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“We are not afraid of ruins!” – Têkoşîna Anarşîst | Statement
4th December 2024

More than five years ago SDF brought the caliphate of ISIS to an end. Now, with the new offensive of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, we risk a…

The Dominican Situation | International
12th November 2024

At 1 PM on August 2, 2024, a fairly large, angry crowd in black uniforms belonging to an ultraconservative organization known as the Old Dominican Order…

What does Trump’s Presidency Mean for Rojava? | Opinion
7th November 2024

An anonomous comrade who has lived in The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) for a number of years, gives us their analysis of…

It All Goes or It All Stays The Same | Spindrift
7th November 2024

It is difficult to get a full view of a monster from up close. The connection between the claws and teeth and hooves and tail are obscured by the sheer immensity of the thing. All we can observe are the discrete violences waged by the various pieces that make up the monster. But the monster is so much more than a series of discreet phenomena.

Valencia floods: People power vs governmental disaster | Current Events
3rd November 2024

The Valencian regional government, led by the right-wing president Carlos Mazón, failed to provide an effective or prompt response.

Union Versus Menegement – Joseph Edwards | Theory and Analysis
1st November 2024

The reason why I think trade-union representation should do these things is because basically a union is a political organization, and in truth and in fact Africans and other Black people in these times cannot afford the luxury of any special organization for any special purpose.

Anarchism and the Labor Struggle Today | Spindrift
31st October 2024

When I first started my journey as an anarchist, I was incredibly privileged in both my environment and upbringing. I had grown up in a very…

Rojava Dispatches | International
25th October 2024

On Wednesday 23 October, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Russia to attend the BRICS summit, there was a deadly attack on the Turkish aerospace…

Gustavo Gutiérrez: ‘Father of Liberation Theology’ Dead at Age 96 | Memoria
24th October 2024

Gustavo Gutiérrez, Radical priest, towering prophet, has left us. His Liberation Theology, a slap in the face of church complacency, drew the wrath of the Vatican…

British Anarchism in Decline/Renewal (delete as appropriate) | Spindrift
23rd October 2024

Its very easy to feel as though anarchism is in decline. What we hardly ever discuss is what success looks like. Maybe it’s a bit too…

Bristol Anarchist Bookfair | Announcements
21st October 2024

“And this is just the beginning… Join us for A Mini Anarchist Bookfair on 24th November! We are pleased to be back at The Exchange with…

Zapatista Call for International Meetings | International
18th October 2024

The Assembly of Collectives of Zapatista Autonomous Governments (ACEGAZ), the Zapatista communities and the EZLN call on all people, groups, collectives, organizations, movements and indigenous peoples who have signed the so-called Declaration for Life, to the International Meetings of Rebellions and Resistances

Anarchism in the Mainstream | Spindrift
17th October 2024

... who can blame people for not immediately linking a basic human practice that anarchists call mutual aid with this particular politics, given how universal it is?

Anarchism’s Least Wanted: Organizing In conservative Regions | Spindrift
1st October 2024

This essay is dedicated to all those who say to us “Why bother? It’s hopeless. Just move away to a more progressive state.”

Organise Developments into 2025| Editorial
16th September 2024

Hello subscribers, readers, everyone, apologies that it's been some time since we gave a general update and have in fact quite quiet in general. Hopefully the following addresses the reasons why and what we intend to do about it.

New Ways To Nurture Fire | Theory
6th September 2024

A few months ago, I came across a funny anecdote in this article summarising police surveillance against Black Anarchist jailhouse lawyer and radical educator, Martin Sostre…

Hull: Standing Against Hate | Reportback
3rd September 2024

After the chaos of the racist rally-turned-riot on Saturday 3rd August, further action had to be organised. Us anti-fascists were heavily outnumbered and had to flee,…

Preston: A Day Out at the Protest | Reportback
5th August 2024

Protests are not always this light, and not everyone will have had such a positive experience this Saturday. Our intention is to show that activism can be a productive and joyful experience in these contested times

Hull: Countering the Far Right | Reportback
5th August 2024

"... The organisers wanted to achieve an obviously Right-wing, but dignified protest ... they ended up on drunken, deranged riots, causing a lot of damage to the city that won’t disappear quickly. I think most of the general population are afraid and horrified."

Spain: Liberal Gay bosses threaten lawsuit against Queer Anarchists | International
1st August 2024

Trans and queer squatters, along with a radical grassroots radio station, are being threatened with a civil lawsuit and criminal charges by politically connected liberal gays…

ABRA Social Centre of Cuba | Solidarity
26th July 2024

From Cuba companions of the ABRA social center send us a message to request solidarity support from international anarchism to condition their premises and be able…

Everything to Play For | Review
17th July 2024

Marijam Didžgalvytė (Marijam Did) has a book coming out in Autumn called Everything to Play For, How Videogames are Changing the World (EPF). I was one…

Be Brave. Don’t Vote. Revolt | Opinion
2nd July 2024

I want you to know, it’s OK to vote, we need to stop shaming each other for such tacit involvement in in the electoral state, we’re all at different points along the journey

Raw Injustice | Current Events
1st July 2024

The future of this planet cannot be secured at the expense of fellow workers. It is secured by the holistic and global end of growth capitalism, profiteering, and industrial recklessness.

Tax Riots in Kenya | International
28th June 2024

At least 200 people have been injured, there have been at least 100 arrests and one protester has been murdered by the police following demonstrations against president William Ruto’s tax increases.

Gaza Aid Direct | Mutual Aid
15th May 2024

When discussing the on-going situation in Palestine we are often asked “What can I do?” and “Who would you suggest I give aid too?”. Our answer…

Encampment | Opinion
6th May 2024

You never forget your first police violence. Some of us, we grown up with the boot tight on our throat, casually accepting the daily PMCs and…

April Fools 2024 | Report
1st April 2024

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What Solution for Palestine? | International
13th March 2024

There is just no escaping the absolute inadequacy of statism and nationalism for resolving questions of social justice. Here the Anarchist tradition has an old proposal that looks much more promising.

An occupied house is an enchanted house | International
23rd February 2024

In 2020, a record number of around 100,000 people6 lived in occupations in Belo Horizonte alone and the state of Minas Gerais had the second largest housing deficit in the country, with 500,000 homeless families.

The trouble with “any other minority” | Opinion
16th February 2024

This denial undermines solidarity and risks pushing trans people who aren’t white and able-bodied out of trans liberation movement spaces.

The Man Came Around | Review
26th January 2024

The Man Came Around is a game of complex moral decisions, where you attempt to navigate across a militarised border with a group of people fleeing an authoritarian regime. Organise sat down with its developer, Thierry, to talk about indie game creation, the game, and the all-too-real politics and events that inspired it.

Means and Ends | Review
4th October 2023

Means and Ends is as robust as its research and the argumentation is as clear as the general prose styling.

Toby Shone – Recalled To Prison | International
21st September 2023

On the morning of 19 September 2023, he was driving to an appointment with his probation officer when he was pulled over and arrested by an armed police unit in-between the Forest of Dean and Gloucester.

How Britain Enabled Genocide | International
8th September 2023

Every genocide in history has had its foreign backers and profiteers. Prince Andrew, BP and the Tories of the APPGA should rightfully be seen no differently than the fascist sympathisers, industrialists and aristocrats that supported the Nazis.

A Wall Is Just A Wall, It Can Be Destroyed | International
25th August 2023

Resistance also occurs in a form that is not at all confrontational, or in a very passive way. This is for example by pretending not to hear calls or orders, or pretending not to see officers present. Prison life is, in places, like a cat and mouse hide and seek.

Dispatch from Khartoum #12 | International
23rd August 2023

"... The electricity and water supply line has been disrupted since last Saturday due to artillery shelling, and the maintenance crew has been prevented by the Rapid Support militia and the army militia.

Learning from the Flames | St. Elmo’s Ire
11th August 2023

In response, thousands of people in the outlying banlieues of Paris and other French cities engaged in several days of pitched revolt..

Justice for Nahel | France
1st July 2023

The police kill and the justice system is complicit. The suburbs are veritable laboratories for state violence and outright racism, where people live under the constant watch of the police, who indulge in the worst acts with complete impunity.

The Chef’s Putsch | Russia
26th June 2023

Putin's regime is so repugnant that, on balance, any movement toward change is welcome. But one must realise that many of the possible scenarios are even darker than they are now. And some kind of anarchist scenario would be hypothetically possible only by our efforts. In such cases, the partisan response is to say: “Nobody but us”.