The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Statement: May Day 2026
The following statement was written and approved by the Labor Sectoral Committee of Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation. 140 years ago the state hanged anarchist workers, the majority of them migrants, in Chicago for daring to organize and fight. Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, and Adolph Fischer were killed not for any crime, but
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Beyond Protest in the Second Trump Era
Originally written during the height of the first Trump administration, we’ve returned to this article published by South Florida Resistance to update it for the present moment. This article contains the perspectives of several BRRN members and does not necessarily reflect the collective view of the Federation. By Patrick Berkman It is difficult to quantify
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Women Lead the Class War: Black Rose/Rosa Negra Mobilizes for March 8
March 8th is International Working Women’s Day (IWWD). The commemoration traces its earliest roots to the socialist parties of the 2nd International, the date later becoming solidified on the 8th for its association with the women textile workers’ strike that initiated the first phase of the Russian Revolution in 1917. In the US this history
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Rafael Serra: Grandfather of Cuban Anarchism
Black Rose/Rosa Negra is a revolutionary political organization. This means that we focus our efforts on developing and applying a strategy to build popular power in our workplaces, neighborhoods, schools, and within the state’s prisons. However, we also recognize the pressing need to recover and transmit our movement’s historical memory. We do this not simply
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Setting the Wasatch Front on Fire: Introducing the Salt Lake Local of Black Rose/Rosa Negra
After years of local organizing, shared study, and connecting with comrades from Black Rose across the US, we are proud to announce the formation of the Salt Lake Local of Black Rose Anarchist Federation/Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra (BRRN). With members already embedded in local struggles, we are excited to formally establish a pole for organized
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Benn Jordan Talks Privacy, Anarchism, and the War on Flock Cameras
Benn Jordan was already well known in the electronic music scene, releasing work under names such as The Flashbulb and Acidwolf. In the last few years however, Jordan has amassed an audience of over 1 million YouTube subscribers through videos on acoustic science, critiques of AI, and most recently, the rise and glaring vulnerabilities of
