🦄 Global, Police

Greek Anarchist Collective Targeted by the State

The far-right Greek government has been going after the anarchist collective Rouvikonas (Rubicon) in similar ways as the U.S. has attempted to dismantle the ‘Cop City’ movement with state-level domestic terrorism and RICO charges. From wrongfully charging two Rouvikonas members with murder to attempting to…

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FBI Labels Anti-Fascists and Anti-Racists as Violent Extremists

A recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document titled “Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide”* links common protest symbols to “terrorism” — another marker in a common theme of conflating militant protest for social justice with deadly terrorist violence within the United States. Groups like the…

🦄 Eco, Police
Georgia State Troopers making arrests after storming the Stop Cop City music festival in the "RC Field" clearing in the South River Forest near Atlanta on March 5, 2023. On the left, one arrestee is pinned down my two officers in dark blue kneeling on them. In the middle-left of the shot, a person sitting down can be seen sitting and about to be arrested. On the right center part of the image, a man in a neon green National Lawyers Guild legal observer hat is lying down on the ground with his hands out to the sides - presumably having done so on orders by an arresting officer. A Georgia State Patrol higher-up is seen striding towards the prone NLG observer with black leather gloves on his hands; other officers in frame do not appear to be wearing gloves.

Behind the #StopCopCity Domestic Terrorism Warrants

Atlanta, GA — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, in collaboration with several other law enforcement agencies, charged 23 more people with ‘domestic terrorism’ for their alleged involvement in the ongoing effort to stop ‘Cop City’ and to defend the Weelaunee Forest in unincorporated DeKalb County…

🦄 Eco, Police, Racism & Far-Right

Deprogram Episode 30

Deprogram is back! On Wednesday, May 31, Unicorn Riot brought back our live show Deprogram with hosts Niko and Lorenzo. The show presents a weekly examination of global events pertaining to social struggles, the environment, and many other topics.

Episode 30 of Deprogram featured discussion on…

🦄 Community, Prison, Racism & Far-Right

Reportbacks From the Scarsella Trial (Ten Part Series)

Minneapolis, MN – Hennepin County Judge Hilary Caliguiri sentenced white supremacist Allen Scarsella to 182 months for his racially motivated act of domestic terrorism, shooting five unarmed protesters in Minneapolis in November 2015. Scarsella’s trial featured over thirty witnesses and lasted through eleven days of…