I was just about to order my first coffee of the afternoon when my friend Alice the Anarchist rushed into Caffeination and yelled: “Barista, a fresh round of coffee for everyone, it’s all on me!” (The two other customers were elated.)

I changed my order to a double while Alice ordered her usual triple espresso. Asked if she was celebrating the “No Kings” march we just left, she sipped first, then answered:

“Yes, a great day in the history of anarchism. There must have been 75, 000 people marching down Market Street, most of them anarchists, socialists, and anti-fascists, according to Mike Johnson.” (According to other sources who actually attended the march in our city, the party affiliation—or lack of it—of most participants could not be determined. They didn’t wear their affiliation on

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