Crimethinc: Tearing Down the Monuments to Thieves
The day before classes began at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the state’s flagship public university, a crowd led by students of color and anarchists tore down the Confederate statue, “Silent Sam,” which has dominated downtown Chapel Hill for over a century. You can read about the events in the campus paper […]
The Nation, “Why 1 Anarchist Is Choosing Jail Over Grand-Jury Testimony”
“The price of grand-jury resistance is high, but as an anarchist, refusing to cooperate with the state was actually an incredibly easy decision, and one I would make again in a heartbeat,” Koch, who is now training to be a criminal-defense lawyer, told me. “Refusing to cooperate when I was subpoenaed in 2013 led to […]
The Herald Sun (NC), “Durham sheriff’s major says county creating ‘absolute anarchy’ in Confederate statue case”
“Anarchists are using the volatile issue of race to accomplish destruction and spread hatred. Is this what our political leadership desires? Is this leadership?” he wrote. Continue Reading
The Atlantic, “Durham’s Anti-Klan Block Party”
With no Klan protest available to counter-protest, the crowd became a big celebration instead. Estimates ranged as high as 2,000 attendees. It was a diverse cross-section of the Durham community: young and old, black, white, Hispanic, and Asian. There were hipsters with sculpted mustaches and band t-shirts, men with graying dreadlocks, black-clad anarchists with bandanas […]
The Atlantic, “Durham’s Confederate Statue Comes Down”
By the time I arrived, less than an hour after the statue had fallen, the street was blocked off by sheriff’s deputies’ cars. The protesters had marched a few blocks down Main Street, toward where the Durham Police Department is building a controversial new headquarters. A mix of young and old, black and white, graying […]
ChapelBoro 97.9 FM (NC), “Durham Resident Defies Grand Jury Subpoena After Orange County GOP Firebombing”
But the investigation may have hit another roadblock recently when Katie Yow said that she would be fighting a subpoena to appear before a federal grand jury. The Durham resident is a self-described anarchist who released a statement objecting to the grand jury protocol as a whole due to the secretive nature of the proceedings. […]
The Herald Sun (NC), “N.C. GOP condemns anarchist’s fight with grand jury over firebombing investigation”
The N.C. Republican Party has responded to the subpoena of self-described “anarchist” Katie Yow in a grand jury investigation into the October 2016 firebombing of Orange County GOP headquarters in Hillsborough. Continue Reading
The News & Observer, “NC GOP: Anarchist who won’t comply with firebombing investigation should be jailed”
Katie Yow, a local anarchist and political activist, showed up to the federal courthouse in Greensboro Tuesday with several dozen supporters, then announced she would refuse to assist a grand jury looking into the alleged arson. Continue Reading
The Herald Sun (NC), “Anarchist says she’ll fight subpoena in Orange County GOP firebombing case”
“I have been an anarchist for nearly half my life.” Yow says. “My convictions as an anarchist inform every part of my life, and being part of the anarchist movement gives me all the strength I need to resist this subpoena. The subpoena is linked to a firebombing of the Orange County GOP headquarters in […]
Triad City Beat, “North Carolina social worker defies grand jury subpoena”
Katie Yow, a 31-year-old social worker and anarchist, has been called to testify before a federal grand jury in Greensboro on July 31. She won’t be complying. Instead, supporters from across the state will hold a rally in front of the federal building at 9 a.m. to express encouragement for her act of resistance. Continue […]