The Boston Globe, ” Who is the Boston Free Speech Coalition behind Saturday’s rally?”
“We were alarmed that people were OK with fringe anarchists burning down a campus and driving [out] speakers,’’ Medlar said. As the coalition — which also goes by the name The New Free Speech Movement — prepares to hold a controversial rally on Boston Common on Saturday, a picture of the sponsoring organization has emerged. […]
ABC 7 San Francisco, “San Francisco leaders oppose right-wing rally permitted for Crissy Fields”
Based in Portland, Oregon, Patriot Prayer is an “alt-right” group specializing “in rallies aimed at provoking far-left and anarchist groups,” according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups. Violence has been documented at other events organized by the group. Continue Reading
The New York Times, “Behind Berkeley’s Semester of Hate”
Antifa is actually more label than organization, its believers connected by calls to action on websites like It’s Going Down. Anarchist, communist or just liberal, they oppose fascism with militant zeal. But some formalize into affinity groups like the Pastel Bloc; dressed in pastels — a play on the head-to-toe uniform of black bloc — […]
Berkeleyside, “Pepper-sprayed woman who sued Cal, Berkeley for $23M, drops lawsuit”
Robles had come to campus Feb.1 to hear Milo Yiannopoulos speak. University officials canceled the speech after a group of about 100 to 150 black-clad protesters stormed the student center and threw objects at police and the building. The anarchists caused about $100,000 in damage to the campus and another $500,000 downtown. Continue Reading
The New Yorker, “The Alt-Right Branding War Has Torn the Movement in Two”
In February, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, a violent group of left-wing protesters prevented the right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking; in April, anarchists and “anti-Fascists” interrupted a right-wing event in a Berkeley park, sparking a day of street clashes that came to be known as the Battle of Berkeley. “I […]
Willamette Week, “Protest Emails Between Portland Police and Homeland Security: “It’s a Riot””
In the emails, officials count the protesters present at several locations in downtown Portland—but pay especially close attention to the anarchists and antifascist groups in Chapman and Lownsdale plazas, describing them as “anticipated to have potential for violence.” At least part of that supposed potential is described in the emails, which describe two Molotov cocktails […]
The Sun, “‘F*** YOUR NATIONALISM’ Woman has £2,300 BOUNTY placed on her head after Facebook video of her urinating on a US flag on the Fourth of July sparks death threats”
She captioned the Facebook video: “F*** your nationalism. F*** your country. F*** your stupid f****** flag.” Hundreds of furious social media users have slammed the controversial video, labelling her “unpatriotic”, “disgusting” and “attention seeking”. The self-confessed anarchist admitted she had received death threats and her dad’s workplace had been targeted following the stunt. Continue Reading
Willamette Week, “Extremists Too Busy Smacking Each Other Around to Disrupt Waterfront Blues Festival”
The march included elements that are now standard whenever the “alt-right” and its associates come to town and meet antifascists: speeches about right-wing victimhood, smoke bombs, bare-knuckle brawling and defiling of each others’ chosen flags. Continue Reading
Charlotte Business Journal, “Charlotte scraps controversial ordinance”
Charlotte City Council voted Monday to repeal its ordinance for “extraordinary events,” according to multiple local news outlets. The measure was passed in 2012, as the city was preparing to host the Democratic National Convention and grappling with the Occupy Charlotte protests — a major concern at that time was anarchists, notes WFAE-FM, the local NPR […]
Willamette Week, “Portland Police Chief Says Antifa Protesters Used Slingshot to Launch Urine and Feces-Filled Balloons at Riot Cops”
Portland Police Chief Mike Marshman said today that riot cops pushed antifascist and anarchist protesters out of downtown parks June 4 after the protesters used slingshots to launch balloons filled with urine, feces and unknown chemicals into police ranks. Continue Reading