The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Antifa Isn’t the Problem – Trump’s Bluster is a Distraction from Police Violence
By Mark Bray, Washington Post Did the tragic video of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis throw you into a fit of rage? Of sadness and despair? Did it make you want to burn down a police station? Whether it did or (more likely) did not, you might be among the many Americans…
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Towards a History of Anarchist Anti-Imperialism: Only the Workers and Peasants Will Go All the Way
Reordering the global hierarchy of wealth, power, and resources are critical questions that any internationalist revolution will face. Often ignored or obscured, South African author Lucien van der Walt provides a well needed overview of the relationship between anarchism and anti-colonial struggles. By Lucien van der Walt “In this struggle, only the workers and peasants…
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Our Lives Are Essential, Capitalism Is Not
A joint statement on the current situation and capitalist back to work push. By Coordinadora de las Américas As the number of infected and deceased increases during this pandemic, we, the working class, continue to pay for the consequences of Capitalism, its ambition and maliciousness. Many governments have refused to enact total quarantines, and those…
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The Lives of Working People Are Worth More Than Profits
An International Worker’s Day statement by Black Rose/Rosa Negra and our comrades in Coordinadora de las Américas. Español Abajo We are experiencing this May 1 at a particular moment in history: the COVID-19 pandemic has made even more evident the global economic recession that emerged last year, deepening the consequences of capitalism, with the working…
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The Current Moment in Ireland: Interview with Andrew Flood
Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation member Brendan Maslauskas Dunn sat down with Irish anarchist, organizer and writer Andrew Flood on February 20, 2020. Flood is a member of the Irish anarcho-communist organization Workers Solidarity Movement. Many of his essays and articles can be found here. The interview took place exactly where you might…
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Capitalism is the Pandemic: Another World is Possible
A joint statement by Black Rose/Rosa Negra and our comrades in Coordinadora de las Américas on the Covid-19 crisis. Español Abajo In moments where the COVID-19 pandemic affects various peoples and territories and where the consequences of capitalism are exacerbated; today more than ever, we consider it an urgent task to unite and organize ourselves…