From blockaders halting border wall construction in Arizona to queer migrant safehouses and anarchist cafés in Tijuana.

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July 9, 2024


** Border Wall Blockades and Anarchist Community Centers
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From blockaders halting border wall construction in Arizona to queer migrant safehouses and anarchist cafés in Tijuana, we bring you eight stories published from December 2022 through May 2024.

After Arizona’s Republican Governor Doug Ducey illegally constructed a wall for the US-Mexico border with shipping containers in late 2022, community members, environmental activists and migrant solidarity workers started blocking construction vehicles. They created an encampment and ultimately halted construction. See the videos and reports below.
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​​Blockaders Halt Border Wall Construction in Southern Arizona ([link removed])
A Quiet Retreat: Hundreds of Shipping Containers Hauled to AZ State Prison as Protests Halt Border Wall ([link removed])
Arizona Agrees to Remove Shipping Containers from US-Mexico Border ([link removed])

Also in Arizona at the border wall near Sasabe, thousands of asylum seekers who made it to the border wall were stranded earlier this year.
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Thousands of Asylum Seekers Stranded Along Border Wall Near Sasabe, Arizona ([link removed])
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In Tijuana, Mexico, local groups have been protesting border wall construction at Friendship Park on a weekly basis. They call for demilitarizing the border, halting border wall construction and reopening Friendship Park, which sits across from San Diego.
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Tijuana Groups Protest Border Wall Construction at Friendship Park ([link removed])

To hear from folks working directly with the people who are crossing the border, either through migration or seeking asylum, we visited Casa de Luz, “a collective house built for and by the LGBT community.”
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Queer Migrants Find Shelter and Community in Tijuana Collective House ([link removed])

Also in Tijuana, we visited Enclave Rabia Caracol ([link removed]) , a café and community center run by a collective and organized around anarchist values — a commitment to non-hierarchical relationships, autonomy, mutual aid, and self-determination.
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Inside Enclave Rabia Caracol — An Anarchist Community Center and Cafe in Tijuana, Mexico ([link removed])

Staying in Tijuana for this last piece, we documented the International Gathering of Anarchist and Anti-Authoritarian Practices Against Borders.
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Anarchists Gather for Conference at the Corner of the World ([link removed])

All stories presented above were contributed by Ryan Fatica. For our new followers, or those catching up, check out our Crisis: Borderlands film [Vimeo ([link removed]) | YouTube ([link removed]) ] released in 2017 below.
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