The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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A Blueprint for a Party of an Old Type
“Blueprint for a New Party” recently published in Jacobin Magazine advocates a model of building a new left electoral party – but author Scott Jay argues it is strategy that leads to campaigning for Democrats and expanding the focus on electoralism rather than a path to strengthening social movements. By Scott Jay These are desperate…
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Interview: Breaking the Waves, Creating An Offensive
A radio interview on feminism, anarchism and building a movement Romina Akemi of Black Rose/Rosa Negra is interviewed by “Free Flow” on KCHUNG Radio broadcasting from Chinatown, Los Angeles discussing “Breaking the Waves: Challenging the Liberal Tendency within Anarchist Feminism” written by Romina and Bree Busk for the Institute for Anarchist Studies (IAS). The interview covers…
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To my compañerxs on the Left – A Reaction to the Death of Fidel
With deaths and anniversaries there’s often a tendency to remember figures and history in a one sided way but as Enrique Guerro-López reminds us the left should aspire to move beyond simplistic and uncritical narratives to understand them in their complexity – a perspective often missing when looking at the legacy of Fidel Castro and…
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End Male-State Violence!: Statement from Anarchist Women on Sexual Abuse Law
Statement from the organization Anarchist Women on the “sexual abuse” bill proposed by the governing AK Party in Turkey which was recently withdrawn after mass protests from women. Among other things, the bill would have pardoned men who raped underage girls if the girls married their rapists. As the AKP is currently ruling through de-facto dictatorship,…
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Portland Has Erupted in Permanent Resistance To Trump
As each state came in on election maps, a sense of panic flew through many parts of the country. Hillary Clinton made up the mildly liberal side of the same capitalist coin of party politics, one that those of us with an anti-capitalist and anti-state analysis would not be scared into supporting. This did not…
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Noviembre Rojo, Noviembre Negro – Una Respuesta Anarquista a las Elecciones
LO QUE NOS ENFRENTA Donald Trump ha sido elegido el presidente número 45 de los Estados Unidos. Como revolucionarixs estamos comprometidxs con un mundo que no tenga lugar para personas ni como Trump ni Hillary Clinton. Sabemos que Clinton hubiese continuado creando un mundo para la clase dominante y probablemente no hubiese hecho nada sustancial…
