Crimethinc n Greece, the right-wing New Democracy government came to power in summer 2019, initiating a campaign of repression targeting refugees and the anarchist movement. The following spring, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Greece, enabling New Democracy to clamp down yet further. Yet anarchists have shown considerable resilience, shifting […]
By AntiBoomerEquation Prophet Battlestone’s Amysterium Those who put any effort into studying historical fascism will know that it was associated with syndicalism (worker self-management of industries) and corporatism (as in medieval or Roman society, where the different orders have representation on government and self regulation of affairs). It […]
Anarchist News Topic of the week – As 2021 comes to a close, let’s take a look back at the ongoing social upheavals worldwide, inspiring anarchist actions, and the multimedia that have kept you up all night. 2021, a year in review and the year ahead. What have […]
By Benjamin Pauli This article highlights the ways in which anarcho-pacifists in the years during and after World War II reconceptualized anarchist tactics like “propaganda of the deed” and “direct action” in a manner that reconciled them with principles of nonviolence. In order to contextualize this extraordinary shift […]
By Richard Cleminson Current historiography has considered eugenics to be an emanation from state structures or a movement which sought to appeal to the state in order to implement eugenic reform. This paper examines the limitations of that view and argues that it is necessary to expand our […]
By Kwame Anthony Appiah New York Review of Books Reviewed: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 692 pp., $35.00 In The Dawn of Everything David Graeber and David Wengrow search for historical examples of nonhierarchical […]
This is a 2009 article from the late anarchist anthropologist David Graeber, who died last year, and who was probably as influential as any anarchist in the 21st century so far. I am posting this because the third section of this piece, the discussion of anarchism in the […]
Anarchist News from Anarchist Black Cross Belarus The sentence was announced today for a group of anarcho-partisans who held a series of direct actions against the dictatorship about a year ago. In an attempt to isolate the activists, the trial was held in camera and only the pronouncement […]
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By Richard Bach Jensen After discussing the extent to which the period from 1878–1934, with its frequent incidents of anarchist assassinations and bombings, can be considered the classic age of “lone wolf” or leaderless terrorism, this article focuses on four acts of anarchist violence and police and government […]
By Richard Bach Jensen, Taylor and Francis This essay presents a short overview of the “classic” era of anarchist terrorism between 1880 and World War I, while concentrating on an analysis of the little-known efforts by diplomats, politicians, and the police to control and repress anarchist terrorism. These […]
This book looks to be an interesting take on Christian Anarchist thought. From Eschatology to Orthodox Political Theology and Back Anarchy and the Kingdom of God reclaims the concept of “anarchism” both as a political philosophy and a way of thinking of the sociopolitical sphere from a theological […]
Anarchist News from Libertarian Labyrinth Embracing Anarchy — Becoming Anarchists, Constructing Anarchisms Introduction: We become anarchists by embracing and internalizing anarchy. We express that internalized anarchy by constructing anarchisms. I take this to be a kind of general formula, describing the relations between three key concepts — anarchy, […]
Anarchist News Mutual aid has been in the spotlight recently in light of the current crisis, but what exactly does it mean? And what makes it a powerful form of anarchist praxis unique from charity and volunteering? Well, ‘mutual aid’ is essentially the very radical notion that co-operation, rather […]
Anarchist News What are the consequences of becoming an anarchist earlier in life vs. later? Which of these options better describes your path? How can diverse entryways influence new forms of anarchy? Motivations for wanting to rebel can differ with age. A younger person might seek to escape […]
Futurism “I don’t mean to suggest chaos, but rather that you’re not under anyone’s thumb.” Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn’t one to follow rules, particularly when he thinks they’re bogus. The billionaire likes to envision a world, or perhaps a much smaller society on Mars, in which everybody […]
By Guilherme Falleiros and Katiuscia M Galhera ‘The Fordist baggage of anarcho-syndicalism’, by Ben Debney (see Anarchist Studies Blog), argues that anarcho-syndicalism was unable to keep pace with mutations in the labor sphere due to an assumed Fordist paradigm. This article takes as a starting point the fact […]
A reader writes: I thought this was a perfect example of how the Hyphenated tribal religious identity always comes first in practice with libertarians and anarchists. One of the subjects of Breadtube Serves Imperialism, Vaush, released a video where he goes on about supporting a CIA coup to […]
A reader writes: I get so annoyed by anarcho-sectarianism. I have always thought anSyndics are anarchists. I love Sorel. Mises calls it pseudo socialism and worker’s capitalism, so I don’t know why it triggers so many libertarians, except that they haven’t read Mises and are wedded to defending […]
By Charlie Lee Springtime of Nations The worldwide culture war between what we call the “left” and “right” has by now infected all political discourse, and Libertarianism is no exception. “Right-Libertarians” have socially conservative mores and favor more hierarchical forms of economic and social organization, while “Left-Libertarians” are […]
By Charlie Lee, Springtime of Nations Communism is the economic system characterized by “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Bizarrely, it has become increasingly popular in recent years to claim that the champion of Egoism, Max Stirner, supported this system or at […]
It’s Going Down Anarchists must push for self-organization, direct action and mutual aid in the midst of a wave of mass strikes, workers walking off the job, and growing anger at rising inequality. The month of October was the start of what has been called “Striketober” a massive […]
By Ryan McMaken Mises Institute Florida governor Ron DeSantis last month signed new legislation largely banning the use of vaccine mandates by either private entities or local governments. The new legislation also reinforces the DeSantis administration’s overall efforts to prevent local governments from imposing mask mandates as well. Most […]
By Charlie Lee, Springtime of Nations In a previous video “Yes, Anarcho-Capitalists are Anarchists,” the case was made that anarcho-capitalism is a continuation of the historical anarchist tradition of Proudhon, Bellaguerrigue, Tucker and the rest, contrary to claims by ancoms that anarcho-capitalism has nothing to do with historical […]
By Byron, Springtime of Nations This is the transcript of a video that appeared on the Springtime Of Nations youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJb2-bsWP6Y If you’ve ever seen socialists talk about anarcho-capitalism you’ve probably noticed that they are very insistent that it is not a form of anarchism. Often they’ll […]
Walter Block correctly predicted the fragmentation of libertarianism when he wrote this back in 2010. By Walter Block, THE PRESENT PAPER DEFENDS the position of libertarian centrism, or libertarian purity (Gregory 2006), or plumb line libertarianism,1 vis-a-vis its two competitors for the libertarian mantle: left wing libertarianism and […]
By Tommy Larson, LibCom An article introducing the concepts anarchists have used to frame collaboration with other tendencies during struggle. Including the United Front, Popular Front, Workers Alliance and the Combative Tendency. Anarchism in the Oceanic region is entering a new stage of development. The birth of several […]
Anarchist News During these past 2 years, Covid deaths were not the only death toll that caused alarm. Various countries are in uproar due to the increase in femicides. Some States have declared a state of emergency, while others which have not are exhorted by feminist activists to […]
Anarchist News From Sprout Distro The following zines and pamphlets were published the broad anarchist space over the past month or so. We encourage folks to read and share these as they see fit. In working on this month’s post, these words from Rumeor (featured below), resonated with […]
By Jennifer Schuessler New York Times One August night in 2020, David Graeber — the anthropologist and anarchist activist who became famous as an early organizer of Occupy Wall Street — took to Twitter to make a modest announcement. “My brain feels bruised with numb surprise,” he wrote, […]
Anarchist News November 30, 2021 Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam We are proud to announce our up and coming compendium of corona criticism! You can find the forward below in which we summarize and prepare you for a plethora of anarchist analysis. The following collection attempts to gather as many […]
By Graham Smith The post-libertarian types are at it again, now calling to “unleash the police” on homeless individuals to save muh parks and libraries. Let’s hope they stop complaining then, about state forces being used against them to mandate masks and jabs on public property. Post-Libertarian […]
By Tom Woods To this day I find myself replying on Twitter to people who genuinely think this is a devastating argument: “If you want to live in your libertarian paradise, you should move to Somalia.” Whenever I see this, I know I am not dealing with the […]
By Stephanie Murray, The Week The alternative isn’t a freer market. It’s federally incentivized freeriding. As someone who spends a good deal of time writing and talking about the need to improve American family policy, people are often surprised to learn that, for most of my adult life, […]
By Molly Fischer, Intelligencer Lately it has seemed possible that everything must change. Basic fixtures of American life, rules and institutions that had come to feel inevitable — in 2020 and 2021, they felt less inevitable than before. They felt perhaps untenable. Things like the cost of health […]
A Marxist friend says: “It seems that North American AnComs are Liberals masquerading as Anarchists. And North American AnCaps are Reactionaries masquerading as AnCaps.” I can’t say that he is wrong.
By Robert Graham Anarchist News Here is another excerpt from my forthcoming book, The Anarchist Current, a history of anarchist ideas. Anarchy and the Golden Age of Piracy In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Madagascar was a haven for pirates. One story about them is that […]
By Matt Welch, Reason In 1990s Prague, wonderful things happened in the chaotic space between the end of communism and the rise of its replacement. Reason‘s December special issue marks the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union. This story is part of our exploration of […]
By Aynur Unal This paper is originated from my doctoral research investigated the discourse about Kurdishness within the Kurdish political movement in Turkey from an indigeneity perspective. My findings suggest that the Kurds’ self-determination model in Turkey incorporates the main themes of indigeneity, including self-identification, unique language and […]
By Michael Schmidt An extract from my forthcoming book In the Shadow of a Hurricane: Global Anarchist Ideological and Organisational Lineages, this is a brief overview and analysis of the Rojava Revolution that erupted on the 78th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Revolution. The Revolution is […]
The state is always the enemy, whether capitalist or communist. By Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society At Reason Ilya Somin, in keeping with his annual practice since 2007, has chosen May 1 — May Day — as his date for observing “Victims of Communism Day.” Somin cites the […]
The state is always the enemy, whether capitalist or communist. By Ilya Somin, Reason While I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose, November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, which I am happy to adopt if it can attract a broad consensus. NOTE: The following […]
Just as I am for many different forms of libertarianism or anarchism, I am also for many different strategies. Let a thousand flowers bloom.
By Dolores Martín Moruno This article explores the way in which the Spanish Civil War has been traditionally shaped in the collective memory as a Manicheanconflict fought between two well-defined sides, the Republicans and the Nationalists, in order to demythologize this common representation in contemporary Spanish society. According to […]
By Hugo Garcia Fernandez As the source of one of the broadest movements of solidarity in history, the Spanish Civil War represents an ideal laboratory for the culture-oriented and increasingly transnational historiography that has developed since the turn of the century. This chapter examines the discourse and actions […]
It’s really hard to criticize what the FSP has done. This is the ultimate Hoppean exercise (minus the helicopters lol)
By Dieter Nelles Only after Ken Loach’s film “Land and Freedom“ the wide public heard about what had been deliberately ignored or forgotten for decades: The Spanish Civil War was not only a clash between democracy and fascism; also did it start a social revolution unprecedented for this […]
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In this era of uncertainty and constant changes, it seems like there’s no place to run because it’s going to get bad everywhere. In this video, Andrew shares his thoughts on one government policy that will rule the world.
Anarchist News “Potential illegality comes within the law today, but the farseeing eye of the censor looks ahead to foresee its possible outcome. In the same way social deviance today might be a possible object of study or surprise, tomorrow it could become a concrete manifestation of social […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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