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Will the real Proudhon please stand up?

From Freedom News (20/01/2025). Instead of anarchist lore, we need historical context and an open mind Shawn P Wilbur   It’s challenging to think about Pierre-Joseph Proudhon today: like it or not, we struggle with him in his role as a … Continue reading

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The indomitable anarchist of the Iron Column

We say to all workers, revolutionaries, and anarchists: at the front and in the rear, wherever you are, fight against the enemies of your liberties, destroy fascism. And also stop, by the fruits of your endeavors, the return of a … Continue reading

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Remembering Louise Michel: “Now I have only the revolution left”

From Freedom News (09/01/2025) 120 years after her death, the hero of the Paris Commune continues to inspire Maurice Schuhmann In the Hôtel Oasis in Marseille, the French anarchist, feminist, and Communard Louise Michel passed away on January 9, 1905. … Continue reading

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Duane Rousselle: Georges Bataille’s Post-anarchism

Pushing against the limits of anarchism, with George Bataille, as read by Duane Rousselle. [Source: The Anarchist Library] Abstract Post-anarchist philosophy has widely been regarded as an attempt to challenge the ontological essentialism of the traditional anarchist discourse. The problem … Continue reading

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Simón Royo Hernández: The timeliness of anarchism

From Redes Libertarias (15/11/2024) When we look at what remains of the glorious and spectacular anarchist movement, the fullness of which we can situate between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, … Continue reading

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We Are Not Pawns, We Are the People Who Rose Against the Regime

From Black Rose Anarchist Federation (18/12/2024). This article by Syrian writer Jwana Aziz reflects on the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Jwana examines the conditions that precipitated the 2011 uprising, the years of civil war, and the difficulties that now … Continue reading

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Syria: The dictator has fled, long live the revolution

In less than two weeks, the Bashar al-Assad regime of Syria collapsed, with his flight to Russia, in the face of a military offensive conducted by a coalition of armed groups led by Hay?at Tahrir al-Sham. If we count his … Continue reading

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“All of a sudden the streets were ablaze”: Nikos Romanos and legacy of the Greek revolt

From Freedom News (06/12/2024) The anarchist’s recent arrest continues a long story: ten years ago today, his prison hunger strike brought the country to the edge of insurrection on the anniversary of the 2008 uprising ~ Neil Middleton ~ The recent arrest of … Continue reading

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Joan Busquets Vergés, the last Catalan Maquisard

“Being an anarchist now is no different from 50 years ago. It’s a philosophy and a search for truth. What I want is unity, of Europe and, were it possible, of the whole world, without frontiers, a world in which we all … Continue reading

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Anarchism on the periphery: struggle under conditions of emigration and war

In the article that follows (from Pramen, 06/11/2024), the “introduction” closes with the following statement: “… despite any discomfort you may have in reading this, we ask you to focus on the essence of what’s written, and encourage you to … Continue reading

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