Featured Essay

Over the past six years, cities around the world have seen peaks of anti-capitalist struggle: Athens, London, Barcelona, Cairo, Oakland, Montréal, Istanbul. A decade ago, anarchists would converge from around the world to participate in a single summit protest. Now many have participated in months-long upheavals in their own cities, and more surely loom ahead.

But what do we do after the crest? If a single upheaval won’t bring down capitalism, we have to ask what’s important about these high points: what we hope to get out of them, how they figure in our long-term vision, and how to make the most of the period that follows them. This is especially pressing today, when we can be sure that there are more upheavals on the way.

To this end, we’ve organized a dialogue with anarchists in some of the cities that have seen climaxes of conflict. The product of those discussions is a series reflecting on the opportunities and risks that arise during the declining phase of a movement.

Part I: What to Do while the Dust Is Settling

Part II: The Rise and Fall of the Oakland Commune

Part III: Barcelona Anarchists at Low Tide

P art IV: Montréal – Peaks and Precipices

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