The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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MAS 2013 International Women’s Day Statement
Today we celebrate International Women’s Day. The history of International Women’s Day dates back to the struggles of working women in the United States and Russia in the early 20th century. Although many advances have been made since this time in fighting against gender oppression, patriarchy not only still exists but fundamentally influences every…
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Building Power and Advancing: For Reforms, Not Reformism
By Thomas (Miami Autonomy & Solidarity) “We shall carry out all possible reforms in the spirit in which an army advances ever forwards by snatching the enemy-occupied territory in its path.” – Errico Malatesta[i] As anarchist communists, we are against reformism. However, we are for reforms. We believe that fundamentally the entire system of capitalism,…
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Movimientos y Organización: una entrevista a Lucha Común por Comité Editorial Acción Libertaria
MAS gustaría presentarles esta entrevista de un miembro de la organización anarquista Lucha Común (EE.UU.) por Comité Editorial Acción Libertaria en Bogotá. ¡Disfrúta! Con el ánimo de establecer y fortalecer las relaciones con organizaciones libertarias internacionales, hemos realizado la siguiente entrevista al compañero Antonio, militante de la organización política Lucha Común, una federación anarquista con varios años…
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Foxes and Henhouses: Austerity and the false dance of healthcare fraud
-SN Nappalos Healthcare fraud is a big deal. The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) estimates that tax payers are on the hook for around $80 billion per year of fraud.[1] In 2011, the FBI had a record year retrieving $4.1 billion from fraudulent practitioners and businesses.[2] The Department of Health and Human Services discuss, in…
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Normal Means
This story comes to us from MAS member SN Nappalos about experiences working in healthcare. — Fabiola closed her eyes. On the television, a preacher spoke a prayer while the patient rested quietly in the bed. That day Fabiola was fired, or terminated as management called it. The supervisor crept in quietly, and reported finding…
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Remembering Occupy Rochester: Zombie Walk and First Arrests
For many of us, the Occupy Movement was a time to get excited and involved on a day-to-day level. Here in Rochester, many followed suit in a mass movement that looked at the occupation of a public space as central to developing the kind of protest culture that was happening around us. We were, however,…
