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The Hungarian Revolution
This Day in Anarchist History, October 23rd 1956 we remember the Hungarian Revolution when student protesters and the broader Hungarian working classes took on the Secret Police and the Red Army. After days of striking and rioting that boiled into a firefight, protesters were able to defeat the country’s Secret Police and even negotiated the […]
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Terrorists: NOT a Love Story!
Being a baby boomer who protested against the Vietnam debacle, what the Trump regime is now doing is disgusting. All this week we see Republican Congressional minions and members of the Trump gang standing in front of cameras calling those who peacefully protest as Terrorists. Webster’s dictionary defines a terrorist as ” A person who […]
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Civil Workers, Uncivil Problem: The 1934 Civil Works Administration Strike in Utica, New York
The history of the labor movement in the Mohawk Valley is an extremely rich yet untapped field. This is not to say that there’s no labor historiography of the region, but it seems lacking compared to other areas of New York. Utica itself has experienced or been adjacently involved with a number of strikes since […]
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German Police Chase a 10-year-old Boy with Palestinian Flag in Berlin
Seems Germany is doing whatever it can to descend into increasing irrelevance as a state. A video was circulated on social media showing German police chasing a boy, said to be 10-years-old, carrying a Palestinian flag during a pro-Palestinian protest in Berlin. Activists stated that the child had been detained. The child’s fate or whether […]
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This Day in Anarchist History: The Vinegar Revolt
On June 13th 2013in anarchist history, we remember The Vinegar Revolt, a series of protests turned into riots across the lands occupied by Brazil. On June 13th 2013 ongoing demonstrations over a transit fair hike In São Paulo, Brazil erupted into a national uprising after police cracked down hard, arresting 60 people for simply possessing […]
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This Day in Anarchist History: The Haymarket Affair
Have you heard the story of why we celebrate May Day? In Chicago in 1886 police murdered two people at a general strike for an 8 hour work day. A rally for revenge on May 4thled to a riot when a bomb was thrown at the police. Several cops and protesters were killed in the […]
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Private Security Firm Attacks the Sihlalangenkani Occupation in Umhlali
On 7 April the notorious private security firm IPSS, with support from the SAPS, launched an attack on the Sihlalangenkani Occupation in Umhlali, on the North Coast. The occupation is affiliated to our movement. The attack was unlawful and violent. People’s doors were kicked in and people were assaulted, insulted, and threatened by men wielding […]
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Five Activists Arrested after Attempting to Shutdown Travis Air Force Base for Fourth Time
In the early hours of the morning, a group of antiwar activists took on Travis Air Force Base, embarking on their fourth attempt to disrupt operations at the military installation that has directly attributed to the genocide in Gaza. The group’s initial plan to block the main gate was quickly abandoned due to safety concerns […]
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The Urge to Destroy
As humanity recons with a never ending cavalcade of catastrophes, large segments of the population have succumbed to despair or distraction through culture wars or a series of vain cultural phenomena. [Insert Barbenheimer joke here.] Many youth, particularly in France, have channeled this hopelessness into rage. For the past several months the country had been […]
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May Day Resurrected
Another May Day has come and gone, and most Americans never noticed. It wasn’t always like this. In decades past, thousands of workers of different ages, ethnicities and genders celebrated the first of May by marching in support of worker rights. Workers traditionally wore red on May Day to show unity in their struggle against […]
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