Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council

The Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council (MACC) is an anarchist group based in New York City. Its principles, in accordance with anarchist values, include anti-oppression, direct action, direct democracy, horizontalism, and mutual aid.^[1]

MACC organizing a protest during DisruptJ20

The group was active in the city's 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Its jail and court support group assisted arrested protesters by finding and appearing at arraignments, providing food and emotional support as well as bail funds, if needed. MACC supports police abolition in lieu of reform.^[1]

On September 22, when the cities of New York City, Portland, and Seattle were labelled as anarchist jurisdictions, by United States president Donald Trump. MACC made a statement in which they denounced the use of the word anarchist as a synonym for chaos.^[2] MACC later released a statement in solidarity with prison strike in Hudson County Jail, New Jersey.^[3] Through January 2020, MACC participated in "mutual aid day", helping distribute food in food banks.^[4][5]

References

1. Hayssen, Sophie (August 14, 2020). "What Trump Doesn't Understand About Anarchists". Refinery29. from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
2. Offenhartz, Jake (September 22, 2020). "Local Anarchists Miffed By Trump's Designation Of NYC As Anarchist Jurisdiction". from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
3. "Inmates on Rikers Island are Fighting for Soap: How to Show Solidarity and Prevent Corona's Spread". from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
4. "MACC Events". from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
5. "What Trump Doesn't Understand About Anarchists". from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.

Further reading

• Dilawar, Arvind (March 19, 2018). "This Anarchist Browser Plug-In Wants You to Fight Fascism on the Internet". Motherboard. from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
• Moynihan, Colin (April 26, 2018). "The Anarchists Combatting the Far Right on YouTube". The New Yorker. from the original on April 30, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
• Offenhartz, Jake (September 22, 2020). "Local Anarchists Miffed by Trump's Designation of Nyc as Anarchist Jurisdiction". Gothamist. from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
• Scott, Grace Lisa (April 23, 2018). "New York Anarchists are Fighting to Get Nazi Videos Off of YouTube". Inverse. from the original on April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.