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Author: Spencer BeswickTitle: From the Ashes of the OldSubtitle: Anarchism Reborn in a Counterrevolutionary Age (1970s-1990s)Date: 2022Notes: Author website: <emptyhandshistory.com>Source: Anarchist Studies (London), Vol. 30, Iss. 2, (2022): 31–54. ISSN 2633 8270. <doi.org/10.3898/AS.30.2.02> Abstract After almost a century of Marxist predominance, how did anarchism develop from a marginal phenomenon into a force at the centre of the anti-globalisation movement? This article explores how anarchism...

Author: L’Espagne NouvelleTitle: Durruti on the militarisation decreeDate: November 1936Notes: Published in L’Espagne Nouvelle. Translated by Chuck Morse.Source: Durruti in the Spanish Revolution by Abel Paz. Forced to choose between submitting to the new law or laying down their arms and leaving the militias, most of the fighters will refuse to do either. They believe that either option would be destructive to the revolution...

Author: Benjamin TuckerTitle: Liberty Vol. V. No. 10.Subtitle: Not the Daughter but the Mother of OrderDate: December 17, 1887Notes: Whole No. 114. — Many thanks to www.readliberty.org for the readily-available transcription and www.libertarian-labyrinth.org for the original scans.Source: Retrieved on March 27, 2023 from http://www.readliberty.org “For always in thine eyes, O Liberty! Shines that high light whereby the world is saved; And though thou slay...

Author: E. H. HeywoodTitle: The Labor PartySubtitle: An address delivered before the Labor Reform League, of Worcester, Mass., at its first public meeting, in Horticultural Hall, Monday evening, Jan. 20, 1868Date: 1868Source: Retrieved on March 28, 2025 from https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008896519 MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :— Having met to initiate organized effort in behalf of labor reform, it is proper to explain the reasons which...

Author: Pedro Morais, Peter Gelderloos, other participantsTitle: ‘The Temple Was Built Before the City’Date: 2021Notes: This edition to supplement Return Fire vol.6 chap.7 & 8 (winter 2024–2025) PDFs of this & all other Return Fire magazines & supplements can be read, downloaded & printed from returnfire.noblogs.org Note from Return Fire: What follows is a transcription from a recording (contributed to us recently by a...

Author: Johann MostTitle: On the heretic — trial against MostDate: 1878Notes: In January 1878, Most was tried for “blasphemy” and “insulting the entire clergy.”Source: Retrieved on March 26, 2025 from https://www.anarchismus.at/anarchistische-klassiker/johann-most/22-zum-ketzer-prozess-wider-most-1878 (Defense speech of the defendant) Gentlemen! If one has read the pompous announcements in the official newspapers of the time when this trial was brought, one will certainly be very astonished today to...

Author: Johann MostTitle: The VegetarianDate: 1875Source: Retrieved on March 26, 2025 from https://www.anarchismus.at/anarchistische-klassiker/johann-most/7272-johann-most-die-vegetarianer A small sect of comical enthusiasts lets its little light shine here and there to show poor, misguided humanity the way that leads to where coolies and Hindus have long since arrived; and to give the matter a learned air, its believers call themselves “vegetarians.” It certainly doesn’t occur to me...

Author: AnonymousTitle: Why am I not allowed to own a Canadian?Date: 2010sNotes: Laura Schlessinger is a US radio host who gives advice to people who call in to her show. Recently, she stated, as a devout Christian, that homosexuality cannot be condoned under any circumstances, as it is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22. The following text is an open letter from a US...

Author: FangTitle: Is the Koran the same as “Mein Kampf”?Subtitle: Mahmud Taha: The example of a libertarian interpretation of the QuranDate: 2001Notes: Published in Graswurzelrevolution Nr. 263, November 2001.Source: Retrieved on March 26, 2025 from https://www.anarchismus.at/religionskritik/islam-und-islamismus/6508-mahmud-taha-beispiel-einer-libertaeren-koran-interpretation War is a teacher, but in a completely different sense than the war supporters hoped for: it divides the ranks within the former left. In times of war,...

Author: taller ahuehueteTitle: Capital and the CoyoteSubtitle: The Land of the Free and the Home of the BraveDate: July 13th, 2022Source: https://ahuehuete.substack.com/p/coyote The entrance into the land of the free is, naturally, not free of charge. The criteria vary vastly. It would not be far-fetched to claim that, when it comes to some aspirants, fine print materializes from thin air under each condition onto...

Author: Mark Van SteenwykTitle: Inbreaking Unkingdom of GodSubtitle: A Primer on Christian Anarchism, Part 5Date: 2012Source: Retrieved on March 26, 2025 from https://www.jesusradicals.com/blog-archives-2005---2017/inbreaking-unkingdom-of-god-a-primer-on-christian-anarchism-part-5 There is a very real temptation, when exploring the intersection of Christianity and anarchism to simply force one category into the other. I see this all the time. There are those who simply believe that their Christian tradition is so inherently...

Author: Mark Van SteenwykTitle: TensionsSubtitle: A Primer on Christian Anarchism, Part 4Date: 2012Source: Retrieved on March 26, 2025 from https://www.jesusradicals.com/blog-archives-2005---2017/tensions-a-primer-on-christian-anarchism-part-4 In working through this series (where I’ve oh-so-briefly explored the complementarity of the way of Jesus and anarchism and the way the anarchic impulse has been expressed in Christian scriptures and history), I’ve realized a few things. Firstly, so much more work needs to...

Author: Mark Van SteenwykTitle: Anarchist Threads in ScriptureSubtitle: A Primer on Christian Anarchism, Part 3Date: 2011Source: Retrieved on March 26, 2025 from https://www.jesusradicals.com/blog-archives-2005---2017/anarchist-threads-in-scripture-a-primer-on-christian-anarchism-part-3 For most Christians, there is one big reason for rejecting anarchism: it isn’t biblical. Or is it? A superficial reading of the Bible reveals a God who thinks of himself as a sort of Warrior King, who sanctions state-enacted genocide, and...

Author: Mauro MarioTitle: Religion and politicsDate: 1957Notes: A pamphlet from the Argentine anarcho-communist organization FORA (Fifth Congress) Introduction The FORA, fulfilling a long-cherished desire to expand its propaganda to a deeper and more fruitful level, publishes this first Pamphlet, a collaboration with Comrade Mauro Mario, addressing an inexhaustible and ever-interesting topic, Religion and Politics. If we consider that the dissemination of our propaganda on...

Author: Martin SostreTitle: Martin Luther King Was A LawbreakerSubtitle: A Tribute to his Memory on the Second Anniversary of his MurderDate: 1970Notes: Special Supplement, April 1970, Black NewsSource: https://www.martinsostre.com/archive A Note on Black News Black News was a newspaper edited and published by Martin Sostre from Wallkill Prison in 1970, with logistical support from the Workers World Party (WWP). Sostre intended the paper to...

Author: Valerie DavidsonTitle: Urbanity Without CivilizationSubtitle: An Informal Vision of Post-Left GeographyDate: March 26, 2025Source: Retrieved on March 26, 2025 from postgeography.wordpress.com Introduction The notion of urbanity we reckon with is one that is, in many ways, determined by neoliberalism, by planners, geographers, and enthusiasts who have a vision of the world that is defined by the ways industries use space, whether or not...

Author: Mark Van SteenwykTitle: Anarchist Threads in Church HistorySubtitle: A Primer on Christian Anarchism, Part 2Date: 2011Source: Retrieved on March 26, 2025 from https://www.jesusradicals.com/blog-archives-2005---2017/anarchist-threads-in-church-history-a-primer-on-christian-anarchism-part-2 In my previous article, I tried to offer some introductory definitions of “anarchism” and “Christianity”–which are both too complex to define. This, therefore, presents some challenges in presenting a simple description to “Christian anarchism.” In part two, I’ll briefly trace...

Author: Mark Van SteenwykTitle: A Divine ImpossibilitySubtitle: A Primer on Christian AnarchismDate: 2011Source: Retrieved on March 26, 2025 from https://www.jesusradicals.com/blog-archives-2005---2017/a-divine-impossibility-a-primer-on-christian-anarchism Generally, Jesus Radicals exists to explore the intersection of Christianity and anarchism. Most people think such a combination is an impossibility (or a delusion). It would be a mistake to suggest that bringing the two together is mere novelty. Most of the negative reactions...

Author: Joanna ShenkTitle: On Practicing a Mystical Anarchist EthicDate: 2017Notes: Sermon preached at First Mennonite Church of San Francisco and originally posted at Radical Discipleship.Source: Retrieved on March 26, 2025 from https://www.jesusradicals.com/blog-archives-2005---2017/on-practicing-a-mystical-anarchist-ethic Isaiah 58:1–12 When my older brother went to college, I remember being taken aback when he said his roommate’s mom was an anarchist. I felt so sorry for his roommate and figured...

Author: Gaston LevalTitle: Libertarian Socialist! Why?Date: 1956Source: Retrieved on March 25, 2025 from https://www.libertarian-labyrinth.org/working-translations/gaston-leval-libertarian-socialist-why-1956-2/ For the series of publications that he envisions, Louis Louvet has asked me to write about the aims of the Libertarian Socialist Group and the movement that we are striving to establish. I begin this work by noting that I necessarily orient my presentation by taking into account the fact...

Author: Mark AntliffTitle: Review of Militant Anti-Fascism: A Hundred Years of ResistanceDate: February 2024Source: Retrieved on March 23 2025 from https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/adcs/article/view/22195/10130 M. Testa’s (a pseudonym) Militant Anti-Fascism: A Hundred Years of Resistance is a rare thing, an historical overview of a dimension of European antifascism written specifically with activists in mind. It is a book that will both educate and in some instances inspire...

Author: Ba JinTitle: IWW and Chinese WorkersDate: 1921Notes: First published in Banyue No. 21, Chengdu, June 21, 1921. Even though we currently spread our rhetoric about the “labor movement,” what relevance does it ultimately have for Chinese workers? We proclaim that “labor is sacred,” but workers have never been happy about it. For some years now, the words “May Day Festival” have become familiar...

Author: AnonymousTitle: Radical antinatalism manifestoSubtitle: On the Helsinki sperm bank attackDate: 2024Source: https://antinatal.org/ Our world is full of suffering, inequality and environmental disasters. Is life really an unconditional good that should be passed on to one and all? If you create a new sentient (capable of suffering) being — they will definitely experience suffering: at least because of increasing global warming, disease and complexity;...

Author: Ferdinand Domela NieuwenhuisTitle: Is atheism immoral?Source: Retrieved on March 22, 2025 from https://www.anarchisme.nl/namespace/is_het_atheisme_onzedelijk A frequent accusation that is brought against atheism is that it is immoral. The reasoning underlying this accusation is this: Without religion there can be no morality and therefore where atheism has broken with all religion, morality has been undermined to collapse completely. But where is the proof? People simply...