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We Are Not Pawns, We Are the People Who Rose Against the Regime
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This article by Syrian writer Jwana Aziz reflects on the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Jwana examines the conditions that precipitated the 2011 uprising, the years of civil war, and the difficulties that now lay ahead for the Syrian people, while also holding open the possibility for a truly...
19h ago
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Anarchists in the Labor Movement #5 - Public Schools
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This is the fifth installment in our Anarchists in the Labor Movement series. Click through the links to read installment #1 with an education worker, #2 with healthcare workers, #3 with a metal worker, and #4 with a public librarian. In this interview we speak with Shan, a public school teacher...
on Dec 10
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“Esto es peor que Cuba”: Miles de residentes de viviendas móviles en Miami luchan contra el desalojo
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Miembros del Local de Miami de la Black Rose Anarchist Federation/ Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra han estado apoyando la lucha de los residentes del Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park contra CREI Holdings. En este informe, documentan la situación a la que se enfrentan los residentes, las élites...
on Dec 8
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Members of the Miami Local of Black Rose Anarchist Federation/Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra have been supporting the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park residents’ struggle against CREI Holdings. In this report, they document the situation residents face, the business and political elites who are...
on Dec 7
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Statement from Tekoşîna Anarşîst on Developments in Syria: "We Are Not Afraid of Ruins!"
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The Black Rose/Rosa Negra International Relations Committee (IRC) republishes this statement from our International Anarchist Coordination (IAC) sibling organization Tekoşîna Anarşîst (Anarchist Struggle). BackgroundOn November 27th the loose coalition of forces that has been engaged in a...
on Dec 4
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The writing this program contains is the product of nearly two years of collective research, discussion, and debate among the members of our organization.
on Nov 20
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Don't Panic, Organize: Meeting the Moment of Trump's Second Term
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Donald Trump has once again ascended to the Presidency. Below we lay out our recommendations for how to respond.
on Nov 19
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The Ballot Box and Popular Power: Charting a Better Way Forward
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This article by Black Rose / Rosa Negra members Frank Ascaso and Patrick Berkman takes stock of the present conjuncture around the 2024 presidential election. The “choice” before us, is no choice at all: between a program of unadorned reaction and that of friendly faced genocide. But despair and...
on Nov 19
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Anarchists in the Labor Movement #4
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This is the fourth installment in our Anarchists in the Labor Movement series. Click through the links to read installment #1 with an education worker, #2 with healthcare workers, and #4 with a metal worker. In this interview we speak to Alex, a public library worker in North Carolina. As the...
on Nov 19
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This somewhat belated report captures Black Rose/Rosa Negra Labor Committee’s participation in the 2024 edition of the Labor Notes Conference. Prepared by the Black Rose/Rosa Negra Labor Committee. Background on Labor Notes The 2024 Labor Notes Conference was held from April 19th to 21st in...
on Nov 19
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Grants Pass and the Carceral Conjuncture
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In the last several years, the total rate of those lacking safe, clean, and stable shelter in the United States has increased by double-digit percentages year-over-year. This ‘crisis’, as it is often called, is an increasingly extreme manifestation of the degradations built-in to the structures...
on Nov 18
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Black Rose/Rosa Negra 10th National Convention Report
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Introduction Every year, Black Rose Anarchist Federation / Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra (BRRN) holds a national Convention in a different city somewhere in the United States. Delegates from Black Rose Locals gather to debate and deliver the votes of members on proposals that would...
on Nov 18
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Anarchists in the Labor Movement #3
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This is the third installment in our Anarchists in the Labor Movement series. Click through the links to read installment #1 with an education worker and #2 with healthcare workers. In this interview we speak to Daniel Bovard-Katz, a metalworker in a midwestern U.S. state. As the title suggests,...
on Nov 18
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Anarchists in the Labor Movement #2
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This is the second in a new series of serialized interviews that we are calling Anarchists in the Labor Movement. In this installment we bring you interviews with two nurses in the Southern United States. As the title suggests, this series engages with anarchists who are active in workplace...
on Nov 18
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Updated Statement: Stop the Genocide in Gaza! End the War on Palestine!
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Soon after October 7th, 2023 the Black Rose/Rosa Negra International Relations Committee (IRC) convened a special meeting to draft a statement condemning what was already becoming a genocidal assault on Gaza and the Palestinian people by the occupation forces of the Israeli state. Given the...
on Nov 18
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Black Rose/Rosa Negra 10 Year Anniversary Event
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2024 marks the 10th anniversary of our organization’s founding. This is a milestone on which we will soon have more substantial reflections to offer – keep your eyes out! For now, we are excited to invite you to join us in Oakland on August 10th for a public celebration marking a decade of Black...
on Nov 18
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Vote — or Don't: On Abstention
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Voting isn't adequate to the task at hand, but neither is abstention. So why do we spend so much time moralizing over this question?
on Nov 8
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Don't Panic, Organize: Meeting the Moment of Trump's Second Term
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Donald Trump has once again ascended to the Presidency. Below we lay out our recommendations for how to respond.
on Nov 6
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The Ballot Box or Popular Power: Which Way Forward?
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This article by Black Rose / Rosa Negra members Frank Ascaso and Patrick Berkman takes stock of the present conjuncture around the 2024 presidential election. The “choice” before us, is no choice at all: between a program of unadorned reaction and that of friendly faced genocide. But despair and...
on Oct 28
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Organize - Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation
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Our work is centered on building mass movements rooted in shared points of exploitation. That’s where we have the power to improve our lives now and ultimately dismantle capitalism, the state, and all forms of oppression. A true revolutionary rupture becomes viable when the dominated classes...
on Aug 28
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6. Limited Term Strategy - Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation
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Public Version Introduction The current conjuncture contains a wide range of obstacles for anarchists aiming at a libertarian-socialist horizon. The cascading crises that mark this moment, from the ecological to the economic, can be both daunting and disorienting. Without any meaningful...
on Aug 28
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A History of Black Rose/Rosa Negra - Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation
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Introduction As of 2024, Black Rose Anarchist Federation / Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra (BRRN) has been in existence for ten years. Many on the left are aware of who we are and what we stand for. But where did we come from? When, how, and why did anarchist militants create the first...
on Aug 28
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Join - Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation
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Black Rose / Rosa Negra (BRRN) is a membership organization with a shared political and strategic orientation. Our organization is made up of members involved in social struggles in a variety of sectors: workplaces, neighborhoods, schools and universities, etc. Our members are grouped together...
on Aug 28
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The compounding crises of capitalism are accelerating events, and pushing class struggle into uncharted territory Compounding Crises We are in an era of compounding crises. Crises are not coming one by one. In the past three years, multiple systemic crises have been hitting at the same time,...
on Aug 28
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Tenant & Territorial Organizing - Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation
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Why Tenant & Territorial Organizing? Like the founders of the Los Angeles Tenant Union (LATU), we believe that tenants occupy a crucial position in processes of capitalist extraction. The inability to control our own housing, much like our inability to exert control over our labor, is a feature...
on Aug 28
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The writing this program contains is the product of nearly two years of collective research, discussion, and debate among the members of our organization.
on Aug 23
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Especifismo: The Anarchist Praxis of Building Popular Movements and Revolutionary Organization
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Classic introductory article summarizing the Latin American anarchist current of Especifismo.
on Jul 23
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Especifismo Before its Critics
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We present here a translation of an article which appeared on July 7, 2024 in the recently revived Spanish anarchist journal Regeneración Libertaria. The journal describes itself as “a portal for the revolutionary anarchist tendency, concretely of the especifista current, adapted to the Iberian...
on Jul 22
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Anarchists in the Labor Movement #1
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This is the first installment in a new series of serialized interviews that we are calling Anarchists in the Labor Movement. As the title suggests, this series engages with anarchists who are active in workplace organizing. Some of those we speak to are building a militant minority within the...
on Jul 17
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Ungovernable: An Interview with Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin
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Author and independent writer William C. Anderson interviews veteran organizer and former Black Panther and political prisoner Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin on the current political crisis, fascism and rising relevance of Black anarchism. We also urge you to generously contribute towards a fundraising...
on Jul 10
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From Below Podcast Episode 3: Bringing Indigenous Revolution to Campus
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From Below, the podcast of Black Rose/Rosa Negra, is back! This time with a recording of a discussion panel titled, Bringing Indigenous Revolution to Campus. This panel happened recently at the Stanford University Palestine solidarity encampment and was organized by members of the Bay Area Local...
on Jun 4
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Resist & Return: Nakba Day Posters
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On May 15, 1948 the British Mandate in Palestine ended. This date also marks the day on which settlers declared the independence of “Israel”. The establishment and expansion of which was only possible through the violent mass displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. This is why May 15...
on May 15
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As members of grad student union UAW 4811 across the University of California begin voting in a unfair labor practice strike authorization in response to the encampment crackdown, members of BRRN who work in California universities drafted the following statement. We write to you as our...
on May 14
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Black Rose Anarchist Federation | Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra
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US-based political organization building popular power from below / Organización política construyendo el poder popular desde abajo
on May 12
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Announcing: Durham, NC 'Turning the Tide' Discussion Series
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The Durham Local of Black Rose/Rosa Negra will host a series of discussions related to our organization’s political program, Turning the Tide. Meetings will take place beginning in mid-May and run through June. Discussion will be oriented toward connecting the politics and strategy outlined in...
on May 5
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Primero de Mayo de 2024: Recuerdo a Través de la Acción
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El 1 de mayo es el Día Internacional de les Trabajadores, un día histórico de lucha nacido de la sangre de los mártires anarquistas revolucionarios del Caso Haymarket, que dieron sus vidas como parte de un movimiento de masas en Estados Unidos contra la explotación rapaz provocada por el sistema...
on May 2
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May Day 2024: Remembrance Through Action
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May 1st is International Workers Day, a historic day of struggle born of the blood of revolutionary anarchist martyrs of the Haymarket Affair, who gave their lives as part of a mass movement in the US against the rapacious exploitation wrought by the capitalist system and the violence of the...
on May 1
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Red & Black Party at Labor Notes 2024
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Black Rose / Rosa Negra – Labor Committee On April 19th, over 4,000 labor unionists will converge on Chicago for what will be the largest-to-date Labor Notes conference. Member of Black Rose/Rosa Negra have regularly participated in past versions of the conference as attendees and panelists. In...
on Apr 3
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Organized Anarchism Discussion Series #2 - Federación Anarquista Uruguaya - April 7th
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We are excited to announce the next event in our Organized Anarchism: A Global Perspective series, a discussion with a delegate from the Federación Anarquista Uruguaya (FAU). ➧ Register for the discussion at this link This event will take place on Sunday, April 7th at 12 PM (US Pacific) / 2 PM...
on Mar 13
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Recording of First Event in the Organized Anarchism Discussion Series - Felipe Corrêa
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by Black Rose / Rosa Negra – External Education Committee Black Rose / Rosa Negra invited Brazilian anarchist theorist, educator, and militant Felipe Corrêa to inaugurate our Organized Anarchism Discussion Series. Corrêa chairs the Institute for Anarchist Theory and History, is the author of the...
on Mar 4
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Report From Our 'Turning the Tide' Study Series in Boston
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by Jake Carman, with contributions from other members of the Black Rose/Rosa Negra Boston Local Planning & Execution Through the Fall and Winter of 2023, the Boston Local of Black Rose/Rosa Negra (BRRN) hosted a four-part discussion series on our program: Turning the Tide. The first collective...
on Mar 2
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Organización Completa Contra El Genocidio: Palestina Y Los Movimientos Sociales Populares
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Varios miembros de Black Rose / Rosa Negra se han ofrecido a colaborar en este artículo para que prevalezca la lucha de la liberación Palestina a través de organizar equipos de lucha con metas a largo plazo. Se hace énfasis en la diferencia entre la movilización temporal y la organización...
on Mar 2
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Help 25+ Anarchist Labor Organizers Get to Labor Notes
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⇨ DONATE HERE ⇦ Since Black Rose / Rosa Negra (BRRN) was founded 10 years ago, labor has remained a key focus of our sectoral organizing approach. For our members this has meant organizing the unorganized in campaigns to build entirely new unions, fighting within existing unions for greater...
on Feb 21
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Deep Organizing Against Genocide: Palestine and Rooted Social Movements
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In this article several members of Black Rose / Rosa Negra offer reflections on their efforts to bring the fight for Palestinian liberation into their long term organizing efforts. Throughout, an emphasis is made on the distinction between temporary mobilization and an orientation toward...
on Jan 29
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From Below Podcast Episode 2: Means and Ends With Zoe Baker
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This month From Below is back, bringing you an exciting discussion with author and historian Zoe Baker. Until recently, Zoe was perhaps best known for her YouTube channel where she produces well researched and accessible videos on anarchist theory and history under the moniker anarchopac. From...
on Jan 23
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Audio: 'Anarchist Popular Power' Book Launch & Discussion
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On July 18th the Bay Area Local of Black Rose / Rosa Negra and AK Press hosted historian Troy Araiza Kokinis to discuss his new book ‘Anarchist Popular Power: Dissident Labor and Armed Struggle in Uruguay, 1956-76‘. You can now listen to the entirety of the recorded talk via the embedded YouTube...
on Dec 18, 2023
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After the Social Explosion: An Interview with the Anarchist Federation of Santiago
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In 2019, significant segments of the dominated classes of Chile gave shape to what is now known as the “social explosion”, a popular uprising of national proportions. The social explosion produced a profound political crisis which forced the resignation of then president Sebastián Piñera and...
on Dec 12, 2023
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After the Social Explosion: An Interview with the Anarchist Federation of Santiago
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In 2019, significant segments of the dominated classes of Chile gave shape to what is now known as the “social explosion”, a popular uprising of national proportions. The social explosion produced a profound political crisis which forced the resignation of then president Sebastián Piñera and...
on Dec 12, 2023
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The From Below Podcast is Back!
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by Black Rose / Rosa Negra – External Education Committee (EEC) We’re thrilled to announce that From Below, a podcast produced by members of Black Rose / Rosa Negra, officially returns on Wednesday, November 15th. From Below is a monthly interview show that covers the social movements rising to...
on Nov 13, 2023
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Active Revolution: Organizing, Base Building and Dual Power
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An intro to the influence of thinking around concepts of dual power and mass movements with a reprinting of the contemporary classic piece "Active Revolution" by James Mumm. #PowerFromBelow
on Oct 31, 2023