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Walter Benjamin: Messianism and Revolution – Theses on History
The essay that we share below, by Andrew Robinson, bears the virtue of clarity; like a collector, he assembles the bits of Walter Benjamin’s work on messianism and revolution. And yet because he writes as a collector of ideas, Benjamin’s … Continue reading
Women’s day and the struggle of every day: María Galindo
A feminist-anarchist voice from the “South”: María Galindo and the critique of “Women’s Day” …
A strike against/beyond borders: The march 8 feminist strike in spain
This year’s call for a global women’s strike to mark the 8th of March women’s day was expressed in protests throughout the world. But it found no greater resonance than in spain.
Reading events in italy with infoaut
As italians are called upon to vote in a change of the guard, we share a reflection from the alternative media collective infoaut.org, on the increasingly violent institutional politics that is put into practice against the country’s social movements …
For March 8, women’s day: Queering anarchism, queering feminism
Feminism is often trapped in reified forms of female-feminine identity, appealing to state authorities for the recognition and protection of women’s rights (when rights must be taken-created, not asked for), affirming a female “nature” against an ambient, violent misogyny, demanding … Continue reading
For March 8, women’s day: Carol Ehrlich’s Socialism, Anarchism, and Feminism
Carol Ehrlich’s Socialism, Anarchism, and Feminism was first published as Research Group One Report 26 by Research Group One, 2743 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, Md 21218, USA, in January ’77, and ran to a second printing. It will appear in the … Continue reading
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For March 8, women’s day: Lucia Sanchez Saornil and the struggle against patriarchy
From the birth of the Church, out of the womb of Fear and the fatherhood of Ignorance, it has taught the inferiority of woman. In one form or another through the various mythical legends of the various mythical creeds, runs … Continue reading
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For March 8, women’s day: Mujeres Libres
Cowards don’t make history; and the women of Mujeres Libres (Free Women) were no cowards. Courageous enough to create revolutionary change in their daily lives, these women mobilized over 20,000 women into an organized network during the Spanish Revolution, to … Continue reading
For March 8, women’s day: Voltairine de Cleyre and the anarchy of life
I Am I am! The ages on the ages roll: And what I am, I was, and I shall be: By slow growth filling higher Destiny, And widening, ever, to the widening Goal. I am the Stone that slept; down … Continue reading
We fight because we like it: Maintaining our morale against seemingly insurmountable odds
They are just ghosts, the ones who think people fight to win! They fight because they like it. And There Was Light, Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, blind hero of the French Resistance From Conflictual Wisdom, through the hands of the Crimethinc … Continue reading →