The Peer Review #2: Ten Theses on Science and Radicalism

From libcom.org

Issue #2 of The Peer Review, a zine dedicated to the intersection of anarchism, science, and philosophy. This issue addresses the anti-science sentiment that has arisen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

France: Black Out. Controversy about meaning and efficiency of sabotage

Via Dark Nights

What strategies emerge when we separate or combine anarchist, ecologist and techno-critical perspectives? How do these strategies integrate a now-decisive element : the war in Europe, which will guide and harden the grip of states on their populations.

An open letter to our anarchist, socialist and radical leftist comrades

From Freedom News UK

Dear comrades: We think you may have forgotten about us. Or, at the very least, you are trying to. The new normal in society at large excludes many people, among them some of your comrades: us. Need we remind you that disabled and chronically ill people can be radical leftists?

Taking Notes: Old Age, Pandemic, and the Anarchist Movement

From Todo Por Hacer, English translation by Anarchist News

By Juan Cruz López

[T]he silence of the anarchist militancy [...] in the face of the murder of thousands of elderly men and women neglected in their residences, victims of the infamous sanitary protocols and the gerontocidal strategy adopted by the different administrations to resolve the situation of stressed health resources, speaks clearly of how ageism has permeated our belief system, showing the insufficiency of our social analysis and evidencing the narrowness, not only of our political autonomy, but of our ability to intervene in a situation of multifactorial crisis (something that, at the very least, should make us rethink the essentialist strategies that lead to the isolation of our movement and its members).

An Anarchist Rejection of the Covid Culture War

From It's Going Down by anonymous

At the beginning of the pandemic the state claimed masks were futile, but this was due to shortage and the government’s refusal to regulate the free market to ease the pain of the pandemic. Once companies managed to catch up with demand, the narrative changed. Many people likely died unnecessarily as a result of this.

International Anarchist Statement on Covid 19 Pandemic

from Anarkismo

Our ideas are based on the basic organised anarchism principles of self-organisation, solidarity and mutual aid. We don’t need the government to tell us what to do, nor do we have to go against our own common sense just because the government wants to keep the economy going. Of course, it is hard for people to do what is best when they are in precarious positions at work. This is why class organisation and struggle is a vital element in any strategy.

When Cutting Class Is a Matter of Life and Death

from CrimethInc.

The Political Horizon of the Student Walkouts

As anarchists, we will always stand with students when they walk out of their classrooms and with workers when they walk off of their jobs. We want everyone to have safer conditions with ample masks, tests, and space—but above all, we believe that students, like workers, should always be the ones to decide where, when, how, and whether to study or work.

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