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Category Archives: anarchism
The Paris Commune
Posted in anarchism, Nota Bene, revolution, the common, the Left
Tagged Berardi, Negri, Paris Commune
Articles on the Paris Commune at 150
Alexander Herbert: “Recovering the anarchism of the 1921 Kronstadt Rebellion”
“we need to save anarchism as a political ideology from the periphery of mainstream histories of this revolutionary decade”
CrimethInc.: “Why we Need Real Anarchy: Don’t Let Trump’s Minions Gentrify Revolt”
“The problem with the invasion of the Capitol was not that it was unlawful, undemocratic, or extremist, per se, but that it was an effort to concentrate oppressive power in the hands of an autocrat—which is precisely the opposite of anarchy. Direct action, militant tactics, and a critique of electoral politics will remain essential to movements against fascism and state violence. We must not let the far right associate them with tyranny, nor permit centrists to muddy the waters.”
“Neither an Insurrection nor Revolt: An Anarchist Response to the Permitted Fascist Temper Tantrum”
“As anarchists, abolitionists, and revolutionary movements continue ahead with a struggle more sincere than trending concerns performed by aloof citizens and pretentious celebrities, we must double down on solidarity in order to not remain isolated, as the violence intended by grassroots right-wing groups coincide with a brutal police crackdown under the smiling and deceptive face of the democratic liberal establishment.”
Mohamed Abdou: “Let Empire collapse: why we need a decolonial revolution”
Posted in anarchism, justice, Nota Bene, revolution, the common
Tagged accelerationism, decolonization, race
Gustavo Rodríguez: “Who do the passionate communards of our time work for?”
“What do contemporary revolts produce? Who do the passionate communards of our day work for? These are probably the initial generating questions that help us to formulate new questions and to list doubts, fears, reflections and proposals, untangling the black threads of our historicity. In this way and only in this way, will we be able to weave the new plot and the warp of the coming struggles. … The new anarchic plots can only come about in a disruptive way, from an ethos that reaffirms the necessary destruction of work and the power of liberating fire. To continue in the repetition and the current stagnation, could take us back in history: to the imposition of global fascism (brown and/or red).”
Andrew Lee: “The revolutionary potential of abolitionist demands”
“If abolition may not be fulfilled by the state, to abolish the police is not a task for the mayor but a task for us. It is necessarily us, the people in the street and the bystanders who may join us, encouraging each other to complete the abolition together. Just as the Occupy movement called not upon the president but upon us to occupy everything, it is we who must enact the abolition. What appears a request for redress is in fact a call to arms.”
Vanessa Taylor: “How Black anarchists are keeping the protest movement alive”
“Black anarchists are striving for a liberation that requires the total upheaval of social order as it stands now.”
Posted in anarchism, democracy, disobedience, gender, In The News, justice, revolt
Tagged race
James C. Scott interviewed: “What’s So Bad About Anarchy, Anyway?”
“…most revolutions ended up installing a state that was more oppressive than the state that they had destroyed.”
Posted in anarchism, Nota Bene, power, revolution
