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Tag Archives: anarchism
Against democracy: An anarchist criticism
While all societies make their own imaginaries (institutions, laws, traditions, beliefs and behaviors), autonomous societies are those that their members are aware of this fact, and explicitly self-institute … . In contrast, the members of heteronomous societies attribute their imaginaries … Continue reading
From Apoyo Mutuo: An anarchist political program
Over the course of the last year or two, numerous initiatives have emerged in spain (and more recently in greece) to organise and federate anarchist groups into larger, more embracing and therefore, it is assumed, more effective political agents. Among … Continue reading
Que se vayan todos: The anarchist spirit by Marina Sitrin
We share below a reflection by Marina Sitrin on the “anarchist/libertarian” character of many contemporary social movements. While not referring to themselves as anarchist, the movements, in their practice, and ultimately, in their self-understanding, share a great deal with older … Continue reading
Operation Pandora: Spanish anarchists organise the resistance
In solidarity with all of the imprisoned anarchists of spain … We share below a partial translation of a report that appeared in Periodico Diagonal (30/10/2015) and originally published in the Catalan newspaper La Directa (29/10/2015) of a press conference held on Thursday … Continue reading
Operation Pandora continues: The repression of anarchism in spain
On the morning of the 28th of October, starting at 5am, there were raids in two houses in Manresa and two people were arrested on the orders of the Audiencia Nacional, acting against anarchist struggles. Units of the mobile brigade … Continue reading
Anarchist Federation Forming In Greece … Echoes From Another Time Across The Ocean
We are reprinting the English translation of the text announcing and providing a background to the creation of a federation of anarchist groups in Greece. The comments that follow are my own brief personal reflections on this in the context … Continue reading
A war against autonomy: Turkey
“Yesterday Kobane, today Cizre” could be read among the slogans carried in a solidarity protest with the kurdish cause in Paris last Thursday, September 10. As in other european cities, the protest was called to denounce the the ongoing military … Continue reading
Rethinking Anarchism: Carlos Taibo (6)
What follows below is the 6th Chapter of Carlos Taibo’s Rethinking Anarchy: Direct Action, Self-Management, Autonomy (La Catarata, Madrid, 2013). Largely concerned with the history of spanish anarchism, Taibo also considers, in this chapter, the complex relationship between anarchism and marxism, … Continue reading
Hobbesian reflections in times of elections: Giorgio Agamben
The recent electoral successes of political parties rooted in “citizens movements” in spain’s municipal and regional elections (and this in the wake of the Syriza victory in greece) may give some reasons for hope that social movements, especially the “occupy” … Continue reading
Rethinking Anarchism: Carlos Taibo (7)
What follows below is the 7th Chapter of Carlos Taibo’s Rethinking Anarchy: Direct Action, Self-Management, Autonomy (La Catarata, Madrid, 2013). This chapter addresses the mutual influences between anarchism and feminism, radical ecology and pacifism/anti-militarism. We have already translated and posted the … Continue reading →