Category: Federation
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German Translation of General Strategy Section in Our Political Program ‘Turning the Tide’
Members of the German political education project Anarchismus.de, took it upon themselves to translate the general strategy section of our newly announced political program Turning the Tide: An Anarchist Program for Popular Power. We want to extend a warm thank you to these comrades for their work. In the spirit of internationalism, we look forward…
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May Day 2023: Announcing Our Program
Illustration by Dinelli. On the 1st of May 1886, hundreds of thousands of workers across the United States initiated a general strike to demand the working day be limited to 8 hours. During a mass meeting in Chicago’s Haymarket Square, a bomb was thrown. After the resultant chaos, 8 anarchist labor leaders were jailed on…
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International Statement: Call for Solidarity in Turkey, Syria, and Kurdistan
This statement was issued and endorsed by an international coordination of anarchist organizations. It is the first statement issued by this grouping that Black Rose / Rosa Negra has signed on to. Examples of previous statements can be found here. The earthquakes of 6 February and their aftershocks have devastated entire regions. The death toll…
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Statement: Not One More Tyre Nichols
The following statement is endorsed by the membership of Black Rose Anarchist Federation / Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra. On January 10, 2023, Tyre Nichols died from severe physical injuries, including a broken neck, sustained three days earlier at the hands, batons, pepper spray, and tasers of five Memphis, Tennessee police officers. As one of the…
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Members of Black Rose Discuss Rank-and-File Worker Power in UC Strike on KPFA Radio
Two members of Black Rose / Rosa Negra’s California Bay Area Local were interviewed by It’s Going Down News on the massive academic worker strike in the University of California system. The discussion covered a range of topics, from the wildcat strike that proceeded this moment, to building a militant minority, to extending the struggle…
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No COLA? No Contract! The Stakes and a Strategy for Success in the Historic University of California Strike
by Members of both Black Rose Bay Area and UAW 2865 On November 14, over 48,000 teaching assistants, tutors, readers, associate instructors, other Academic Student Employees (ASEs), Graduate Student Researchers (GSRs), and postdoctoral employees across the University of California (UC) launched the largest coordinated strike the United States’s higher education sector has ever seen. On…
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Juan Carlos Mechoso: It’s Only Been a Few Days and We Already Feel Your Absence
Troy Araiza Kokinis reflects on the life and revolutionary work of Juan Carlos Mechoso, who passed on October 11, 2022. Juan Carlos was a founding member of our sister organization, Federación Anarquista Uruguaya (FAU) and he will be dearly missed. Black Rose/Rosa Negra sends its heartfelt greetings and solidarity to the family, friends, and comrades…
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Interview with a Brazilian Anarchist on Lula, Bolsonaro, and Social Struggle
Bruno Lima Rocha is a political scientist, professional journalist and professor of international relations based in Brazil, and is a member of the editorial board of the Institute for Anarchist Theory and History (IATH-ITHA). The following interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Black Rose / Rosa Negra (BRRN): Looming over much of the political…
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Anarchism in the Face of Fascism and the Electoral Debate
By Rafael V. Da Silva, Kauan Willian and Victor Khaled Translated by S Nicholas Nappalos This article was originally published by Jacobin Brasil. Introduction With neither Bolsonaro (Liberal Party) nor Lula (Workers’ Party) able to secure an outright majority during the October 2nd presidential election in Brazil, both advance to a run off election set…