Activists Speak Out After Philly Thanksgiving Parade Banner Drops

from Unicorn Riot

Philadelphia, PA — On November 23, around 11 a.m., Black and Indigenous and anti-Zionist Jewish activists hung banners along Interstate 676, just blocks away from the Thanksgiving Day Parade on occupied Lenapehoking land, otherwise known as Philadelphia. They collaborated to highlight the ongoing injustice and struggles of Indigenous people in the U.S. while also displaying solidarity with those against occupation in Palestine.

Parade floats accompanied by police escorts on all sides sped below the 10th Street overpass just moments before the first banner was hung. It served as a timely punctuation as east bound traffic watched the banner unfurl to read, “The Pequot Remember the Massacre.”

The Pequot Massacre occurred on May 26, 1637. Settler-colonial Puritan soldiers, organized as the Massachusetts Bay Colony Militia, aimed to steal the tribe’s traditional land in a surprise ambush that murdered 700 Pequot adults and children. During the massacre, settlers set fire to the village burning any remaining people alive. Governor John Winthrop declared a celebration of this massacre later that year that some consider to be the first Thanksgiving. The following year, white settlers outlawed the Pequot language and name, seized tribal lands, and forced some surviving Pequot people into slavery. This further galvanized the massacre into a genocide.

The second banner to be dropped from the overpass faced west bound traffic and revealed the words “End Genocide from Turtle Island to Palestine.” 

The following day, Black Friday, other autonomous groups got to work hanging banners along this same interstate which runs like a river through the city center. However, on that morning, similar anti-colonial and anti-Zionist messages could now be read throughout this corridor of the city in defiance of erasure.

These banner drops follow acts of nonviolent civil disobedience, direct actions, and marches that have been happening all over Philadelphia on a near-daily basis since Israel began bombing Gaza after October 7.

They also occur within a broader movement framework of autonomous actions across the country that commemorated November 23 as the Indigenous National Day of Mourning — a day that serves to highlight centuries of atrocities committed against Indigenous people and to correct present myths in history texts taught in American schools.

For the last 53 years on the fourth Thursday of November, the Indigenous National Day of Mourning has taken place to “honor Indigenous ancestors and Native resilience. It is a day of remembrance and spiritual connection, as well as a protest against the racism and oppression that Indigenous people continue to experience worldwide.”

Since its first treaty, the U.S. government has continually broken each and every written agreement signed with Indigenous Nations as more white settlers wanted their land. Starting with the Treaty With the Delawares/Treaty of Fort Pitt in 1778 with the Lenni Lenape peoples.

In Pennsylvania in 1782, an American Revolutionary War officer and his militia slaughtered nearly 100 Lenape (mostly women and children) at the village of Gnadenhutten after wrongly believing they were responsible for attacks against white settlers. This led to more settler-colonialists moving onto Lenape territory, before the Treaty of Greeneville in 1795 forced the Lenape and other nearby tribes to surrender most of their lands.

All of this erasure, murder, and forced relocation continued to shrink and control the spaces where Indigenous people could inhabit. Thirty-five years later, in 1830, U.S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act which codified the violent removal of Indigenous people from their ancestral lands en masse, in what’s known as the Trail of Tears. Today, data shows that Indigenous people in the United States have lost nearly 99% of the land they historically occupied.


Unicorn Riot heard about the aspirations of some of those involved in bringing the anti-colonial and anti-Zionist messaging into Philly’s downtown corporate Thanksgiving space.

UR: Thank you for taking the time to speak with us. Why do you think it’s important for this action to take place on Thanksgiving in the US?

“As an Indigenous activist it’s important to keep reminding people of the brutal history of ongoing displacement and genocide. My heart breaks for people all over the world who are actively displaced for the nation state war machine.

To have traditional food and practices whitewashed and fed back to us as if we should be grateful for the nod to our history while ignoring the part the capitalist U.S. state has played in killing us and our traditional practices is frankly disgusting.”

– K

“Much like we are seeing genocides in Palestine, Congo, Armenia, and Sudan be denied and erased in real time, colonizers have erased the continued and active genocide of Indigenous peoples in the so-called United States. They have taken our feasts and our foods, and have created a celebration from our suffering. They throw parades to commemorate their military victories while our people go hungry on our reservations and in our cities, homeless and in need in our own homelands. But we are here to remind them that we have not forgotten and we will not be silently erased.“

– F

UR: How did you bridge the gap between occupation in the U.S. and occupation in Palestine? What about the Pequot massacre did you want to invoke in this moment?

“To see the defense of Palestine is beautiful, but to condemn one genocide while celebrating another is not justice. Over 700 Pequot women, children, and elders were murdered in a surprise raid while many of their warriors were away. That is the true history of Thanksgiving. That is what is being celebrated today. Regardless of whether you can call it Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, or your fall feast, if you are not telling the true history & feeling it’s full weight then you are commemorating our genocide. “

– F

UR: What did you want people to take away most from this action?

“I hope that the banners incite conversations that question colonialism here and in Israel. For non-Native people like myself who are gathering with family or friends today, I hope they talk about how to be part of initiating repair and reparations for Indigenous people in the US. Similarly, as an anti-Zionist Jewish person, I hope Jewish families talk about the way our identities and trauma are being manipulated for colonial purposes, and how we can resist that to stand with Palestinians.”

– R

“We should stand against occupation and genocide around the globe, and that begins with the land beneath our feet. We must examine our own role in continued genocide and settler colonialism, and we must take responsibility for ending all States at war with the People, including our own. We are not free until we are all free, and we are not all free until every oppressive force has fallen to the ground. Start where you are, start today, and don’t stop til we free them all.”

– F

The Two Decades of subVersion Riot Porn Jamboree

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The Two Decades of subVersion Riot Porn Jamboree

from Mastodon

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subMedia presents:
The Two Decades of subVersion Riot Porn Jamboree

Join the subMedia crew this December as we celebrate two decades cranking out anarchist propaganda. That’s right, subMedia has finally made it through its angsty teenager years. Before you know it, we’ll be setting riot porn to soft jazz! So before that happens and to mark this auspicious milestone, we’re throwing a series of screening events in select cities. A riot porn jamboree, if you will – culminating in a livestream screening party, where current and former crew members will be on hand to introduce some of our favourite videos, shoot the shit, and answer all your most burning questions.

So grab some popcorn, a crowbar and a gasmask to celebrate the way only subMedia can… with a two hour cavalcade of riot porn, direct from our projector to your eyeballs.

::TOUR DATES::

Dec 15 – Philly
Dec 21 – Online Livestream

Check our social media, or reach out for more details about local events.

subMedia presents: the Two Decades of subVersion Riot Porn Jamboree

(Featuring a graphic of Franklin Lopez in a luchadore mask painting some riot porn a la Bob Ross)

Tour dates (listed in the post text).

And the caption 'Celebrating twenty years as anarchist media moguls' next to a subMedia logo with a birthday party hat on it.

zine: Queer Voices from the Fight for Palestinian Liberation

from breaking patterns

This is a compilation of articles and other writings that I put together very quickly, because I needed a zine that explained pinkwashing and pushed back against the narrative that queer and trans people are invisible or nonexistent in the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Thank you again to those who suggested the articles, poetry, and resources.

contents:

A Liberatory Demand from Queers in Palestine

Gay Travel (or Music Makes the People Come Together)

Beyond Propaganda: Pinkwashing as Colonial Violence

Pride Month Is Isolating for Me as Silence About Violence in Palestine Continues

Moving towards Home

with anonymous stories from Queering the Map

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Murdered By Israel: Fliers Highlighting Victims Of Genocide

from Jersey Counter-Info

Across the so-called United States there has been a highly organized campaign pushing pro Israel propaganda in order to manipulate the public into supporting the ongoing genocide in Palestine. One of the main ways this has been has been happening is through the heavy dissemination of “kidnapped” fliers of Israeli colonizers. These fliers have been spotted taped up in public spaces and even broadcasted on digital billboards above highways. No matter what medium they appear in the intent behind them is clear: to manipulate people’s emotions into supporting Israel and to draw attention away from the genocide that is currently underway against Palestinians.

We cannot continue to allow this propaganda campaign to continue and propel the genocide against Palestinians further. We must highlight the actual victims, uplift their stories, and challenge false narratives.

The following fliers listed below are available for printing, online dissemination, and sharing across and all platforms. Please print, post, and share en masse. So far collections of these fliers have been spotted in NJ and the larger Philadelphia and NYC area.

Solidarity Means Attack: PA Anarchist Action for Palestine

Submission

[PDF file]
[PDF file low ink for printing]

WELCOME TO THE NEW PGH COUNTER-INFO SITE!!

from Berkman School of Anarchy

The Office of Scholarly Communications at the Berkman School of Anarchy is pleased to announce the launch of our new counter-info project! We will be accepting all Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh specific submissions that are hostile to authority. Analyses, reportbacks, communiques, public flyers, and other relevant anti-authoritarian stuff are welcome. Submissions will be published right here, on this site, so check back often! Instructions for submission can be found on the Contact & Submissions page. We are excited to see what you have to send us 😉

Report Back: Antifascists Turn up the Heat on Mark Kauffman and Sara Sheaffer

from Jersey Counter-Info

Regional antifascists have been exposing the identities of local neo-nazi crew S14, for the last several months. So far five of their members have been unmasked and there has been an on the ground push to confront S14. Specifically antifascists have targeted leaders Kauffman and Sheaffer’s in North Philly, where they live. This left Kauffman visibly shaken and resigned to bitching in the S14 public telegram account, in the days after it was reported to Jersey Counter-Info.

The English language version of the “Community Alert” flier that has been distributed across Kauffman and Sheaffer’s North Philadelphia community.

Kauffman’s frustration and fear however are only getting worse, as antifascists have started an indefinite ongoing campaign against he and Sheaffer in North Philly. As of mid September, antifascists have hit Kauffman and Sheaffer’s neighborhood at least three separate times talking to community residents, business owners, neighbors, and distributing community alert fliers.

A group of North Philadelphia community members looking at and discussing the Kauffman and Sheaffer flier.

As time passes, more and more residents are becoming aware of Kauffman and Sheaffer’s presence in the neighborhood and their status as neo-nazis.

Community members have also been given extra fliers on several occasions to distribute and post up on their own.

Fliers have been strategically placed near high traffic areas like bus stops and cross walks to maximize reach and visibility.

Antifascists have also been heavily focusing on the block of E Wishart that Kauffman and Sheaffer live on, connecting in person with their neighbors.

A post in front of Kauffman and Sheaffer’s house with a Spanish and English language community alter flier on it.

 

A car in front of Kauffman and Sheaffer’s house with a community alert flier on the windshield.

 

The end of E Wishart Street where Kauffman and Sheaffer live.

At this point Kauffman and Sheaffer may still believe that if they do damage control and keep to themselves they can quietly live their lives. The reality of situation couldn’t be further from this. With each passing day more and more community members are becoming aware that neo-nazis are living among them and the targets on Kauffman and Sheaffer’s backs are only getting bigger.

Anathema Volume 9 Issue 2

from Anathema

Volume 9 Issue 2 (PDF for reading 8.5×11)

Volume 9 Issue 2 (PDF for printing 11×17)

In this issue:

  • What Went Down
  • Conservation As Abolition
  • Dance Parties Won’t Stop Fascism
  • Eternal War Against Golf
  • Call To Struggle Around Bartram’s & Against The Proposal For Cellicon Valley
  • Making Anti-Repression A Collective Problem
  • Community Defense
  • Retrospective On Ted Kaczynski
  • Who Is Paul Minton?
  • Running Down The Walls

Report Back: S14 Leaders Mark Kauffman and Sara Sheaffer’s Neighborhood Hit

from Jersey Counter-Info

Back in early July 2023, a Philadelphia couple Mark Kauffman and Sara Sheaffer, were revealed to be the leaders of the Tri-state area neo-nazi crew S14. Since then several other S14 members have been unmasked such as Mathew Bair, Paul Minton, and Daisy McGowan. Antifascists have been continuing to turn up the heat on S14 members, exposing their cross over membership with other fascist groups and extensively doxxing them.

Since his July doxxing, Kauffman has been publicly attempting to hide his own fear by trolling antifascists and doubling down on his fascist activity. With he and Sheaffter feeling the pressure, area antifascists got together a few days ago to apply even more, by flyering Mark Kauffman and Sara Sheaffer’s neighborhood.

Kauffman and Sheaffer live in North Phialdelphia on E Wishart Street.

Kauffman and Sheaffer live in North Philly, specifically in the larger Kensington area. The E Wishart Street and surrounding community are predominantly Latino, further making Kauffman and Sheaffer’s very public neo nazi status and activities particularly dangerous for those around them.

Antifascists posted up English and Spanish language fliers on Kauffman and Sheaffer’s street, all over the adjacent side streets, and in the wider Kensington community. They were also able to pass out fliers to community members and discuss Kauffman and Sheaffer’s presence in the neighborhood. All community members that antifascists spoke to were rightfully shocked, angered, and pissed off that nazis were living next door to them. Antifascists gave interested community members stacks of fliers for further dissemination.

If you are interested in using and downloading either flier they are listed below.

S14 members: You were warned that if you did not dissolve your organization and cease activities that there would be real world repercussions. Five of your members have now been doxxed and Kauffman and Sheaffer’s entire community knows exactly who they are. If you refuse to comply there will be further consequences.

Banner Drops Against Moms For Liberty

from Twitter

Banner drop over I-95 this morning. The M4L hate summit begins tonight with a opening reception at @AmRevMuseum. Show up at 5pm to, uh, “welcome” them. “Philly Protects Trans Kids” “Bad Things Happen to Fascists in Philadelphia”

Announcing Unravel.noblogs.org

from Act For Freedom Now!

Unravel is a counter-information project with an insurrectional perspective that aims to connect acts of negation and attack in the so-called USA. Those in power want our acts to remain disparate and disconnected, the spark that drives each of us shielded from the other’s view. By weaving together the threads of action, this project hopes to draw throughlines in the struggles that anarchists engage in, in order to broaden and amplify shared projectualities.

Domination and authority cross us in a tangled and knotted web of ever more interconnected systems; unraveling this network at one point has the potential to create a cascade that throws everything into disarray, opening spaces for freedom. This website is explicitly anarchist, and accepts/reposts communiques, reportbacks, analysis, calls to action, events, and mass media articles about unclaimed acts of vandalism, sabotage, arson, or destruction.

Flyering Pedophile Nazi Paul Minton’s Block and a Call for Action

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[Philly Anti-Capitalist note: The owner of Warrior Boxing Gym has reached out to us and let us know that he and the gym do not know  Paul Minton and that Paul Minton is not a member of the gym.]

Nazi traitor Paul Minton aka MISK is a pain in the ass right now being one of the loudest and most active nazis around, slapping his racist garbage stickers all over the city. Not to mention that he betrayed every comrade who once trusted him. Not to mention that Paul, pushing 50, took in a vulnerable 13 year old girl and groomed her into being another nazi, who he has also gotten pregnant. Paul is the lowest of the low, a pedophile, a traitor who turns on everyone he’s ever worked with, and a huge dumbass. A recent article shows his whole history of cowardly betrayal and nazi scumfuckery.

We put together this flyer.

To make him feel less safe we paid a visit to his neighborhood tonight, putting up flyers and talking to some of his neighbors about who he is.

 

“By the way Paul, heard something happened to your old car, but good to know you now drive a black KIA soul, license plate LZN 5585. We made sure to stick a flyer to it 🙂  There’s another surprise that you might not notice right away too. Have fun!” (excuse the shitty picture I’m not used to my new phones camera)

 

 

You can get your own copy of the flyer here in pdf form. [Flyer PDF]

 

We encourage people to take a few nights of action and spam these everywhere you can. Make him famous. Make it so he can’t hide. There are a lot of areas where we’ve seen his propaganda so we suggest hitting these areas so that everyone knows him name:

-Residential areas around Greys Ferry and Point Breeze

 

-Old City and Independence Mall

-Baltimore Ave. and Around Clark Park

-South Street

-City Hall Area

-East Passyunk

-All along Washington Avenue

-All down south broad street

-All of Market Street

-Gayborhood

-All along the el in Fishtown/Kensington/Frankford

-Upper Darby around 69th Street

-Ben Franklin Boulevard and art museum area

-Delaware and Schuylkill waterfronts and trails

 

 

Happy hunting and big fuck you to Paul Minton, drown in piss. The world will be a better place when you’re gone.

Addendum: We saw you scratched out a lot of our flyers so we threw up over 100 more in places you like to hang out. Enjoy your scavenger hunt you worthless creep.

west philly food not bombs wheatpaste

Submission

posted some food not bombs flyers around west philly the other week

Anathema Volume 9 Issue 1

from Anathema

Volume 9 Issue 1 (PDF for reading 8.5×11)

Volume 9 Issue 1 (PDF for printing 11×17)

In this issue:

  • What Went Down
  • 2023, Baby!
  • A-Space: A Postmortem
  • Tag Yourself
  • The Fatigue of Novelty
  • Powering Down Domination
  • Here Lies a Corpse
  • A Response to: ‘The Forest in the City’
  • Letter from Alfredo Cospito