Tag Archives: Black Block

Guest Post: The Fight for a Life Worth Living: A Statement on Seattle’s 2012 May Day Events

The statement below is being reposted from the Occupy Seattle website. Please check it out! —– We are organizers and participants involved in this year’s May Day events. Many of us also participate in Occupy/Decolonize Seattle. We conceived the events … Continue reading

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Zine version of “The zeal of the young…”

Thanks to our friend and comrade AH! *note: the pages are set up so that they can be printed, folded, and stapled in the middle. this form is not very readable unless printed!

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“Between the Zeal of the Young and the Patience of the Old”: Reflections on Seattle’s Recent Upheavals Against Police Brutality

See zine version here i) Introduction ii) No Police on Stolen Native Land iii) Feb 16: Moving past obstacles; Witnessing openings for militancy The Rainbow Coalition Feb 16: How it went down iv) A Ruling Class Ideology: “Why Seattle didn’t … Continue reading

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Don Hamerquist on the Black Block in Seattle

In the past few months, Seattle has seen an upsurge of organizing against police terror  in the wake of the murder of the late Native woodcarver J.T. Williams.   Black Orchid Collective members have been active in this upsurge and … Continue reading

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