CBC, “Hamilton now says it gave ‘improper’ order to remove anarchy symbol”
Hamilton is now saying it gave an “improper” order when it forced a local anarchist group to remove the circled A anarchy symbol from its headquarters and called it “hate material” similar to the swastika. The change of heart comes two days after a CBC News report on the bylaw order — a move that […]
The Reflector (WA), “Battle Ground coffee shops hit with encouraging graffiti”
The graffiti included two statements, “Love You” and “Be Yourself,” a circled A, which represents anarchists, a peace sign, and four attempts at drawing human faces. “BU” was also written, which stands for “but you” amongst some in the virtual chat world, but is most commonly an abbreviation for Boston University. Continue Reading
BuzzFeed News, “Alt-Right Demonstrators Rally In Portland One Week After Train Stabbings”
One man on the alt-right side of the protest burned a black T-shirt with a symbol of anarchism, quite possibly aimed at the self-described anti-fascists — or antifa — protesters just feet away. Continue Reading
ABC New Orleans, “Another Confederate monument vandalized on Jeff Davis Parkway”
Just days after the last of four Confederate monuments slated for removal came down in New Orleans, an apparent anarchist group that calls itself the Real Meow Meow Liberation Front – Professional Party Planning Committee has vandalized another monument that pays tribute to a Confederate poet and priest. Continue Reading
The Denver Post, “Downtown Boulder hit with rash of anarchist graffiti”
The tags, which are often spray-painted in prominent or otherwise easily viewed spaces, have included the anarchist symbol — an “A” inside a circle — and writings such as “Kill Trump,” “Blue Lives Shatter,” “All Cops Are Bastards” and “To Be Governed Is Disgraceful.” Continue Reading
ABC 6 Indianapolis, “Vandals spray-painted graffiti on two Muncie churches over the weekend”
The vandals wrote “What’s a God” across the church building in large black letters and drew atheist and anarchist symbols on the walls, windows, doors and even the pastor’s parking spot. Continue Reading
The New Yorker, “The Young Queer Writer Who Became Greenland’s Unlikely Literary Star”
She recalls spray-painting the anarchist symbol and the phrase “Punk isn’t dead,” in English, on apartment blocks, and playing in abandoned cars and homes. She found solace writing stories in school, and listening to pop-punk artists whose songs channelled a familiar sense of unbelonging; Pink was a special obsession. “I also felt like the outcast […]
Vogue, “Hood By Air Fans Might Have the Coolest Street Style Outside of Fashion Week”
Further up in line, just about to cross the threshold, a guy sports a white hoodie decorated with encircled capitol A’s. Asked who designed this anarchist call to arms, he turns around to reveal the back of the garment, which reads Undercover/Supreme. (This symbol has a storied past—long before it decorated hipsters’ physiques, it showed […]
New Orleans Times-Picayne, “No arrests made after anti-Trump protest, vandalism, New Orleans police say”
Shortly after 6 p.m., the crowd marched down St. Charles Avenue toward Canal Street and then on to the French Quarter before returning to Lee Circle. Several prominent downtown buildings, mostly businesses, were sprayed with anti-Trump graffiti along with symbols associated with anarchism. It was unclear whether those who vandalized the buildings were associated with the protest […]
NBC 4 Tucson, “Crime Trackers: Law enforcement unions vandalized,” May 4, 2015
Crime Trackers: Law enforcement unions vandalized by Lupita Murillo, NBC 4 Tucson, May 4, 2015 Law enforcement union offices were targets of vandalism over the weekend after the so-called anarchists claimed responsibility for thousands of dollars in damages. READ MORE