California: The Popular Organizing for Defense, Education and Revolution (PODER) conference is being held in Pomona, CA on December 30th. Featuring a broad range of Antifa organizations including militant groups like Redneck Revolt and Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement, "PODER will allow individuals and organizations to build relationships with one another and through critical discussion, begin to construct a strategic framework that can be applied to our regions." (Source: https://poderconference.org/)
Washington D.C.: A flash rally outside the White House on Sunday was held by notable Alt-Right leaders including Richard Spencer. 20-30 individuals protesting the verdict of Kate Steinle shouted chants of "Build Kate's Wall" and "It's Okay to be White". The group was met by Antifa, who outnumbered them by almost twice in size,were kept back by heavy police presence. The flash rally ended about 20 minutes later and the police escorted them several blocks away to a subway station. The quick Antifa response, due to social media, can be read more about here: "An ensemble of socialists, communists, anarchists, and other leftists gathered at an off-site location. Some would use masks and some would not. We had eyes and ears in the vicinity of the White House. At 1:45 PM, we began marching. Red and black flags were flown. The Nazis had said that they would meet at Lafayette Park, so we briefly convened in that park, on the north side of the White House. We got word that the Nazis had been spotted, heading toward the White House. We left Lafayette Park and marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to meet them." (Source: http://idavox.com/index.php/2017/12/04/nazi-rally-fail-is-a-sign-the-fascists-are-morphing/)
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Oregon: At Powell’s Books In Portland, Oregon, author Kevin Van Meter of the Autonomous Marxist Tradition gave a class on "everyday resistance" and how to utilize it into a larger movement."This is the kind of resistance that happens no matter if someone is attuned to revolutionary class politics or not. It is the kind of resistance that comes as an act of survival. Stealing from work. Clocking in your friend who is late... These are all acts of resistance, and they are, as Van Meter asserts, the foundation of all radical and revolutionary politics." (Source: https://itsgoingdown.org/insurrection-starts-home-kevin-van-meter-everyday-resistance/)