In the rush to celebrate the new found diversity of the recently elected Congress, we may miss the larger picture and purpose of structures of power in the U.S. Ella Mendoza is an undocumented organizer based in Salt Lake City, Utah and the artist behind the accompanying artwork. […]
by Frank Ascaso / Black Rose Anarchist Federation It’s now been more than a month of federal government shutdown. President Trump and the Democrats of the House are in a standoff over funding the border wall, and they are holding the federal budget hostage. Trump wants $5.7 billion […]
With the passing of each holiday in his remembrance, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. becomes further absorbed into a liberal narrative of American progress but King’s actual politics and organizing speak to a far more radical legacy. by Frank Ascaso / Black Rose Anarchist Federation A […]
by Jeff Abbott/Toward Freedom Raúl Zibechi is a Uruguayan journalist and one of Latin America’s leading political theorists. He is an international analyst for Brecha newspaper in Uruguay, and a professor at the Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina. Zibechi has written numerous books on social movements and politics across the […]
by Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja/It’s Going Down It cannot be ignored that various modes of silencing often times experienced by members of the excluded and exploited or any other persons seen as a possible threat to the current ‘order’ and perceived as a disruption of the status quo become more evident with […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School After a short time of inactivity the Mohawk Valley Freedom School in Utica, NY is back in session. The school has since moved locations and is now at The Other Side at 2011 Genesee Street in Utica. The Freedom School will host monthly […]
The Ikoltyañtyel Lak Lumal organization is a member of the Zapatista-backed National Indigenous Congress. by TeleSur Indigenous Mayan Chol people of San Jose el Bascan in Chiapas, southern Mexico, are denouncing a threat of eviction from their recovered territories by landowners hoping to sell the lands. Members of the Ikoltyañtyel Lak Lumal organization, which participates in the Zapatista-backed National Indigenous […]
by Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés / Enlace Zapatista December 31, 2018 To our compañeros and compañeras who are Zapatista bases of support: To our compañeras and compañeros who are Zapatista Autonomous Authorities: To our compañeras and compañeros who are part of the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee [CCRI] and those […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Organizing Work For anyone who has been to an IWW 101 Workplace Organizer Training, you may recall the sage advice of your trainer, who warned you to watch out for “hot shops.” To avoid them at all costs, even. This is my hot shop […]
by Scott Jay (This editorial note is from Black Rose Anarchist Federation: In spite of promises to “Abolish ICE,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other newly elected progressive Democrats voted to fund it on their very first day in office. Some may find the arguments presented in this commentary about […]
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