New Jersey 101.5, “The biggest terror threat facing the Garden State”
“There is also growing concern about anarchists mobilizing amid civil unrest. What we are seeing is anarchists, particularly out in the west. They are beginning to join other radical social movements, including white supremacists and separatists, in causing violence around government facilities,” Rodriguez said. Continue Reading
The Atlantic, “The American Leader in the Islamic State”
In late 2003, Yahya and Tania traveled to Damascus for an extended honeymoon, living there furtively and quietly associating with other jihadists. Their existence mirrored that of many young radical tumbleweeds of yesteryear: Black Panthers, Baader-Meinhof gangsters, fin de siècle anarchists. They dodged the authorities and lied to anyone who inquired about their activities. Continue […]
ShadowProof, “An American In Syria: The Anti-Fascist Struggle For Communal Society In The Ruins”
“The main source of volunteers has been Europe; at the Academy where I was trained, we had a lot of rambunctious Italian anarchists, all covered in scars from street fighting with fascists. There are a lot, and I mean a goddam u-boats worth of Germans. Anarchists and Apoists mostly.” Continue Reading
The New Yorker, “Boston’s Last Brush with Capital Punishment,” April 22, 2015
Boston’s Last Brush with Capital Punishment By Douglas Starr, The New Yorker, April 22, 2015 No prisoners had been executed for half a century, and Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, a pair of Italian-born anarchists who were sent to the electric chair under dubious circumstances in 1927, still held a place in the public mind. […]
New York Post, “Anarchist Writes Judge Flattering Letter About Terrorist Cellmate,” January 20, 2015
Anarchist Writes Judge Flattering Letter About Terrorist Cellmate by Rich Calder, New York Post, January 20, 2015 He refused to testify in the 2008 bombing of the Times Square military recruiting center, but a self-proclaimed Brooklyn anarchist was more than willing to write a glowing letter seeking leniency for a convicted terrorist who plotted to […]
CTV News, “Identifying radicals: The four types of youth attracted to extremism,” January 16, 2015
Identifying radicals: The four types of youth attracted to extremism CTV News, January 16, 1987 2) The “flavour of the month” extremist – The second category comprises people who are drawn to extremism of any form. These people are often former anarchists, neo-Nazis, or environmentalist extremists, who are concerned with fighting the power – whatever […]
Cincinnati.com, “Terror suspect’s road from suburbs to ‘violent jihad,'” January 15, 2015
Terror suspect’s road from suburbs to ‘violent jihad’ by Dan Horn, Kimball Perry and Carrie Blackmore Smith, Cincinnati.com, January 15, 2015 He said his son spent the past few years trying to find himself, experimenting with politics, religion and life-style changes. He tried becoming a vegetarian, embraced conspiracies about the 9/11 terrorist attacks and later called […]