We re-post this interview which includes a Twin Cities General Defense Committee member discussing anti-fascism, the history of Anti-Racist Action, and the perspective of IWW ‘s GDC. In the aftermath of the shutdown of far right celebrity Milo Yiannapoulos at UC Berkeley, there’s been much debate among progressives and leftists about the use of militant … [Read more…]
From the archives. Given the re-emergence of popular radical anti-fascism we are putting up a 2002 article on the history of Anti-Racist Action. The article is a short and incomplete history. There is room for expanding on issues and 15 years later some needed corrections. But the article stands as one of the only attempts … [Read more…]
For a United, Working Class Defense of Muslim Communities by First of May Anarchist Alliance, Feb 5th 2017 Flier Pdf, here. Trump, his white nationalist advisers and their fascist supporters are openly attacking Muslim communities. Trump’s authoritarian ban on refugees from Syria and on travelers, immigrants, students and refugees from a total of seven majority … [Read more…]
by BD, member of First of May Anarchist Alliance – Detroit Collective The Fall of Aleppo On January 3, 2017, Syrian refugees, joined by Iraqi refugees and international supporters, marched on the Russian embassy in Thessaloniki, Greece. An article reporting on the march quotes a Syrian refugee as follows: “They are trying to kill all … [Read more…]
by BD, member of First of May Anarchist Alliance – Detroit Collective Right wingers who want to attack women and put them back in the kitchen and to encourage rape culture, who want to attack Muslims in the streets and in their homes and where they worship, who want to build for fascism and war, … [Read more…]
A PDF of this interview is here. The General Defense Committee of the Industrial Workers World (IWW) has become an important pole of struggle for pro-working-class revolutionaries in the Twin Cities. While active on a number of different fronts it is the participation of the General Defense Committee (GDC) in the year-long struggle against police … [Read more…]
By Patrick O’Donoghue, First of May Anarchist Alliance member “The thing to remember about people like Trump is that they offer false solutions and scapegoats to real problems- like the Klan did and still does, like the Commission on Public Safety did here in Minnesota during World War One, like the anti-refugee/anti-immigrant crowd does in … [Read more…]
By S. First of May Anarchist Alliance An M1 comrade and I went to a demonstration held in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak last night, an action in response to that atrocious video that went viral showing white children in a Royal Oak middle school chanting “build a wall” in the cafeteria, antagonizing Latinx children (link to video … [Read more…]
An Anarchist Response to the Election of Donald Trump First of May Anarchist Alliance November 2016 PDF version available here The surprise victory of Donald Trump this past Tuesday has quickly presented people in this country (and around the world) with a vastly different political landscape than we had expected. We are seeing a rise in … [Read more…]
This past Wednesday, October 12th, 2016, members of First of May Anarchist Alliance joined with dozens of others rallying from across Michigan to stand in solidarity with LGTBQ prisoners. The demo was at the Michigan Department of Corrections in Lansing, Michigan. From the organization, Interupt, “Some photos (thx to Alejo) from today’s “Can’t Cage Our … [Read more…]