UMMA exhibit outlines history of protests, anarchism and political dissent in America

From The Michigan Daily by Audrey Shabelski

About 150 Ann Arbor community members gathered at the University of Michigan Museum of Art Saturday evening to hear a discussion between Julie Herrada, the curator of the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, and Julie Ault, a writer and artist specializing in the retellings of history. They detailed their collaboration on the new exhibit, “American Sampler: Activating the Archive.”

Back to Basics: 325 and the Renewed Critique of Technological Civilisation

From Global Network on Extremism and Technology by Mauro Lubrano

This Insight examines the return of 325, an insurrectionary anarchist zine, and the renewed prominence of anti-technology positions in its 13th issue, titled “Back to Basics.” This 76-page-long document, originally released in March 2025 with the PDF online version circulating later in September, articulates a worldview that regards advanced technologies not as neutral tools but as a totalising system of domination, a “mega-machine” that both enslaves and alienates. This framing has increasingly tangible consequences as similar narratives appear in communiqués claiming attacks on technology-related infrastructure and supply chains. The current trajectory of insurrectionary anarchist anti-tech discourse and practice reflects a deeper unease with the accelerating pace of technological change that intersects with pre-existing anarchist, primitivist, and eco-extremist traditions.

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