The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Occupy Wall Street and Anarchism
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cq9R4Lqr1o] On September 29th, Rochester Red & Black hosted a discussion about the influences that Anarchist ideals had on the Occupy Wall Street Movement. The talk was led by two authors that have recently written on the subject, Mark Bray and Nathan Schneider. Writer Mark Bray is a former organizer and press liaison of…
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Amended Resistance: Rejecting the Politics of Constitutional Defense
As we remain reeling from tragedy after tragedy it has sent most blogs and social networking sites exploding with reactionary fervor as pundits and people make claims about the obvious need for gun control. This usually recalls several reactions from the right, and libertarian left for that matter, usually ranging from “don’t politicized this”(which is…
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Thoughts on Political Organization for Our Time: A Rejoinder to ‘Fighting for the Future’
After a five year plus process of engagement there is currently underway an effort to merge a number of the existing mostly regionally based class struggle Anarchist groups into a single national organization. Following up on the piece “Fighting for the Future: The Necessity and Possibility of National Political Organization for Our Time” which…
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No Vote Counts: Avoiding the Trappings of Democratic Socialism
While the debate rages about how anarchists should actually engage social movements, those who work in mass movements constantly butt up against the possibility of electoral work and the arguments for or against. The most recent polls lead this conversation to happen once again, with the opposing side taking on a broad democratic socialist perspective…
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On Interventions and the Syrian Revolution
* We are re-posting this argument from the Darth Nader blog against US intervention in Syria by a Syrian anarchist* by Darth Nader The Syrian revolution is a revolution that began as a struggle for self-determination. The Syrian people demanded to determine their own destiny. And, for more than two years, against all odds, and…
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The Problem with “Privilege”
* We are re-posting an article from the blog of Andrea Smith, a long-time organizer, activist, intellectual and co-founder of Incite! Women of Color Against Violence. Her article provides a variety of important insights, critiques and possible ways forward in looking to improve our praxis in confronting, with the goal to end, systemic oppression.* by…