Category Archives: Commentary

Giorgio Agamben: On Anarchy Today

Below, we share Giorgio Agamben’s recent essay On Anarchy Today, whose english language translation by the ill will collective was generously shared with us by the same. Giorgio Agamben conceives the “place” of anarchy as lying and maintaining the distance … Continue reading

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Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar: Feminism in defence of life

Celebrating March 8, International Women’s Day … Because we want ourselves alive, together we are disrupting everything: Notes for thinking about the paths of social transformation today Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar, March 7, 2018 For Carla, because I share the life that … Continue reading

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Mujeres Libres: A genealogy of anarchist feminism

Celebrating March 8, International Women’s Day … Mujeres Libres was born from a genealogy that came from the First International, but it fully flourished at a time of social revolution and civil war. Marginalised from the social revolution modeled and … Continue reading

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bell hooks: Understanding Patriarchy

Celebrating March 8, International Women’s Day … Patriarchy is the single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. Yet most men do not use the word “patriarchy” in everyday life. Most men never think … Continue reading

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For Wayne Shorter (1933-2023)

The potential cannot be given or rehearsed, it has to be found. And the thing is, to find the potential of anything, all these musicians have to be courageous and humble enough to not want to flaunt their musical credentials. … Continue reading

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For René Schérer (1922-2023): An anarchist/ic life

For René Schérer, who died this last February 1st. The work of René Schérer, anarchist and philosopher of anarchy, is sadly little known in the english speaking world. In a modest effort to fill this lacunae, we publish below an … Continue reading

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Ukraine: Listening to voices “from below”

It is one year today that Russia invaded Ukraine, with all of the horror and barbarism that follows any war. Over this time, we have sought to understand the conflict as best we can from a distance, without premade judgements. … Continue reading

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Italy: Autonomia (20) –  Porto Marghera: the last firebrands

We close our brief selection of texts dedicated to Italy’s operaismo and Autonomia returning to where in some sense it all began, amidst the workers of the country’s large industrial complexes and their struggles for dignity as workers, but struggles … Continue reading

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Italy: Autonomia (19) – Feminism: Carla Lonzi

Woman must not be defined in relation to man. This awareness is the foundation of both our struggle and our liberation. Man is not the model to hold up for the process of woman’s self-discovery. Woman is the other in … Continue reading

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Italy: Autonomia (18) – Feminism: Silvia Federici

Italian autonomist Silvia Federici on wages and housework. Federici was co-founder of the International Feminist Collective, and an organizer with the wages for housework campaign. In 1973, she helped start Wages for Housework groups in the US. In 1975 she published Wages Against … Continue reading

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