Scott Crow
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Scott Crow is an anarchist community organizer and writer based in Austin, Texas
. He is one of the founders of Common Ground Collective
or Common Ground Relief with Malik Rahim
, Sharon Johnson, Lisa Fithian
, Kerul Dyer, Suncere Shakur, and Emily Posner, an organization formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
in 2005 to aid and rebuild New Orleans. He is the co-founder of the Texas-based Radical Encuentro Camp an ongoing activist training program.
(F.B.I) for political activities beginning in the late 1990's, which continued for almost a decade. As of 2006 he is listed as an employee working at a worker run recycling center Ecology Action
in Austin, Texas. Crow was the subject of an article in the New York Times, For Anarchist, Details of Life as F.B.I. Target, May 29, 2011.
, three former Black Panther Party
members incarcerated in Louisiana State Penitentiary
entitled Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. He is one of the founders of Common Ground Collective
Common Ground Collective
The Common Ground Collective is a decentralized network of non-profit organizations offering support to the residents of New Orleans. It was formed in the Algiers neighborhood of the city in the days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.-History:...
or Common Ground Relief with Malik Rahim
Malik Rahim
Malik Rahim is a former Black Panther, and a long-time housing and prison activist in the U.S. state of Louisiana. He gained publicity as a community organizer in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina....
, Sharon Johnson, Lisa Fithian
Lisa Fithian
Lisa Fithian is an American political activist. She began her work in the mid-1970s as a member of student government in her high school and at Skidmore College...
, Kerul Dyer, Suncere Shakur, and Emily Posner, an organization formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
in 2005 to aid and rebuild New Orleans. He is the co-founder of the Texas-based Radical Encuentro Camp an ongoing activist training program.
Biography
He came under investigation by the Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
(F.B.I) for political activities beginning in the late 1990's, which continued for almost a decade. As of 2006 he is listed as an employee working at a worker run recycling center Ecology Action
Ecology Action
Ecology Action is an environmental organization founded in 1970 under IRS Section 5013, based in Santa Cruz, California. It has a staff of more than 50 people and operates a variety of energy saving, water, waste reduction, and greenhouse gas emmision reduction programs.The organization recently...
in Austin, Texas. Crow was the subject of an article in the New York Times, For Anarchist, Details of Life as F.B.I. Target, May 29, 2011.
Film
Crow was the co-producer of a film about the Angola 3Angola 3
The Angola 3 are three men, Robert Hillary King , Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace, who were put in solitary confinement for decades in Angola Prison, Louisiana after the death of a prison guard....
, three former Black Panther Party
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party wasan African-American revolutionary leftist organization. It was active in the United States from 1966 until 1982....
members incarcerated in Louisiana State Penitentiary
Louisiana State Penitentiary
The Louisiana State Penitentiary is a prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is the largest maximum security prison in the United States with 5,000 offenders and 1,800 staff...
entitled Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation.
External links
- Radical Encuentro Camp
- 3 Black Panthers DVD at AK PressAK PressAK Press is a worker-managed independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical left and anarchist literature. It is collectively owned and operated.-History:...
- Ecology Action
- 3 Black Panthers.and the Last Slave Plantation
- Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation
- Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective
- "Turncoat", This American Life (Episode 381), May 22, 2009
- Dykes, Aaron http://freewestradio.com/2009/12/fbi-informant-who-stung-rnc-2008-anarchists-connected-to-%E2%80%98firebomb-plot%E2%80%99-on-brave-new-books-and-%E2%80%9Csuicided%E2%80%9D-palestinian-activist-riad-hamad/ "FBI informant who stung RNC 2008 anarchists connected to ‘firebomb plot’ on Brave New Books and 'suicided' Palestinian activist Riad Hamad"