KPBS (San Diego), “Human Library Event A Reminder Not To Judge Others ‘By Their Covers’”
Available “titles” at Saturday’s event include a suicide-attempt survivor, a transgender person, a triple amputee, a Muslim, an online journalist, a domestic violence victim, an anarchist and a person who is blind. All are volunteering their time and willing to share their stories. Continue Reading
The Oregonian, “Portland in the 1990s: dirty, weird, a place to disappear — and it’s deeply missed”
This was the Rose City where waves of Santa Clauses faced off with police in riot gear. Where anarchists in town for an “un-conference” broke windows and banged on parked cars as part of a planned “wandering vandalism” excursion. Portland in the 1990s was, of course, where Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love met. Continue Reading
Philadelphia Inquirer, “Bar Code: At Fiume, a post-anarchist craft-cocktail regime”
“Abyssinia got literally a bunch of self-described anarchists to run the upstairs bar,” he said. “Then, three or four months after it opened, they all disappeared, and it sort of fell apart. This is how we know they were authentic anarchists: Definitively, it can’t last.” Continue Reading
All Things Considered (NPR), “Cryptoparties Teach Attendees How To Stay Anonymous Online”
Amy Ciavolino was one of the two female software engineers in attendance who created a new website called “So We Hear You Want to Fight the State?” The site offers tutorials on password managers, and alternative search engine and phone passcodes, which they says is handy if you don’t want the cops to know about […]
Indiana Daily Student, “Bloomington anarchist group makes holiday cards for prisoners”
Alexander Berkman, a representative of the Bloomington Anarchist Black Cross, said this location serves as a safe space for people who believe they are being prosecuted or targeted by the society surrounding them. Continue Reading
OC Weekly, “OC Artists Display Their Resistance”
For every mouthpiece of tyranny this county has produced—Dana Rohrabacher, Barbara Coe, to name a couple—there are very real, constructive movements revolting against them, including UC Irvine’s radicalized students; the woke Latinx/Xicano protesters fighting gentrification; and the poets, musicians, writers and activists who help to organize the annual OC Anarchist Bookfair, as well as the […]
LAist, “10 Things You May Not Know About Silver Lake”
It Had Once Housed The Headquarters Of A Mexican Anarchist Newsletter Bring up the Mexican Revolution, and you might find people who recognize the names of Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa, who captured the public’s imagination with their bravado. You’d be hard-pressed, however, to find someone who recalls Ricardo Flores Magón, who, while cut from […]
The Independent (Ashland, KY) “Appalachian anarchist: ‘I’m the bogeyman,’” June 13, 2015
Appalachian anarchist: ‘I’m the bogeyman’ by Tim Preston, The Independent, June 13, 2015 As a self-described anarchist, Waugh said his political views were immediately intertwined with his charges, even though he denies ever making a statement about being an anarchist to any arresting officer. During an exclusive interview with The Independent last week, Waugh said […]