Share This: twitter facebook []: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWelcome, to This Is America, May 21st 2022. On this episode, we speak with Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders about the struggle to build self-determination and community power in Atlanta in the face of gentrification, police violence and racialized capitalism. We…

Share This: twitter facebook Anarchists in so-called Phoenix, Arizona report on confronting both neo-Nazis organizing under the banner of ‘White Lives Matter’ and far-Right militias harassing pro-choice demonstrations. Every month since April 2021, the WLM “White Lives Matter” group which is active nationwide calls for a national day of action…

Share This: twitter facebook Anarchist podcast and radio show From Embers from so-called Canada looks at the Escaping Tomorrow’s Cages writing project. Escaping Tomorrow’s Cages is a six-part essay being published throughout the month of May that lays out the coming wave of provincial jail expansions in Ontario and propose a strategy for how they…

Share This: twitter facebook A historical look at how anarchists in the 1990s mobilized against attacks on reproductive freedom and autonomy by taking direct action and building autonomous infrastructure. By Spencer Beswick As the Supreme Court prepares to reverse Roe v. Wade under a Democratic president, house, and senate, it is clear that action at…

Share This: twitter facebook An update on George Floyd uprising defendants and a call for people to get involved in supporting long-term prisoners. It’s been nearly two years since the George Floyd uprisings spread across the country, confronting the structures of white supremacy and police violence in ways not seen for at least a generation. It’s…

Share This: twitter facebook On Tuesday, May 17th, Atlanta police, backed by a phalanx of other state and federal law enforcement, including “DeKalb Police, the Georgia State Patrol, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” invaded the Weelaunee forest, also known as the Atlanta forest. In the face of militant…

Share This: twitter facebook A look at the evolving movement to defend the Atlanta Forest and how people can push back on evolving police and media narratives attacking the struggle. “We are on the timeline in which everyone loses,” a friend once said. It always felt that way. Even though we always tried, all of us, our victories were always innovations…

Share This: twitter facebook Editorial from Abolition Media about the recent white supremacist anti-Black massacre in Buffalo, New York. photo: @KevRincon On Saturday, May 14th, 18-year-old white supremacist Payton S. Gendron drove over 200 miles to a black neighborhood in east Buffalo and gunned down ten black people in cold blood. When the cops showed…

Share This: twitter facebook System Fail from sub.Media takes a look at global news from an anarchist perspective.  CORRECTION: During the production of this episode we were working with the most up to date information at the time when we had said nobody had died at the May Day protests in Chile. Unfortunately we have since learned that Francisca…

Share This: twitter facebook Long-running abolitionist radio show and podcast Kite Line, looks at the case of Water Protector Jessica Reznicek. Listen and Download HERE This week, we hear the first part of the recent webinar ‘USA vs. Jessica Reznicek: fighting the criminalization of Water Protectors’.  The webinar description reads: “Since the…

Share This: twitter facebook []: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWelcome, to This Is America, April 14th, 2022. On today’s episode, first we bring you an interview with Adi Callai, the creative force behind a new anarchist YouTube channel that investigates the George Floyd uprising, identity politics and modern revolt. We speak about the…

Share This: twitter facebook The following is a statement and analysis from the Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation about the current push to overturn Roe v Wade and curtail reproductive freedom. photo: @AshAgony We must fight for access to safe, legal, free, and universally available abortion. The people of the United States are in the midst…

Share This: twitter facebook Long-running anarchist radio and podcast show The Final Straw presents an interview with three defendants who are facing trumped up felony charges for mutual aid organizing. For this special mid week podcast release, we are presenting a conversation with three defendants who are in an ongoing legal battle with the city of…

Share This: twitter facebook Critical thoughts on the erasure of anarchist history from May Day celebrations and how this relates to a critique of “left-unity.” By: C. McCombs This past International Workers Day, otherwise known as May Day, I attended my local rally. The same old May Day groups were in attendance, Party for Socialist Liberation…

Share This: twitter facebook Report on community memorial marking the one year anniversary of the police murder of Mario Gonzalez, in the bay area of California. On April 19th, 2022, a memorial was held for the one year anniversary of the tragic murder of Mario Gonzalez by Alameda Police. Coming just a week after the DA decided not to hold any of the…

Share This: twitter facebook Report on successful mobilization in defense of a reproductive health clinic in Manhattan, New York, which blocked a group of anti-choice protesters who for years have harassed patients. photo: @AshAgony On Saturday, May 7th, a large group of abortion supporters led by NYC for Abortion Rights (NYCFAR) successfully defended…

Share This: twitter facebook The following report, submitted anonymously, details how a bulldozer, accompanied by off-duty police, destroyed part of a Dekalb County park, before being pushed out by land defenders. On Monday, May 9, around 9:15am, people inhabiting the Atlanta Forest witnessed a bulldozer accompanied by two Dekalb County cops bulldozing…

Share This: twitter facebook This week we round up some news from International Workers’ Day, or May Day. We also share news from the struggle against Coastal Gaslink. A mining company headquartered in Vancouver, BC, has left 8 workers stranded underground in their zinc mine in Burkina Faso for more than 20 days after a flood-related collapse. Trevali…

Share This: twitter facebook Report back from May Day festival in Olympia, Washington. Originally posted to Puget Sound Anarchists. Anarchist struggle takes place on many different terrains – physical, (anti)economic, (anti)political, etc. – but the one that is most forgotten is social. The social terrain – the ways in which we relate to ourselves…

Share This: twitter facebook On May 2nd, in so-called Lincoln, Nebraska, the Niskithe Prayer Camp was established in opposition to the “Wilderness Crossing development project, which would significantly encroach on sacred Native American purification/sweat ceremonies and disrupt an existing pristine nature park.” Niskithe Prayer Camp week 2. Lincoln…

Share This: twitter facebook The following essay was submitted anonymously. Translated originally from the French text: “Tout n’est pas mort” (All is not Dead). May 1st, 2022: the passivity and the terrifying torpor of the trade union marches was everywhere. Fortunately in some cities, like Paris, Nantes or Rennes, the demonstrations took a riotous…

Share This: twitter facebook Long-running anarchist podcast and radio show, The Final Straw, presents an interview with members of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC). This week we are pleased to present an interview that Bursts did with two members of IWOC (the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee), Caroline works with Millions…

Share This: twitter facebook []: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSphoto: @fla_ylf On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we present two interview, the first with our legal correspondent who breaks down the recent Supreme Court leak from Politico, what it means, and its broader implications. We talk about the increasing push towards…

Share This: twitter facebook Critique of recent protests in Atlanta, Georgia mobilizing against threats to reproductive freedom. With an upcoming second protest on Saturday against the leaked Supreme Court decision regarding Roe v Wade, a growing level of discontent with the state of actions in various parts of the Atlanta movement should push us to…

Share This: twitter facebook On the morning of April 30th, 2022 a coalition of civil rights organizations, local community civic action groups, leftist groups, street medics, armed security, antifascists, and other autonomous individuals gathered at a gazebo in downtown Stone Mountain, Georgia. They all shared a common goal: to march on and directly…