In our last statement on the Michael Schmidt case and accusations by journalists Alexander Reid Ross and Joshua Stephens that he is a fascist and white nationalist that attempted to infiltrate the anarchist movement, we said that the Anarkismo network had decided “to call for a commission of enquiry to investigate more closely both the accusations and the defence, and to make recommendations to the broader anarchist movement based on their findings”.

Regrettably it has been over a year since we announced our intention to convene a commission of inquiry and it has not yet materialised.

While we have recently started making progress once again on the call for a commission and will continue to work towards finalizing our proposal and framework, however, we have also had enough time now to debate aspects of the case both within and between some of the organisations in the network.

New developments and information concerning the case have also come to our attention that must be addressed immediately.

Aodhan Ó Ríordáin jets off to the States this week to try and crack America with his unique brand of hypocritical liberalism, trumpeting himself as an anti-racist icon in contrast to Trump’s policies of detention and deportation of undocumented migrants. Tómas Lynch takes a look at his record on the homefront.

As mulheres da Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira aproveitam a data de 8 de março para lembrar uma vez mais que tal dia é um dia de luta e memória; assim como tem sido todo o tempo, mulheres se rebelam! Contra o patriarcado, contra o machismo, contra a falta de direitos, contra o Estado, contra o capitalismo, mulheres têm se revoltado sempre!

“Kadın ilk olarak, bedeni üzerinde başka herhangi birisinin hak iddia etmesini reddederek; istemedikçe çocuk doğurmayı reddederek; Tanrı’ya, devlete, topluma, kocaya, aileye ve benzeri şeylere hizmetkârlık yapmayı reddederek. Yaşamını daha basit, ancak daha derin ve daha zengin yaparak. Yani, kamuoyu görüşü ile halkın ayıplaması korkusundan kendisini kurtararak, yaşamın anlamını ve özünü tüm karmaşıklığıyla öğrenmeyi deneyerek. Kadınları oy sandığı değil, ancak bu özgürleştirecektir.”

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This time around, let’s fight for workers’ control from the start. Let’s create structures with checks and balances that ensure workers keep control. Let us not hand over power to a state that can institute tyranny all over again. We want anarchist communist organisation. Workers' delegation. Equable procedures. Bottom up organisation. It is 100 years since women workers began the 1917 revolution. Let’s do it again! The time for global revolution is here!