ANews Podcast 380 – 9.6.24
By thecollective From ANews Podcast Welcome to the ANews Podcast. This podcast covers anarchist activity, ideas, and conversations from the previous week. Tags: anews podcast audio podcast
Molotov Attacks on Police by Anarchists in Chile
By thecollective Via Abolition Media (Chile) Incendiary outing at Ex-pedagogico (UMCE) in memory of Macarena Valdés and Manuel Gutiérrez On Friday, August 23, hooded people came out of the interior of the former pedagogical center to erect barricades and set up confrontations with molotovs against the presence of […]
The Anarchists of Chile feat. Andrew
By thecollective From It Could Happen Here The saga of Latin American anarchism continues as Andrew explores the 19th and 20th century history of anarchism in Chile. Tags: It Could Happen Here podcast audio Andrew Sage Andrewism Saint Andrewism chile anarchist history
Tom From Its Going Down
By thecollective From The Child and Its Enemies Join us and Tom from Its Going Down, one of the more successful anarchist news organizations in recent years, to talk about what got them into this work, how its going now, and thoughts about what people should be doing […]
A Necessary Complicit Dialogue, Words of Comrade Francisco Solar from Prison
By thecollective From Abolition Media by Francisco Solar Violent actions burst into the social landscape, causing the anarchic message to spread and generate the concern of authorities and exploiters. They take the floor and through the fact propose strategies and ideas. They point out, by themselves, that the […]
Anarchist Books in Madrid this December
By thecollective From Act for Freedom Now! Original title: Spain: Anarchist Books in Madrid that will be celebrated the XXII December 6, 7, and 8 of 2024. Greetings from the Assembly of the XXII Gathering of Anarchist Books in Madrid. Tags: anarchist books meeting Madrid Spain anarchist bookfair
NYC Anarchist Banner Action in Solidarity With Palestinian Resistance
By thecollective From Abolition Media In response to the call for action for Palestine, we put up this banner in Queens, New York to connect the struggle here to the valiant resistance in Palestine. Tags: banner drop NYC Palestine
Anarchists Against Counter-Revolution
By anon (not verified) 9/5/2024 There has been a disturbing trend within anarchism in the last few years. It could be called the right wing of anarchism, liberal anarchism, anarchism in name only, or reformism. Whatever it is called, people who believe that they are anarchists have taken […]
A call of solidarity for Anarchist prisoner Marcelo Villarroel in Chile
By thecollective From Act for Freedom Now! Comrade Marcelo has been in prison for more than 16 years straight, and they haven’t managed to break his will nor defeat his indomitable spirit. Tags: chile anarchists in trouble anarchist prisoners solidarity Marcelo Villarroel
Flowers and fire: Trans anarchism in 2024
By thecollective From Freedom News UK What does it mean to be a trans anarchist at this point in the 21st century? What does it mean to be a white working class English trans person living in relative security in London at this point of the global climate […]
Border Repression + Resisting Growing Nationalism in Poland
By thecollective From The Final Straw Radio This week, we’re featuring two conversations relating to the so-called Green Border in Podlaskie region of eastern Poland, on the Belarus border concerning topics of migration, repression, militarization, nationalism and solidarity among residents and people on the move into Fortress Europe. […]
Claudio Lavazza is free!
By thecollective From La Nemesi Claudio Lavazza is free! Tags: anarchists in trouble anarchist prisoners to the street Claudio Lavazza
Organisation and formal activism: insights from the anarchist tradition
Federico Ferretti federico.ferretti@ucd.ie Abstract Elisée Reclus (1830-1905) argued that ‘anarchy is the highest expression of order’. This assertion, clashing with the bourgeois interpretation of anarchy as chaos, perfectly captured the theories that were being elaborated by Reclus and other anarchist geographers including Pëtr Kropotkin (1842-1921). At the centre […]
Anarchism and the Newest Social Movements
By Marina Sitrin Something new has been taking place around the world. Societies are in movement as never before—not with such tremendous numbers, consistent horizontal forms, uses of direct action over demands, in vastly disparate geographies and with such overarching global consistency. This chapter will delve into the […]
My Disillusion with the Anarchist Movement
By Cake Boy I discovered anarchism when I was twenty. I started to read the works of the major names in anarchism. I became interested in anarchism because I disliked both communism and fascism. And I had/have problems with the current neoliberal order. Anarchism said it was about […]
Anarchists to zines, ‘Pensacola Underground: A to Z’ will showcase it all
By anon (not verified) From Pensacola News Journal September 5, 2024 A is for “Anarchist Soccer,” the Apathetic Band, American Serviceman’s Union and more. B is for Black Flag at the Handlebar, Backdoor Poets and the Basement. Tags: anarchist history anarcho-punk anarchist spaces Florida anarchy in museums burn […]
Operation Scripta Scelera
By thecollective From La Nemesi All precautionary measures revoked, on October 8 the next hearing of the trial in Massa (Italy) Tags: Operation Scripta Scelera bezmotivny trial Italy repression update
Brazil: 12th Porto Alegre Anarchist Bookfair, Nov 9-10
By anon (not verified) From Feira do Livro Anarquista de Porto Alegre Our call to the fair is an open incitement to ideas and practices of insubordination to all forms of power and authority, that is, oppression and exploitation, as well as a stimulus to empathy with all […]
Trails & Tribulations of the Tallinn Triple Trip Tour
By anon (not verified) From Ecotopia Bike Tour August 7, 2024 I arrived in Tallinn by bus on the 18th of July, first day of the non QUINTAW part (which is something we might talk in another blogpost). Back then I was young, excited to start that new […]
Liberation now: present-tense dimensions of contemporary anarchism
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Contemporary Anarchists and the Future of Statecraft
By Uri Gordon Anarchist practices have had an unquestionable presence in the cycle of resistance that recently swept from Tunis to Madrid to New York. Far from a novelty, the political toolbox of seizing public space, nonviolent disruption and anti-authoritarian organizing arrived on the scene practically ready-made, having […]
Non-anarchist Anarchisms and Anarchisms of Non-anarchist Origin in Contemporary Political Thought
Paweł Malendowicz In contemporary political thought there are currents that have references to the term ‘anarchism’ in their names. These are: anarcho-primitivism, anarcho-transhumanism, and crypto-anarchism. The author formulated a hypothesis according to which the mentioned currents of political thought are currents of anarchism in so far as the […]
“Anarchist Theory and History in Global Perspective” by Felipe Corrêa
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ANARCHISTS LIBERATE 40 EGG LAYING HENS.
By thecollective From Unoffensive Animal Let this be a clear message to everyone reading this: we can all change the world for so many animals, we just need to plan, execute and fuck some shit up! Tags: animal liberation Unoffensive Animal Anti Speciest Vegan
The Anarchist Historian Radium Levin
By thecollective From The Transmetropolitan Review The first historian of the anarchist Home Colony was Radium Levin, born there in 1903. He was actually born at a hospital in Tacoma, but he was raised at Home along the sea, within the trees, like dozens of other anarchist children. […]
“Solidarity, Spirituality and Liberatory Promise on a Turtle’s Back”
By thecollective From The Final Straw Radio with Ashanti Omowali Alston This week, we’re sharing words from anarchist, author, organizer and former participant in the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army, Ashanti Omowali Alston, in the key note address at the 2024 Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in so-called […]
Three Running Down the Walls anarchist statements
By thecollective Running Down the Walls statements from Toby Shone, Jesse Cannon, & Marius Mason Tags: Anarchist Black Cross Running Down the Walls Toby Shone Jesse Cannon marius mason anarchist prisoners anarchists in trouble solidarity
Uruguay: Historic Anarcha-Feminist Comrade Maria Eva Izquierdo Dies
By anon (not verified) From La Zarzamora August 29, 2024 This morning, the death of anarcha-feminist comrade María Eva Izquierdo was reported in the town of Rincón del Pinar, Uruguay. María Eva has been active in the last 60 years from anarcha-feminism, with a community anarchist practice that […]
Reflections on organising anarchist conferences
By thecollective From Freedom News UK The eighth biennial Anarchist Studies Network Conference is approaching and I thought it might be good to reflect on the way the conference is organised, both for the purposes of transparency and (hopefully) to get everyone excited about attending. Tags: conferences anarchist […]
Not just sex: Talking about Alex Comfort with Eric Laursen
By thecollective From Freedom News UK When I discovered the Freedom Press collection of Alex Comfort’s anarchist and anti-militarist writings, I’d already known him for 15 years as the author of The Joy of Sex. Tags: Alex Comfort book review sex anarchist history Freedom News UK
Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods
y thecollective From Autostraddle by Nico Hall Dressed in all black down to her ankles, dark hair in two braids, Margaret Killjoy let me into her house in the forested mountains, where she lives a hermit-like life with her companion, her dog Rintrah. A transfeminine musician, podcaster, and […]
Anarchists launch bid to buy Bristol’s iconic Turbo Island
By thecollective From Bristol Live, UK by Paul Greaves A plot of land is up for grabs at auction next week A bid to buy Turbo Island has been lodged by a group of self-styled anarchists. A group called Seditionist Distribution has posted that it would make ideal […]
The black thread that links our history
By thecollective From Act for Freedom Now! These days, with deep sorrow and bitterness, we went to the cemetery to say goodbye to the body of an anarchist comrade who died in a work accident. An explosive device was unable to keep him away from all of us […]
Russia’s Anarchist Black Cross
By thecollective From Freedom News UK Original title: Through war, despotism and social change: Russia’s Anarchist Black Cross For this year’s International Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity Week, Freedom interviewed the Anarchist Black Cross-Moscow to discuss their long history in Russia supporting imprisoned Russian anarchists, the challenges they face under […]
Waiting for the Anarchist Guerrilla…
By thecollective From Act for Freedom Now! Translated from German, originally posted to kontrapolis.info Spring 2024, the situation is unbearable. Fascism has conquered the minds of many people, not only in the territory controlled by the German State. The rulers of many countries seem to be on a […]
The Virtues of Anarchism
Christian Pfenninger, Oct 26 2015 The Virtues of Anarchism Anarchy counts as one of the most prominent IR key concepts, and a vast amount of its theories revolves around questions that tackle and address the anarchy problematique. Yet, despite the seeming omnipresence of anarchy in IR, anarchist political […]
The Darkness Criticizes the Wolf for Howling at the Moon
The Darkness Criticizes the Wolf for Howling at the Moon By anon (not verified) Submitted anonymously on Areïon’s Warlike, Howling, Pure and Invecchiare Selvatico’s tedious maligning Tags: response warlike howling pure spiritual anarchism contagion press
Our Silence Pisses Us Off!
By thecollective From internationalist Anarchists Leipzig Whether Palestine, Sudan, Congo, Yemen, Bangladesh or the Polish-Belarusian primeval forests and Europe’s outsourced borders in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia – terrible news of countless crimes and unimaginable suffering are coming from everywhere. Germany, truly a picture-book national power of the 21st […]
Black Rose/Rosa Negra 10th National Convention Report
By thecollective From Black Rose Anarchist Federation Every year, Black Rose Anarchist Federation / Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra (BRRN) holds a national Convention in a different city somewhere in the United States. Delegates from Black Rose Locals gather to debate and deliver the votes of members on proposals […]
A prisons crisis, or an opportunity?
By thecollective From Freedom News UK One of the more vexed questions in anarchist theory is “what do we do with all the criminals?” It’s had many different answers on offer over the years, from Kropotkin’s views on the roots of anti-social acts and possibilities for community rehabilitation, […]
The Sicilian Soldier by Elsa Morante
By thecollective From The Transmetropolitan Review Elsa Morante was an anarchist. However, this simple fact is constantly obscured by the literary establishment of the United States, for a variety of reasons. Tags: transmetropolitan review anarchist history Elsa Morante
WRITE TO MARIUS MASON
By thecollective From Unoffensive Animal You should write a letter to Marius, tell him about your day, or about a walk in the woods, or whatever else. Those letters are small cracks in the prison walls that bash through repression and allow prisoners like Marius to feel the […]
SOME ANARCHISTS SET A RAIL BRIDGE ON FIRE.
By thecollective From Unoffensive Animal 23rd August, Oregon USA. The target was a Portland and Western Railroad bridge/trestle over the Willamette River between Lake Oswego and Milwaukie, Oregon. We will respond to the civilisation that destroys the earth and the possibility of free life with destruction in turn. […]
Uncivilized Podcast 56
By ArtxmisGrahamThoreau Original title: Uncivilized Podcast 56– Evolved Nest: Anarchist Community? with Darcia Narvaez Darcia Narvaez is a Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame. Her primary work centers on the relationship between human and ecological well being, driven primarily by what she calls our […]
We bid farewell to our friend and comrade H.P. Sophia
By anon (not verified) From Athens Indymedia, August 12, 2024 We bid farewell to our friend and comrade H.P. Sophia on Tuesday, August 13, at the Schistos Municipal Cemetery at 10:45 a.m. H.P. Sophia was born in Domvrena, Boeotia in 1965 and lived in Athens since 1980. The […]
20 Years of Anarchist News
TOTW: 20 Years of Anarchist News By thecollective Topic of the Week – Around 20 years ago the Anarchist News (ANews) website launched on the Internet with the header tagline of “even anarchists get the news.” Since then, a lot has changed with the website, but much of […]
ANews Podcast 378 – 8.23.24
By thecollective From ANews Podcast Welcome to the ANews Podcast. This podcast covers anarchist activity, ideas, and conversations from the previous week. Tags: anews podcast audio podcast
“Anarchitecture: Anarchist Principles Made Concrete | Anarchist Studies Network 7th International Conference, 2022” by Jonathan Burke
Full PDF Available: Anarchitecture_Anarchist_Principles_Made Anarchist futures are typically envisioned from a political perspective, as problem solving exercises for contemporary socio-economic ills. Consequently, their discussion is often confined to special interest groups within academic and activist circles, rendering anarchist futures less visible and accessible to broader society. The arts […]
“Anarchism (Book) 2021” by Carissa Honeywell
Full PDF Available: Anarchism_Book_2021 Anarchism, Restorative Justice, Ecology, Animal Rights/Liberation, Harm Reduction, Punishment and Prisons, Abolitionism, Mutual Aid, Decarceration, Pandemic Coronavirus COVID19 “Is it possible to abolish coercion and hierarchy and build a stateless, egalitarian social order based on non-domination? There is one political tradition that answers these […]
Authenticity: a quality to defeat quantity
By winter oak on August 28, 2024 by Paul Cudenec I use the word “authentic” quite a lot in my writing: it describes, for me, an essential quality that is at the heart of everything I consider good. Like many adjectives, it means slightly different things in different […]
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