Tag Archives: anachism

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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Anti-war statement

From avtonom.org (29/08/2024). We have stated from the very start that the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 is an imperialist aggression of the Russian state. That is still true. Our position on the war … Continue reading

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Through war, despotism and social change: Russia’s Anarchist Black Cross

From avtonom.org and Freedom News (30/08/2024). For this year’s International Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity Week, Freedom interviewed the Anarchist Black Cross-Moscow to discuss their long history in Russia supporting imprisoned Russian anarchists, the challenges they face under Putin’s regime and their work during the … Continue reading

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“Let the dead rest – and fulfill their hopes”: Remembering Erich Mühsam

Anarchy is a matter of the heart … Erich Mühsam, Anarchy From Freedom News (10/07/2024), we share a memorial piece by Maurice Schuhmann dedicated to the life and work of the anarchist Erich Mühsam. We follow this with what is … Continue reading

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The Seattle Anarchists go to Mexico

From the Transmetropolitan Review (06/05/2024). In the interests of fostering physical media, the full pamphlet is print only. Introduction As it turns out, anarchists can get things wrong. Not only can they get things wrong, they can be dumb shit morons … Continue reading

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Für das Leben, gegen den Tod/For life, against death

From Freedom News (12/03/2024) … Writing from Vienna, Christopher Hütmannsberger grapples with the current state of confusion in the German-speaking Left around the genocide currently unfolding in Gaza and argues that this is a litmus test for understanding how people … Continue reading

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Gary Snyder and Wild Anarchism

For Gary Snyder To be truly free one must take on the basic conditions as they are—painful, impermanent, open, imperfect—and then be grateful for impermanence and the freedom it grants us. Gary Snyder, The Etiquette of Freedom There is an … Continue reading

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Anarchic movement: Ambulations in thought after Steve Paxton

When we linger in the borderland on purpose, we become our own experiment. Steve Paxton, Drafting Interior Techniques How do you know you aren’t improvising? Steve Paxton, Gravity A reflection inspired by a performance of Steve Paxton’s Flat and Satisfyin … Continue reading

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