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Category Archives: Commentary
The utopian dimension
Miquel Amorós Redes Libertárias, nº 5, Spring 2026/online 23/06/2026 It is often said that Anarchists live in a world of dreams to come, and do not see the things which happen today. We do see them only too well, and … Continue reading
They broke his hands to silence his guitar
A furious sixteen-minute documentary responding to the coup in Chile remains a defining work of anti-fascist cinema Bleart Thaçi, Freedom News, (04/06/2026) Three months after the Chilean military coup of 11 September 1973, while the smoke of La Moneda still … Continue reading
Voltairine De Cleyre: An anarchist reading of the american revolution
Anarchism and American Traditions (1909) American traditions, begotten of religious rebellion, small self-sustaining communities, isolated conditions, and hard pioneer life, grew during the colonization period of one hundred and seventy years from the settling of Jamestown to the outburst of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, united states, Voltairine de Cleyre
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The new Palmer Raids
How Trump’s war on dissent borrows from America’s darkest playbook Joel Sucher, Freedom News (29/06/2026) History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes – and right now, the rhyme scheme is terrifyingly familiar. In the winter of 1919-1920, Attorney General A. … Continue reading
Mikhail Bakunin: A vital, overflowing life
From Freedom News (01/7/2026) Marking 150 years since the death of the great revolutionary, whose vision of anarchism remains more relevant than ever Nikolay Gerasimov The political and cultural birth of Russian anarchism occurred at the turn of the 20th … Continue reading
The highest expression of the organisation. Origin and development of the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI)
Julián Vadillo Muñoz From Redes Libertarias no. 5 (Spring 2026)/on line 11/06/2026 With a PhD in History from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Julián Vadillo Muñoz is a secondary school teacher and a professor of contemporary history at the … Continue reading
Indigenous direct action
The Indigenous Struggles in Brazil (video) From lundimatin #525 (23/06/2026) The worsening crises threatening the world have left many people paralysed and powerless in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges. But among Indigenous peoples, many groups are leading the way: … Continue reading
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Tagged brazil, indigenous anarchism, Indigenous peoples
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The transatlantic war on freedom
From Freedom News (29/06/2026) Moving a box of zines can now get you 30 years in Trump’s America, echoing the UK’s crackdown on protest punkacademic On Tuesday, while England played Ghana in the World Cup, down in Texas nine people each … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Security State, State and terror, united states
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Alexander Berkman on prisons and abolition
From Freedom News (28/06/2026) His arguments are no less salient in the face of contemporary threats Søren Hough We often think of Alexander Berkman as one of the preeminent anarchist communist thinkers of his time. After all, he did write Now and … Continue reading
Giorgio Agamben: Men and women, and tourists
The word tourist first appeared in Italian in 1837 (tourism only in 1907). The etymology is clear: the tour (the Grand Tour) was the educational journey undertaken by European aristocrats and intellectuals from the 18th century onward, especially in Italy, … Continue reading →