America’s Forgotten Terrorists

America’s Forgotten Terrorists

From Shepherd Express by David Luhrssen

The Rise and Fall of the Galleanists, by Jeffrey D. Simon

At the turn of the 20th century, anarchist groups across the world waged war against not only corporations and governments but against the very idea of authority. In the U.S. many anarchists were led—and contradictions of leadership are always rife in anarchism—by a charismatic, cultivated Italian immigrant. He is forgotten today but was for many years the focus of police investigations and prosecutions across America. He was Luigi Galleani and his followers called themselves by his name.

The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground

The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground

From New York Times Magazine by Matthew Wolfe (behind a paywall)

This year, one of the last fugitives of the Earth Liberation Front pleaded guilty to arson — at a moment when climate activists are again flirting with radical ideas.

Fire Ant: Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity #13

Fire Ant: Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity #13

From Fire Ant

Fire Ant is a quarterly publication focused on spreading the words of anarchist prisoners and generating material solidarity for our imprisoned friends. Begun as a collaboration between anarchist prisoners and anarchists in Maine, Fire Ant seeks to raise material aid for anarchist prisoners while fostering communication between anarchists on both sides of the walls.

Part IV: In Defense of Anarchist “Sectarianism”

From Anarquia, translated by Act for freedom Now!

Note of ANARQUÍA: This is the fourth part of a series of articles by comrade Gustavo Rodriguez, in response to the critiques of Marxism and some anarchist individualities, who seek revolutionary unity and label those of us who do NOT forget the objective and the path we must create for anarchy as a sect.

Anarchist Anti-capitalism: Producing Vs. Authoring

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From Gods & Radicals Press by Mirna Wabi-Sabi

Anarchist anti-capitalist publishing is a legacy, a valuable resource passed on through generations, for approaching persistent global socioeconomic issues. Anarchist anti-capitalist writing has the power to form an undercurrent of public discourse which renders authority and force obsolete.

Demodernizing Anarchism

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From The Institute for Anarchist Studies by Jesse Cohn
May 5th, 2022

I should begin by acknowledging my positioning: I am writing as a white settler anarchist on land stolen from the Neshnabé (Potawatomi) in so-called Northwest Indiana, and I intend here to address mainly other settler anarchists of North America/Turtle Island.

June 11: “Like Mercury”

WRITE AN ANARCHIST PRISONER

Open Letter for Dan Baker, aka Alishare – from Toby Shone

Alishare, I heard your message of solidarity, thank you, it gave me strength. I would turn the energy with this open letter, and I hope to kick a brick from the walls. One more time. In a flurry of black feathers and lunar wisdom, a murder of crows delivered your statement and those wily crows told me about your situation in FCI Memphis.

‘I don’t want your progress! It tries to kill … me!’

Ecological anarchist and anti-extractivist struggle by Riona O’Regan

From Taylor & Francis Online by Alexander Dunlap

Full title: ‘I don’t want your progress! It tries to kill … me!’ Decolonial encounters and the anarchist critique of civilization

Where are green anarchist and anti-civilization thoughts in academia? This article offers an encounter between green anarchism and decolonial theory to demonstrate its relevance as an action-oriented practice carried out across the world by groups or individuals rejecting domination and subjugation by state, capital, and other forms of power.

TOTW: Mostly made of water

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We’re mostly made of water. This week we’re exploring anarchist ideas and their relationship to water. Is there such a thing? Do you have a relationship to water? Do you define it as such or something else? What is your anarchist hot take about water?

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