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Solidarity Statement for the First Congress of the Caribbean and Central America Anarchist Federation (F.A.C.C.)

Posted on March 17, 2015 - Federation Tags: caribbean anarchism, FACC, international solidarity

Haz clic aquí para la versión en español March 21, 2015 Re: First Congress of the Caribbean and Central America Anarchist Federation (F.A.C.C.) Dear comrades, The Black Rose Anarchist Federation sends a warm greeting of support, fraternal love, and solidarity to all those present at the first congress of the Caribbean and Central American Anarchist […]

Reflections on Ferguson

Posted on October 28, 2014 - Federation Tags: Anti-Criminalization Committee

We arrived in St Louis early on the morning of Saturday October 11th, the day of the Community March and Rally. We parked near a market, and emerged not twenty minutes later to find the car sporting a ten dollar ticket for parking without paying the meter. No signs anywhere indicated that parking was metered […]

Declaración de Solidaridad

Posted on October 11, 2014 - Federation Tags: Anti-Criminalization Committee, solidarity

Mike Brown. Trayvon Martin. Reykia Boyd. Eric Garner. John Crawford. Ramarley Graham. Roshad McIntosh. Jordan Davis. Kimani Gray. Sean Bell. Oscar Grant. Yvette Smith. Eleanor Bumpurs. Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Tarika Wilson. Burrell Ramsey-White. Denis Reynoso. DJ Henry. Eveline Barros-Cepeda. Vonderrit Myers Jr. Y a cada otra vida negra o morena robada por los policías quienes sirven […]

A Statement of Solidarity

Posted on October 11, 2014 - Federation Tags: Anti-Criminalization Committee, solidarity

Mike Brown. Trayvon Martin. Reykia Boyd. Eric Garner. John Crawford. Ramarley Graham. Roshad McIntosh. Jordan Davis. Kimani Gray. Sean Bell. Oscar Grant. Yvette Smith. Eleanor Bumpurs. Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Tarika Wilson. Burrell Ramsey-White. Denis Reynoso. DJ Henry. Eveline Barros-Cepeda. Vonderrit Myers Jr. And to every other black and brown life taken from us too soon by […]

The Work and the Job

Posted on July 1, 2014 - Federation Tags: healthcare, worker's literature

We rerun this piece which originally appeared on WRC’s blog in June 2011 by a member, and has since featured in the book Lines of Work (Black Cat Press, 2013). “I don’t think I’m cut out to be an employee.” It was a bitter joke. My friend had just finished venting about one of her […]

Solidarity Network or Solidarity Service?: on the challenges of building a solidarity network

Posted on August 29, 2013 - Federation Tags: organizing

The following originally appears in September 2013 issue of the IWW newspaper, the Industrial Worker, with the title “Building a solidarity network is harder than it seems.” Written by WRC member R. Spourgitis, it is a review of the pamphlet Build Your Own Solidarity Network, by two Seattle Solidarity Network members, and is based on […]

Fighting fascism and austerity in Greece

Posted on May 18, 2013 - Federation Tags: crisis

On Wednesday, April 10, Wild Rose Collective co-hosted an event in Iowa City, Iowa with Pavlos speaking as part of a continental speaking tour about resistance in Greece to both fascism and austerity measures. This event was well attended by about 30 people, and raised over $300 to send to Greek social movement activity. Pavlos spoke on […]

May Day – Remembering the past, fighting for tomorrow

Posted on May 1, 2013 - Federation

A short history of May Day The first of May is a moment for us to remember the Chicago Haymarket Martyrs of 127 years ago. These Chicago anarchists helped to lead the major battle of the day, not only for the 8 Hour Day, but also for social liberation. The origins of May Day go back […]

Solidarity with the striking workers of Sisters’ Camelot

Posted on March 17, 2013 - Federation Tags: solidarity, Worker Struggle

Wild Rose Collective of eastern Iowa joins others in declaring our solidarity with the striking canvass workers of Sisters’ Camelot in Minneapolis. As many of us have been workers in non-profit organizations, we know well that wage labor under some other name than profit enterprise is wage labor nonetheless. Further, the socially positive mission and […]

A View from the Plains: on organizing in smaller areas of the Midwest

Posted on December 1, 2012 - Federation Tags: organizing

What would it look like to develop strategies in apolitical areas and smaller areas far from more active and developed places of leftist activity? This is obviously an open-ended question with many implications and courses of action. Since our experiences in Occupy here in Iowa, this question has increasingly become, for me, an important one […]