COVID-19 and Uprisings for Black Liberation Used as a Pretext for Advancing Mass Surveillance
Kris Hermes, July 15, 2020 On the night of June 1, amidst mass uprisings against police violence and structural racism, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deployed it’s most advanced spy plane, equipped with sophisticated long-range video cameras that can capture footage day or night, see through haze, and provide infrared thermal imaging, in order […]
Inquisitr, “Trumped Up Charges: Journalist Aaron Cantu Faces 75 Years After Covering Inauguration Day”
Matthew Whitley of the Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council told The Daily Beast the following. “The arrests were extremely indiscriminate. It was a mass arrest of anyone the police believed had participated in the day’s anti-fascist, anti-capitalist demonstration. There was very little in terms of targeted arrests.” Continue Reading
WSOC (Charlotte, NC), “Charlotte could scratch extraordinary event ordinance”
The ordinance was created to combat anarchists at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Continue Reading
DCist, “City And Security Leaders Say D.C. Is Well-Prepared For Inauguration”
While Bowser pointed to the biggest inauguration (Barack Obama’s 2009 swearing-in) for some historical context, there was little in the way of protest or discord. This time around, the National Park Service is processing permits for more than two dozen groups, while others—ranging from bikers supporting Trump to anarchists pledging to shut shit down—plan to […]
Daily Mail, “Donald Trump won the White House with less support from black and Hispanic voters than any president in 40 years”
In the wake of Trump’s victory, protesters on the left took to the streets by the thousands in cities across the country, in some cases causing property damage. Much of the agitation was motivated by a belief that Trump’s administration will foster racism and push the courts and other political institutions to disenfranchise minority voters, […]
The Washington Post, “Sen. Sasse, here are some answers to your questions about ‘paid rioting’”
“Why don’t we have more reporting on paid rioting?” Well, it’s probably important that we take a step back and point out that there isn’t any good evidence that the people who are protesting (and who shouldn’t be called “rioters,” save that crew of self-described anarchists in Portland, Ore.) are actually being paid to do […]
Sam Brodey and Jenna McLaughlin: The Baltimore Riots Didn’t Start the Way You Think
The Baltimore Riots Didn’t Start the Way You Think Sam Brodey and Jenna McLaughlin, Mother Jones, April 28, 2015 After Baltimore police and a crowd of teens clashed near the Mondawmin Mall in northwest Baltimore on Monday afternoon, news reports described the violence as a riot triggered by kids who had been itching for a […]
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Nonviolence as Compliance
Nonviolence as Compliance Ta-Nehisi Coates, Salon, April 27, 2015 “When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, […]
Peter Gelderloos: The Nature of Police, the Role of the Left
Learning From Ferguson: The Nature of Police, the Role of the Left by Peter Gelderloos, December 9, 2014 Reprinted with permission from Counterpunch A young black person was killed, many people brave enough to take to the streets in the aftermath were injured and arrested, and the only real consequences the police will face will […]
WNCN, “Durham protesters due in court Tuesday,” December 30, 2014
Durham protesters due in court Tuesday by Justin Quesinbury, WNCN, December 30, 2014 Around the same time as that protest, Durham’s mayor requested an evaluation from the police department about recent demonstrations. In the report issued days later, Chief Jose Lopez said an anarchist group is behind some of the recent protests with a goal to […]