In the last several years, the total rate of those lacking safe, clean, and stable shelter in the United States has increased by double-digit percentages year-over-year. This ‘crisis’, as it is often called, is an increasingly extreme manifestation of the degradations built-in to the structures of a capitalist housing market maintained and protected by the […] The post Grants Pass and the Carceral Conjuncture appeared first on Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation ..read more

Introduction Every year, Black Rose Anarchist Federation / Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra (BRRN) holds a national Convention in a different city somewhere in the United States. Delegates from Black Rose Locals gather to debate and deliver the votes of members on proposals that would substantively change the structures or direction of the organization; collectively reflect […] The post Black Rose/Rosa Negra 10th National Convention Report appeared first on Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation ..read more

This is the third installment in our Anarchists in the Labor Movement series. Click through the links to read installment #1 with an education worker and #2 with healthcare workers. In this interview we speak to Daniel Bovard-Katz, a metalworker in a midwestern U.S. state. As the title suggests, this series engages with anarchists who […] The post Anarchists in the Labor Movement #3 appeared first on Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation ..read more

This is the second in a new series of serialized interviews that we are calling Anarchists in the Labor Movement. In this installment we bring you interviews with two nurses in the Southern United States. As the title suggests, this series engages with anarchists who are active in workplace organizing. Some of those we speak to in […] The post Anarchists in the Labor Movement #2 appeared first on Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation ..read more

Soon after October 7th, 2023 the Black Rose/Rosa Negra International Relations Committee (IRC) convened a special meeting to draft a statement condemning what was already becoming a genocidal assault on Gaza and the Palestinian people by the occupation forces of the Israeli state. Given the urgency of the moment and the swelling Palestine solidarity movement […] The post Updated Statement: Stop the Genocide in Gaza! End the War on Palestine! appeared first on Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation ..read more

2024 marks the 10th anniversary of our organization’s founding. This is a milestone on which we will soon have more substantial reflections to offer – keep your eyes out! For now, we are excited to invite you to join us in Oakland on August 10th for a public celebration marking a decade of Black Rose/Rosa Negra. […] The post Black Rose/Rosa Negra 10 Year Anniversary Event appeared first on Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation ..read more

We present here a translation of an article which appeared on July 7, 2024 in the recently revived Spanish anarchist journal Regeneración Libertaria. The journal describes itself as “a portal for the revolutionary anarchist tendency, concretely of the especifista current, adapted to the Iberian Peninsula”. Despite its original theoretical texts appearing in Spanish, the anarchist […] The post Especifismo Before its Critics appeared first on Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation ..read more

This is the first installment in a new series of serialized interviews that we are calling Anarchists in the Labor Movement. As the title suggests, this series engages with anarchists who are active in workplace organizing. Some of those we speak to are building a militant minority within the rank-and-file of their existing union, others are organizing the unorganized through new union campaigns, while others still are finding ways to build the capacity to win shop floor fights in contexts where union support is not available. In part, the aim of this series is simply to shine a spotlight on t ..read more

From Below, the podcast of Black Rose/Rosa Negra, is back! This time with a recording of a discussion panel titled, Bringing Indigenous Revolution to Campus. This panel happened recently at the Stanford University Palestine solidarity encampment and was organized by members of the Bay Area Local of Black Rose, which includes some students and workers at the university. The panel took place against the backdrop of a vibrant movement where students, workers, and others affiliated with universities across the country have been rapidly radicalizing as they confront the full weight of U.S. imperi ..read more

On May 15, 1948 the British Mandate in Palestine ended. This date also marks the day on which settlers declared the independence of “Israel”. The establishment and expansion of which was only possible through the violent mass displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. This is why May 15 also commemorates the ‘Nakba’ or catastrophe. Today the Nakba continues. Both in the sense that generations of Palestinians remain displaced from their homes, but also in that Israeli settlers continue to harass, attack, and kill Palestinians in an attempt to dispossess them of their land. While this vi ..read more