Mother Jones, “A New Wave of Left-Wing Militants Is Ready to Rumble in Portland—and Beyond”
Redneck Revolt: This network, largely made up of anarchists and libertarians, is focused on anti-racist organizing among the white working class. Inspired by the Young Patriots—white Appalachian activists who allied with the Black Panthers in the late 1960s—the group now claims chapters in more than 30 regions. Redneck Revolt’s members can speak to their neighbors […]
New York Magazine, “Paul Ryan Super-PAC Tries to Tie Jon Ossoff to Kathy Griffin Video”
Yet he’s lumped in with her, along with images of Michael Moore and sundry window-breaking, car-burning, trashcan-spilling anarchists, as “angry liberals” who “have gone too far” in their determination to foist Ossoff on the clean-living suburbanites of the sixth district. The fact that Ossoff has nothing to do with any of these people— certainly not […]
KPFA 94.1, “‘Red Diaper Daughter’ – Laura Bock”
She talks about her communist and anarchist family… and her own journey though a life lived in struggle, self growth and organizing. Continue Reading
Esquire, “Six Months After The Election, What Does “The Resistance” Mean Now?”
“Huge demonstrations require an incredible amount of work and it’s important that we not be dedicated only to pageantry, or only to the moments when the left is most visible,” Matt Whitley, an organizer with the anarchist umbrella group, Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Committee (MACC), told me. “Hosting a general assembly may not have the same […]
Sputnik Radio, “The Only Anarchist Revolution in History”
As Brooklyn hipsters descend on Rojava to take part in a socialism-rooted, communal and ideological movement, Amir Taaki tells Double Down this is actually the first anarchist revolution in human history. Not only is the economy completely decentralized, but Amir recounts his time in the region as being one rich in cultural and communal experiences. Continue Reading
Quartz, “A message for activists after Trump’s first 100 days: Resistance is supposed to be fun”
When I think about the joy of being an activist, I recall anarchist and feminist activist Emma Goldman’s brilliant critique of the dour left, famously paraphrased in the 1970s slogan, “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” And I think of the moments of ecstatic togetherness that I’ve experienced […]
Catholic News Service, “Trump vows to keep fighting for travel ban blocked again by courts”
Along with anarchists dressed in black, Planned Parenthood supporters in bright pink hats and thousands of other Trump protesters, people of faith were on hand protesting Trump’s policies. Continue Reading
San Francisco Chronicle, “First step for Trump: Admit you’re powerless over Twitter”
First the Women’s March, and now A Day Without a Woman — thousands of people in the streets, and nary a broken window or anarchist bully in sight. Continue Reading
Salon, “Anti-fascist radicals: Liberals don’t realize the serious danger of the alt-right”
To the anarchists and socialists who consider themselves part of the global “antifa” movement (an abbreviation for “anti-fascist”), the transition currently taking place on the right is all too familiar. The rise of the alt-right and white nationalism within the U.S. is something the mainstream left doesn’t take seriously enough, they say, even as many […]
The Sacramento Bee, “Donald Trump ignited a massive protest movement. Will it work?”
Backlash from both conservatives and liberals is particularly aimed at the “black blocs,” groups of more militant protesters dressed in anonymous all-black who often have ties to anarchist or “anti-fascist” groups. They vandalized property and assaulted some opponents on Inauguration Day and at tangential demonstrations, like a recent UC Berkeley rally that shut down a […]