BK/NY – Running Down the Walls

From New York City Anarchist Black Cross

BK/NY – Sunday, September 21st, 2025 – Running Down the Walls

WHAT: Running Down the Walls – 5k Run/Walk/Jog/Bike/Hang
WHEN: 2:00-7:00pm, Sunday, September 21st, 2025
WHERE: Prospect Park– Lincoln Road/East Lake Drive, east of the Terrace Bridge (see the below map for exact location)
COST: $20 registration, participants encouraged to get sponsors (includes vegan BBQ afterwards, with COVID precautions for serving!) Donate at paypal.me/nycabc or venmo.com/nycabc

The ‘Finest library on Anarchy’ : Georges Pilotelle, and anarchist print culture

From Kate Sharpley Library

Anarchist libraries sometimes arise from a personal collection of books and papers, and sometimes such collections end up within an institution. In June 1903 reports appeared of the purchase of the ‘Finest library on Anarchy – Books, Pamphlets and Flaming Posters of the Most Violent Character Secured by Columbia.'

Steven Englander, Visionary Director of ABC No Rio, Dies at 63

From Hyperallergic

Steven Mark Englander, longtime director of the historic Lower East Side artist squat-turned-nonprofit ABC No Rio, died on December 12 in Manhattan at the age of 63 from complications related to a rare lung disease that he had been battling for over a decade.

Dean Tuckerman 1952-2024

From Slingshot, Issue #141, Winter 2024
October 10, 2024

By dress wedding

The world and our Bay Area anarchist community lost the feisty and wondrous Dean Tuckerman on May 30, 2024. Born in Philadelphia on March 28, 1952, his mother imparted to him that he should think highly of himself, despite his challenges with cerebral palsy, and not take shit from anyone. Dean moved to New York City in the early 1970’s to join the Yippie! (Youth International Party) at the infamous Bleecker Street household.

Anarchist News Review: Syria, CEO shooting & landlord crimes

From Freedom News
Dec 10, 2024

Pondering the politics of Luigi Mangione and why his generation of young men seem so incoherent in their politics, the fall of Assad and the bind it's put Syrian Kurdistan in, and the similarities and differences of landlords being scumbags worldwide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyD8gF7wT5I

The Grand Union: Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance

From The Brooklyn Rail By Aileen Dowling

By the early 1960s, New York’s downtown dance scene had embraced the avant-garde—from John Cage’s indeterminacy and Merce Cunningham’s chance operations, to James Waring’s collage aesthetics. In 1962, a loose collective of dancers, visual artists, and composers banded together to form Judson Dance Theater in Greenwich Village. Revered for their steadfast pursuit of the everyday,

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Running Down the Walls 2024 Recap

From Anarchist Black Cross Federation

What follows are recaps from many of the runs that took place on September 15, 2024. This was the 25th anniversary of Running Down the Walls. Since 1999, prisoners and supporters throughout North America have participated in this annual event, often running or walking simultaneously in many cities and prisons at once. As reportbacks come in, they will be posted here. Read more about Running Down the Walls and the ABCF Warchest.

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