The Washington Post, “What draws Americans to anarchy? It’s more than just smashing windows.”
“The Trump presidency has certainly given a boldness to fascists and racist movements throughout the country, and that’s a moment where anarchists are ready to respond in a way that many others aren’t,” said Samantha Miller, 32, a D.C. anarchist who helped organize the Inauguration Day protests. Continue Reading
PBS Newshour, “For Trump supporters in Portland, the left is the face of intolerance”
At the local GOP headquarters, in a strip mall in northeast Portland, anarchist graffiti appeared on the building’s side. And several months before the June rally, Portland’s annual Roses Parade was canceled after organizers received threatening emails over the inclusion of a Republican Party float; disruptions had also been planned by self-described anti-fascists. Continue Reading
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, “Candidate for Sessions’s Senate seat uses Scalise shooting in TV ad”
Brooks, who has been attacked by a Republican super PAC for having criticized Trump in 2016, is the first candidate to directly tie the left to political violence. But a new ad from the Congressional Leadership Fund, the House GOP’s main super PAC, attacks the Democrats’ “Better Deal” rebrand with footage of black bloc anarchist […]
KATU 2 (Portland), “Man accused of smashing cars, store windows during November riot appears in court”
When Elliott was arrested, court documents say he was carrying multiple flares, anarchist literature and a large rock. Court documents also say a Portland police car was damaged and burned by flares during the May riot and documents say Elliott “was seen on video approaching the police car with a lit flare.” Continue Reading
Capitol Hill Times (Seattle), “Brush up on your Shakespeare”
Alt-right vs. anarchists: The vendetta between hot-blooded Black Bloc and Proud Boy bravos is escalating from fists to knives and guns. This way madness lies. Continue Reading
Mic, “The NRA releases another horrifying ad, this time threatening journalists and politicians”
The darker, perhaps more dangerous allegation in the video, besides the common refrain among conservatives that the Washington Post is a “fake news outlet,” is the insinuation that recent violent protests are the work of popular Democratic politicians and activists, who “organize anarchy” and do the work of the “violent left” (or, at very least, […]
ABC Houston, “What we know about the violent protesters at the G-20 summit”
The term “black bloc” is used to describe a group of people wearing black clothing such as hoodies, masks and scarves to conceal their identities. A black bloc is typically considered to be an anarchist group. In Hamburg on Thursday, members of the black bloc held a large banner that read, “Welcome to Hell,” which […]
ABC Chicago, “At least 76 police officers injured in G-20 protests in Germany”
Some 8,000 people were in the crowd, and not all of them were violent, police said, adding that about 1,000 people were part of a black bloc anarchist group. Police have not yet released figures on how many people were arrested and injured during the demonstrations. Continue Reading
Reuters, “Angry and agile – anarchists give police hard time at Hamburg G20”
As the July 7-8 summit started on Friday, Black Bloc anarchists and other anti-capitalist protesters sat in groups on main intersections, blocking streets and bridges leading to the summit venue as well as a road used by trucks at Hamburg Port. On Thursday night, they hurled beer bottles, blocked roads using trash bins and set […]