North County Public Radio (NY), “One side fears threat from sharia law, the other side fears fascism”
Many of the people on the anti-Trump side of the street wore masks and carry red and black flags, the colors of communism and anarchism. I asked one of the marchers why he hides his identity. “I have personally been targeting numerous times by neo-Nazis who have posted my address, phone number and pictures of […]
IndyWeek (NC), “Anti-Sharia Activists and Militia Members Protested in Raleigh Saturday. They Were Vastly Outnumbered.”
Around noon, some 250 counterprotesters, including Muslims and other people of faith, anarchists, and communists, converged at the southeast corner of the Capitol grounds. Yelling at the top of their lungs, the counterprotesters drowned out the speaker at the anti-sharia rally, while facing patriot militia members outfitted in biker and military dress holding American flags. […]
The Stranger, “See Nate Gowdy’s Photos from Saturday’s “March Against Sharia” and Counterprotest”
City employees, candidates for office, Antifa protesters, anarchists, socialists, and others showed up to denounce the “March Against Sharia.” Continue Reading
Bangor Daily News (ME), “Anti-Muslim activists march in numerous cities across the United States”
“We’re here protecting their rights, and they’re trying to shut us down!” Pax Hart, the organizer of the New York City rally told his audience, referring to the gathering of hundreds of leftist activists and masked anarchists across the street. “It’s insane!” Continue Reading
Al Jazeera, “Anti-Muslim marches held in several US cities”
In response, the Metropolitan Anarchists Coordinating Council (MACC) staged a noise demonstrations with hopes of drowning out anti-Muslim chants. “They have no intention of encouraging free speech,” Marisa Holmes, a spokesperson for MACC, told Al Jazeera by telephone. Continue Reading
Portland Press Herald (ME), “Anti-Sharia marches planned for cities across the country”
“We refuse to allow fascists a platform to organize and incite racial violence,” Lorenzo Raymond, of the Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council, said in a statement. Continue Reading
ShadowProof, “An American In Syria: The Anti-Fascist Struggle For Communal Society In The Ruins”
“The main source of volunteers has been Europe; at the Academy where I was trained, we had a lot of rambunctious Italian anarchists, all covered in scars from street fighting with fascists. There are a lot, and I mean a goddam u-boats worth of Germans. Anarchists and Apoists mostly.” Continue Reading
The Daily Beast, “Anti-Islam Bigots Fail to Provoke in Phoenix,” May 30, 2015
Anti-Islam Bigots Fail to Provoke in Phoenix by Rebekah Zemansky, The Daily Beast, May 30, 2015 They gathered under the watchful eye of wary law enforcement and the mosque’s neighbors, both curious and anxious: armed participants for a “Muhammad Cartoon Contest,” members of the mosque’s community and their partners and masked members of the local […]
CVLT NATION, “Anarchists vs. ISIS: The Revolution in Syria Nobody’s Talking About,” February 6, 2015
Anarchists vs. ISIS: The Revolution in Syria Nobody’s Talking About by Gareth Watkins, CVLT NATION, February 6, 2015 Despite all the obstacles facing them, the people of Rojava are, right now, the only large-scale movement on the entire planet implementing a real, working alternative to the state and capitalism. Like the Spanish anarchist federations and […]
CTV News, “Identifying radicals: The four types of youth attracted to extremism,” January 16, 2015
Identifying radicals: The four types of youth attracted to extremism CTV News, January 16, 1987 2) The “flavour of the month” extremist – The second category comprises people who are drawn to extremism of any form. These people are often former anarchists, neo-Nazis, or environmentalist extremists, who are concerned with fighting the power – whatever […]