Bomb-ravaged town turns to memory of Ukrainian anarchist for inspiration
From The Telegraph UK
In Huliaipole, near the counter-offensive front line, a statue of freedom fighter Nestor Makhno is an emblem of hard-won defiance
From The Telegraph UK
In Huliaipole, near the counter-offensive front line, a statue of freedom fighter Nestor Makhno is an emblem of hard-won defiance
From The Atlas News
The ongoing Azerbaijani blockade of food, fuel, and medical supplies from reaching the Armenian statelet of Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, and home to around 120,000 people has today triggered the creation of a new anarchist group – Anarchist Artsakh.
From Freedom News UK
Just under a decade ago, Russell Brand was going through his revolutionary leftist phase and had gotten into anarchism, a topic which he characteristically used for the benefit of his own hype but which also prompted “interest” from the mainstream media.
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.
From The Collector by By Joseph T F Roberts, PhD Political Philosophy
Kropotkin is one of the most famous proponents of anarcho-communism. But what does that mean?
From Police Magazine
August 15, 2023
An investigation is underway after someone set two marked Asheville (NC) Police Department vehicles on fire early Monday, Aug. 14. The destroyed vehicles were not occupied at the time the attack.
During this time, an anarchist book fair was being hosted in Asheville, News 13 reports.
From Little | Bigger | Anarchism (Spotify link)
Original title: July 2023 By-Elections and Anarchy at the BBC #1: 'In Our Time' on Anarchism - July 2023
Exploring British politics from an anarchist perspective and discussing anarchist theory and practice with some awesome guests.
A large-scale meeting of international anarchists in Switzerland has disrupted the smooth running of the rail schedule by forcing the cancellation of several trains.
From swissinfo.ch
July 22, 2023
The sprawling five-day event involving thousands of anarchists has centered on the Swiss town of St Imier, but some participants have decided to camp too close for comfort to the railway tracks.
From Wired
The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots?
Police Officer In His Criminal Complaint Against Anarchists: “I Was Tripped Up By A Stranger And Then Kicked Two Or Three Times By Another…”
By Ana Horvat, Nova24TV
July 14, 2023
After a horde of anarchists from the Balkan Anarchist Book Fair destroyed private property and assaulted and beat several police officers last Saturday, one of the police officers filed a verbal criminal charge against the attackers. The police officer, who will not be named due to the protection of personal data, stated in his verbal criminal complaint that he had been harmed, and the verbal criminal complaint is, in fact, a proposal for prosecution.
From Movie Web by Jessica Brajer
If you're in the mood for a little anarchy, check out these hit movies.
From LSE Review of Books by Layla Saleh
Original title: Book Review: Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture by Kathy Ferguson
In Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture, Kathy Ferguson considers the ways in which printers bolstered anarchist movements across the US and UK from the late nineteenth century to the 1940s. More than just a means of spreading ideas, Ferguson posits printing, writing and reading as radical, creative acts essential to community-building within anarchist movements, writes Layla Saleh.
From NPR By Julian Hayda
How anarchist politics are factoring in Ukraine's fight against Russia.
From Washington Post
He knew none of his victims and struck unpredictably from coast to coast in seemingly random acts from 1978 to 1995, baffling law enforcement officers and gripping the country in a kind of menacing unease — until his capture in early 1996 in the remote mountains of Montana.
There, Ted Kaczynski, the scrawny, bearded anti-technology anarchist popularly known as the Unabomber, surrendered peaceably at the primitive plywood cabin he had called home for 25 years. He was escorted by federal agents through slushy snow down a backwoods road to the main highway and, ultimately, to prison for the rest of his life.
From Daily Mail
Full title: Spanish squatters target Brits' holiday homes: 'Anarchist manifesto' teaches gangs how to steal properties in the country where it typically takes 18 MONTHS to have them removed