Category: Anarchism/Anti-State

How the State Exploits Female Fears

Troy Southgate Oct 09, 2024 VIOLENT attacks on women in the British Isles have become so thoroughly politicised by the resident ‘feminist’ lobby, that every time a male psychopath rapes or murders somebody in a local park he becomes a symbol of patriarchal oppression. This, regardless of whether […]

WHAT IS ANARCHISM?

John P. Clark, “What Is Anarchism?” in J. Roland Pennock, & John W. Chapman, eds., Anarchism: Nomos XIX. New York: New York University Press, 1978. This article is more analytical than critical and was written over 35 years ago, but it still makes some useful points. What_Is_Anarchism

Power is for All

Troy Southgate Oct 09, 2024 AS you might expect, I’m in a number of forums devoted to anarchism and it’s simply incredible how many times people on the Left misunderstand our politics. Not simply by telling other people how to live their lives, which isn’t very anarchistic at […]

Antifa and Pluralism

By Cake Boy A critique of Preston was that he would be an anti-statist authoritarian. Some Antifa intellectual said this. To the Antifa/woke anarchists, anarchism is not just voluntary interaction but a program of social change. It’s a cultural Marxist project to them. There is a problem with […]

Abstractions and Embodiment

TOTW: abstractions and embodiment By thecollective Topic of the Week – This won’t be fully fleshed out (ha, did you see what i did there?) but I’ve been thinking a bit about the way that anarchists (at least as victims of western civilization) can be very abstracted from […]

A Philosophy for Anarchism

By thecollective From Federation of Anarchism Era by Aryanam Philosophy is nothing but a landscape of perspectives, worldviews, and paths, some meandering and some straightforward, some solitary and some crisscrossing with the neighboring paths, some long and some short, some trekked in multitude and some in solitude, some […]

The Failure Of The State And The Rise Of Anarchism In Contemporary Anti-Systemic Praxis

By Morgan Gibson The_Failure_Of_The_State_And_The_Rise_Of The centrality of anarchism to the praxis of contemporary anti-systemic social movements has been well documented. From the alter-globalisation movement to Occupy, many contemporary anti-systemic movements are defined by their commitment to some of the central tenets of anarchism, including the pursuit of decentralized, […]

100 Movements That Potentially Align With Anarcho-Pluralism

1-20: Anarchist & Libertarian Movements Anarcho-communism Anarcho-syndicalism Anarcho-capitalism Mutualism Anarcho-primitivism Individualist anarchism Green anarchism Agorism Libertarian socialism Voluntaryism Crypto-anarchism Market anarchism Libertarian municipalism Left-libertarianism Right-libertarianism Free-market environmentalism Autonomism Minarchism Anarcha-feminism Eco-libertarianism 21-40: Regional & National Autonomy Movements Cascadia independence movement (Pacific Northwest) Catalan independence movement (Spain) Basque independence […]

Animism

TOTW: Animism By thecollective It’s unsurprising that the pioneers of society opted for a worldview which justified their every act of brutality upon the Earth. What might animism offer anarchists as a contrast? Tags: totw topic of the week animism patience spirit matter pessimism here and now

Otto Gross: Psychoanalytic Anarchy, Erased Genius

By thecollective From Distinctively Dionysian This Introduction to Otto Gross is a companion zine to the “Persona Non-Grata” and “Resurrecting Legacy” columns in Distinctively Dionysian. In this issue, we uncover Gross’s intellectual legacy and explore the tragedy of his erasure from history. Tags: Distinctively Dionysian Otto Gross psychoanalysis

Running Down the Walls 2024 Recap

By thecollective From Anarchist Black Cross Federation What follows are recaps from many of the runs that took place on September 15, 2024. This was the 25th anniversary of Running Down the Walls. Since 1999, prisoners and supporters throughout North America have participated in this annual event, often […]

Anarchist Solidarity Networks

TOTW: Anarchist Solidarity Networks By thecollective Topic of the Week – One way to practice everyday anarchy is by the showing of anarchist solidarity, sometimes through such mechanisms as networks and groups. These anarchist solidarity networks can also be known as anarchist mutual aid networks and groups along […]