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We Do Not Paint Our Hopes...

Capitalism’s grow-or-die imperative stands radically at odds with ecology’s imperative of interdependence and limit. The two imperatives can no longer coexist with each other; nor can any society founded on the myth that they can be reconciled hope to survive. Either we will establish an ecological society or society will go...

Maybe this isn't for everyone but I'm a fan of Umberto Eco and wanna recommend this.

So that this potentiality becomes realized, there needs to be a surplus and this surplus would need to be more than a simple reserve (of food, notably): a useful surplus is necessary to liberate a member of society from the obligation of producing for themselves, thus allowing this member to produce for other members. Work is a...

How would an anarchist society compare to statist and capitalist societies? It is apparent that hierarchical societies work well according to certain criteria. They tend to be extremely effective at conquering their neighbors and securing vast fortunes for their rulers. On the other hand, as climate change, food and water...

In this essay, we intend to analyze the connections between some fundamental anarchist principles — such as direct action, mutual support, self-determination, revolutionary violence — and initiatives in trans movements to depathologize transsexuality and oppose institutional violence. Far from assuming essentialisms...

Turns out the anarchists have a piece of theory larger than Capital. I haven't seen any of my comrades talk about this in any community. The writer has read Marx, Engels, and Lenin....

Warning: this book will not save your life...

These are incredibly important translations by an Armenian anarchist who wrote on WW1, the Russian Revolution, Tsarist ethnic cleansing of Kurds, the Armenian genocide, and even a proposal for a revolutionary “Free Army” (as opposed to Red or White).

Colin Ward, Naom Chomsky and David Graeber are my 3 favorite 'modern' anarchist writers. You've probably heard of the other 2, give Colin Ward a go too!

There is no single anarchist position, and many anarchists refuse to offer any proposal at all, arguing that if society liberates itself from State and capitalism, it will change organically, not on the lines of any blueprint. Besides, the attitude of policy, seeing the world from above and imposing changes, is inextricable from...

There weren't any videos today that I found especially interesting, so here's the full text of the public domain book "Anarchy", distributed by the Anarchist Library. It's not especially long, I'd say it's about an hour long read at most. Give it a read and feel free to discuss!

Oldie but goodie. A great intro to Anarchism imho.

The world is infinite, and so are we—no amount of living, no number or depth of interactions with others should be “enough” for any of us, just as no amount of interactions with a person you love will ever be “enough.” (To set borders on what another person can do or feel, as a condition for them to be able to receive...

Like many contemporary anarchists, many anarchists of the 19th and 20th centuries maintained relationships with multiple romantic partners, or were involved with partners who did. Just as it does today, this often precipitated gossip, heartache, jealousy, and interminable emotional processing. A complete history of anarchist...

The Couple splits us off from ourselves and the living web of relations, restricting care, material and emotional support, affection, and intimacy to this codependent unit. What we are calling ‘The Couple’ is only mutual control, management, and governance....

This is quite a long text, but you don’t need to read the chapters in order and each chapter is on a different urban experiment. It looks at “radical municipalism” or a communities taking back power of their city and rebuilding it into what they want to make of it. The rebel cities are:...

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Many prison reformists yearn for the end of imprisonment but find themselves confronted by questions which seem difficult to answer:...

Black and white drawing of a grpup of punks that looks like a book cover. The title is "Actually Stealing From Companies Is Okay" and the subtitle is "Making a case for workplace theft, shoplifting, looting, and other forms of taking stuff from businesses"

Workplace theft is the norm: your bosses are stealing from you every day. They’re living off your sweat. When you take money out of the register and put it into your pocket, that’s not workplace theft. That’s workplace justice.

This isn't any article in particular, but rather a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to research leftist theory, or improve their praxis....