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For Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-2023)

“Certainly, a lot of people in Britain, when you say ‘anarchists,’ they just think of riots. And the news will say, ‘Today, twenty anarchists went on a rampage.’ They don’t understand anarchism,” he said. “Politically, I’m a revolutionary. I believe … Continue reading

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Uri Gordon: Anarchism and nationalism

Uri Gordon’s essay, “Anarchism and Nationalism: On the Subsidiarity of Deconstruction”, is a very important contribution to the to the debate on nationalism and modern anti-colonial struggles within anarchism. And we share it below as a complement to our previous … Continue reading

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Uri Gordon: The national question in Palestine/Israel (and trying to read events after October 7)

Uri Gordon’s book, Anarchy Alive! Anti-authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory (Pluto Press, 2008) remains one of the best recent essays, in the English language, on anarchist practice and theory. His voice, if we can express it this way, is … Continue reading

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Free Palestine/Free Israel

“Genocide”: … any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of … Continue reading

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Josep Rafanell i Orra: Short treatise on cosmo-anarchism

From lundi matin #400, (24/10/2023) … It could be a question of characterising the collapses that we are experiencing; the collapse of living environments, of the social world and its prisons: its institutions; the collapse of the idea of a … Continue reading

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Uri Gordon: Anarchism in Israel and Palestine

Anarchism has been a political undercurrent in Israel and Palestine for a century, appearing in three disconnected waves: the libertarian socialism of the early Kibbutz communes, the publishing and cultural activities of Yiddish-speaking immigrants, and contemporary Israeli anarchism. In Palestinian … Continue reading

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Anarchist voices on Palestine-Israel: Albert Meltzer

Anarchist tactic for Palestine The Arab revolution is centred on Palestine. The re-awakening of the Arab nation and the consequent nationalist revolution has brought the masses of Palestine in conflict with British Imperialism. Every movement against British Imperialism must be … Continue reading

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Anarchist voices on Palestine-Israel: Emma Goldman

To the Editor,“Spain and the World”. Dear Comrade, I was interested in the article, ‘Palestine and Socialist Policy’, by our good friend Reginald Reynolds in ‘Spain and the World’ of July 29th. There is much in it with which I … Continue reading

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Martin Buber’s messianic Zionism

There is a Jewish tradition about seventy angels known as “princes” who are set in charge of the seventy nations of the world.Each of these “princes” supervises his own nation, acting as its spokesman before the throne of glory. When … Continue reading

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“A Nuclear Superpower and a Dispossessed People”

From the CrimethInc. (08/10/2023) collective … An Anarchist from Jaffa on the Violence in Palestine and Israeli Repression On October 7, Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, breached the siege wall surrounding them to carry out a series … Continue reading

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