New Anarchist Site “Austin Autonomedia” Flaunts Law Enforcement, Calls to “Keep Austin Criminal”
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Executive Summary
A new anarchist media platform based in Central Texas has emerged under the banner Austin Autonomedia, using the slogan “Keep Austin Criminal” and featuring vulgar imagery mocking law enforcement. The site, which launched on April 18, promotes radical anti-state ideologies and offers a hub for strategic intelligence designed to guide direct action, sabotage, and political disruption. In a series of anonymous “communiqués,” contributors celebrate acts of vandalism, protest escalations, and anti-police activity across Texas, while calling for intensified resistance against state institutions, ICE, corporate entities like Tesla and BAE Systems, and university administrators.
Analysis
Austin Autonomedia describes itself as a “platform for forms of research that provide some answers to the question of how to destroy that which destroys us,” channeling its focus into documenting vulnerabilities in Central Texas’s sociopolitical and corporate infrastructure. The site is inspired by previous anarchist movements like Empire Logistics and antifascist research collectives and shares detailed posts encouraging disruption of ICE, tech corporations, and educational institutions.
The site’s tone is explicitly revolutionary. Posts like “Depose Doge,” “Flood the Tech Core,” and “Make the University An Anti-Colonial Commons” document acts of vandalism, noise demos at jails, direct actions against ICE raids, and even mock executions of corporate figures. A post titled “Luigi Rally” celebrates the assassination of a health insurance executive, framing it as revenge for healthcare denial. In another post, fliers referring to Elon Musk as a “UGLY ASS NAZI LOSER” were circulated downtown.
Austin Autonomedia’s emphasis on “research and strategic intelligence that can inform direct action” suggests not only an ideological mission but a tactical one, aiming to equip radical elements with data and inspiration for real-world confrontation. With its mailing list hosted through Autistici, a European anarchist tech collective, the site operates beyond the reach of mainstream social media and remains committed to privacy and decentralized activism.
The project’s branding, including the slogan “Keep Austin Criminal,” directly subverts the city’s iconic “Keep Austin Weird” campaign and ridicules conventional law-and-order rhetoric. The site is filled with vulgar, inflammatory images and anti-police satire, designed to provoke and galvanize.
With rising student movements, anti-police protests, and pro-Palestinian direct actions intensifying across U.S. campuses and urban centers, Austin Autonomedia may become a nexus for future escalation in Texas. Its open call for submissions, including “art, opinion pieces, and other stuff,” indicates a growing movement aiming to fuse aesthetics, propaganda, and militant resistance into a regional network of dissent.
