Author: Filler Collective
About Filler Collective
Filler is a radical zine & distro affiliated with Pittsburgh’s autonomous student network.
TERF Rally in Pittsburgh Surrounded and Shouted Down
Report back from recent rally against far-Right TERFs. Originally posted to Filler Collective. Last September, our amazing Pittsburgh Community gathered outside the... Read Full Article
Action in Solidarity with Striking Post-Gazette Workers in Pittsburgh
Report on attempted blockade of newspapers by striking workers and their supporters. Originally posted to Filler Collective. A group of roughly 40... Read Full Article
On the Ground at Penn State: A Pittsburgh Anti-Fascist Reports Back
Report on the recent antifascist mobilization against Proud Boys founder, Gavin McInnes at Penn State. Originally posted to Filler Collective. Penn State... Read Full Article
Improvement of a Pro-Forced-Birth Billboard in Pittsburgh
Action report from so-called Pittsburgh, originally posted to Filler Collective. Some time recently in the early hours, autonomous individuals improved a billboard... Read Full Article
A Pittsburgh Anti-Fascist Reports Back from D12 in Washington D.C.
The following report comes from an anonymous Pittsburgh anti-fascist who participated in the D12 community defense against the Proud Boys in Washington... Read Full Article
Fuck Identity, We Need Solidarity
The following collection of texts from Pittsburgh critiques identity politics in the context of the recent uprising following the police murder of... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh, PA: Anti-Fascists Confront Armed Nazis in Bloomfield
Report from the Filler Collective about community defense of neighborhood and bookstore after neo-Nazi skinheads held and “Anti-Antifa” rally. Around 6:30, the... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh Anarcho-Punk Compilation Album Benefiting The Big Idea Cooperative Bookstore & Cafe
A Scam for the Big Idea is a Pittsburgh anarcho-punk compilation album benefiting The Big Idea Cooperative Bookstore & Cafe. You can... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh, PA: No One is Surprised
Report from the Filler Collective about the recent street protests in the wake of the police officer who murdered #AntwonRose being found... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh, PA: Night March in Solidarity with the National Prison Strike
Report back from night time march in solidarity with the National Prison Strike from the Filler Collective. Sometime after midnight on Saturday,... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh, PA: Autonomous Actions in Solidarity with the National Prison Strike
This is an incomplete list of autonomous actions taken in solidarity with the (inter)national prison strike. It is comprised of several anonymous... Read Full Article
Fighting for the Memory and Life of Antwon Rose Jr.
The following report was originally posted on Filler PGH. Antwon Rose Jr. was murdered by the East Pittsburgh Police Tuesday night, June... Read Full Article
Nightshade Report: International Women’s Day
The following editorial comes from the Nightshade Collective in Pittsburgh about International Women’s Day. Today, March 8, 2018, marks International Women’s Day,... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh: Alt-Weekly Whitewashes White Power Tattoo Artist
On March 7th, the Pittsburgh City Paper ran a cover story featuring Lettia Suchevich, a local fascist and tattoo artist. “Women Ink” profiles 16 women... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh, PA: Justice for Mark Daniels
This report on a recent police shooting comes from the Filler Collective, and includes information about a support event happening this Saturday.... Read Full Article
From Pitt to Georgia Tech: Cops Off Campus!
On Wednesday morning, we dropped two banners at the University of Pittsburgh. They read, “From Pitt to Georgia Tech: Disarm the Police,... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh, PA: Report back from Die-in & Rally to Stop Trumpcare
This report back is meant to show how protest marshals, imposed structure and hierarchically organized groups can prevent cohesive direct action, organic... Read Full Article
From Pittsburgh to DC: Drop the Charges!
Today in Pittsburgh, the 11 comrades arrested for allegedly demonstrating in solidarity with striking inmates at the Allegheny County Jail are scheduled... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh, PA: Week of Action Against Prisons and Their World
Every year on June 11th, anarchists and anti-authoritarians from around the world send some love and rage to our comrades who are serving... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh, PA: Comrades Maxx and Shea are Free!
Statement from the Pittsburgh Anarchist Black Cross Received 5.18.2017 Today we are happy to report our friends Maxx and Shea were released... Read Full Article
For a University Against Itself
Our material environment arranges life into a procession of neat little rituals. All that is possible or desirable is administered according to... Read Full Article
Solidarity in the Streets
Solidarity and Broken Windows On March 18, around 80 inmates at Allegheny County Jail participated in a one-day sit-in strike demanding access... Read Full Article
Beyond Another Gender Binary
My use of the terms patriarchy and gender are interchangeable, as I understand gender to be an apparatus of oppression and domination... Read Full Article
Donate to Pittsburghers arrested at #DisruptJ20!
Donate Here On January 20th 2017 Border-guards, modern day slave catchers, paramilitary, military, and armed vigilante groups converged to protect the swearing... Read Full Article
Support the Pitt Anti-Fascist Legal Defense Fund!
From Filler Distro SUPPORT VICTORIA AND PHIL DONATE HERE Let it be known that on the night of November 17th, tuition paying students... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh: Fascist Scum, Off Our Campus!
From Filler Collective [Trigger Warning – discussion of sexual assault, racist violence, anti-queer violence] Weeks after Trump kicked off his campaign by falsely... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh: Fuck a Police State – Night March Report Back
From Filler Collective On Thursday, September 23rd, around 30-40 people (and probably just as many pigs) turned out for a last-minute action in solidarity... Read Full Article
A Brief Analysis of Politicization Following Orlando
From The Burning Bridge In the aftermath of the Orlando shooting, I saw some of my fellow queer folks decrying the neigh immediate politicization... Read Full Article
Fuck Stiegemeyer, Fuck the Patriarchy, Fuck the Peace Police
From Filler Collective This past Friday the 8th of April, Pitt lent its spacious dining room in the O’Hara Student Center to Reverend... Read Full Article
It’s a Man’s Campus, Let’s Fuck it Up! (Part I)
From Filler Notes toward organizing an anarcha-feminist assault on campus rape culture. While academia theoretically exists as a space reserved for education... Read Full Article