Research – Autonomedia

Pressure Points for Palestine Solidarity in Austin, Texas

SpokenNothing — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 05:46:06 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Keeping Austin Criminal Grassroots support for Palestinians is at an all-time high despite Western politicians’ and war profiteers’ attempts to weaponize Jewish identity against them, outlaw and repress solidarity protests, and rally around Israel’s “right to defend itself.” But to stop the genocide in Gaza, activists in the United States will have to …

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Sweeps Contractors & Camping Ban Proponents

SpokenNothing — Mon, 03 May 2021 19:28:39 +0000

A listing of major individuals & organizations involved in attempts to terrorize & displace the city’s unhoused population. While Prop B has passed, one could still take action against those who pushed for it, as they are agents in the broader trend of displacement and class war in the city. Matt Mackowiak: [See Here For …

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Protestors Scare Austin Police Association President Out Of His Home

SpokenNothing — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:49:04 +0000

An important message from Ken Casaday, president of the Austin Police Association. This comes after two protests at his home, in respond to Casaday’s general advancement of police violence and his atrocious comments regarding the murder of Garrett Foster. Original here Got a something you need to publish? Send it to us! We take …

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What We Know About Logan Bucknam

SpokenNothing — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:35:55 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Keeping Austin Criminal On the evening of June 27th, a group of protestors who had assembled to counter a “Blue Lives Matter” demonstration was attack by a white man in a car who aggressively drove into the crowd. Witnesses reported the man pointing a gun at protestors as well. While no shots were …

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Panhellenic Pandemic: Dirt on the Cabo Crew

SpokenNothing — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:42:50 +0000

This article will be dedicated to screenshots and info gathered from submissions regarding the UT students (members of campus Greek Life) who took a chartered trip to Cabo amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The structure of this article is intentionally freeform, to highlight specific bits of information while allowing new info to fill in the greater …

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WorkQuest’s Cruel “Solution” Sweeps Poorest Under The Rug

SpokenNothing — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 02:00:20 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Keeping Austin Criminal Over the past 6 months, the long standing war on the homeless in Austin has seen some massive escalations. After a coalition of progressive groups got Austin City Council to decriminalize acts like sitting, lying, and camping, a counter-coalition of business interests–associated with groups like Take Back Austin, the Republican …

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Tracing ICE Infrastructure: Trailboss, Hutto Location

SpokenNothing — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:59:05 +0000

Edit 02/2024: This location appears to be permanently closed In recent struggles against I.C.E., deportations, and all the state apparatuses that reproduce the violence of borders, there has been a shift from making demands of politicians to directly targeting the contractors, detention centers, and infrastructure that make these operations possible. The wisdom of this strategic …

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Steve Adler’s Land Empire: Property Interests of Mayor Adler & Wife Diane Land

SpokenNothing — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:01:19 +0000

Originally published by IndyAustin. While somewhat liberal in content, we republish this for the utility of the information and maps of properties connected to Adler and his wife. We hope it will inspire strategizing and research beyond IndyAustin’s political goals. Austin’s First Family made its fortune from Mayor Adler’s real-estate law firm (to which he retains major …

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From Campus Racists to City Council

SpokenNothing — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:13:05 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Keeping Austin Criminal Over the past few months, as we have expanded the scope of this project beyond the UT campus, we have also kept a close eye on some of our old enemies in the Young Conservatives and Turning Point–including those who have graduated and are moving into other parts of the …

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UT Admin Ignored Warnings, Hired Nazis

SpokenNothing — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:52:57 +0000

Austin Autonomedia: Strategic Interventions in the Heart of Texas A couple days ago, the comrades with the Screwston Antifascist Committee published a report from Central Texas Anti-Racist Action exposing Dustin Ray Hamby as a prominent leader in the Neo-Nazi group Patriot Front. We had previously published an article about Hamby, when he worked at UT …

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