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 […]
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 […]
The Fresno Bee, “Charlottesville backlash emerges in Fresno with ‘rally against hate’”
“Lawful demonstrations have good intentions” but they can attract “those with hidden agendas, anarchists and individuals who choose to become violent at these gatherings,” he said. Continue Reading
The Village Voice, “From Charlottesville to Boston, Rightbloggers’ “Alt-Left” Story Falls Flat”
Maybe it had something to do with events outside the rally, too — like all those high-level defections, or little things like the group of NYPD officers who spoke up for Colin Kaepernick. Or maybe this was just the silence of bullies who suddenly found themselves outnumbered — not by black-clad cartoon anarchists, but by […]
North County Public Radio (NY), “‘Antifa’ willing and sometimes eager to trade blows with far-right”
Antifa members say they trace their history to an anti-fascist street movement that’s existed in Europe for decades. Some claim inspiration from anarchist political ideas that are broadly anti-authoritarian and often anti-capitalist. In Charlottesville, they clashed repeatedly with neo-Nazis and white power activists. Continue Reading
Salon, “Charlottesville, “happiest city in America” — but for whom?”
Back at Emancipation Park, word spread among counter-protesters that Charlottesville black residents needed help, and a throng headed south to offer their bodies as support. But by time they got close to the housing complex, an organizer with Anarchist People of Color told them to turn back. The residents had already handled the situation, she […]
The Star-Ledger, “Charlottesville: Reporters should leave the opinion writing to us pundits | Mulshine”
In the interim, crowd control has become a science. Any reporter who has covered a national convention has witnessed this. The same “anarchist traveling show” – as British Prime Minister Tony Blair once put it – showed up in Cleveland for the Republican Convention last year. Continue Reading
Times Free Press (TN), ” Balazs: Events in Charlottesville begin to reverberate in Chattanooga”
Stubsten, the self-described Communist and anarchist, asserts that if someone goes to a “Klan rally unrobed, they should expect to lose their jobs Monday.” Continue Reading
ABC 13 Asheville, NC, “‘Asheville Solidarity Rally’ held downtown for prison reform”
The Asheville Solidarity Rally was organized by Asheville Black Lives Matter, Blue Ridge Anarchist Black Cross (BRABC), and Zamani Refuge African Cultural Center. Continue Reading
Tucson.com, ” Tim Steller: Self-appointed ‘militias’ pose danger in fraught times “
Now, when it comes to misbehaving at demonstrations, the “militia” members have a better record so far than the left-wing troublemakers known as “Antifa,” for anti-fascist. These people descend from the old black bloc anarchists who liked to smash store windows in cities where big events were occurring, like the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting […]