Salon, “Antifa and leftists organize mutual aid and rescue networks in Houston”
According to Scott Crow, anarchist, author and cofounder of the decentralized Common Ground Collective that provided relief and aid to those most in need almost exactly 12 years ago during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, grassroots distribution centers and clinics for Harvey victims are already cropping up. Moreover, he says, a lot of people in […]
Williamette Week, “May Day Mystery Solved: What Was The Deal With Those Spiders?”
An answer can be found in a lengthy article published in the online anarchist journal Crimethinc, which says the photogenic spiders symbolized “mutual aid, solidarity, and direct action.” Continue Reading
Vice, “Greece Is Cracking Down on the Anarchist Squats Giving Shelter to Refugees”
Demonstrators gathered outside the station, along with lawyers who the police forbade from entering. A green anarchist flag fluttered from the window of a detention cell on the top floor, held by a North African man who had been locked inside for nine months. Protesters marched in two separate rallies. Police shot tear gas. Fires […]
The Huffington Post, “Anarchists In Portland Are Fighting The System By Fixing Potholes”
”Many of the critiques we have received from the left have said we should be tearing the streets up, rather than paving them,” PARC told HuffPost. “We find this view ableist, classist and antisocial. To us, anarchy is about building community and creating networks of solidarity and mutual aid.” Continue Reading
TeleSur, “New ‘App’ Offers Anarchist Alternative to Calling 911”
A project of the Better Angels collective, a self-described “friendly group of anarchist techies committed to feminist, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist struggle” the Buoy system allows people to create a variety of customized support networks which, in the case of an emergency, can be notified through a single text of your location and situation. Continue Reading
Columbia Daily Tribune, “Loaves and Fishes feeds the hungry in Columbia,” April 12, 2015
Loaves and Fishes feeds the hungry in Columbia by Katherine Cummins, Columbia Daily Tribune, April 12, 2015 According to Steve Jacobs, director of the St. Francis Catholic Workers, the Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen started at the Newman Center Catholic Church in 1982 to re-enact the Gospel stories of Jesus feeding the multitudes by providing […]