Newsweek, “California Police Tried to Charge Antifa Activists Stabbed at Neo-Nazi Rally”
In June 2016, a white supremacist rally marched through Sacramento in California. Met by anti-fascist counter-protesters, the event turned violent and several people—almost all of them activists—were stabbed. After the brawl, police investigated 100 anti-fascists, and recommended some 500 charges in the wake of the violence, police reports seen by The Guardian indicate. Eight people […]
Newsweek, “Puerto Rican ‘Anarchistic Organizers’ Took Power Into Their Own Hands After Hurricane Maria”
In August, nearly one year after Hurricane Maria wrecked Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and plunged its 3.4 million residents into darkness, island officials heralded a milestone: The lights were back on. The state-owned electric company even tweeted a photo of a smiling family it said was the last to receive power. But Christine Nieves, an […]
Newsweek, “Antifa Activist’s Death Leads to Trial of Three Far-Right Members in France”
Three far-right skinheads have gone on trial in France over the 2013 death of 18-year-old anti-fascist (or antifa) activist Clément Méric. Scheduled to last two weeks, the trial began on Tuesday in Paris. Esteban Morillo and Samuel Dufour, both 25, have been charged with violence that led to the death of Méric. They face up […]
Newsweek, “‘The Government’s Prosecution’ of Trump Inauguration Protesters ‘Should Scare the Daylights Out of Anyone Who Values Dissent,’ Says Defense Attorney”
Around the corner from the federal courthouse in downtown Washington where media crews have spent the past year recording the many comings and goings of President Donald Trump’s indicted associates, another, far less heralded legal struggle unfolded with arguably greater ramifications for American democracy than anything special counsel Robert Mueller discovers. This was the plight […]