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Mystery and Hierarchy: On the unassimilable/incomprehensible character of anarchism
Christian Ferrer One In every city in the world, no matter how small, there is at least one person who calls themselves an anarchist. This solitary and unusual presence must conceal a meaning that transcends the order of politics, just … Continue reading
Free Atoms: Refractory Lives
Christian Ferrer What will remain of the word “anarchists” in a future dictionary? A footnote, the conceptual definition of a sect of conspirators, the cardiogram that recorded the historical ups and downs of an extreme idea, the silhouette of an … Continue reading
Christian Ferrer: Essays on the ungoverable
Christian Ferrer’s work on anarchism is among the most erudite and eloquent that we know. Refusing to limit himself to merely describing anarchist acts of militancy, or to fruitless ideological debates, he unearths what we could call the “longue durée” … Continue reading
Is there a future for Anarchism in America?
From Freedom News (17/08/25) The co-producer of the landmark documentary film reflects on its legacy amid today’s challenges Joel Sucher Anarchism in America is the title of a documentary produced way back in 1980; a time when the world was a … Continue reading
Uri Gordon: Anarchism and Nationalism
Continuing from our previous post: “A meeting between Ubu kings“. Anarchism and Nationalism: On the Subsidiarity of Deconstruction Uri Gordon Anarchists are against nationalism; everyone knows that. Instead of solidarity across borders and anti-hierarchical antagonism within them, nationalism engenders loyalty … Continue reading
A meeting between Ubu kings
we seek beyond historyfor a new and more possible meeting. Audre Lorde The image of two men aspiring to absolute national power and imperial expansion meeting to discuss the parcelling out of a country invaded by one of them, with … Continue reading
Zoe Baker: Anarchism as a Way of Life
In 1925 the Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta wrote that, Anarchy is a form of living together in society; a society in which people live as brothers and sisters without being able to oppress or exploit others and in which everyone … Continue reading
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Shawn P. Wilbur: An exercise in theoretical synthesis-distillation of anarchist thought and practice
This is the first opportunity that we have had, as a collective, to celebrate and acknowledge the very impressive work by Shawn P. Wilbur of translating, publishing (into English) and reflecting upon – with others – “classical” anarchist theory and … Continue reading
For Octavio Alberola (1928-2025)
The abandonment of utopia and the ethical concept of revolution has led revolutionary ideologies to sclerosis and ruin. Octavio Alberola Turning anarchism into a routine, a habit, which is only expressed on certain days and in a sectarian intimacy in … Continue reading
Liberatory Mutual Aid
Without community, there is no liberation … Audre Lorde From scott crow, we share an important reflection on mutual aid as a liberatory practise and thought, in response to the different and multiple disasters brought on upon all of us … Continue reading →