the-counterforce
Protestors Claim They Vandalized Google's Frank Gehry-Designed Office
Nitasha Tiku · 05/15/14 05:00PMProtestors claiming to part of an anarchist collective called the Counterforce say that they vandalized Google's office in Venice, California, which is located inside the Frank Gehry-designed Binoculars Building. "On the full moon of May, 14, 2014, during an unusual heat spell, a Counterforce group threw paint at the entrance," according to a post on IndyBay.
Anarchist Protestors Blocked Uber Cars in the Streets of Seattle
Nitasha Tiku · 04/28/14 11:30AM"Sorry About the Rent Stuff," Kevin Rose Tells Anarchists In New Video
Nitasha Tiku · 04/15/14 05:25PM
The anti-capitalist activists behind the Counterforce finally released footage of the protest they staged outside the San Francisco home of Google Ventures investor Kevin Rose. The video confirms that the anonymous people I interviewed were part of the protest, but it's hard to muster much empathy for either side.
The Anarchists Who Protested Kevin Rose Sound Surprisingly Logical
Nitasha Tiku · 04/08/14 07:15PMAfter slogging through their 2,000-word anti-Google ransom note, I did not expect to engage in a remotely reasonable discussion with the Counterforce. Not when the anti-capitalist protestors distributed fliers to Kevin Rose's neighbors in San Francisco demanding that Google pay them $3 billion—and especially not when the group "stalked" Google X engineer Anthony Levandowski.
Bizarre New Tech Trend: Demanding a Ransom in Billions or Bitcoin
Nitasha Tiku · 04/07/14 09:00AMYesterday was not an insanely awesome #sundayfunday for Google Ventures general partner Kevin Rose. Protestors gathered outside the Digg founder's San Francisco home in Potrero Hill with banners calling him "a parasite," threatening to "snip snip" his "ballz" (a reference to a joke Rose made in 2008 about cutting a woman's breasts with a pair of scissors), and demanding a $3 billion ransom.