This is What Happens When We Stop Rioting || TORCHLIGHT PGH

A local anarchist who has recently been involved in legal support sent us this compendium of repressive activities by law enforcement. It has been edited for spelling and grammar, and supporting links added, but is otherwise unchanged.

A Brief Look at Pittsburgh’s New Protest Guidelines — TORCHLIGHT

The latest guidelines for unpermitted street protests issued by the Pittsburgh cops have generated a lot of outrage, but not much in the way of tactical or strategic analysis. We gave the document a quick glance to see what it might reveal about the cops’ plans and thoughts.

Reportback From the First Rally for Antwon Rose — TORCHLIGHT PGH

Torchlight received the following reportback from an anarchist who attended the first rally for Antwon Rose on Wednesday evening. There was also a larger rally and march Thursday night that blocked Parkway East for over five hours. The reportback has been lightly edited for spelling and grammar, but is otherwise unchanged.

PITTSBURGH: Know Your Local Nazis

As part of our ongoing effort to expose white supremacists in the area, we present the following report on Lettia’s neo-Nazi friends at Blood Eagle Tattoo and their associates.

Pittsburgh: A Response to “Solidarity in the Streets”

Torchlight, a new anarchist counter-info site based here in Pittsburgh, released this response to an anonymous submission we published several weeks ago. (Pretty cool to see a dialogue starting, although it looks like they think we wrote “Solidarity in the Streets,” which we didn’t. We just used to be the only counterinfo game in town,…