for that level and folded.
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@firestorm yay from Vancouver Canada! And thanks for masking!
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@firestorm
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This is the best family holiday card photo I have ever seen. Lol. Seriously though, I love the dedication.
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@firestorm beautiful!
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This is really fantastic and I'm proud to know you, @firestorm
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