Philadelphia Magazine, “The Changing Streets of Cedar Park”
A little later, mostly white anarchists and other radicals established a network of collectively owned group houses, with whimsical names like “The Gathering” and “Kool Rock Amazons.” The Mariposa Food cooperative, which is now located on 49th and Baltimore in a former-bank-building-turned-black-church, sprung to life in the 1970s as part of a larger effort to […]
KPBS (San Diego), “Human Library Event A Reminder Not To Judge Others ‘By Their Covers’”
Available “titles” at Saturday’s event include a suicide-attempt survivor, a transgender person, a triple amputee, a Muslim, an online journalist, a domestic violence victim, an anarchist and a person who is blind. All are volunteering their time and willing to share their stories. Continue Reading
The Oregonian, “Portland in the 1990s: dirty, weird, a place to disappear — and it’s deeply missed”
This was the Rose City where waves of Santa Clauses faced off with police in riot gear. Where anarchists in town for an “un-conference” broke windows and banged on parked cars as part of a planned “wandering vandalism” excursion. Portland in the 1990s was, of course, where Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love met. Continue Reading
Richmond Magazine, “Bomb Shelter: Charitable group Food Not Bombs establishes a home base”
For more than two decades, the group served weekly meals at Monroe Park, cooking out of homes including the former Wingnut Anarchist Collective in Southern Barton Heights. Food Not Bombs lost access to Monroe Park in November when it closed for a 12- to 18-month renovation, but the group continues to serve free meals at […]
The Herald-Star (West Virginia), “Anarchists planning rally to seek sanctuary city status for Wheeling”
The Eclosion Collective, an Ohio Valley anarchist group, suggested the idea by scheduling a 3 p.m. demonstration at 1500 Chapline St. The group is asking supporters of Wheeling becoming a sanctuary city to show up and seek action from Wheeling Council. Continue Reading
The Messenger (Kentucky), “Black History Fact”
Lucy Parsons was a radical American labor organizer, an anarchist and a powerful orator. She was born in Texas in 1853 (most likely as a slave) to parents of Native American, black American and Mexican ancestry. Continue Reading
WTOV 9 (West Virginia), “After Wheeling mayor says no to sanctuary city movement, demonstrations will go on”
“This anarchist group is not Wheeling or the Ohio Valley,” he said. “I want Wheeling to be safe and the Ohio Valley to be safe. We don’t need people coming in here that have not been properly vetted.” Continue Reading
KUAR (Arkansas), “Arkansas Sanctuary Campus Defunding Bill Shot Down From All Sides”
“This is directed at the radical fringe, anarchist types that want to change our campuses form those decent places where people go to get an education into what we saw over the news at U.C. Berkeley,” Smith said referring to a recent protest at one of the nation’s top colleges. Continue Reading
Philadelphia Inquirer, “Bar Code: At Fiume, a post-anarchist craft-cocktail regime”
“Abyssinia got literally a bunch of self-described anarchists to run the upstairs bar,” he said. “Then, three or four months after it opened, they all disappeared, and it sort of fell apart. This is how we know they were authentic anarchists: Definitively, it can’t last.” Continue Reading
The Oregonian, “At least 300 people form barrier to shield Portland churchgoers from harassment”
“The atmosphere was for me personally, something that I have never experienced before,” Mayoral told us. “I have participated in many marches and protest before but this one — this one you could feel the love and support for everyone that was there. People we loving and supportive — labor, pro-immigration activists, church groups, anarchists, […]