ELENA PURGATORIO; OR, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GALLEANISTI

From The Transmetropolitan Review

Like most anarchist women, we know very little about Elena Purgatorio. She was born Elena Alfonsi on August 4, 1891 in the ancient town of Gualdo Tadino, nestled beneath the Perugian mountains in the center of the Italian peninsula. Along with thousands of others, Elena left Italy and immigrated across the Atlantic to the US, registering under her birth name at Ellis Island, New York on August 17, 1907. She was sixteen years old, and seemingly alone.

Boundless Conformity

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Social Democracy had decayed, said Walter Benjamin in his 1940 essay “On the Concept
of History,” without the expectation that revolution would make “the continuum of history explode.” Already, within three decades, Social Democrats had managed virtually to erase the name of Blanqui, associated as it was with insurrection, “though it had been the rallying sound that had reverberated through the 19th century.”

Finding God in Punk Anarchism: Life in a gnostic underground

From Commonweal (February 2024 issue)
By Aaron Lake Smith
January 30, 2024

I sought and found the Holy Spirit elsewhere, in punk music, which quickly led to anarchist hardcore music, radical politics, rioting, rallies, and trips across the world to disrupt World Economic Forum meetings. The anti-globalization movement was in full swing at the time. I embraced this world based on gut emotions, rather than sustained study of all the Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn books we shoplifted from Barnes & Noble.

Biography of Anarchist Fighters of Iran’s Geography (No. 9)

From The Federation of Anarchism Era
December 20, 2023

I was born in 2003. The ups and downs of my life have not been like those of other comrades. However, the pain of others has bothered me since my school days. Whenever I asked my family, they said to mind my business. But, how was it that I was in a warm dress in winter, and I saw many people on the street looking for a piece of bread in the trash cans in the coldest time of the year?

The Amazon Libertarian Culture Center is the target of a fascist attack in Pará

From Centro de Cultura Libertária da Amazônia
January 17, 2024

On January 14th, in the early evening, a group of fascists/neo-Nazis carried out an attack at the end of an activity at the Centro de Cultura Libertária da Amazônia (CCLA) in the center of the city of Belém do Pará. Armed with fireworks, in a black car with license plates protected by cardboard, dropped bombs on our headquarters.

Connecting anarchist struggles

Connecting anarchist struggles

From re-fuse 2024 dot org

The world is on fire. War and capitalism have been heading towards total collapse for decades while climate change is destroying the livelihood of millions of people. Although solutions are known, our current system stands in the way of a future of solidarity and a society that is oriented towards the needs of all, lets us live as equals among equals and puts an end to the overexploitation of the planet.

Colin Ward: Everyday Anarchy, the documentary

From Freedom News UK

Colin Ward was far from the stereotype of the black-masked, bomb-throwing anarchist, yet until his death in 2010, he was the foremost writer – and one of the greatest thinkers – of what remains a misunderstood philosophy, but one that has a profound relevance for us today.

Jaime (Jacques) Serra (1915-2023)

From Le CIRA de Marseille
January 12, 2024

On September 26, 2023, Jacques Serra, the oldest member of CIRA, celebrated his 108th birthday. He passed away some time later, surrounded by his family, on November 4, 2023. One of the last protagonists of the Spanish Libertarian Revolution has passed away.

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