Minnesota Star Tribune, “Alt-right nationalists, protesters clash at Minnesota State Capitol”
Some in the anti-fascist crowd wore bandanas over their faces and carried red-and-black anarchist flags, but the majority appeared to be people expressing support for immigrants, refugees and Black Lives Matter, as well as opposition to the Trump administration. Continue Reading
Bedford and Bowery, “Clash Over Anti-Semitism as Controversial Speaker Gilad Atzmon Appears at Theatre 80”
“Jew-Haters [get] out of the East Village,” blared a leaflet handed out by local journalist Bill Weinberg, a leftwing anarchist who writes a blog called New Jewish Resistance. His leaflet describes Atzmon, who was born in Israel and served as a medic in the Israel Defense Forces, as a “proud self-hating Jew” who allegedly traffics in anti-Semitism and has made […]
BuzzFeed News, “The Far Right And Left Confronted Each Another In A Small Kentucky Town But It Remained Mostly Peaceful”
Anarchist activist Lacy Macauley said that she expected a large number of militant Leftist activists — who identify as anarchist “antifa,” short for anti-fascists — to travel to Pikeville. Continue Reading
Mother Jones, “A Punch in the Face Was Just the Start of the Alt-Right’s Attack on a Berkeley Protester”
On Saturday, April 15, Emily Rose Marshall drove up to Berkeley, California, from Los Angeles with a group of friends who were part of the anarchist Oak Roots Collective. They had heard about the “free speech” rally being held in Berkeley by an array of Donald Trump supporters, militiamen, and white supremacists. “We saw this […]
ABC 7 Chicago, “Activists confront group they claim were celebrating Hitler’s birthday at Ky. restaurant”
In a statement to WAVE-TV via social media, Hess said, “The Antifa attacked the entire restaurant. They attack Trump supporters. They attack reporters, too. They attack anyone who’s not a radical anarchist. We will not be intimidated. We will defend our people. We will prevail.” Continue Reading
Wired, “Don’t Look Now, But Extremists’ Meme Armies Are Turning Into Militias”
Yet, minutes before assuming the role of lieutenant, Damigo had punched an antifascist protestor named Louise Rosealma. (Antifascists, or antifa, are an anarchist group that believes in stopping far-right extremism at any cost, including violence and doxxing.) Continue Reading
CBS, “Berkeley reverses course on Ann Coulter speech despite safety concerns”
Berkeley officials blame recent violence there not on students but on an outside group of anarchists called the Black Bloc, who show up on campus bent on destruction. Continue Reading
The New York Times, “Berkeley Cancels Ann Coulter Speech Over Safety Fears”
The violent clashes in Berkeley have presented a dilemma for the police, who say intervening has its own risks. Anarchist groups have for years appeared at protests in neighboring Oakland, punctuating peaceful demonstrations by smashing shop windows and attacking public buildings. Continue Reading
Mother Jones, “Left Hook: A Brief History of Nazi Punching in America”
2002: ARA and a Boston anarchist group skirmish with white supremacists who turn out for a speech by Hale in York, Pennsylvania. (Hale is currently serving a 40-year sentence for soliciting the murder of a federal judge.) Continue Reading
The Guardian, “‘I refuse to be like them’: why the man shot while protesting Milo Yiannopoulos doesn’t want revenge”
Tall and lanky, with a nose ring, black leather jacket, tattoos, and combat boots that offer a clue to his political philosophy – anarchism – Dukes, who also goes by the handle “Hex”, is conscious of his role as the embodiment of the violent political polarization that has marked the onset of the Trump era. […]