Analysis – Autonomedia

Dancing in the Streets: Reflections from Rundberg (2025)

SpokenNothing — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 04:04:56 +0000

An Anonymous transmission, with An editorial note from Austin Autonomedia: In February 2017, a spontaneous protest in response to ICE raids under a Trump presidency evolved into a party/riot that took over the intersection at Rundberg and Lamar. In 2017, anarchists and revolutionaries participated and reflected on this experience. In February 2025, a protest against …

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Flood the Tech Core: A New Front Opens in Austin’s Movement for Palestine

SpokenNothing — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:07:13 +0000

An anonymous transmission On 10/7, the anniversary of the heroic Al-Aqsa Flood operation launched by the unified Palestinian resistance factions, a group of 30 people demonstrated at the BAE facility in Austin. The BAE office sits in a corporate park that also houses General Motors, 3M, Qualcomm, Infosys, Apple, and other tech companies. This corporate …

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Goodbye Southby: The 1st Annual SmashXSmashWest in Review

SpokenNothing — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 03:44:43 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Keeping Austin Criminal Strolling down the thumping, plastered downtown streets that SXSW treat as its campus, you are likely to have a free can of “C4” shoved in your face. This energy drink named after an explosive is the perfect symbol of what the festival-conference has to offer: a cloying and too seamless …

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Zine: They Have Names and Addresses in Central Texas

SpokenNothing — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:49:54 +0000

Anonymous Transmission This zine, “They Have Names and Addresses in Central Texas,” lays out a brief summary of the stakes of the fight to Stop Cop City in Atlanta, and discusses local actors involved in the construction of the project (such as Atlas Technical Consultants). This anonymously published zine has recently been in circulation at …

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Bodily Autonomy In The Streets

SpokenNothing — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:42:40 +0000

Anonymously published flyer circulated, in Austin and elsewhere, in May/June 2022 during the protests surrounding the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Published here for archiving, and easy future access and distribution. Bodily autonomy is not just about abortion. It also includes things like expressing your chosen gender identity however you want, being free from non-consensual …

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“How Far We’ve Come”: Austin in the Streets Against Attacks on Abortion Access

SpokenNothing — Wed, 04 May 2022 15:48:50 +0000

Anonymous transmission originally published on It’s Going Down. We have swapped out some of the media at the end of the article. The memory of 2020 is still around and led to a pretty inspiring demo in Austin, TX. Crowds protesting the ascendance of patriarchal state denials of abortion access, have shown their boldness, and …

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You’re My Butt Hole: The Vandal-Artiste Speaks & A Brief History of Mural Defacement

SpokenNothing — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:53:20 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Keeping Austin Criminal In the early days of January, Austin’s “You’re My Butter Half” mural was modified to read “You’re My Butt Hole.” A picture of the vandalism was posted to reddit, where the original artist responded positively. Under his post, a user with the name “YouAreMyButthole” responded, claiming to be the …

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The Rundberg Rebellion: A Retrospective

SpokenNothing — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:32:12 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Keeping Austin Criminal Revolt, of the sort that exceeds the form of permitted street marches and sign-waving rallies, has rarely manifested in Austin’s streets. As such, its occurrences–such as the wave of activity that came with the George Floyd rebellion–deserves attention and uplifting in our historical memory. Four years ago, at the beginning …

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Deep In The Heart of Texas: The Car Demo Form as Attack on Economic Circulation

SpokenNothing — Mon, 11 May 2020 16:02:06 +0000

An anonymous transmission from a participant in the Rent Strike ATX car demo on May Day On May 1st, a caravan of around 30 cars proceeded down I-35 as part of a May Day car demonstration hosted by Rent Strike ATX. Some cars bore banners and signs reading “Rent Strike,” and “Justice for Mike Ramos,” …

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Autonomous Anti-Racists Disrupt UT Town Hall On Campus Climate (February ’17)

SpokenNothing — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 19:53:11 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Keeping Austin Criminal. On January 27th, UT will host its town hall on its sexual misconduct policies after months of protests and agitation against the University. This is the first time that the University has hosted a town hall in 3 years, in large part due to what happened the last time the …

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