International Business Times, “What Is Antifa? Anti-Fascist Movement Clashes With Alt-Right”
“Little known to practitioners of mainstream American politics, militant anti-fascists make up a secretive culture closely associated with anarchists. Both reject social hierarchies as undemocratic and eschew the political parties as hopelessly corrupt, according to interviews with a dozen anarchists around the country. While some anarchists espouse nonviolence, others view property damage and even physical […]
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
Bangor Daily News (ME), “Anti-Muslim activists march in numerous cities across the United States”
“We’re here protecting their rights, and they’re trying to shut us down!” Pax Hart, the organizer of the New York City rally told his audience, referring to the gathering of hundreds of leftist activists and masked anarchists across the street. “It’s insane!” Continue Reading
Portland Press Herald (ME), “Anti-Sharia marches planned for cities across the country”
“We refuse to allow fascists a platform to organize and incite racial violence,” Lorenzo Raymond, of the Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council, said in a statement. 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 […]
Al Jazeera, “US anti-fascists take on alt-right fight squads”
A group of black-clad anarchists surround a far-right activist, pushing him from their protest area and dousing him in silly string. The anti-fascist demonstrators had gathered in Portland in the United States to counter an alt-right rally. “Nazis go home,” they yell in videos of the incident on Sunday. Continue Reading
CBS 6 Portland, “Marshman unaware protesters’ IDs photographed”
He said that after the May Day protests on May 1 — which turned into a riot, including damages to downtown businesses and other property — the Police Bureau wanted to get ahead of the “anarchist crowd kind of hit-and-run” strategy. Continue Reading
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
SFist, “Berkeley Student And Trump Supporter Sues University For $23M Over Attacks By Liberal Protesters”
The cancelled event with Yiannopoulos on February 1 was followed by a pair of pro-Trump/alt-right rallies in downtown Berkeley that also turned violent, with anarchists and various liberal factions seeking to face off against conservatives and those they deem to be neo-Nazis. Continue Reading