NPR, “Run The Jewels On Empowerment And Shared Humanity”
The older I get, the more of an anarchist I become. And I don’t mean in the punk rock type of way where I just seek to destroy things. I mean, I believe truly we’re not going to progress as a species until we feel responsible to educate and to bring every heart, or every […]
Raw Story, “Why it’s just bonkers to compare fascists to the activists trying to stop them”
Small bands of antifa protesters have formed around anarchist ideas in the United States for decades, being integral part of the anti-globalization protests of the 1990s. They are not controlled by any party and few of the small groups are in organizational contact with others. It is a sign of the weakness of the left […]
The Morning Sun (MI), “Baerren: Liberals enable white power by lazily attacking Antifa”
Well, not everyone agrees. Antifa activists don’t. They also don’t care what liberals and Democrats think, because they aren’t liberals or Democrats. They also don’t care how you vote, because they mostly consider Republicans and Democrats similar parts of a corrupted system (this isn’t entirely wrong). Most of them are communists or genuine Socialists or […]
Santa Cruz Sentinel, “Huge crowds march through San Francisco as right-wing protesters lie low”
Late Saturday morning, a peaceful demonstration grew around the fenced-off Alamo Square Park under a bright sun and a cloudless sky. Families toting young children and bandanna-masked anarchists marched next to each other, chanting and hoisting signs such as “If you’re going to San Francisco, DON’T BE A NAZI!” “Fight White Supremacy!” and “More Sex […]
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 […]
Salon, “Heather Heyer picked her side”
The IWW, an anarcho-syndicalist union whose members are called “Wobblies,” was known for organizing across lines of race and ethnicity. Its direct actions and its willingness to recruit African Americans and immigrants led to its violent repression by government agents and corporate goons in the wake of World War I. Continue Reading
The Washington Post, “Who are the antifa?”
Militant anti-fascist or “antifa” (pronounced ANtifa) is a radical pan-leftist politics of social revolution applied to fighting the far right. Its adherents are predominantly communists, socialists and anarchists who reject turning to the police or the state to halt the advance of white supremacy. Instead they advocate popular opposition to fascism as we witnessed in […]
Slate, “Yes, What About the “Alt-Left”?”
Some of the anarchists and anti-fascist folks came up to us and asked why we let them through and asked what they could do to help. Rev. Osagyefo Sekou talked with them for a bit, explaining what we were doing and our stance and asking them to not provoke the Nazis. They agreed quickly and […]
CNN, “What is Antifa?”
Scott Crow, a longtime Antifa organizer, says the “radical ideals” promoted by Antifas are starting to be adopted by liberals. “They would never have looked at (those ideals) before, because they saw us as the enemy as much as the right-wingers.” Continue Reading
Pacific Standard Magazine, “What Trump Means When He Says ‘Both Sides'”
Since antifa is heavily composed of anarchists, its activists place little faith in the state, which they consider complicit in fascism and racism. They prefer direct action: They pressure venues to deny white supremacists space to meet. They pressure employers to fire them and landlords to evict them. And when people they deem racists and […]