Tag Archives: anti-militarism

And after the war?

Reflections on the prospects for Social Struggles in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, by Vladimir Platonenko and published in english by the CrimethInc. collective (31/03/2020) … The Russian invasion of Ukraine has thrown Eastern Europe into disorder, disrupting an already volatile … 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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Amador Fernández-Savater: To rethink war

From Lobo Suelto! (15/03/2022) … To rethink war, what does it mean? To learn to look at the world strategically. The news, rights, the laws, the speeches, the images… To take them as operations, as forces (of occupation or resistance): … Continue reading

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The Invasion Of Ukraine: Anarchist Interventions And Geopolitical Changes

by Peter Gelderloos (It’s Going Down 14/03/2022) … The current war in Ukraine is difficult to grapple with and not only for those of us with friends and comrades who are over there, fighting or surviving, or who have already … Continue reading

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Russian Elite’s – You Occupy Ukraine, We Occupy You

From NFA Anti-fascists (14/03/2022) … We Are Anarchists. We Occupy this property in protest against Putin and his world. This mansion is owned by a Russian Oligarch, Complicit in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Do we need to remind you why … Continue reading

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Mike Davis: Thanatos Triumphant

From Side Car/New Left Review (07/03/2022). Does hegemony require a grand design? In a world where a thousand gilded oligarchs, billionaire sheiks, and Silicon deities rule the human future, we should not be surprised to discover that greed breeds reptilian … Continue reading

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Is pacifism a thing of the past?

A reflection on anti-militarist politics before nation state war, before the russian invasion of ukraine, by Àlex Guillamón, for El salto diario (09/03/2022). Whoever invented the term nation-state surely did not intend to describe reality so literally. But, certainly, today … Continue reading

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War in Ukraine: Ten Lessons from Syria

From the CrimethInc. collective (07/03/2022) … Syrian Exiles on How Their Experience Can Inform Resistance to the Invasion In March 2011, protests broke out in Syria against the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Assad turned the full power of the military against … Continue reading

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Noam Chomsky: US Military Escalation Against Russia Would Have No Victors

An interview with Noam Chomsky, by C.J. Polychroniou for Truthout (o1/03/2022). Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took much of the world by surprise. It is an unprovoked and unjustified attack that will go down in history as one of the major … Continue reading

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The View from Ukraine, the View from Russia

From the CrimethInc. collective (05/03/2022), an exile from Donbas and a protester in Russia tell their stories. To help people understand what is taking place in Ukraine and Russia, we present accounts from anarchists in both countries. In the first, … Continue reading

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