Notes towards a Decolonial Anarchism for Creoles who are Neither Indigenous nor Settler

From The Commoner by Simoun Magsalin

In the archipelago so-called as the “Philippines,” the anarchism of the older milieu characterize their anarchism in terms of indigeneity and decoloniality. This milieu, represented by their foremost theorist Bas Umali, appropriate indigeneity and combines it with primitivism and deep ecology.

Philippines: Anti-Authoritarian Camp, Feb. 10-11

From Etniko Bandido (Instagram)
January 22, 2024

An Anti-Authoritarian camp this coming February 10-11, 2024 in Norzagaray, Bulacan.

This is to celebrate the 20 years relationship of the sister collective Food Not Bombs Baliuag and Food Not Bombs Sapangpalay.

Beehive Design Collective: Reportback from 2023 Asia Pacific tour

From Beehive Design Collective
August 14, 2023

From February until May 2023, our family of Bees went to the Asia Pacific region to tour with the Beehive’s True Cost of Coal and Mesoamérica Resiste graphics, inspiring discussions about the intersections of colonialism, resource extraction, corporate globalization, workers movements and climate change. All in all, we did over 100 presentations at 70 different events, including an 8,000-person electronic music festival, a buddhist temple, bookstores, occupations, street parties, community centres, conferences, cafes, protests and 12 different schools, from middle schools to universities in Aotearoa, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea and Japan.

Ponx Not Dead Book Project

We finally managed to independently published the Ponx Not Dead Book project. This is a commemorative, cause-driven and honoring initiatives for our late comrade Gutson Heyres aka Pong Para-atman Spongtanyo. A dedicated anarchist activist and artist who passed away last August 2020.

The content of the book is a collection of his art work, murals, photo collages, coloring book section and testimonial articles including the writings of Keith McHenry the co-founder of Food Not Bombs.

Graffiti in Memory of Jennifer Laude + Call to Action

From It's Going Down

Trans and queer anarchists in so-called southern New Jersey stand in solidarity with our siblings in the Philippines. We remember and lift up the memory of our international trans sister, Jennifer “Ganda” Laude, who was hate-crime murdered by U.S. Marine and transphobe Joseph Scott Pemberton on this day October 11, 2014. Pemberton poses a serious risk to communities everywhere as an “international pig” who got away with murder with the help of the U.S. military.

Abolition in the Philippines with The Dinner Party and family

From The Final Straw Radio

This week we’re sharing an interview that we conducted with anarchists and abolitionists mostly in and around Manila, the capital of the Philippines. You’ll hear from K, Honey, Adrienne, Castle, Magsalin and Raj. During the chat they share about their projects, discussions of abolitionism in the Philippines, decolonization discourse, informal organizing, accountability and challenging patriarchal dynamics in the traditional left and more.

Mobilisations of Philippines Anarchism

From The Commoner by Simoun Magsalin

Part I

The current Philippine anarchist milieu is a relatively recent phenomenon dating from the 1990s, but there have been precedents dating from the precolonial period before the arrival of the Spanish, the American colonial period, and the First Quarter Storm (the militant period before the Marcos Dictatorship). Despite the influences anarchism has had on the radical history of the Philippines, it remains an under-studied subject, especially in social movement studies. My objective with this article is twofold: (1) to locate the niche that Philippine anarchism occupies in the radical history of the country, and (2) to investigate the factors that have contributed to the mobilisation of Philippine anarchism and its precedents. Through this, I hope to provide a panoramic perspective on the place Philippine anarchism occupies in the radical history of the archipelago.

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