Natasha Lennard: Anti-Fascist Practice and Impossible Non-Violence
Between spells of January drizzle, in the midst of scattered street protests, on a particularly bad afternoon in Washington D.C., Richard Spencer got punched in the face. That morning, Donald Trump commenced his term as president with rageful, nationalistic oration. Police penned in and arrested over 200 inauguration counter-protesters. The demonstrators, participants in an “anti-fascist, […]
IGD, “East Lansing: Michigan Confronts the Alt-Right”
On March 5th, hundreds converged in East Lansing to mobilize against Richard Spencer, a leader among Alt-Right, neo-Nazi, fascist, and white nationalist circles. Supported by a variety of Alt-Right and neo-Nazi groups such as Patriot Front and the Traditionalist Worker Party, Spencer was scheduled to speak at 4:30 PM in a livestock pavilion surrounded by […]
Politico, “How Militias Became the Private Police for White Supremacists”
Already, we’ve seen Portland’s local GOP party push Oath Keepers as private security for events—a result of the threats, Multnomah County Republican Party chief James Buchal has said, emanating from the anarchist, antifa elements targeting the city. A legislative aide to a Republican State Representative in Oregon recently served jail-time for loaning a gun to […]
The New Yorker, “The Alt-Right Branding War Has Torn the Movement in Two”
In February, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, a violent group of left-wing protesters prevented the right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking; in April, anarchists and “anti-Fascists” interrupted a right-wing event in a Berkeley park, sparking a day of street clashes that came to be known as the Battle of Berkeley. “I […]
The Huffington Post, “Guns And KKK Members At Gettysburg Confederate Rally, But No Foes To Fight”
Some carried semi-automatic rifles ― permitted in Pennsylvania ― as they peered out across the battlefield with binoculars, on the lookout for the black-clad, face-masked anti-fascists, anarchists and socialists they said they had heard were traveling to the national park to dishonor Confederate graves, monuments and flags. Continue Reading
The Columbian, “Joey Gibson aims to ‘liberate conservatives’ via his Patriot Prayer group”
“And then you have the anarchists (and) antifa over here, who are throwing stuff at the police, trying to break the law. They’re purposely dressed in all black, covering their faces so they can break the law and then blend into the crowd,” he said. “The liberals need to disown that, they need to get […]
The Stranger, “See Nate Gowdy’s Photos from Saturday’s “March Against Sharia” and Counterprotest”
City employees, candidates for office, Antifa protesters, anarchists, socialists, and others showed up to denounce the “March Against Sharia.” Continue Reading
Colorlines, “The Growing Alliance Between Neo-Nazis, Right Wing Paramilitaries and Trumpist Republicans”
After hearing that Yiannopoulos is planning to name undocumented students at a February 1 speech sponsored by Berkeley College Republicans, thousands of students hold a peaceful protest. But about two hours before the event, some 150 black bloc anarchists arrive and begin throwing powerful fireworks and rocks, smashing windows and attacking Yiannopoulos supporters. Citing public […]
Berkeleyside, “Woman pepper-sprayed at Milo Yiannopoulos rally sues UC Berkeley, city for $23M”
On Feb. 1, about 150 anarchists disrupted a slated speech by Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley. Continue Reading
Willamette Week, “Portland Breathes a Sigh of Relief after Weekend Protester Showdown. But Several Questions Persist About Police Tactics.”
The most lasting grievance from the afternoon was a familiar complaint: that Portland police cracked down too aggressively on local antifascists and anarchists. Police used stun grenades and rubber bullets to drive masked antifa protesters from Chapman Square, and made 14 arrests. Continue Reading