That One Time Nazi’s Posted Up at Madison Square Garden — On February 20th, 1939, Nazi’s rallied at Madison Square Garden, in an attempt to restore a declining movement. The organization, started by a minority of German Americans and German immigrants, was known as the German American Bund. There were 20,000 in attendance that night. Everyone at the event paid a…

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An Anonymous Anarchist Lit a Bank of America on Fire in Solidarity with 6 Forest Defenders Charged with Domestic Terrorism in Atlanta — Early in the morning, on New Year’s Eve, I finished work and began my drive home. As I drove down SE Hawthorne Boulevard, the anxiety inducing blue and red flash of police and firefighter vehicles came into view. SE Hawthorne Boulevard is no stranger to crime and car accidents, so…

Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius-Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges — Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 24, 1899, the fin de siecle, edging the dawn of the 20th century. By 14, his family moved to Switzerland, where he studied at the College de Geneve before returning to Argentina at age 21. He…

A Conversation with a Houseless Woman at Laurelhurst Park Every afternoon, my dog and I walk to Laurelhurst Park in Portland, Oregon. The historic park, built in accordance with the Olmsted Plan, is full of Cedars, Roses, Douglas-firs, a giant dog park, a lake full of ducks, and plenty trails…

Last weekend, a mass shooting in Portland, Oregon took the life of June Knightly (60), a mother, wife, and beloved member of her community. 5 others were wounded, 3 of them in critical condition. The alleged gunman, Benjamin Jeffrey Smith (43), was wounded by return fire. Portland Police have misled…

The Tragedy of the Boston Molasses Flood — January 15th, 1919, in Boston’s historic North End, Guiseppe Iantosca bundles his ten-year-old son, Pasquale, in two crimson sweaters. He reluctantly sends him out onto Commercial Street alone but keeps an eye on him from the window of his two-story apartment. Commercial Street was full of traffic below the shadow…

John Paul Cupp, Joshua Caleb Sutter, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and other Dip Shits — It is September, 2003, and John Paul Cupp just received a letter from Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. In the letter, he is addressed as “Comrade John Paul Cupp” and informed that his Songun Politics Study Group had been reported to the DPRK’s Central Committee and the Workers Party…

The Forever War The Fascist Leviathan that is fear and hatred of the left. A look back at two points of history, 100 years apart, that rhyme. “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”-Mark Twain On January 24, 2019, the Pacific Northwest “Proud Boys”, a far-right terrorist group, vandalized…