Graffiti – Autonomedia

Jay Hartzell Home Vandalized on Graduation Day

SpokenNothing — Sat, 11 May 2024 14:52:56 +0000

An Anonymous Transmission This morning we received several reports that Jay Hartzell awoke to find ‘No confidence’ tagged across the front of his garage. As Jay Hartzell and his weird overlords continue their futile attempts to repress the movement we applaud this brave, logical, and hilarious direct action. Happy graduation day, Jay. Got a something …

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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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Graffiti in Solidarity with Palestine

SpokenNothing — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 15:47:24 +0000

Spotted in South Austin, according to an anonymous transmission Got a something you need to publish? Send it to us! We take all kinds of radical/revolutionary content, with a special affinity for anarchist/autonomous movements and crews. We specialize in research and strategic intelligence that can inform direct action, but we’ll take art, opinion pieces, …

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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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Call for Decentralized, Autonomous May Day Actions!

SpokenNothing — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:29:51 +0000

An Anonymous Transmission The Message More than a year and a half into a set of escalating crises–a global pandemic that has bled the poor and working classes dry while enriching the ruling classes, a globalizing insurrection against anti-Black police violence, a State whose violence has not ceased with a simple change in the figurehead–we …

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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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Rent Strike ATX Graffiti

SpokenNothing — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 04:32:04 +0000

Spray paint in support of a rent strike in Austin. Location unknown. Submitted anonymously to us. The artist sent this statement: We are at an unprecedented point in our lives. A time where the flaws of the capitalist system and faults of the state are glaringly obvious to even those we would consider to stand …

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Sheepz is a Creep: Abusive Artist Rudy James Lunsford

SpokenNothing — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 05:04:50 +0000

Autonomous Student Media: Gestures Towards the Ungovernable This is Rudy James Lunsford. He is a predator with a pattern of emotionally & physically abusing women, and has also reportedly raped one woman. He is approaching 30 years old this year, but preys on women as young as 19. By preying on young women in particular, …

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Barbarians at the Gates: A Statement From the Vandals (2017)

SpokenNothing — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 05:36:24 +0000

In April 2017, a wave of vandalism struck frats across West Campus over the course of three nights. Frats were tagged with “racist” and “rapist,” among other slogans. Fiji, which was targeted the first two nights, held a racist “border patrol” party in 2015. A study published in March of 2017 found that 15% of undergraduate women …

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