Ella Mendoza: Climbing The Ladder: Brown Politicians Will Not Save Us
Watching bisexual senator Kyrsten Sinema get sworn in while placing her hand on a copy of the U.S. Constitution was a sobering moment for me. As one of many undocumented organizers around the country, I’ve spent the past few months focused on establishing support networks with members of the migrant caravan, fundraising for the many […]
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 […]
New York Magazine, “Georgia’s Extra-Special Election Enters the Final Stretch”
There have been two candidate debates, and lots of attacks and counterattacks in ads (again, especially on the GOP side, where national groups have spent millions depicting mild-mannered centrist nerd Jon Ossoff as some sort of anarchist flower child whose two favorite people are Nancy Pelosi and Kathy Griffin). Continue Reading
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
New York Magazine, “Jon Ossoff Pulls Ahead in Polls As the GOP Tries to Link Him to Kathy Griffin”
The message, which is about as subtle as a 5 a.m. jackhammer, is that any Republican who doesn’t bother to vote against Ossoff will be enabling “childish radicals” (an allusion to Ossoff’s youth, which apparently makes him suspiciously similar to the window-smashing anarchists in the ad) to destroy the country. Continue Reading
New York Magazine, “Paul Ryan Super-PAC Tries to Tie Jon Ossoff to Kathy Griffin Video”
Yet he’s lumped in with her, along with images of Michael Moore and sundry window-breaking, car-burning, trashcan-spilling anarchists, as “angry liberals” who “have gone too far” in their determination to foist Ossoff on the clean-living suburbanites of the sixth district. The fact that Ossoff has nothing to do with any of these people— certainly not […]
The Stranger, “Is Seattle Ready for Nikkita Oliver?”
“To see communities of color showing up, to see anarchists showing up in a space just because Nikkita is showing up—that to me is amazing,” said Yin Yu, a 32-year-old volunteer who helps coordinate Oliver’s listening posts. Continue Reading
The Guardian, “To vote, or not to vote? For many the answer is simply: why bother?”
Jones, an advocate for nonviolent protest and board member of an educational non-profit, said: “Being a difference maker is more than punching a ballot every two or four years.” He said it would take an exceptional candidate – one who would eliminate the federal reserve, end direct taxation and shrink the military – to suit […]
Bloomberg, “Watch Out: Populists in the Piazza”
A short walk away, Renzi will have a hard time convincing bar owner Gabriella Dimauro, 28, who defines herself as an “anarchist.” Her vote will be “against the government.” Dimauro was hopeful when Renzi came to power in 2014, yet “he hasn’t done what he says, like all politicians who come to power, who are […]