Tag Archives: anti-capitalism

Nature is the marvelous that the surrealist seeks

Perhaps my life is nothing but an image of this kind; perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I simply should recognize, learning a mere fraction … Continue reading

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Disputing delirium*

delirium (n.): 1590s, “a disordered state, more or less temporary, of the mind, often occurring during fever or illness,” from Latin delirium “madness,” from deliriare “be crazy, rave,” literally “go off the furrow,” a plowing metaphor, from phrase de lire, from de “off, away” (see de-) + lira “furrow, earth … Continue reading

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Serge Quadruppani: The chaos of empire, the paranoia of empire

From Lundi Matin (#329, 07/03/2022), a reflection on our times of crises, by Serge Quadruppani. … Notes on the Nature of the Present Crisis and How to Tackle It No sooner had the Covid-alarm started to subside that the sirens … Continue reading

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“Anarchism” is just a name- a review of Anarchism and the Black Revolution and The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition

From Freedom Press (13/01/2021), a review of two recently published essays: Anarchism and the Black Revolution, by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin (Pluto Press) and The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition, by William Anderson (AK Press). In Summer 2017, … Continue reading

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Shane Burley: Building Communities for a Fascist-Free Future

(From Roarmag magazine online and the 2021, 11th paper issue of Roar Magazine) The challenge for antifascists today is to build the capacity to act as a buffer for marginalized communities and the movements fighting for a new world. On August 17, 2019, … Continue reading

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A tour of the CNT positions during the Civil War

We share below an important text on the changing positions of the anarchist CNT labour union during the Spanish Civil War/Revolution, published at Alasbarricadas (11/12/2021) and published in English at Anarkismo.net (20/12/2021). [We have made only minor revisions to the … Continue reading

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Travis Wilkerson: An Injury to One (film)

It may be said that the “working class”, in political struggles throughout the emergence and expansion of capitalism, was epochal. We use the word here in its ancient Greek sense. The Greek word epokhe meant “stoppage, fixed point of time,” from epekhein “to … Continue reading

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For bell hooks (1952-2021)

Part of the heart of anarchy is, dare to go against the grain of the conventional ways of thinking about our realities. Anarchists have always gone against the grain, and that’s been a place of hope. bell hooks bell hooks … Continue reading

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Ruymán Rodríguez and the Federación Anarquista de Gran Canaria: An Interview

An interview for the spanish newspaper, El Salto diario (05/10/2021) … The Canarian anarchist activist Ruymán Rodríguez visits the Valencian Community, invited by the Mostra del Llibre Anarquista d’Alacant, to share the work carried out by the Sindicato de Inquilinas … Continue reading

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Who are “we”, who rebel?

What follows is a translation of an essay on subjectivity and rebellion in the context of capitalism by Martín Colonel, inspired by the work of León Rozitchner and published on the site Lobo Suelto, preceded by a brief introduction.

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