Vice, “How Hardcore Punk Will Save Italy from Gentrification”
In the early aughts, a bunch of punks, queer people, freaks, and anarchists squatted here, and Atlantide was born. It became a place of activism, of street politics, based on a shared belief in the value of unalienable rights. For me, Atlantide was that kind of place where you could end up on a Sunday […]
Greensboro News & Record (NC), “Protesters in Greensboro rally against federal grand jury subpoena of Durham woman”
The protesters gathered outside the U.S. Middle District Courthouse in Greensboro to support Katie Yow, a Durham anarchist subpoenaed July 10 to testify before a federal grand jury. But Yow spent the day fighting the subpoena. She and her supporters believe that grand juries can target people unfairly and without accountability with their secret proceedings […]
Al Jazeera, “Katie Yow refuses to testify amid activist ‘witch hunt'”
An activist in the US state of North Carolina could face up to 18 months in jail for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury over the firebombing of a Republican Party office during the 2016 presidential election. Katie Yow, a 31-year-old anarchist and social worker, decried the order, arguing that the secretive nature of […]
Vogue, “The 25 Worst Lies From Donald Trump’s First 200 Days”
February 3: “Professional anarchists, thugs and paid protesters are proving the point of the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” I, and the millions of others who have taken to the streets, are still waiting for our checks. Continue Reading
Triad City Beat, “North Carolina social worker defies grand jury subpoena”
Katie Yow, a 31-year-old social worker and anarchist, has been called to testify before a federal grand jury in Greensboro on July 31. She won’t be complying. Instead, supporters from across the state will hold a rally in front of the federal building at 9 a.m. to express encouragement for her act of resistance. Continue […]
IndyWeek (NC), “In “Resistance to Political Repression,” Local Activist Katie Yow Will Refuse Grand Jury Order”
“I have been an anarchist for nearly half my life. My convictions as an anarchist inform every part of my life, and being part of the anarchist movement gives me all the strength I need to resist this subpoena,” says Yow, an activist and former teacher and bookstore proprietor. Continue Reading
Al Jazeera, “US authorities handle white supremacists with kid gloves while branding Antifa protesters ‘domestic terrorists'”
On June 12, 2017, New Jersey’s Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (OHSP) added a new name to its list of “domestic terrorist” threats: Antifa. The report characterises “Antifa” as a group of “anarchist extremists” who “focus on issues involving racism, sexism, and anti-Semitism, as well as other perceived injustices,” a half-baked definition, while technically accurate, is […]
The Guardian, “Why Anarchism is Better than Conventional Diplomacy”
The discussion is intense. One opposition leader, his voice shaking, warned the council diplomats that there would be genocide in his country. I have only belatedly learned that those on the ground usually have the best idea about how to solve conflict. Ultimately, such realisations led to a belief in a very different kind of […]
Raw Story, “‘There are a lot of people injured’: Hamburg under siege for G20 summit”
But one 30-year-old self-described anarchist, refusing to give his name, was unapologetic as he helped dry off fellow protestors drenched by police water canons. “With 200 people we have shown to millions of people that it’s possible to bring people onto the streets and make clear that we are not going to simply accept everything […]
Mic, “Liberals are playing just as dirty as conservatives did in the ’90s — and it sounds great”
Through the local comedy scene, he was set up with Brett Paine, another budding anarchist comedian. Paine thought Quinby was an “old, square guy,” and Quinby thought Paine was a “young, hip asshole.” But they had on-air chemistry and similar politics and so, with Quinby’s cable installation money, they bought a cheap mixer and a […]