The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Boots Riley: Power Is Not In Elected Office
The following are excerpts from an interview by Patt Morrison of the LA Times published on July 18, 2018. PM: There are many people who, like your character Cassius — Cash — who say, “Look, I agree with you, but I need to pay the bills, and if I have to cross a picket line…
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Socialism Will Be Free, Or It Will Not Be At All! – An Introduction to Libertarian Socialism
Intro to Libertarian Socialism By Arthur Pye Click the image below for pdf pamphlet Versión Español Introduction Socialism is officially a buzzword again. According to a recent poll, 44% of U.S. millennials “prefer socialism to capitalism”, and even mainstream Democrats are starting to call themselves socialist. As one headline put it: “Socialism is so…
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The Spanish Civil War: Anarchism in Action
A classic and detailed introduction to the role anarchism played in the Spanish Civil War and the anarchist revolution within the republican zone. Originally published by Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland). A glossary of political organization names and chronology of events can be found at the end. Pamphlet Version Introduction Much has been written about the Spanish…
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Where Movements Go to Die: The Democrats are Draining the Resistance’s Life
By Eoin Higgins, Paste Magazine For a brief, fleeting moment, it seemed that this time it might be different. Donald Trump’s inauguration was followed by the largest one-day protest in American history. The next week, spontaneous actions broke out across the country’s airports in response to the administration’s travel ban. People started talking about a general…
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Horizontalism: Anarchism, Power and the State
We are excited to present “Horizontalism: Anarchism, Power and the State” by Mark Bray which appears as a chapter in the collection Anarchism: A Conceptual Approach from Routledge. In this piece Bray relates a range of global movements from mass neighborhood assemblies in Argentina, to the squares movement in Europe and Occupy Wall Street to various political conceptions of power,…
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Criminalizing Dissent: “Unmasking Antifa” Bill Introduced
By BRRN Social Media Team In a move to expand the atmosphere of repression against the left, a bill specifically targeting anti-fascist or “Antifa” protesters was introduced to the Judiciary Committee in the House of Representatives in June. Titled the “Unmasking Antifa Act of 2018,” the bill is sponsored by Republican Rep. Daniel Donovan of…
