What’s an Anarchy? A Response to ‘Delusion’ Among Anarchists
From Love and Rage (a Utica, NY Media Collective) by Derek ScarlinoDavid Graeber, professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics, introduces himself on Twitter as such: I’m an...
View ArticleIs Trumpism Fascism?
From Anarkismo - by Wayne Price drwdpric@aol.comSummary: Donald Trump and those who follow him have shown certain specific traits of a fascist movement. Does that make Trump or the Trumpets into...
View ArticleFor the IAS
For the IAS: How to tell good theory from bad theory?- We’re flooded with information and the universities are only making it worse: unreadable studies which only function as support for the status quo...
View ArticleI'm an Anarchist and I Vote
From Truth-Out - by Ryan ConradGreetings from Trumplandia, also known as the second congressional district of Maine, which is now polling for Donald Trump. I have called Lewiston, Maine, home since...
View ArticleAnarchism and Nationalism: On the Subsidiarity of Deconstruction
From Infoshop - by Uri GordonForthcoming in The Brill Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy, ed. N. Jun. Leiden: Brill (2017)Anarchists are against nationalism; everyone knows that. Instead of...
View ArticlePropaganda By Deed And The Glory Of Self-Sacrifice: The Case of Peter Kropotkin
George Woodcock, a prominent Canadian writer and anarchist thinker, writes that anarchism’s “ultimate aim is always social change; its present attitude is always one of social condemnation, even though...
View ArticleA Short History of Freedom Press
From Freedoms Big RebuildThis article, written by Wildcat author and longtime Freedom Press stalwart Donald Rooum in 2008, charts some of the early social history of anarchism and anarchist publishing,...
View ArticleWhy anarchy (on screen) is so fashionable right now
From theconversation.comThe anarchist movement – in both its past and contemporary incarnations – is back to the cultural fore, and to such an extent that it echoes the surge in anarchist-themed...
View ArticleExamining the Systems of Government in Iain Banks’ Culture Series
From Scifi AddictsAnarchists, Theocrats, Monarchists, Fascists, and Sadists in the Culture SeriesIain Banks’ The Culture series is a technological space opera that is well-known for its smart...
View ArticleAfter the Election, the Reaction
From CrimethInc.Trump le MondeThe final Presidential debate of 2016 was a gala event in Las Vegas pitting a reality TV star against the latest representative of a political dynasty. It was set up as a...
View ArticleTo My Comrades: A Letter and Call Out for Conflictual Wisdom
This letter (or rant) was originally meant as a therapeutic stream of consciousness for an existentially confused revolutionary anarchist. It is now being presented as a letter or call out requesting...
View ArticleWill Standing Rock Give Anarchism a Soul?
From Greed MediaThe scene is a new one, yet its repeated wherever the Western world collides with one that is perhaps incalculably old.It’s evening time in North Dakota and a young Anarchist from out...
View ArticleWhy I Voted Today
From The Implicit & Experiential Rantings of a PersonToday I went to my local polling location and voted. I voted for Hillary Clinton and all of the other Democrats who were listed on the ticket. I...
View Article71 Days to Prepare Before the First Executive Orders
C4SS by William GillisWhile presidents almost always expand the power of their office and of the government, Donald Trump is likely to enact a degree of barefisted authoritarianism the modern United...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Countdown to Apocalypse
From CrimethInc. by B. TravenMove the doomsday clock forward another click.We were right about the direction things are heading, but wrong about the timeframe. We thought Clinton would win the...
View ArticleTOTW: The Election
There seems to be two different attitudes regarding the election. Denounce it for all the world to see or simply ignore it and let the date pass you by. What attitude do you take and why?Assuming that...
View ArticleNo One is Coming to Save Us: An Anarchist Response to the Election of Donald...
From the First of May Anarchist AllianceThe surprise victory of Donald Trump this past Tuesday has quickly presented people in this country (and around the world) with a vastly different political...
View ArticleCultural Appropriation & Shaming
Dreads & Mohawks: To Whom Do They Belong? From Fifth Estate #397, Winter 2017 On college campuses, in urban squats, at hip city venues, and at anarchist events, one often sees young white people...
View ArticleAnarchism and the struggle against the borders
Text of one of the introductory talks at the London Anarchist Bookfair meeting on “Anarchism and the Struggle against the Borders” (29 October). The other introduction focused on connections between...
View ArticleThe Conversations We Can’t Have
From EmmibeNote: This essay is geared towards higher level conversations that organizers and folks deeply engaged in radical communities and thought are having. There are conversations that radicals...
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