The Dandelion Gatherers: On Italian-American Foodways, Anarchism, & Assimilation

From Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness

The Dandelion Gatherers is a historical exploration of Italian American foodways, anarchism, and assimilation through folklore, newspaper stories, and accounts of women who gathered dandelions by the roadside.

Anarchists in the Labor Movement #6 – Restaurants

From Black Rose Anarchist Federation

This is the sixth installment in our Anarchists in the Labor Movement series. Click through the links to read installment #1 with an education worker, #2 with healthcare workers, #3 with a metal worker, #4 with a public librarian, and #5 with a public school teacher.

Existence # 2/2023

From Anarchistická federace
October 17, 2023

In the autumn issue of the anarchist review Existence we decided to devote ourselves to a seemingly mundane topic – food. However, when we will take a closer look at food, we will find out that it has a huge range of dimensions. It’is surprising that it’s not more reflected in anarchist theory. We take food for granted a bit too much, but for many people in the world, even in the Western world, it isn’t. Therefore, food is viewed from many perspectives throughout the Existence.

This 1960s Anarchist Group Believed Food Should Be Free

From Atlas Obscura

In 1968, the poet Diane di Prima moved from New York to San Francisco. She wanted to work with the Diggers, self-identified community anarchists who performed street theater and organized mutual aid projects, from free stores to free housing to the dissemination of produce, hot meals, and bread.

TOTW: Dinner and a Movie

After some years thinking about this, it seems to me like most people enjoy dinner. I’ve also discovered that a lot of them tend to like pictures that move …moving pictures, “movies.” The social sciences suggest that human beings have been doing something like the two things together for a while. Creating and consuming food while creating and consuming passive entertainment. 

What is Anaculture?

From Sabot Media

Anaculture is a method by which we can abolish the State and implement a gift economy based on self-determination, horizontality, mutual aid, and solidarity. One where people contribute what work they can, doing what they are passionate about, and share in the more mundane responsibilities of the community. As anarchist our understanding of freedom is that it is a process that people engage in together. We believe that rigid laws actually undermine our freedom, and therefore don’t aspire to the creation or worship of canonical texts.

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