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How to Catch A Fire
“White youth must choose sides now. They must either fight on the side of the oppressed, or be on the side of the oppressor.” -Bernardine Dohrn (member of the Weathermen)
The People of the World are starving. The masters of racist empire (the politicians and corporate ceo’s of amerika) are murdering, maiming, and raping the People [...]
Anarchism and the Struggle to Move Forward
By Kim Fyke & Gabriel Sayegh
The Dispossessed, a well-known novel by Ursula LeGuin, details a functioning society built upon anarchist principles.(1) Anarchists are often adept at imagining a new and different world, and, inevitably, we must ask ourselves: how are we going to achieve this? Visions such as LeGuin’s are often borne from rigorous anti-authoritarian, [...]
Anarchism Articulated: Who We Are, What We Want, What We Do
By m(A)tt
Introduction
Every election year, and this one in particular, I feel the urgency of articulating an alternative narrative and different ideas about how to make sense of the increasingly-chaotic world around us. With so many of my friends and comrades jumping on the Obama bandwagon, with admirable hope and ambition, I feel at the same [...]
Beyond Primitivism: Toward a 21st Century Anarchist Theory & Praxis for Science
By Dr. Charles Thorpe and Dr. Ian Welsh
From Anarchist Studies Volume 16, Number 1 2008
ABSTRACT
The authoritarian and ecologically destructive juggernaut of state-supported big science and technology in the twentieth century understandably fostered a deep pessimism and suspicion towards science and technology among many in the green, anarchist, and libertarian left milieu. This reaction has been [...]
Introduction to Anarchism and Resistance in Bogotá
On March 11, 2007, downtown Bogotá was filled with soldiers, snipers, undercover cops, and riot police on account of George Bush’s visit to Colombia. Nevertheless, hundreds gathered at the police barricades to burn flags and express their opposition to neoliberal capitalism. When the police turned water cannons, tear gas, and batons upon the crowd, the [...]
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