The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Coming Soon: Antifa, The Anti-Fascist Handbook
From the publisher: As long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism — also known as “antifa.” Born out of resistance to Mussolini and Hitler in Europe during the 1920s and ’30s, the antifa movement has suddenly burst into the headlines amidst opposition to the Trump administration and the alt-right. They could be seen in…
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Bernie’s new minimum wage bill leaves workers a decade behind
A new wage bill by Bernie Sanders, which proposes to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2024, raises important questions on movements and the Democratic Party. By Duane Wright When leftists like myself tell progressives that the role of the Democratic party is to demobilize social movements and get people accepting less than what…
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Portland May Day: The view from the back of the march
This was originally published in the The Oregonian as a guest opinion on May 21, 2017 and is an part of a series related to attacks on the Portland May Day demonstration by the Portland PD. For related articles see the links below. By Ayme S. Ueda May Day was a festive showing of solidarity, bringing…
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Feminists Against Capitalism
by Romina Akemi On May 8, 2017 the LA-based feminist collective Intersectionality NOW organized an event at the Women’s Center for Creative Work titled Feminists Against Capitalism. The panel participants included Miranda Sklaroff from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Left Caucus, Solîn Bendewa who is an editor for the social media platform The Middle…
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Happy Mothers Day! – What Do Mothers Really Want?
“All I want for Mother’s Day is that revolutionary, anarchist-feminism.” Despite the commercialized version of flowers, cards and brunches celebrated today, Mother’s Day has deeply political roots. Abolitionist and feminist Julia Ward Howe wrote the original “Mother’s Day Proclamation” in 1870 calling for the eradication of war and later campaigned for recognition of a “Mother’s…
