The Washington Post, “Black-clad anarchists storm Berkeley rally, assaulting 4”
Black-clad anarchists on Sunday stormed into what had been a largely peaceful Berkeley protest against hate and attacked at least four people, including the leader of a politically conservative group who canceled an event a day earlier in San Francisco because of fears violence could break out. Continue Reading
Santa Cruz Sentinel, “Huge crowds march through San Francisco as right-wing protesters lie low”
Late Saturday morning, a peaceful demonstration grew around the fenced-off Alamo Square Park under a bright sun and a cloudless sky. Families toting young children and bandanna-masked anarchists marched next to each other, chanting and hoisting signs such as “If you’re going to San Francisco, DON’T BE A NAZI!” “Fight White Supremacy!” and “More Sex […]
Worcester Telegram, “As I See It: The Charlottesville riot and the forces behind it”
As might have been expected, their announced assemblage provoked a reaction. A counter-rally was planned, led by church people and scholar-theologian Cornel West, a Harvard University professor and philosopher – peaceful enough until others with far from peaceful intentions joined in behind them. This included leftists of every kind, anarchists, antifa and some who had […]
Business Insider, “A former white supremacist has a potentially unpopular message for how to stop extremist movements”
The rise has coincided with increased activism against those groups, most prominently by the so-called antifa movement. The decentralized movement, which includes a mixture of anarchists, socialists, communists, and other far-left activists, has taken a direct-action approach to combat far-right groups. Continue Reading
Los Angeles Times, “Counter-protesters march the streets looking for a new spot to gather”
Charles Rachlis, 60, said multiple coalitions of church groups, civil rights activists, socialists and anarchists were organizing to combat the presence of the far right in the city. Continue Reading
NBC News, “Antifa Violence is Ethical? This Author Explains Why”
BRAY: It’s basically a politics or an activity of social revolutionary self defense. It’s a pan-left radical politics uniting communists, socialists, anarchists and various different radical leftists together for the shared purpose of combating the far right. Continue Reading
The Washington Post, “Analysis: A Trump supporter was sucker-punched by a counterprotester. Why isn’t it a hate crime?”
Following the incident, Maxwell wrote that he had been punched in the face by “ANTIFA,” a far-left political movement characterized as anarchists and antifascists. “My name is RC Maxwell and I am a victim of leftist violence,” Maxwell wrote Tuesday on the website Liberty Writers. Continue Reading
The Week, “Things are going to get much, much worse”
Several hundred people, some of them heavily armed, showed up to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. They were greeted by large crowds of counter-protesters, some of whom were far-left “antifascist” anarchists. Violence escalated throughout the day, culminating in a murderous terrorist attack by one of the alt-right protesters […]
San Francisco Chronicle, “Antifa activist ready to rumble at Bay Area right-wing gatherings”
The loosely connected antifa coalition that has come to include disgruntled Democrats, radical leftists and anarchists has no organized structure or strategy. Its common target, however, has become groups it sees as racist and emboldened by the Trump presidency. Continue Reading
The Oregonian, “Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson takes his protest to San Francisco”
One of Gibson’s top priorities seems to be challenging anarchists, antifascists and social justice activists who are willing to forcefully confront those with opposing points of view. Continue Reading