SF Gate, “Ann Coulter backs out of UC Berkeley speech”
bySelf-described anarchists who had been debating how to respond to Coulter’s speech on Reddit this week suggested Wednesday that they ought to hold a…
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The Five (FOX), “Ann Coulter at UC Berkeley: Riots ‘a step toward chaos and anarchy'”
by“These are anarchists how are coming in from around the country who have nothing to do with the Democratic Party,” said Beckel, who added…
Chicago Tribune, “Battle for Berkeley: Will Ann Coulter spark another clash?”
byThe campus and the city itself have become a target for militant right-wing organizations that have clashed in recent months with militant left-wing or…
KALW 97.1 San Francisco, “Your Call: Media coverage of white nationalists in the US & the firing of Bill O’Reilly”
byWe’ll also talk about last weekend’s violent street clashes between white-nationalists, anarchists, and local activists in Berkeley. How did the media frame the protest…
The New York Times, “Berkeley Cancels Ann Coulter Speech Over Safety Fears”
byThe violent clashes in Berkeley have presented a dilemma for the police, who say intervening has its own risks. Anarchist groups have for years…
Washington Examiner, “UC-Berkeley: The place where free speech ends and violence begins”
byWhen the smoke cleared, approximately 1,500 Berkley students, self-named Antifa “activists” (short for Anti-Fascists – yes, more irony) and “Black Bloc” anarchists were blamed…
SF Gate, “Arrests made as protesters clash at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley”
byTrump protesters and anarchists waving red-and-black flags, marched around the park, periodically stopping to clash with the Trump supporters. Continue Reading
Cosmopolitan, “Let the Hatemongers Speak”
byWhen anarchist “black bloc” agitators showed up at Berkeley to protest Yiannopoulos, they set fires, hurled rocks at police, broke windows, and did $100,000…
Splice Today, “Anarchists for Peace and Free Speech”
byClothed in rage and black balaclavas, anarchists have shown up at anti-Trump protests and campus actions against right-wing figures, often as the most or…
Greensboro News & Record, “Our Opinion: UNC campuses can police speech”
byOne spectacle occurred Feb. 1 at the University of California-Berkeley, where an anarchist group carried out a violent demonstration against a right-wing speaker, forcing…