The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Survival of the Organized: Critical Reflections on Organizing and Mutual Aid
Black Rose/Rosa Negra (BRRN) BRRN identifies mutual aid as a key principle that our members aim to introduce within social movements. This doesn’t mean that we all agree on how to do this, or even what we mean by “mutual aid.” We are continuing to have robust internal debate on the topic. The following essay…
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How the Koreatown Popular Assembly Organized Neighborhood Power to Confront ICE
This interview is a reflection on the successes and missteps of the Koreatown Popular Assembly (KPA), an attempt at neighborhood based organizing that existed from 2016-2022 and aimed to confront the first Trump administration’s deportation policies. With Trump now back in power, many are once again looking for models to defend themselves and their communities…
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Webinar Announcement: Organized Anarchism Series #3 – Federación Anarquista Rosario
<<Español abajo>> Join us for the third installment in our Organized Anarchism Series, this time with Federación Anarquista Rosario (FAR) or Anarchist Federation of Rosario. As its name suggests, FAR is based out of the Argentine city of Rosario where its militants are embedded in a variety of sectors—most prominently in labor unions both public…
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From the South, Resistance Rises: Report from ELAOPA XV
In late January 2025, the Black Rose/Rosa Negra International Relations Committee (BRRN – IRC) accepted an invitation to send a member of our organization to the 15th Encuentro Latinoamericano de Organizaciones Populares y Autónomas (ELAOPA) or “Latin American Gathering of Popular and Autonomous Organizations” in Santiago, Chile. Ketino, a militant of BRRN, primarily joined the…
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Clarifying Especifismo: A Response to DSA-LSC’s ‘Letter to the Libertarian Left’
This is a response to an article titled ‘A Letter to the Libertarian Left’, published by the Libertarian Socialist Caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA-LSC) in August of 2024. Over the course of several months, members of Black Rose/Rosa Negra (BRRN) devoted time to discussing and debating this letter internally, as well as…
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Webinar Announcement: The Revolutionary Legacy of Omar Aziz and the Future of Syria
Heeding the international call to remember Omar Aziz on the 12th anniversary of his death, we are excited to announce a webinar on the topic of his legacy and the future of Syria. This comes at a crucial moment in the history of the Syrian people. Barely two months ago the regime of Bashar al-Assad…
