Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation 40th Anniversary

From ASF-IWA

In the late afternoon on the 27th of January in 1986, in the upstairs meeting room at (the original premises of) Jura Books in King St., Newtown, the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (ASF) was founded. Thus began the most significant, impactful and effective organisation in the history of anarchism in Australia.

Black Cat Cafe Book Project

From Faythe Levine

Do you remember the Black Cat Cafe? Do you have any memories big or small about eating a meal, volunteering, cooking, washing dishes, going to shows, attending organizing meetings? What about show and event flyers, recipes, or photos tucked away in your personal archives?

Two Forgotten Historians of American Anarchism

From Anarchistories by Tom Goyens

It is perhaps not surprising that before 1939, few serious studies on American anarchism by scholars outside the movement existed. By “serious,” I mean an effort to move beyond sensationalist accounts and a recognition that anarchism—its movement and its thought—deserves to be studied on its own terms. Not a single paper on anarchism was presented at the annual meetings of the American Historical Association during this period. The movement itself was in decline during the 1920s and 1930s, a development that certainly contributed to a broader climate of disinterest and amnesia. Yet even in this inhospitable intellectual landscape, several scholars—now entirely forgotten—made genuine attempts to treat anarchism with the rigor it deserved.

The Anarchist Blind Spot

From Anarchistories by Tom Goyens

The transformative “new social history” that emerged in the 1960s was a boon to the historical profession, especially for labor and immigrant history—two pillars essential to understanding anarchism in America. Yet, despite its potential, anarchism remained a marginal topic in the history writing of the 1960s and 1970s. The reasons for this neglect are as complex as the movement itself, shaped by ideological biases, linguistic barriers, and internal dynamics among anarchists.

Santiago, Chile: Barricades in Memory of the Anarchist Comrade Sebastián Oversluij

From Abolition Media

Hooded people set up barricades in Villa Portales in memory of the anarchist comrade Sebastián Oversluij on the verge of marking 12 years since his murder following an attempted expropriation of a bank branch in the commune of Pudahuel.

Alexis Grigoropoulos — One of Us

From Bentley

Seventeen years have passed since the murder of the anarchist student Alexis Grigoropoulos in Exarcheia by the cops Korkoneas and Saraliotis, at the intersection of Messolonghi and Tzavella. The location, as well as what happened in the following hours and days, was not coincidental. Already before the bloody night of December 6, 2008, Exarcheia was a reference point for all those who wanted to question authority and the apparent omnipotence of the state and capital. The countless clashes with the forces of repression at the Polytechnic, the square, at Messolonghi Square and in every corner of the neighbourhood, the squats, and all the social and class struggles that took place in Exarcheia together composed a mosaic of resistance and social anti-violence against the voracious engine of power that wants to destroy every dream and desire of those below. Thus, Alexis, a 15-year-old anarchist comrade, from a very young age sought the path of resistance in the narrow streets of Exarcheia, rejecting forever the path of inaction and passivity. Exarcheia generously gave him the stones, the bottles and the tools to do his part in the social and class war and to fight alongside the oppressed. And in this role he was murdered, as a fighter who already from his very young years had chosen the side of history that demands a world of equality, solidarity, the realm of societal revolution and anarchy.

Attacks on Grocery Chain in Memory of Comrade Kyriakos Ximitiris

From Abolition Media - Greece

On the 14th and 21st of October we placed incendiary devices at the entrance of Jumbo, in Kolonos and Maroussi respectively. With these actions we want to target this particular chain of stores for its timeless role as a labor warehouse and its choice to expand in the genocidal state of Israel.

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