The Solidarity with Kenosha, WI demo was more impressive than usual. People met up, discussed the plan, and started promptly. Escalation started right away and continued as a group of over 45 people marched through the streets chanting and smashing windows of banks, business and developments. There was a surprising
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ROAR Collective Roundtable: A feminist response to the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the essential roles care work and reproductive labor fulfill in our societies. But will it lead to gender liberation? Roar Mag, August 19, 2020 he COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated nearly every kind of social injustice. In the Global North, it has disproportionately
Truthout: “Facebook Has Begun Purging Accounts Tied to Anti-Fascist Groups”
Spencer Sunshine, August 21, 2020 On Wednesday a number of anarchist Facebook accounts, some of which were associated with the antifascist movement, were removed without warning. These included It’s Going Down — a widely followed news and media platform publishing original content and reprinted analyses about “anarchist, anti-fascist, autonomous anti-capitalist and anti-colonial
Stand with Anarchist Publishers Banned by Facebook
Sign our open letter to oppose Facebook’s “both sides” narrative as they align with the Trump administration to suppress the voices of activists and media producers associated with left protest movements. As publishers, authors, educators, activists, and media producers, we are deeply troubled by Facebook’s decision to ban itsgoingdown.org, crimethinc.com,
Vice, “Facebook Is Treating Anti-Fascism the Same as Murder-Linked Conspiracy Groups”
On Wednesday, Facebook deleted groups and limited ads belonging to QAnon conspiracists, far-right militias, and in a stunning example of false equivalence, anti-fascists. Janus Rose, August 20, 2020 In a major purge Wednesday, Facebook took down hundreds of pages and limited the reach of ads belonging to violent right-wing militias and
Radically Redistributing Mutual Aid
Via: MADR Over the past three months, starting with the pandemic and expanding into the current rebellion, there has been a beautiful flowering of mutual aid. These projects grew from the seeds of already-existing collective care. Indeed, “mutual aid” wasn’t invented by radical social theorists, even if anarchist geographer Peter
We Defend Ourselves So We Can All Breathe In Peace
To move from uprising to liberation we each have a role to play. The conflict is at our doors, and we need to put collective needs before individual wants. “Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non-violent.” — Lorraine Hansberry This
What Is AntiFa? 5 Things To Know About The Movement
President Trump tweeted Sunday that he’s designating “AntiFa” as a “terrorist organization,” but can he legally do that? WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon that the United States will designate antifa as a terrorist organization, although some say the U.S. government doesn’t have the legal authority to
Anarchists Respond to Accusations of Violence at Justice for George Floyd Demonstrations
Widespread Unrest and Violence is Inevitable if Structural Racism, Police Killings Continue Unaddressed WASHINGTON, DC – The President of the United States and likeminded conservative voices have recently targeted anarchists and anti-fascists as the source of violence during unrest that has occurred in cities across the country in response to
Crimethinc: What Will It Take to Stop the Police from Killing?
We’ve reached a breaking point. The murders of George Floyd—and Breona Taylor, Tony McDade, and the other Black people whose lives were ended by police just this month—are only the latest in a centuries-long string of tragedies. But in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the state is openly treating Black communities as a
Crimethinc: Minneapolis: Now This Fight Has Two Sides. What the Riots Mean for the COVID-19 Era
The demonstrations this week in Minneapolis mark a historic watershed in the COVID-19 era. As we argued in March, there are some things that are worth risking death for. Perpetuating capitalism is not one of them. But some of us face threats even more deadly than COVID-19. It is worth risking our
Growing Deeper Roots in Mutual Aid: a list of reflections, inspiration, & resources
“We Keep each Other Safe” by Monica Trinidad While grieving the loss all around us, we’re simultaneously finding fortitude in a world suddenly in bloom with thousands upon thousands of mutual aid-based projects, ideas, and connections. We’ve seen so many inspiring resource lists sharing the logistics of how to respond
A Wellness List: Informed, Integrative, Accessible Recommendations for Treating COVID-19
I took a deep dive reading about holistic wellness strategies for supporting us through this pandemic and decided to gather a list of blogs with some big takeaways from each. There’s a lot more info than what I composed here but I chose a few of my favorites and shared
When Every Community is Ground Zero: Pulling Each Other Through a Pandemic
Radical solidarity through Covid-19 Community mobilizations for mutual aid and medical solidarity have formed in as many spaces as the new coronavirus (Covid-19) has spread. From continent to continent, people have innovated and navigated through information suppression, governmental inadequacy and unpreparedness as well as supply shortages in panic-economies with global
(Re)Building for the Future: Solar Solidarity in Puerto Rico
The networks of mutual support in Puerto Rico that sprung up like a flower through the concrete after Hurricane Maria, show how mutual aid responses to disasters build power and resilience for future crises, both political and climate-related. These Centros de Apoyo Mutuo (Mutual Aid Centers) served as nuclei for