CityLab, “Lab Report: How Phoenix Prevented Chaos in Trump’s Visit”
Aside from the odd anarcho-communist gun club, there were barely any armed groups either—and that’s in a proudly open-carry state. Continue Reading
Time, “President Trump Ranted For 77 Minutes in Phoenix. Here’s What He Said”
The only time they show the crowds is when there’s a disrupter or an anarchist in the room. I call them anarchists. Because, believe me, we have plenty of anarchists. They don’t want to talk about the anarchists. Continue Reading
Los Angeles Times, “After Virginia violence, far right and white nationalists turn to a familiar target: California”
Some of the biggest clashes have been in Berkeley, where a swath of far-right combatants ranging from ardent supporters of President Trump to avowed white nationalists have engaged in rolling street brawls with masked anti-fascists and anarchists who also see violence as the only way to defeat their rivals. Continue Reading
Al Jazeera, “Trump’s America: Where activists face felony charges”
Kim Kelly, a journalist and a member of the Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council (MACC) press collective, said that police, district attorneys and other authorities have been emboldened to stifle anti-Trump protest movements since the president’s election. Meanwhile, Kelly argues, the government has not carried out a similar campaign against those on the far right or […]
The City Paper (DC/MD), “The kind of police violence Trump encouraged in Long Island speech marked his inauguration, according to ACLU suit”
Police have argued that the protesters were part of a “black bloc” conspiracy to destroy property. But neither of the people hit by the grenade were wearing black. The only person in black, to the left of the screen, is wearing a black tracksuit with white stripes and a red hat, looking more like a […]
The Daily Beast, “Long Island’s O.G. Anti-Immigrant Politician”
The list of what are at least intemperate remarks made by Levy is long. He called a respected immigrants rights organization a group of “communists” and “anarchists.” At one event he joked about deporting the kitchen staff. Most famously, he decried “anchor babies” and said falsely that a local hospital was on the verge of […]
The New York Times, “Behind Berkeley’s Semester of Hate”
Antifa is actually more label than organization, its believers connected by calls to action on websites like It’s Going Down. Anarchist, communist or just liberal, they oppose fascism with militant zeal. But some formalize into affinity groups like the Pastel Bloc; dressed in pastels — a play on the head-to-toe uniform of black bloc — […]
Westword, “Denver-Based Attorney Defending Inauguration Day Protesters in D.C.”
I was on hand, reporting on events around the inauguration for Westword, and witnessed what has become known as the DisruptJ20 march, a roughly thirty-minute-long “black-bloc” demonstration that began at Logan Circle and involved over 200 protesters who obscured their identities with black masks and eyewear, some of whom identified as anarchists or anti-fascists. In […]
The Washington Post, “ACLU sues D.C. police over arrests during inauguration disturbance”
Horse is from New York and has described himself on Twitter as a “scrumptious/rambunctious anarchist.” At the protest, he said, “I was trying to find a good vantage point for my pictures.” Prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges against him. Continue Reading
Vice, “Young radicals are fighting the alt-right in America’s streets”
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election and the rise of the alt-right, several militant anti-racist and anarchist groups have left the fringes and entered the national spotlight — including the anti-fascist group Antifa. Some of the organization’s members frequent the same online forums, like 4chan, that helped give birth to the alt-right. And Antifa is known for […]