Sensationalism has been a stylistic motif of anarchist expression for much longer than the internet has been around. What would anarchist stuff be like if it were stripped of sensationalism?
From ANews Podcast
Welcome to this week’s podcast. This podcast is on anarchist activity, ideas, and comments from the previous week on anarchistnews.org
From CrimethInc.
As Recounted by His Friends
In the following collection, we share Aaron’s own summary of his politics, followed by testimony from three of Aaron’s close friends.
Received via email
We are organising the very first anarchist bookfair of our country and this is an open call for lecturers, radical book sellers, writers, directors, artists and activists to come to Riga in May 2024 and participate in the fair, tell the fair visitors about their work / organisations and help with the spread of critical political theory and direct action in Latvia.
Review of The Armed Strike: The Long London Exile of 1900—13. The Complete Works of Errico Malatesta. Vol. V. (2023). by Wayne Price
The Italian Errico Malatesta (1853—1932) was a comrade and friend of Michael Bakunin and Peter Kropotkin. Calling himself an anarchist-socialist, he was respected and loved by large numbers of anarchists and workers, in Italy and other countries. He was closely watched by the police forces of several nations. He had escaped imprisonment in Italy and lived in various countries in Europe, the Middle East, the U.S.A., and Latin America. Four times he spent time in Britain. This volume has collected works from his longest stay there, from 1900 to 1913, from when he was 48 to 61.
From A Radical Guide
This project seeks volunteers to write a single-paragraph biography about a disabled radical. The aim is to raise awareness of disability history and disabled people’s involvement in radical social movements. The project output will be circulated as a zine. Volunteers may choose to write about any disabled person who was involved in challenging oppression and may write more than one.
From Autonomies
Five years ago, we wrote a short piece lauding Steve Paxton’s work as a dancer and his vision of dance, which we entitled: “Anarchic movement: Ambulations in thought after Steve Paxton”. This week (21/02/2024), we learned of his death. In sadness and celebration, we share our modest thoughts anew.
From A Radical Guide
Dive into the heart of radical history with “Anarchist Nerdvana: Rare Books, Games, and Beyond,” a podcast that unearths the joyfully nerdy side of anarchism through the exploration of rare artifacts. In this debut episode, host Jason Bayless takes you on a captivating journey through the pages of “Anarchy and Anarchists.
From ediciones inéditas
This small magazine is the product of the desire to create something beyond just text, the way anarchist magazines of the past often did. To bring together humor, wit, analysis and powerful images (or at least attempt to). This is not to further market the image of rebellion, since nothing is for sale here, but to join in on the proliferation of a visually antagonistic radical culture that speaks to place, history and culture here in occupied Tongva territory, city of Los Angeles (just don’t call this Art.).
A call was recently made by a coalition of leftist organizations in Seattle to mobilize to disrupt this conference on its opening day, Tuesday March 12th.
From Freedom News UK
As the new culture editor at Freedom, I wanted to introduce myself and the focus of this new venture.
From CrimethInc.
On Aaron Bushnell’s Action in Solidarity with Gaza
On Sunday, February 25, we received an email from a person who signed himself1 Aaron Bushnell.
It read,
I recently listened to Jason Hickel’s book Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save The World while simultaneously skimming and underlining passages in a print copy. I made a prediction before I began reading/listening to the book: I guessed that I would agree with his justifications for why (if we wish to save the world and our species) we must abandon perpetual growth capitalism, but I assumed that I would disagree or find faults with his means for how to achieve this desired outcome. I was right, but maybe a little less right that I’d guessed.
From Avtonom
Alongside the general decline in attention to the war in Ukraine, a so-called "internationalist" position has been visible in the anarchist milieu in Europe.
From Independent UK, February 19, 2024
A parcel bomb was placed at a courthouse in Thessaloniki and addressed to the judge
An anarchist group has claimed responsibility for last week’s attempted bomb attack against a senior judge in Greece, raising fears of a resurgence of violence by radical militants.
