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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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10th Annual NYE Noise Demo (For Real)

SpokenNothing — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:34:36 +0000

An anonymous transmission We did our math wrong last year! This year, the actual 10th annual New Year’s Eve Noise Demo was a blast of sounds and fireworks. A few dozen rowdy rebels marched to the jail with noisemakers, a sound system, and tons of fireworks. The following was read out before the noise demo …

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Luigi Rally, Austin TX

SpokenNothing — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 21:26:02 +0000

an anonymous transmission On December 21st, 6 Luigi’s took a couple banners to the Lamar pedestrian bridge in downtown Austin, and danced to the Mario theme song. Pedestrians, cheered, wrote letters to Luigi, and even took photos with the banners. Letters ranged from heart wrenching stories about family members being denied healthcare to love letters. …

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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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Reportback from SmashBy Benefit Show for Chris G. & Aeshna

SpokenNothing — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 22:41:46 +0000

Originally published by Swallowtail Distro as a reportback on this SmashXSmashWest event On March 16th, a SmashbySmashwest benefit show was held to support Chris and Aeshna’s legal fees and approximately $400 was raised towards this goal both through online donations and in person. The following message was delivered: I did not ask for this. It …

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Imagine a Free Palestine: A Thought Experiment About A Saturday March

SpokenNothing — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 15:51:44 +0000

Report-back anonymously submitted Imagine that you have witnessed four months of unrelenting genocide. Imagine that the government you live under and pay taxes to is sponsoring and encouraging that genocide. Imagine that all over the country, for four months, people have been engaging in brave protest and resistance to that genocide—blocking bridges, freeways, train stations; …

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Reportback from #StopCopCity Solidarity Demo in ATX

SpokenNothing — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 03:44:45 +0000

Anonymous Transmission Greetings from central Texas. This Thursday a few forest freaks made their way over to the Atlas headquarters for a noise demo. Atlas is a billion dollar company whose subsidiary Long engineering has been building cop city. We came with noise makers and banners expressing our affection for Atlas CEO Lonnie Joe Boyer …

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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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ATL to ATX: Vigil & Altar In Honor of All Victims of Police Violence

SpokenNothing — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 13:28:24 +0000

Anonymous transmission On Wednesday, January 18th the police shot and killed a protestor in the Weelaunee Forest in Southeast Atlanta. Theywere protesting the construction of “Cop City”, a proposed police militarization facility that, if built, would be the largest in the nation. As 2022 came to a close, the Austin Police officers who murdered Alex …

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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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