ABC Kentucky, ” 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
The Daily Beast, “As Trump Arrives in Merkel-Land, It’s ‘Welcome to Hell’”
It’s been decades since the ‘Black Blocs’ and other anarchists could command world attention, but the G-20 in Hamburg—and outrage at the U.S. president—have brought them back. The “Welcome to Hell” march had been organized through the Rote Flora, an old theater that was revamped as a squat for anarchists and the innovative left in […]
Willamette Week, “Portland Police Chief Says Antifa Protesters Used Slingshot to Launch Urine and Feces-Filled Balloons at Riot Cops”
Portland Police Chief Mike Marshman said today that riot cops pushed antifascist and anarchist protesters out of downtown parks June 4 after the protesters used slingshots to launch balloons filled with urine, feces and unknown chemicals into police ranks. Continue Reading
The New Yorker, “The Ongoing Legal Battle Over the “Black Bloc” Inauguration Day Protest”
The protest—which used tactics long associated with anarchists and anticapitalists, including dressing in black to create a sense of solidarity and to make it difficult to distinguish individuals—was the most confrontational to take place in Washington in more than a decade, and it provoked an unusual response from local prosecutors: they obtained indictments charging more […]
Al Jazeera, “Reporters face 70 years in prison over anti-Trump march”
The video followed the black-clad anarchists and anti-fascists as they marched through the streets, periodically chanting: “Whose streets? Our streets.” In other parts, they sang: “One, two, three, f*** the bourgeoisie. Four, five, six, f*** the bourgeoisie.” Others screamed “f*** capitalism” as they launched projectiles and swung bars at the windows of a Bank of […]
Newsweek, “Trump-Era Political Violence Deterring Democratic Candidates”
The two incidents played out against a backdrop of increasing political violence at protests, between the so-called Black bloc of hoodie-wearing anarchists and the newly formed cadres of right-wing men who show up at rallies armed with clubs and looking for a fight. Continue Reading
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 […]
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
Oregon Public Broadcasting, “Dueling Portland Rallies Turn Chaotic In Wake Of TriMet Stabbings”
The black-clad, masked anarchists who have tussled with police at past events were handing out free ice cream at the start of the day, but by the end, they’d burned flags and some of the more extreme protestors had thrown bricks at police. Continue Reading
Daily Camera (CO), “1 arrested, several detained at Boulder rally by ‘western chauvinist’ group”
A man dressed in black with a mask over his face would not give his name, but he said that he wasn’t a member of an anti-fascist group or anarchist group but agrees with their philosophies. “We don’t engage in dialogue with fascists,” he said. “They use free speech and democracy to undermine free speech […]