Haaretz, “This Dark Hanukkah, a Lesson in Radical Optimism From My Anarchist Grandmother”
byThe darker it is at Hanukkah – the more vicious, callous, dystopic this world gets – the more clearly I can see the face of my…
Anarchists In the News
Agency maintains an ongoing list of anarchism and anarchists discussed or mentioned in mainstream media outlets. Notable mentions are posted here in chronological order.
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BuzzFeed News, “Charlottesville Residents Created Their Own Niche Media In Reaction To The Unite The Right Violence. Now They’re Covering The Aftermath.”
byA year and a half ago, “Charlottesville” became shorthand for racist violence in the national press. Now, as James Fields Jr. stands trial for…
Merco Press, “Buenos Aires sealed off for G20; anarchists and anti capitalists pledge to stage protests”
byArgentine authorities say that Buenos Aires will be an armored city when world leaders arrive for this week’s G-20 summit. But security failures that…
The Guardian, “Liberté, Egalité, Gritté: how an NHL mascot became an antifa hero”
byLast week, a headline on neo-Nazi site the Daily Stormer read like something from an alternate universe: “Alt-Right Icon Gritty Seeks to Follow Adolf…
The Daily Dot, “Is Gritty good for the left?”
byLast weekend’s alt-right rally in Philadelphia ended as most fascist rallies thankfully do in America in 2018. Members of the alt-right were vastly outnumbered…
Splinter, “The Grassroots Movement to Transform Our Broken Disaster Relief System”
byIt would have been a beautiful autumn day in Oakland, if not for the haze. Standing in a parking lot next to the iconic…
The Daily Dot, “How Philadelphia mobilized against the far-right”
byWith many in Pennsylvania still reeling from the aftermath of last month’s deadly synagogue shooting, the top minds of Philadelphia’s right-wing community—straight from the…
Vice News, “Gritty-inspired protesters just chased a right-wing rally out of Philly”
byThe spirit of Gritty — the wild-eyed orange hockey mascot that’s been appropriated by antifascists — was alive and well in Philadelphia’s historic district…
CNN, “Tucker Carlson claimed his door was ‘cracked’ by Antifa protesters. The police saw no sign of that.”
byLast week’s disturbance at Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s home remains under investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. A group of…
Vice, “Flip Over Police Vans and Riot in This New Board Game for Anarchists”
byThe first time you loot a shopping center in Bloc by Bloc—”The Insurrection Game”—you’ll leave the streets covered in mutinous graffiti. The second time…