ICE in Minnesota — Days 69-71: Hints of Fed Withdrawal Teased; Homeland Security Chiefs Grilled in Congress
Politicians are hinting Operation Metro Surge could wind down, but any change in the situation remains vaporous for now.
Tag: Mutual Aid
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…
🦄 Eco, Land & Housing, Police
[Mini Doc] Defending the Atlanta Forest: Behind the Movement to Stop Cop City
Hear from the people on the ground in Atlanta, Georgia in our new mini documentary about their efforts to protect the forest and the people from the Atlanta Police Foundation’s Public Safety Training Center (also known as ‘Cop City’) and other developments.…
Sit-in at Denver Recreation Center Leads to Meeting with City
Denver, CO – For months this winter, people who are unhoused and their advocates asked the city of Denver to open 24-hour warming shelters, among other demands they saw as life-saving, but received no response. Determined to be heard, they decided to conduct a sit-in…
Unhoused Community & Advocates Take Over Denver Recreation Center
Denver, CO – On Thursday evening, March 10, community members who are without permanent housing and their advocates arrived at the Carla Madison Recreation Center in an attempt to take over the public facility overnight to be out of the below freezing weather.
Unicorn Riot…
Brazil: Mutual Aid During COVID-19 and Bolsonaro’s Mismanagement
Mutual aid projects are providing much needed support and hope to those in Brazil as the country continues to deal with the humanitarian crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Brazil has one of the worst death rates in the world from COVID-19, with over 589,000…
“Brazil is Asking for Help” – Artists and Activists Speak Out
COVID-19 continues to ravage Brazil, leading to record numbers of daily deaths. For a deeper understanding of some of the impacts the coronavirus pandemic is having on several areas and aspects of life, Unicorn Riot recently heard from four Brazilians across different states.
Brazilian Pandemonium:…
🦄 Community, Land & Housing, Police
Five Arrested as Minneapolis Police Attempt Raid on Near North Houseless Encampment
Minneapolis, MN – Around 7 a.m. on Thursday, March 18, police attempted an eviction of the Near North houseless encampment. Scuffles erupted between Minneapolis Police and people defending the camp which led to numerous injuries and five arrests. This incident came after the city’s Department…
Beyond the Barricades: A Look At George Floyd Square [Mini-Doc]
Minneapolis, MN – Since the police killing of 46-year-old George Floyd, the area where Floyd took his last breath has turned into an international sacred space controlled by community caretakers. The autonomous zone called George Floyd Square (GFS) consists of four city blocks around 38th…
Brazil Nears 200K Deaths as Politicians Continue to Downplay COVID-19
Espirito Santo, Brazil – Devastation spreads across Brazil as the number of coronavirus cases continue to climb among the highest in the world, second only to the United States. Insecurity, hunger and viral infection threaten more and more Brazilians as far-right president Jair Bolsonaro continues to…
Unhoused Residents Find Refuge at Downtown Vigil
Denver, CO – A four-day Race and Homelessness Vigil began early Wednesday morning opposite the Denver City and County Building. It began primarily as a space to educate the local community on how Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) are disproportionately affected by houselessness,…
🦄 COVID-19
Mutual Aid to Detained Refugee Women Grows — Coronavirus in Greece Part 3
Athens, Greece – A people’s movement of solidarity for female detainees is growing in Greece. As the coronavirus crisis has shown, the most vulnerable in society are frequently the last to receive assistance from the state. In response, solidarity networks are organizing to fill the…
🦄 COVID-19
Providing Mutual Aid Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic in Minnesota’s Twin Cities
Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN – Though Minnesota residents have now been ordered to stay at home, Twin Cities community members have been getting creative in recent efforts to provide mutual aid.
New information indicates the virus that causes COVID–19 can live up to 17 days on…
Occupy, Resist, Produce: Inside the Self-Managed Factory of Vio.Me.
Thessaloniki, Greece – Workers have successfully self-managed the production of environmentally-friendly cleaning products for the last six years in the occupied factory Vio.Me. There are no bosses in this factory on the east side of Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city. Workers have been in full…
🦄 Community
Workers Healthcare Center of Vio.Me., Created by the Workers for the Community
Thessaloniki, Greece – A radical new approach to healthcare is reclaiming equal relations between specialists and patients while building a community of health from inside an occupied factory in an industrial Greek metro. The Workers’ Healthcare Center of the self-managed occupied factory Vio.Me. has provided…
🦄 Borders & Migration, Community
Greece: The House of Women for Empowerment and Emancipation
Athens, Greece – During another year of intense migration crisis in Greece, a self-organized, feminist, anti-fascist, and anti-racist initiative called The House of Women for Empowerment and Emancipation is building networks of mutual aid for detained refugees and migrants.
The House of Women organizes itself…
🦄 Community
Greece: Alternative Economies & Community Currencies Pt. 2 – Kenya’s Sarafu-Credit
Athens, Greece – Experimenting with alternatives to capitalism has continued to become more popular as huge wealth divides devour chances of relieving poverty across the world. During the summer of 2017, a speaking engagement at the self-organized squat of Embros Theater in Athens, Greece, showcased…
🦄 Community
Greece: Networks of Resistance Pt. 2 – Infrastructure; ExarcheiaNet & Cooperativa Integral
Athens, Greece – The challenges of building everyday infrastructure for radical movements are broad and often hard to overcome. From the perspective of participants of the Networks of Resistance: 1st European Local Struggles Conference in Athens, Greece, exchanging the best tactics and proven practices strengthens the abilities…
🦄 Police
Records Release: Morton County’s Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Assistance Agreement
Morton County, ND – Various law enforcement agencies from North Dakota and several other states have sent officers and equipment to support operations led by the Morton County Sheriff’s Department against #NoDAPL water protectors.
Earlier this month, Unicorn Riot spoke over the phone with Stutsman…
🦄 Community
Woodbine Solidarity Society Series: Learning Liberation from Solidarity Economies
Denver, CO – On Saturday, April 30th, 2016, the Woodbine Ecology Center hosted “Learning Liberation from Solidarity Economies” at the Posner Center as the third event in their multi-series Solidarity Society Series.
The event featured a conversation about the lessons to be learned from solidarity…