by Black Rose/Rosa Negra NYC Local The explosive revolt following the murders of George Floyd, Raynard Brooks, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Loreal Tsingine and Chantel Moore laid bare the collective anger that’s been simmering just below the surface in a U.S. society founded on white supremacy and a […]
by Hawzhin Azeez In the last week, we have seen another horrific case of police brutality emerge in the United States with the senseless murder of George Floyd. Following inadequate police response public outrage ensued as the four police officers responsible were only ‘fired’ without further consequence. Mass […]
by Joel Olsen/Black Rose Anarchist Federation The following commentary is from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation. This now classic essay by the late Joel Olson (1967-2012) reflects on the state of US anarchist milieu from the 1990’s through the 2000’s. Olson was a long time anarchist writer, organizer, political […]
by Simoun Magsalin of Bandilang Itim There is a necessity for a liberatory politics in the Archipelago known as the Philippines and as anarchists we think Anarchism has the framework to fill this need. The dominant forms of politics we have now are insufficient for developing a liberatory […]
by Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation/EZLN Mexico March 16, 2020 To the people of Mexico: To the peoples of the world: To the National Indigenous Congress—Indigenous Governing Council: To the Sixth in Mexico and abroad: To the Networks of Resistance and […]
by Istanbul IWW We call on all workers — workers who are exploited under this system, workers who have become increasingly impoverished and who are being sent to die — not to join this war, but to unite against it. At a time when war is taking place […]
by Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés / EZLN Communique from the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation Mexico August 17, 2019 To the People of Mexico: To the Peoples of the World: To the National Indigenous Congress—Indigenous Governing Council: To the National and International […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Black Rose Anarchist Federation This world is engulfed in a whirlwind of myths. But myths give meaning. Every fourth of July I reflect on the power that myths hold over people and how those people above, those that hold all the power, wield […]
With the passing of each holiday in his remembrance, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. becomes further absorbed into a liberal narrative of American progress but King’s actual politics and organizing speak to a far more radical legacy. by Frank Ascaso / Black Rose Anarchist Federation A […]
by Jeff Abbott/Toward Freedom Raúl Zibechi is a Uruguayan journalist and one of Latin America’s leading political theorists. He is an international analyst for Brecha newspaper in Uruguay, and a professor at the Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina. Zibechi has written numerous books on social movements and politics across the […]