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In Chile, people in the streets celebrate the Day of the Combatant Youth every March 29, the anniversary of when police, in 1985, killed two brothers, Rafael and Eduardo Vergara Toledo, participants in the resistance against the Pinochet dictatorship. Their mother bravely began protesting and organizing events to keep their memory alive, and to celebrate […]
January 6, 2013
The Mapuche, an indigenous nation from South America, were never defeated by Spanish colonizers. The Mapuche are a decentralized or “circular” society and fought back against colonization much more effectively than the hierarchical Inca. In fact, after beating the Spaniards, their territories were recognized in perpetuity. This treaty was only broken in the 1880s when Chile […]
January 3, 2013
In 1990, Mohawk warriors masked their faces, took up arms, and defended their lands against the Canadian military. From Warrior Publications, “The Oka Crisis of 1990 involved the Mohawk territories of Kanehsatake/Oka & Kahnawake, both located near Montreal, Quebec. The standoff began with an armed police assault on a blockade at Kanehsatake on July 11, […]
January 3, 2013
The Zapatistas, an indigenous army in southern Mexico, rose up on January 1, 1994 to protect their territories and communities from the damaging effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement and capitalism in general. They have fought with guns, with protests, with their words, with solidarity projects, with radio stations, and more. And through nearly […]
January 3, 2013
Although disguising themselves as Mohawk–perhaps a symbol of resistance and insubmission–was a serious act of indecency, given the colonialists’ role in the genocide against the Mohawk and other indigenous nations of North America, their defiance of the British East India Company and the British government was well founded, and their decision to mask their identities […]
January 3, 2013
This folk hero, originally from the comic books, takes the side of the poor peasants and fights against wealthy landlords and the soldiers and mercenaries working for them. He has to wear a mask to protect his family from retribution. “When freedom is a memory and justice is outlawed, the just must become outlaws.”
January 3, 2013
In May, 1968, hundreds of thousands of French workers and students rose up in the biggest wildcat strike to ever halt the economy of a Western country. Fewer people wore masks in those days, as the police were less likely to use cameras to track down rioters, although the massive crowds themselves granted everyone anonymity. […]
January 3, 2013
In the original comic book, V is an anarchist, and when he dies the people mask up and start fighting against the state. When Hollywood got their hands on it, they turned him into a liberal and the mass of people at the end just march peacefully, like spectators, to watch the fireworks, while the […]
January 3, 2013
Slaves plotting revolts against plantation owners and colonial governments often used codes, secret meetings, and masks to protect their identities as they organized, carried out revenge attacks, or rose up and fought for their freedom.
January 3, 2013
Anti-authoritarian anti-capitalists who arose in Italy and Germany in the ’70s and ’80s, squatted abandoned buildings to create collective housing and social centers, fought against fascists, resisted the anti-immigrant deportation regime developed in the European Union, obstructed gentrification and sabotaged companies like Shell Oil in response to their support for apartheid, police states, and ecocide, […]
In defense of the Black Bloc 
April 1, 2013
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