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Seattle: AgitProp Film Festival {Sept 29&30}

Black Orchid Collective: AgitProp Film Festival Alay ng Kultura (AK) presents a series of films and discussions to celebrate people’s arts and culture. Film Schedule Saturday, September 29 2 pm Black Power Mixtape http://tinyurl.com/3hwtkt5 5 pm Signed Lino Brocka http://tinyurl.com/985vwjhContinue reading

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Lenin Was a Clown: Organizations Are Obstacles to Organizing Ourselves

PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 6: The following is a response to certain claims from a piece by The Black Orchid Cadre. There is much to be said response to their claims, but the arguments addressed here are the ones this author felt … Continue reading

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There is no “anti-vanguard” vanguard: an anarchist responds to BOC

AnarchistNews.org. Aug 5: The following is a comment from Black Orchid Collective, written in direct response to “Between the Leninists and the Clowns”I appreciate some of the criticism in this piece as well as the comments. I’ll also repeat Nate … Continue reading

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Call for replies to “Between the Leninists and the Clowns”

The clown / Lenin article caused much ado about nothing, and much of a lot of many things were left of the picture. The article is worth archiving, and posted below. Replies have been written or half-written already, and so … Continue reading

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Black Orchid: Solidarity with our friends who were recently raided [RT video]

Black Orchid. July 16: We collaborated with our comrades in Decolonize/Occupy Seattle to produce this solidarity statement with those who were raided this past Tues morning. Below is an interview conducted by RT with one of the people who experienced … Continue reading

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Seattle: July 9th No Juvie Event

Black Orchid: Some of us have been involved with a group of community members who are working to stop the construction of a new youth jail in the Central District. You can find more information about this project here: http://blackorchidcollective.wordpress.com/Continue reading

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Oakland to Seattle: Solidarity Against Police Brutality

Black Orchid. June 29: Oakland to Seattle: Solidarity Against Police Brutality This statement was written by participants in the Justice for Oscar Grant movement in Oakland, including the group Advance the Struggle.  Please distribute widely, to help build for tonight’s … Continue reading

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Seattle: Anti-detention expansion fliers

Black Orchid. June 28: No throwing away our youth! no new juvie! BOC and friends have been flyering every weekend for the last month and a half against the city rebuilding and expanding the Central District juvenile detention center. There … Continue reading

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Black Orchid: New Jim Crow, Capital, and the Fool’s Game of “Public Consensus”

Black Orchid Collective. May 27: New Jim Crow, Capital, and the Fool’s Game of “Public Consensus” Michelle Alexander’s recent sensation The New Jim Crow reveals a pattern of racial oppression repeatedly reconstituting itself. Just as Jim Crow replaced slavery, the … Continue reading

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