Archive for December, 2014
In Defense of Emma Goldmann and the Right of Expropriation, by Voltairine De Cleyre
Thursday, December 18th, 2014A hundred and twenty years ago this week, Voltarine de Cleyre gave the following impassioned speech at a benefit concert for Emma Goldman and others who had been arrested the previous August at a demonstration. In the process, she makes an equally sharp argument in favor of expropriating the wealth of the ruling class. In [...]
Imagine a World Without Prisons: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Superheroes, and Prison Abolition
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014Walidah Imarisha is the co-editor (along with adrienne maree brown) of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements, a book we’re publishing in April in collaboration with the Institute for Anarchist Studies. The project is a fascinating and exciting one, and we’re looking forward to holding the final product in our hands (as are [...]
Review of Ready for Revolution, by Jorge Valadas.
Monday, December 1st, 2014A really sharp review of Agustin Guillamon’s Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933-1938 was just published on H-net. Links to the original below. Agustin Guillamon. Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933-1938. Translated by Paul Sharkey. Oakland: AK Press, 2014. 260 pp. $14.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-84935-142-3. Reviewed by Jorge Valadas Published [...]