Category Archives: anarchism

CrimethInc: “The Cop-Free Zone: Reflections from Experiments in Autonomy around the US”

Posted on July 4, 2020 by

“The cop-free zone is not the particular block or traffic circle or park. It is the shared commitment to defending a space and eliminating the dynamics of policing and white supremacy.  In the following collection, we explore some people’s experiences attempting to create police-free autonomous zones in different parts of the United States.”

Posted in anarchism, autonomy, freedom, governance, In The News, the common

“In praise of riots: From Stonewall to Minneapolis”

Posted on June 30, 2020 by

“Stonewall was a riot … now we need a revolution.”

Posted in anarchism, gender, revolt, rights

Kristian Williams: ‘“Full Spectrum Resistance”: a field manual for insurgencies’

Posted on June 27, 2020 by

“Aric McBay’s massive, two-volume, handbook for political action, covers the fundamentals of social change, offering advice on organization, strategy, tactics, security, communication (internal and external), and so on — all illustrated with historical case studies.”

Posted in agonism, anarchism, Blog, disobedience, freedom, governance, justice, power, revolt, revolution, rights, tyranny, violence

CrimethInc.: “Snapshots from the Uprising: Accounts from Three Weeks of Countrywide Revolt”

Posted on June 19, 2020 by

“In the following analysis, we review the series of movements that led to the uprising in response to the murder of George Floyd, explore the factors that made the uprising so powerful, discuss the threats facing it, and conclude with a series of accounts from participants in Minneapolis, New York City, Richmond, Grand Rapids, Austin, Seattle, and elsewhere around the country.”

Posted in anarchism, emergency, freedom, In The News, resistance, revolt, the Left

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Peter Gelderloos: “Questions In The Face Of Counterinsurgency”

Posted on June 19, 2020 by

“Liberal identity politics, in contrast to radical resistance against the multiple, overlapping forms of oppression that exist in our society, is ultimately about turning oppressed people into demographics to be exploited for power struggles within the dominant institutions. It is about representation. To be represented, a people must be simplified, they must be homogenized, borders must be drawn around them to determine who has membership and who does not, and then that entire body must be further disciplined, bribed, and silenced until they accept the political views that belong to their representatives.”

Posted in anarchism, autonomy, democracy, freedom, justice, Nota Bene, revolt

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Kali Akuno: “From Rebellion to Revolution”

Posted on June 12, 2020 by

“What we have been proposing, and will offer in this process, is that we organize and build towards the execution of a general strike. The beginning of a general strike under current conditions starts with People’s Assemblies in the streets debating and voting on having a general strike. This is how a largely street protest movement can blossom into an instrument of dual power that could radically transform society.”

Posted in anarchism, autonomy, disobedience, governance, Nota Bene, revolt, revolution, the Left

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CrimethInc.: “This Is Anarchy”

Posted on June 11, 2020 by

“Eight Ways the Black Lives Matter and Justice for George Floyd Uprisings Reflect Anarchist Ideas in Action.”

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“Free Food, Free Speech and Free of Police: Inside Seattle’s ‘Autonomous Zone’”

Posted on June 11, 2020 by

“What has emerged is an experiment in life without the police — part street festival, part commune. Hundreds have gathered to hear speeches, poetry and music.”

Posted in anarchism, autonomy, In The News, revolt, the common

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“Today’s Activism: Spontaneous, Leaderless, but Not Without Aim”

Posted on June 5, 2020 by

“Welcome to 21st-century activism, where spontaneous and leaderless movements have been defined by their organic births and guided on the fly by people whose preferences, motivations and ideas may not always align.”

Posted in anarchism, emergency, governance, Nota Bene

“Gun-toting members of the Boogaloo movement are showing up at protests”

Posted on June 4, 2020 by

‘Boogaloo members appear to hold conflicting ideological views with some identifying as anarchists and others rejecting formal titles. Some pockets of the group have espoused white supremacy while others reject it. But they have at least two things in common: an affinity for toting around guns in public and a “boogaloo” rallying cry, which is commonly viewed as code for another US civil war.’

Posted in anarchism, disobedience, freedom, In The News, power, resistance, violence