Russia Today, “Tim Kaine’s son among 8 protesters charged in connection with anti-Trump violence”
St. Paul Police Senior Commander Steven Frazer described the clothing as “an indication of people who identify as anarchists and often commit criminal acts such as assaults, criminal damage to property, and riot at protest-related events.” Continue Reading
Associated Press, “California ‘anti-fascist’ activist charged with assault”
Police seized “flags, patches, pamphlets” and labels associated with “anti-fascist and anarchist political groups,” according to the complaint filed by prosecutors charging Clanton with four felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor charge of wearing a mask while committing a crime. Continue Reading
Pioneer Press (MN), “Charges filed against Tim Kaine’s son, others who crashed MN Capitol Trump rally”
The small group that caused problems were wearing black clothing, with their faces and heads covered, and goggles — which a police official described as an indication of people who identify as anarchists. Continue Reading
NBC, “‘Not Welcome Here’: Thousands March Against Trump in Belgium”
Members of the extreme-left anarchist group black bloc also turned up, lighting torches which billowed black plumes of smoke. Continue Reading
Esquire, “Six Months After The Election, What Does “The Resistance” Mean Now?”
“Huge demonstrations require an incredible amount of work and it’s important that we not be dedicated only to pageantry, or only to the moments when the left is most visible,” Matt Whitley, an organizer with the anarchist umbrella group, Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Committee (MACC), told me. “Hosting a general assembly may not have the same […]
Washington City Paper, ” Democracy in Crisis: Inauguration Day Protesters Face Decades in Jail”
It was almost like a smaller, less intense recap of inauguration day as socialist Wobblies waving red Industrial Workers of the World and the black masked anarchist ranks of ANTIFA marched up to the line of police officers standing at attention outside the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse in D.C. on May 1. Continue Reading
The Washington Post, “Portland family parade becomes unexpected battlefield for political activists”
On one side are the anarchists and “antifascists,” or antifa — left-wing groups that wear masks, dress in black and have sometimes caused peaceful marches staged by progressive groups to end with violence or property damage. On the other side are a loose coalition of people with far-right ideology — including white nationalists — who […]
Los Angeles Times, “Inside the black bloc militant protest movement as it rises up against Trump”
But they do recruit. An anarchist group is hosting a two-day conference in Oakland and San Francisco next month to draw newcomers. The black bloc member said he hopes it will help more people find the movement. Continue Reading
U.S. News, “Anti-Trump Activists Plan Road-Blocking ‘Clusterf–k’ for Inauguration”
“So, we’re going for what I’d generally term a clusterf–k,” says Legba Carrefour, a local anarchist handling press for the more radical protest-organizing network DisruptJ20, which has more than 1,700 Facebook group members. Continue Reading
New York Post, “Democrats should join Trump in calming the nation”
We also know that it’s not Hillary Clinton voters pushing some protests into violence — but rather anarchist agitators who’ve plagued the nation’s far left for decades. Continue Reading