Negativity and positivity in anarchism

From Freedom News UK by Tomás Ibáñez, originally published at Redes Libertarias

Negativity and positivity in anarchism: An inextricable but contradictory duality

My initial purpose was to reflect on the unavoidable, and often undervalued, negative dimension of anarchism—but I soon realised this forced me to leave aside its entire positive aspect

Book Review: Safety Through Solidarity

From Freedom News UK by Jay Arachnid

Poor timing or perfect timing? Re-centring American Jewish voices crying out against the weaponisation of Jewish trauma by extremist right-wing/quasi-fascist Israeli politicians while at the same time deflecting and minimising the homicidal oppression of Palestinians (and now Lebanese)? I ordered this book prior to the audacious October 7 Hamas attacks; the authors had to scramble to incorporate something about it in their introduction and toward the end of the text.

Blackbird: A howl of protest from Hong Kong anarchists

From Freedom News UK

In Hong Kong, recent events such as the 2019 Anti-Extradition Bill Protests represent young Hong Kongers’ will to protect their freedoms — but during the 1980s and 1990s, the indie band Blackbird (黑鳥) offered a much more radical proposition. Influenced by the student movements in 1968, this group of Hong Kong anarchists and libertarians were actively working together to respond to public issues such as colonial politics, capitalist economy, the establishment, people’s unfreedoms and Communist China.

Report from Freedom Fighters 16

From Freedom News UK

The anti-fascist combat sports tournament took place in Poznań, Poland

~ Czech Anarchist Federation members ~

“You give a front, back, shovel hook to the liver and then a strong low-kick” was one of the basic combinations that we drilled together with our comrades until we were completely crazy — the goal was to memorise it so much that if we woke each other up in the middle of the night , we would handle it completely automatically.

Flowers and fire: Trans anarchism in 2024

From Freedom News UK

What does it mean to be a trans anarchist at this point in the 21st century? What does it mean to be a white working class English trans person living in relative security in London at this point of the global climate catastrophe, where wars rage across continents, where the police force of the rogue superpower USA kills black children with impunity whilst another rogue state armed by that superpower kills Palestinian children with impunity?

Reflections on organising anarchist conferences

From Freedom News UK

The eighth biennial Anarchist Studies Network Conference is approaching and I thought it might be good to reflect on the way the conference is organised, both for the purposes of transparency and (hopefully) to get everyone excited about attending.

A prisons crisis, or an opportunity?

From Freedom News UK

One of the more vexed questions in anarchist theory is “what do we do with all the criminals?” It’s had many different answers on offer over the years, from Kropotkin’s views on the roots of anti-social acts and possibilities for community rehabilitation, to modern ideas for non-”carceral” (locking people up) approaches to harm.

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