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Tomás Ibáñez: The anarchism to come

From AutonomiesTomás Ibáñez is arguably one of the most important voices of spanish anarchism, and the resonance of his work extends beyond his country of origin. Infrequently translated into english,...

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Easter is an Empty Ritual, Just Like the Fights at Berkeley

From The Conjure HouseEaster: a day normally celebrated by the recollection of Christian myth, the painting of eggs, and the wide scale eating of pork in clear defiance of Judaic law. This holiday is...

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Why the Alt-Right Are So Weak

From CrimethInc.On April 15, “alt-right” supporters of Donald Trump invaded Berkeley, physically attacking people in the name of white supremacy, anti-Semitism, and nationalism while the police looked...

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A Lament for Criminality

I smoked weed for the first time under a starry sky in deep woods down east. It was at a party, all teenagers, at the cabin someone’s mom owned. It was the summer before my last year in high school. It...

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To be an anarchist: Ruymán Rodríguez

From AutonomiesWe share once again an essay, in translation, by Ruymán Rodríguez of the FAGC – Federación de Anarquistas Gran Canaria (alasbarricadas.org 26/03/2017). What follows is a critical...

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The State of Emergency and the Totalitarian Drift of the State

From CrimethInc.A report from FranceIt appears that the French Republic is reaching a tipping point, a fundamental break with the way that rule has functioned here for three decades. Everything...

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Psychonauts Can Also Be Pirates: How to Do Drugs and Get Free

This is a short text originally written for distribution at 4/20 in Montréal. It's written for a mostly non-@ crowd, but hopefully still relevant.If you smoke weed, you know how much a psychoactive can...

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For a University Against Itself

From Filler CollectivePittsburgh, PAOur material environment arranges life into a procession of neat little rituals. All that is possible or desirable is administered according to the routines built...

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Same Battle, New Field: Problems of Opportunism and Organization

From Libcom by Easy K Criticism of NGO organizing tactics and reformism from the perspective of an Anarchist labor organizer in New England. The piece is meant highlight the need for new forms of...

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Insurgent Thought in a Fragmented World

From Ill Will editions A quick and dirty English translation of a review of The Invisible Committee’s Now from yesterday’s Le Monde. Along with an interview with Julien Coupat and Mathieu Burnel with...

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Benjamin Tucker: American Mutualist

Benjamin Tucker: American Mutualist By Evans Press 2017(In an article I made in 2009 titled 'Benjamin Tucker Individualist Libertarian Market Socialist' some of its definitions on Capitalism and Market...

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The Collapse of the Colonial Illusion of ‘Being in Control’

The farmers who claim to be causally responsible for the production of wheat have to qualify their claims when dustbowl conditions prove otherwise; i.e. forces more powerful than them by far, and...

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Pure Black: An Emerging Consensus Among Some Comrades?

The term “black” anarchist has been thrown around recently in a number of international milieux and journals. Indeed during the last few years of my travels throughout North and South America and...

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Lessons of the Russian Revolution: Workers’ Revolutions are Different from...

From Anarkismo by Wayne PriceThe Russian Revolution of 1917 demonstrates the dangers of a revolutionary minority taking over, setting up its own state, and substituting itself for the working class and...

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R.I.P. 420 (New Zine)

PDF links are at the bottom.Text: R.I.P. 4/20 Cannabis culture was a thing before it was a national brand fronted by a couple of activists-turned-entrepreneurs. It wasn't a single or unified thing, but...

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The Next 100 Days: May Day and Worker Resistance Under Trump

From Black Rose Anarchist FederationA May Day statement from Black Rose/Rosa Negra Labor CommitteeVersión Español haga aqui.After a ruthless “first 100 days” of reaction from the Trump regime,...

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Hurrah for Anarchy: Mayday as Celebrated by the Anarchists

Strangers in a Tangled WildernessMayday, to the anarchists, is a holiday of remembrance. Perhaps you’ve heard the communists and liberals say that it’s a celebration of the eight-hour workday. I...

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Anarchism Against Time

From stalking the earth via Reflexiones desde Anarres, a translation, May 2nd, 2k17Anarchism Against Time[Anarquismos a contratiempo][1] is the new book by Tomás Ibáñez, recently edited by Virus in...

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On the French Election: No bosses, no nations! No Le Pen, no Macron!

From Bordered by SilenceTwo texts from issue 9 of Paris Sous Tension, published this week, responding to the ongoing French electoral circus. No bosses, no nations! No Le Pen, no Macron! [1]Source:...

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11 Things Every Anarchist Should Be Doing

From The Fifth Columnby Justin King • May 5, 2017Anarchism. It’ll happen if we just wish hard enough, right? Or should we begin taking concrete steps to hasten its arrival? If you believe anarchism...

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