By Danny Evans This thesis analyses the opposition mounted by anarchists to the policy of state collaboration, which was adopted by the principal organisations of the Spanish libertarian movement at the outset of the civil war. Collaboration is understood in broad terms as the involvement of libertarian individuals […]
A reader writes, “It’s not cheap being Rome,” pointing out the cost of the US military-industrial complex and the overseas empire. The US didn’t have much of a federal welfare state back then as well. The growth of welfare states and warfare states tends to correlate. It is […]
One of the arguments which I often run into when talking about future of western countries goes something like this: “not much will change in the west since existing systems of governance, including institutions and bureaucracies, are too strong to let that happen”. There are many reasons why […]
By Federico Ferretti This paper addresses an early case in critical and anarchist geopolitics by analysing a body of work from Spanish geographer Gonzalo de Reparaz Rodríguez-Báez (1860-1939). After reconstructing the complex and contradictory figure of Reparaz, a scholar and activist who oscillated between very different political positions […]
[This interview with Jeff Deist and Hans Hoppe will appear in the upcoming issue of The Austrian (March–April 2020).] JEFF DEIST: Your recent talk in Vienna mentioned growing up happy but poor, the son of East German parents who had been driven west during the Cold War by […]
By thecollective From Boston Anarchist Bookfair October 22-23, 2022 The Democracy Center 45 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA https://bostonanarchistbookfair.org/ What are all these bookfairs anarchists are always putting on? Anarchist bookfairs are about celebrating and exploring anarchist ideas with workshops, films, and conversations — and books! Bookfairs aim to […]
By thecollective From The Institute for Anarchist Studies by Shane Burley August 23, 2022August 22, 2022 A Review of No Masters But God, by Hayyim Rothma, (Manchester University Press, 2021) If anarchists know Jewish history at all, it is likely the role of Jewish radicalism in the political battles […]
By thecollective From Immerautonom by Judith’s Dagger Toward an Anarcha-Transfeminist, Youth Liberationist, Anti-Racist, Anti-Rapist Prison Abolitionism Content Warning: Rape, Sexual Assault, Child Sexual Abuse, Incarceration, Abuse, Racism Every rapist is a cop without a badge. Every cop is a rapist with a badge.[1] Almost no rapists are […]
By thecollective From C4SS via Mutual Exchange Radio This month on Mutual Exchange Radio, we are joined by Eric Fleischmann, leading an informative and inspiring conversation about their comprehensive Laurance Labadie archival project, Labadie’s special relevance for the market anarchist tradition, their study on Historical Materialism and more. […]
Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson chats to political theorist Ruth Kinna about the theory and practice of anarchism, the ideas of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Peter Kropotkin, and mutual aid. Plus Mark Vernon asks whether Jesus was an anarchist. Ruth Kinna is a political theorist, historian of ideas and co-founder […]
Ayn Rand Lexicon Ayn Rand was opposed to the libertarian movement of her time. In 1971 she wrote: For the record, I shall repeat what I have said many times before: I do not join or endorse any political group or movement. More specifically, I disapprove of, disagree with […]
Ep. 2187 The Ruling Elites Are Divided
Peter R. Quiñones I’ve seen the statement in the title making the rounds lately. People need to think about this more clearly. First off, technology has made us weak. As a people we are much different than those who were living in 1861. Our every need is […]
By Dana Williams Anarchy and Society explores the many ways in which the discipline of Sociology and the philosophy of anarchism are compatible. The book constructs possible parameters for a future ‘anarchist sociology’, by a sociological exposition of major anarchist thinkers (including Kropotkin, Proudhon, Landauer, Goldman, and Ward), […]
By Bert Altena The history of anarchism displays an alternation of activity and dis¬appearance. This article argues that actually there are two different patterns, one short-lived and the other having a much slower pace. Both patterns differ as to causes of disappearance and reasons for revival. According to […]
I’m rather surprised that the Blue Tribe fundamentalists at C4SS allowed this to be published. Read the article here. Marxists will point out that techno-economic evolution passes through a series of epochs where a different mode of production is dominant. Hunter-gatherer, horticultural/pastoral, agrarian-slavocratic, agrarian-feudal/caste, industrial-proletarian, and, now, digital/precariat. […]
By Benjamin Franks There is a considerable amount of confusion, even among Socialists, as to the real meaning of words that run off the end of our tongues every time we speak of the revolutionary movement. Take, for instance, the words Socialist, Communist, Collectivist, Social Democrat, Anarchist, and […]
It is interesting how Thad Russell’s latest anarchist educational project is being attacked in this thread. Instead of being happy that a somewhat influential thinker with a large audience is trying to educate others about anarchist thought and history……these folks are about nothing but negativity. I have for […]
CyberDandy Thaddeus Russell and Anarchism? For $95.00 historian Thaddeus Russell is now offering a 3-part course that “will ask whether anarchism provides a useful critique of the state, capitalism, and social relations and offers a way toward a freer society.” Here is the full description: “With the rise […]
From Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff Margaret talks with podcast host Andrew Ti about the long fight for our right to feed one another in public places. Tags: podcast audio Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff margaret killjoy food not bombs feeding people mutual aid
From Red & Black Notes, by Matt Crossin | Published August 13, 2022 Elections and Social Change This is the final article in a series of articles by Matt Crossin, ‘Critical Notes on Developments in the Anarchist Movement’. There are some who now consider themselves anarchists who tell […]
Topic of the Week – Here at Anarchist News, we sometimes receive article submissions that are not anarchist, don’t mention the anarchist word, and come from more of a leftist space. Often, these texts mention related words like “radical,” “anti-authoritarian,” “anti-capitalist,” “anti-state,” and “antifa” or talk about subjects […]
August 15, 2022 الحركة الاناركية بالسودان- By “The anarchist movement in Sudan” https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057071783169 On Sunday, August 14, at Dongola University (Faculty of Sharia and Law), in Dongola, Sudan, a discussion and debate of class war, social revolution, and a libertarian socialist society took place. “For free organization, workplace […]
By Bob Black The essay (ostensibly a book review) is a critique. It relates Noam Chomsky’s Cartesian philosophy of language to his affirmation of an objective, universally binding morality and to his derivative affirmation of the objective moral reality of human rights. It is also a critique of […]
I watched the whole series. I thought the producers over-dramatized everything, which I guess was easy enough to do with the murder, fugitive stories, and other deaths. But nothing really happened that wasn’t just ordinary human drama. The way some of the people express disillusionment at the end […]
From Sprout Distro The following zines were published over the last month. We try to cast a wide net with these, so as always, we may not agree with everything contained within. Thanks to those who publish zines, those who print and distribute them, those who read these […]
Mafia Democracy is now available! This is a book that I have worked on and put my heart into for years. I have written it to make the people aware of what’s happening in our government today. There is power in numbers, the power to change things especially […]
In the second of his three essays on Mikhail Bakunin, political theorist Andrew Robinson addresses Bakunin’s intellectual clash with Karl Marx, notably their different conceptions of freedom and revolution. By Andrew Robinson Bakunin’s Critique of Marx There are so many Marxian themes and concepts in Bakunin’s work that, […]
By Benjamin Franks This paper provides an account of ideological hybridity. It describes and categorises four main types of ideological hybrid in order to examine a range of sub-ideologies and crossbreeds but concentrates on identifying and assessing the particular phenomena described as conservative (or ‘Tory’) anarchisms. The paper […]
The Corbett Report 15 min ago by James Corbett corbettreport.com August 13, 2022 Hopefully by now you’ve had a chance to listen to or watch my interview with Keith Knight of Don’t Tread on Anyone about his new book, The Voluntaryist Handbook. Even more hopefully, you’ve read or ordered […]
From Anarchist Communist Group UK ACG comments: Whilst the ACG approves of this Manifesto overall, internal discussions have highlighted some concerns over the use of the term “revolutionary defeatism”. We feel that the document would benefit from either clearer definition of what is meant by the term, or […]
From Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement Urcuchillay Authors:Philippe Thirault (Writer) Roberto Zaghi (Art) Nanette McGuiness (Translation) Date:Mar 22, 2022 Edition:Softcover TradeFormat:120 pages – Color 7.6 x 10.2 in ISBN:9781643379692 Ukraine has become a focus of attention lately due to the war there. For many this will be a temporary […]
By Caciuleanu Mihai-Calin Radical democracy defines a perspective of democracy that seeks to maximize the political space, and the rights of antagonized groups, through a continuous hegemonic struggle. In Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe argue that this project is one that captures the unrest […]
From It Could Happen Here Andrew walks us through the early years and political development of Black anarchist Kuwasi Balagoon. Tags: podcast audio It Could Happen Here Kuwasi Balagoon
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From Libertarian Labyrinth by Shawn P. Wilbur What follows is a long Twitter thread, originally intended for the audience there as a response to certain criticisms of the historical account developed by myself and others regarding mutualism. It’s a mix of reflections on our search for the perhaps […]
I AM THE WINNER “We shall repeal the twentieth century.” -Murray Rothbard During the Clinton/Bush eras, I developed the idea of a left/right populist alliance to carry out pan-secessionism for the purpose of overthrowing the Atlanticist hegemony. In the Obama era, I did entryism into the Alt-Right in […]
Balaji Srinivasan is an investor, founder, and Former CTO of Coinbase and GP at a16z and author of The Network State, which will be the main focus of the podcast today. The Network State explores ideas surrounding digital communities and the future of how we coordinate as a […]
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By Antonio Roman-Alcalá This paper applies an anarchist lens to agrarian politics, seeking to expand and enhance inquiry in critical agrarian studies. Anarchism’s relevance to agrarian processes is found in three general areas: (1) explicitly anarchist movements, both historical and contemporary; (2) theories that emerge from and shape […]
From Black Rose Anarchist Federation This document was produced by the Brazilian Anarchist Coordinator [Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira] (CAB), a group of anarchist organizations working collaboratively across Brazil. It is translated and reprinted here with the permission of our sister organizations participating in CAB. Translation by Enrique Guerrero-López Our […]
Watch on Archive / BitChute / Odysee or Download the mp4 Keith Knight of Don’t Tread on Anyone joins us to discuss The Voluntaryist Handbook (available for free on Odysee but support the work by buying a copy) CLICK HERE for show notes and comments
By Manuel Armenteros This essay goes through the history of anarchist thought and action, taking as a basis the work of Peter Marshall. Besides going through many of the different types of libertarian schools of thought, from right wing free market anarcho-capitalists, to left wing voluntary socialism, arguments […]
By Michael Schmidt In transnational historical labour movement studies, the African anarchist / syndicalist movement is as under-studied as those of Central or South-East Asia and the Caribbean. This is despite the fact that the movement arose in Egypt in the same phase, the late 1860s, as it […]
From Red & Black Notes by Matt Crossin This is the third in a series of articles by Matt Crossin, ‘Critical Notes on Developments in the Anarchist Movement’. New articles in the series will be published in coming weeks. Organisation, Class Struggle, and Riots The ‘classical’ period of […]
By David Bates “To what extent is it possible to situate Hardt and Negri’s thought? Are they best regarded as ‘anarchists’, ‘socialists’, ‘communists’, ‘marxists’, ‘leninists’, ‘postmarxists’ or ‘postanarchists’? Answering this question is no mere intellectual exercise. As Wittgenstein once remarked, ‘words are deeds’. On the radical left, much […]
The Crimethinc anarchist website has a pretty good library of information on current events including labor uprisings in different parts of the world, the war in Ukraine, and more. View here. Deserting the Image Factory: On the 2022 Philippine Elections Anarchist Strategies amid the Dying Liberal Status Quo […]
A classic work. I read it over a third of a century ago. Available from the Mises Institute.
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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