BASTARD Conference 2023

The Berkeley Anarchist Study Group will present the 2023 BASTARD Conference on Saturday, November 11th at the Omni Commons (4799 Shattuck Ave in Oakland). BASTARD is an annual gathering of presentations and conversations about anarchy. It functions as a setting for participants in the study group along with friends and accomplices to share their reflections on the beautiful idea. It also serves as a place for anarchists to encounter each other amidst the ruins, with a view towards new friendships and endeavors.

tranarchy in middleton hills

"many blame queers for the decline of this society— we take pride in this. some believe that we intend to shred-to-bits this civilization and its moral fabric—they couldn't be more accurate. we're often described as depraved, decadent, and revolting—but oh, they ain't seen nothing yet." - be gay do crime

We can’t afford to remain silent

From 161 Crew

Interview with an Israeli anarchist

Situation in Gaza Strip is getting more catastrophic every day. In our attempt to better understand the situation in the region , we made an interview with an Israeli anarchist. We talk about the modern anarchist movement, the Israeli occupation of Palestine, resistance against it and prospects for the future.

Mari Luz Braojos, historical figure and exemplary CGT activist, dies

From En Clase
October 16, 2023

Mari Luz Braojos, the first woman to hold the position of Secretary General of the Local Federation of Granada of the CGT and one of the first at the national level, has died. In the early hours of today, according to her relatives, Mari Luz Braojos, a historical figure of the CGT in Granada, and the first woman to hold the position of General Secretary in Spain, has died.

Anarchist Lev Skoryakin kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan

Lev Skoryakin

In night between 16th and 17th of October in Bishkek, according to DOXA, unknown people kidnapped activist of Left Bloc, anarchist Lev Skoryakin. Lawyers do not know about his whereabouts. In Russia, Skoryakin is accused of ”hooliganism with weapons”, due to action against a FSB office in the South-West of Moscow with another activist of the Left Bloc Ruslan Abasov. Skoryakin and Abasov were holding banners and burning flares at the office. They were remanded to Butyrka prison of Moscow but released court pending, and they escaped Russia. Skoryakin was arrested in absence in February 2022, and arrest warrant was issued in April of 2022.

S1E93 - Last Born in the Wilderness on Anarchist Public Health

From Live Like the World is Dying

This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Margaret and Patrick talk a lot about covid, public health, the role of anarchism in public health, and the weirdly similar origins of the names of two projects.

Conflicts and anarchists

Conflicts and anarchists

From Pramen

We were prompted to write this critical text by a situation that happened recently in social networks. In brief: we were invited to an anarchist group, where there was a person X., who was responsible for some pretty big problems within the anarchist movement. As a result of a conversation about X. we were removed from the chat room because we were considered to be engaging in “policing” and “blackmail”.

Voices from the Front Line Against the Occupation

Voices from the Front Line Against the Occupation

From Black Rose Anarchist Federation, by Black Rose / Rosa Negra – International Relations Committee (IRC)

Original title: Voices from the Front Line Against the Occupation: Interview with Palestinian Anarchists

In this new, even more horrifying phase of the 75 year long occupation of Palestine by Israel, it is important to give a platform to Palestinians struggling against ethnic cleansing.

Biographies of Anarchist Fighters of Iran’s Geography

From The Federation of Anarchism Era
September-October, 2023

Biography of Anarchist Fighters of Iran’s Geography (No. 1)

I was born in 2004. Like many other comrades, I don’t know in which hospital I was born. But the hellish city where I grew up is clipped to Khuzestan province. Like my other comrades, my first prison was family, and I learned the struggle bit by bit from there. My uncle killed my older sister, and no different fate than that was imaginable for me.

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