Kim Kelly: “Why I Booked an Anti-Fascist Metal Festival”
Tomorrow marks the first day of Black Flags Over Brooklyn 2019, an anti-fascist, anti-racist extreme metal festival that I’ve been working on with a couple of friends since last September and that takes place on January 26-26 at Brooklyn Bazaar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Fifteen artists from around the US, Canada, and the UK will gather […]
Daily Beast, “Occupy Protests Freeze ICE Operations From Oregon to Manhattan”
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has put some New York City operations on hold while a protest outside Manhattan’s main ICE facility stretched into its fifth day. On Thursday, demonstrators set up camp outside a downtown ICE processing center that houses an immigration court and a temporary immigrant detention facility. By Friday, ICE was smuggling detainees […]
Gothamist, “‘Occupy ICE’ Protesters Shut Down Manhattan Immigration Hearings”
The protest and ongoing occupation of an ICE building in lower Manhattan has caused federal immigration authorities to halt some operations at the facility, including all bond hearings scheduled for Monday at the Varick Street Immigration Court. In an email sent out late Sunday, immigration attorneys were informed by Department of Justice officials that “there […]
New York Daily News, “Confederate flag in East Village apartment window enrages neighbors”
Another neighbor, Paul Bakija, 53, the guitar player for the seminal New York hardcore band Reagan Youth, said he’s been seeing the flags since last year. “This is good that we’re all here complaining, because I live in the sixth floor and I see it every night,” he said. Bakija’s band was known for their […]
New York Daily News, “The 1920 Wall Street bombing: Authorities blamed agitators for the deadly explosion amid the first Red Scare”
Authorities kept unmasking Red plots all through 1921. NEW YORK ANARCHISTS REORGANIZED, the papers said. REDS OF AMERICA UNITED UNDER ONE HEAD. AGENTS SOWING CLASS HATRED, DISSENSION, SABOTAGE. One million immigrants continued to arrive in the U.S. every year. At least 15 million more, warned U.S. Immigration Commissioner Frederick Wallis, were certain to come unless […]
CBS New York, “‘You Let Your Police Officers Down:’ Queens Woman Confronts De Blasio About Germany Trip”
“I don’t care about the trees,” she shouted. “Pay your police officers and stop spending it on money to go protest against our country.” She spoke with Kramer on Friday and continued to ask questions. “Why did you go to Germany? Why did you stand with the communists, the anarchists, the socialists when you’re supposed […]
Metro, “May Day protest in Union Square unites immigrants, workers, socialists and anarchists”
The march was endorsed by the Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council and self-identified anarchist John (last name withheld) had clear, actionable requests for America. John suggested ending “very active racism,” especially in the Justice Department, avoiding buying from corporations like Wal-Mart and respecting your fellow humans. Continue Reading
The Village Voice, “Scenes From NYC’s May Day: ‘The System Is What Brought You Trump'”
When the anarchist bloc chanted “This! Is! Class! War! Eat the rich! Feed the poor!”, the chant was taken up by the adjacent DSA marchers. When the anarchists chanted “Fuck the police!”, nearby DSA members laughed nervously. Continue Reading
Bedford & Bowery, “What to Expect On May Day: Marches, Patti Smith, and the ‘Adventurous, Angry, and Arrest-able’”
The Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council (MACC) is organizing an anti-fascist marching bloc and a daytime demonstration planned for “the adventurous, the angry, and the arrest-able.” They will be meeting at the Northwest corner of Union Square at 3:30pm before marching to Foley Square. Continue Reading
WIVB 4 (Buffalo), “Protestors march through Buffalo after Trump’s swearing-in”
“Those people are not with the protests, they are anarchists,” said Jamie Diamond, Buffalo protestor. Continue Reading