Anarchist Archiving Project – 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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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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Austin Police Association President’s Car Vandalized

SpokenNothing — Mon, 10 May 2021 21:06:05 +0000

On May 10th, we found out that Ken Casaday–president of the Austin Police Association, and director of the anti-homeless organization Save Austin Now (which was responsible for the passage of Prop B, the renewed camping ban), had his car vandalized. We love getting good news on a Monday. We hope the culprits disappear, never to …

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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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Keeping Austin Criminal: An Insurgent Review of 2020

SpokenNothing — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 18:48:04 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Keep Austin Criminal 2020 was a year of insurgent milestones in Austin–an explosion of autonomous initiatives, a proliferation of insurrectionary tactics and revolt, and the weaving together of new connections between fragmented worlds inhabiting this territory. We’ve decided to forefront some of the highlights of this year, to celebrate the high points of …

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Free Shit For Everyone, Fuck The Police

SpokenNothing — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 01:51:03 +0000

In late July, flyers were spotted around so-called Austin. These flyers described and celebrated the various acts of expropriation (aka looting) that took place at the beginning of the uprisings in June. We’ve transcribed the text along with an image of the flyer for preservation and to help spread the message. FREE SHIT FOR EVERYONE, …

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All Lives Matter: White Reaction in Austin, TX (2015)

SpokenNothing — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 15:57:01 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Keep Austin Criminal This website and the parent organization it was born from, the Autonomous Student Network, were products of and participants in the wave of anti-fascist/anti-racist struggles that grew in the aftermath of the 2016 election. Some of us got an early start and caught glimpses of the preceding cycle of struggle …

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