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Author: Black Rose Anarchist Federation
About Black Rose Anarchist Federation
We are an organization of revolutionaries who share common visions of a new world – a world where people collectively control their own workplaces, communities and land and where all basic needs are met. A world where power and participation flow from the bottom upwards and society is organized for peoples’ aspirations, passions, and needs rather than profit, racial prejudice, patriarchy, or imperialism; and where we live sustainably with the planet.
May 31, 23
Bay Area Local Marches to Name & Shame Cop City Funders
Report back from the Bay Area Local of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation on recent march in solidarity with the struggle to... Read Full Article
May 2, 23
May Day 2023: Announcing Our Program
The Black Rose Anarchist Federation announces the publishing of the organization’s political program. On the 1st of May 1886, hundreds of thousands... Read Full Article
Feb 5, 23
Not One More Tyre Nichols
Statement from Black Rose Anarchist Federation / Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra on the recent police murder of Tyre Nichols in so-called Memphis,... Read Full Article
Jan 19, 23
Stop Cop City: in Solidarity and Mourning
Statement from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation on the police murder of a forest defender in so-called Atlanta, Georgia. On January 18,... Read Full Article
Nov 20, 22
No COLA? No Contract! The Stakes and a Strategy for Success in the Historic University of California Strike
Report on mass United Auto Workers (UAW) strike happening across the University of California system by militants in the Black Rose Anarchist... Read Full Article
Sep 23, 22
Iranian Anarchists on Protests in Response to Police Murder of Mahsa Amini
Black Rose Anarchist Federation speaks with members of the Federation of Anarchism Era, an organization with members in both Iran and Afghanistan,... Read Full Article
Jul 12, 22
The State of Cuba: Cuban Anarchist Reflections One Year After July 11th
One year after historic protests rocked Cuba, Cuban anarchists look back on the demonstrations and their importance. Check out an interview with... Read Full Article
May 13, 22
Rights Are Made in the Streets, Not the Courts: On Leaked Supreme Court Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade
The following is a statement and analysis from the Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation about the current push to overturn... Read Full Article
Feb 21, 21
Black Autonomy Podcast: Building a Poor People’s Survival Movement
This episode of Black Autonomy discusses building a poor people’s survival movement to mobilize the multi-racial masses of working class and poor... Read Full Article
Jan 11, 21
Announcing: Black Autonomy Podcast
Introducing the Black Autonomy Podcast which is hosted by veteran anarchists and revolutionary organizers Lorenzo Komboa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin and co-founders... Read Full Article
Dec 15, 20
Brunch is Canceled: Biden, Trump, and the Case for Revolution
The Black Rose Anarchist Federation remarks on the coming to power of the Biden administration, looks back at Trump, and discusses what... Read Full Article
Sep 13, 20
Ungovernable: An Interview with Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin
Author and independent writer William C. Anderson interviews veteran organizer and former Black Panther and political prisoner Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin on the... Read Full Article
Jul 29, 20
From Wildcat to Union Reform: The West Virginia Teacher Struggle Continues
A look at the self-organized struggle of West Virginia teachers following the 2018 wildcat strikes with a look towards the COVID-19 era.... Read Full Article
Apr 17, 20
Tenant and Labor Struggles: Get Organized this Saturday
Call from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation for a North American townhall this Saturday on tenant organizing. In this time of pandemic... Read Full Article
Apr 16, 20
Life Comes At You Fast: The Stunning End of the Bernie Sanders Campaign
The surprising announcement by Bernie Sanders this week that he will end his 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary bid offers us a... Read Full Article
Apr 4, 20
Black Rose Anarchist Federation: Announcing the Quarantine Livestream!
Black Rose Anarchist Federation is announcing several upcoming livestream events! Are you bored sitting at home? Feel like you’ve watched everything on... Read Full Article
Mar 27, 20
The “Democratic Road to Socialism” and Bernie Sanders
As the prospects for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has once again been dashed by the party establishment this discussion of the “inside/outside”... Read Full Article
Mar 18, 20
Lifting the Mask of Capitalist Disaster: The Coronavirus Response
A look at the broader social, political, ecological, and economic crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic brings into focus. Originally published on Black... Read Full Article
Feb 28, 20
Build Our Power, Spread the Strike: A UCSC Strike Leaflet
Outreach flyer written by the Black Rose Anarchist Federation that discusses the growing wildcat strike across the University of California system. As... Read Full Article
Feb 20, 20
Organize Your Neighbors: The Los Angeles Tenants Union
From Below, a project of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation, presents a podcast on the Los Angeles Tenants Union. In this episode... Read Full Article
Feb 6, 20
Santa Cruz Grad Students Prepare to Launch Full Strike Next Week
Black Rose Anarchist Federation reports on the upcoming strike by UC Santa Cruz grad student workers. Following up previous coverage of the... Read Full Article
Feb 5, 20
Tenant Organizing When Rising Rent Isn’t the (Main) Issue
Analysis of housing struggles based around the fight for better conditions and habitability. Originally published by the Black Rose Anarchist Federation. Tenant... Read Full Article
Jan 7, 20
“Only Way to Stop a War Machine”: On U.S. Aggression Against Iran
Black Rose Anarchist Federation statement on the US drive for war with Iran. Black Rose Anarchist Federation / Federación Anaquista Rosa Negra... Read Full Article
Dec 9, 19
Wildcat Strike Launched by UC Santa Cruz Grad Student Workers
Black Rose Anarchist Federation reports on a wildcat strike breaking out on the UC Santa Cruz campus in California. Graduate student workers... Read Full Article
Nov 7, 19
Social Movements Gave Rise to the “Teachers’ Revolt,” Not Bernie
With the 2020 election already on the horizon we republish this commentary responding to the deeply flawed narrative that Bernie Sanders’ campaign... Read Full Article
Jun 20, 19
Concentration Camps: The Imperial Legacy of Migrant Detention
With the growing debate over Trump’s policy of terror directed towards migrants and the appropriate use of the term “concentration camp,” it’s... Read Full Article
May 21, 19
From Below: Interview with Mark Bray, Part 1, Antifa and Occupy Movement
From Below, a podcast from Black Rose Anarchist Federation, interviews anarchist Mark Bray on antifascism and the Occupy Wall Street Movement. To... Read Full Article
May 13, 19
Cuba: Isbel and Jimmy Have Now Been Released
Update on two Cuban anarchists who were arrested in the lead up to self-organized PRIDE demonstrations not sanctioned by the Cuban State.... Read Full Article
May 12, 19
Cuban State Arrests Two Anarchists as ‘Counter-Revolutionaries’
After the Cuban State called off officially sanctioned PRIDE celebrations, people began to self-organize their own events. In response, the Cuban state... Read Full Article
Apr 24, 19
A “Green New Deal”?: The Eco-Syndicalist Alternative, Part I
As debates over the climate crisis and the proposed “Green New Deal” unfold, veteran activist and writer Tom Wetzel speaks to its... Read Full Article
Apr 15, 19
On Strike at Stop & Shop: Interview from the Picket Line
A member of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation speaks with a striker on the picket lines during the Stop & Strike strike,... Read Full Article
Apr 11, 19
From Below Podcast: Anarchism and Socialism in Puerto Rico
The Black Rose Anarchist Federation releases a new podcast on the history of anarchism and socialist in Puerto Rico. Interview and discussion... Read Full Article
Mar 8, 19
From Below Podcast: Feminism Against Capitalism
We are excited to present the premiere episode of From Below Podcast on International Women’s Days from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation.... Read Full Article
Mar 5, 19
Do All Organizing Roads Lead to Bernie?: A Response to Eric Blanc’s Interview on Dead Pundit Society From a West Virginia Teacher
Critique from Michael Mochaidean on left electoralism and hope placed into the Bernie Sanders campaign. On a recent interview with the Dead... Read Full Article
Feb 20, 19
Update: West Virginia Walkouts Beats Back Neoliberal Education Bill
#55Strong update on the Omnibus Bill walkouts from a West Virginia teacher Michael Mochaidean, also of the IWW. On Monday, February 17th,... Read Full Article
Feb 15, 19
New Strike Possible As West Virginia Teachers Continue Struggle
Michael Mochaidean looks at the possibilities of continued strike action in West Virginia and beyond. By Michael Mochaidean One year ago, teachers... Read Full Article
Feb 15, 19
Is Trump’s National Emergency a Step Toward Fascism?
Mark Bray asks what Trump’s latest move to declare a State of emergency means and what this says about democracy and Trump’s... Read Full Article
Feb 5, 19
Picket Line Lessons: The UTLA Teacher Strike
Members of Black Rose/Rosa Negra – Los Angeles who were involved in community mobilization in support of the strike and as members... Read Full Article
Feb 4, 19
The Warmth Fund: Solidarity Response to Extreme Cold in Chicago
Report on Chicago anarchists and autonomous anti-capitalists organizing in the face of Chicago’s cold snap. In an unprecedented cold front that started... Read Full Article
Jan 7, 19
Striking for the Future: An Interview With a Los Angeles Teacher
More than 30,000 educators in the country’s second-biggest school district of Los Angeles are poised to strike Thursday, January 10 for the... Read Full Article