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William C. Anderson: State reform isn’t enough. Our times demand Black anarchism

We share again an essay by William C. Anderson, who continues to pursue his important work in black anarchism. State reform isn’t enough. Our times demand Black anarchism For many who are marginalised, the state has only ever kicked them … Continue reading

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“Anarchism” is just a name- a review of Anarchism and the Black Revolution and The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition

From Freedom Press (13/01/2021), a review of two recently published essays: Anarchism and the Black Revolution, by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin (Pluto Press) and The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition, by William Anderson (AK Press). In Summer 2017, … Continue reading

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black anarchism

Color is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality. James Baldwin, Down at the Cross The Anarchist movement in North America is overwhelmingly white, middle class, and for the most part, pacifist so the question … Continue reading

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The flag that is not: The black flag of anarchism

From the CrimethInc. collective (14/06/2021) … Every Flag Is Black in a Fire: The Black Flag—Emblem of Rebellion, Negation, and Hope In the following selections, a range of authors and artists from across a century and a half reflect on … Continue reading

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… what Blackness does to and through anarchism

From Roarmag (08/09/2020), a reflection on “anarcho-blackness” … The primordial mutiny of anarcho-Blackness Marquis Bey Anarcho-Blackness is a qualitative shift of what anarchism is and does, describing the insurgency that defines the abolition of hierarchy and the state. Anarchism has … Continue reading

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The Anarchism of Blackness

The Democratic Party has led Black America down a dead end. The sooner we begin to understand that, the more realistically we will be able to organize against fascism. by William C. Anderson and Zoé Samudzi from Roar Magazine #5

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Duane Rousselle: Georges Bataille’s Post-anarchism

Pushing against the limits of anarchism, with George Bataille, as read by Duane Rousselle. [Source: The Anarchist Library] Abstract Post-anarchist philosophy has widely been regarded as an attempt to challenge the ontological essentialism of the traditional anarchist discourse. The problem … Continue reading

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Anarchism on the periphery: struggle under conditions of emigration and war

In the article that follows (from Pramen, 06/11/2024), the “introduction” closes with the following statement: “… despite any discomfort you may have in reading this, we ask you to focus on the essence of what’s written, and encourage you to … Continue reading

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Zosia Brom: Anarchism in the Mainstream

Love, sympathy and self-sacrifice certainly play an immense part in the progressive development of our moral feelings. But it is not love and not even sympathy upon which Society is based in mankind. It is the conscience — be it … Continue reading

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Surrealism in the Mirror of Anarchism

Man proposes and disposes. He and he alone can determine whether he is completely master of himself, that is, whether he maintains the body of his desires, daily more formidable, in a state of anarchy.Poetry teaches him to. It bears … Continue reading

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