The Stifling Air of Rigid Radicalism
By carla bergman and Nick Montgomery, via The New InquiryCan radical politics harbor a deadening conservatism? Capitalism, colonialism and heteropatriarchy make us sick. Are our responses healing us?...
View ArticleCall for Anarchist Writers
From C4SSWe at the Center believe ideas matter. We believe thoughtful discourse enriches, rather than undermines, anarchist praxis. We believe that a world free of compulsion and degradation is...
View ArticleObituary: Jack Stevenson
via Freedom NewsJack Stevenson passed away on Easter Sunday. An electrician by trade, and a keen gardener of vegetables on his allotment, Jack was prominent among London anarchists and in the 1960s....
View ArticlePesach is Calling to Us: Towards a Renewed Jewish Anarchism
From It's Going DownWritten with the Passover holiday in mind, this piece analyzes the history of Jewish anarchism and how it might influence a new generation in today’s context. Pesach (Passover) is...
View ArticleThe Devil in the Plow, Clock & Book
From Counter Punch by Martin Billheimer“Brother; drive out power in yourself. Never let it fascinate you…”– Nestor MakhnoThe plow marked the moment when History first entered into geological time and...
View ArticleInterview: scott crow, the author of Setting Sights: Histories and...
From Freedom News UKInterviews, Apr 5thAs street confrontations continue to escalate between self-appointed guardians of American Fascism and various anti-fascist factions, PM Press released author...
View ArticleIs the Blockchain Giving Anarchism a New Lease of Life?
by Malachy Caldwell, via ICO ExaminerSome of us believe various forms of strong cryptography will cause the power of the state to decline, perhaps even collapse fairly abruptly. We believe the...
View ArticleNot here to be loved
From InsipiditiesAlthough proposing the creation of zones for temporary autonomy appears as a practical alternative to the structural constraints bound up within both the politics of conventional...
View ArticleEco-Terrorism: A Cry of Desperation
From Medium by A.S. Robak (Dec 18, 2017)It should not come as surprise to the majority of our population that there is a fairly new phenomena that has arisen within the later half of the 20th century...
View ArticleLa ZAD: Another End of the World Is Possible
From CrimethInc.Learning from 50 Years of Struggle at Notre-Dame-des-LandesOn January 17, 2018, the French government announced on television, via the voice of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, that it...
View ArticleMargaret Killjoy’s Danielle Cain books are razor-sharp anarchist urban fantasies
via The Verge“Sometimes, you just have to get a knife in your hands and make it clear which way the stabby end is pointing.” So begins Margaret Killjoy’s novella The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion, the...
View ArticleTAZ/ZAD Notes
From zhachev.noblogs.orgBecoming UngovernableNot: creation, defense, occupation, or solution. Not practical alternative to structural constraints. Not conventional reformism, or conventional...
View ArticleAnarchism in Today's United States
Society gets the dissidents it deserves. This can be seen in an acute form with what gets called anarchism in today’s United States. When I write about anarchism or anti-authoritarianism here I am not...
View ArticleThe Callout
From InvisibiliaA lot of communities today are taking a hard stand against sexual harassment and assault. Using social media shaming, ostracism, professional excommunication, whatever punishment is...
View ArticleWhat does it mean to sell out? A Personal Approach to Setting a Standard
What does it mean to sell out? A Personal Approach to Setting a Standard By Samantha Aliston of the Pacific North West Country SideSelling out is the ironic reference to giving into social convention...
View ArticleReport back from Anti-Pipeline Activities in Virginia, USA
4/29 - The Mountain Valley Pipeline is a massive, but well hidden, and emersed construction project. It’s current immediate ramifications in just this area extend from Salem, VA, over to the city of...
View ArticleApril 2018: one hundred year anniversary of the beginning of Bolshevik terror
It's April 1918. On the 12th, the Cheka unleashes a ferocious assault on 26 anarchist locales in Moscow, killing dozens and arresting 500. The political situation this repressive operation goes down in...
View ArticleTravelogue: For a projectualty in times of war (and in times of peace)
via MpalothiaTRAVELOGUE For a projectualty in times of war (and in times of peace)The need for compassesOften we think of our ideas as pillars staved-in stable grounds. However, the grounds are...
View ArticleThe April 19 Uprising in Nicaragua
From CrimethInc.An Interview, Overview of Events, and Analysis In April, a countrywide revolt broke out in Nicaragua against neoliberal reforms introduced by the government of Daniel Ortega, a...
View ArticleOn the struggle against Bässlergut prison
via Freedom NewsThis text, first published in Avalanche, offers a perspective on the direct action struggle against Bässlergut, a prison and detention facility in Switzerland, from one of the activists...
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