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Author: Sonia Muñoz LlortTitle: Why I’m not clapping for Luigi MangioneSubtitle: Guys like him shoot a CEO one day, and a lot of kids on another—they just hide their personal reasons behind “brutal honesty”Date: Dec 12th, 2024Source: <freedomnews.org.uk/2024/12/12/why-im-not-clapping-for-luigi-mangione> The last days have been full of news about Luigi Mangione, the shooter of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson. So far have we have understood that...

Author: Duane RousselleTitle: Georges Bataille’s Post-anarchismDate: 11 October 2012Notes: Journal of Political Ideologies (October 2012), 17(3), 235–257. Cultural Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario K9H 7P4, Canada.Source: www.tandfonline.com Abstract Post-anarchist philosophy has widely been regarded as an attempt to challenge the ontological essentialism of the traditional anarchist discourse. The problem for the post-anarchists is that by focusing exclusively on the critique of ontological essentialism and...

Author: Albert SánchezTitle: Libertarian degrowthSubtitle: Anarcho-syndicalist paths for a just degrowth transitionDate: March 2024 Note of the author The conclusions of this thesis do not necessarily represent the opinions and views of the organizations and persons that participated in the research process. They only represent the opinions of the author himself. Whenever a statement or opinion is shared by one of the organizations or...

Author: Victor BérardTitle: Intervention by Victor Bérard in Favor of the ArmeniansDate: 1903Notes: Intervention by Victor Bérard during a conference organized in 1903 by Pierre Quillard, in which other anarchists, such as Reclus, participated. Here, he reflects on the situation of his time within the Ottoman Empire, particularly concerning the treatment of Armenians, and attempts to envision a possible path toward anarchy in this...

Author: Stephen ConditTitle: Proudhonist Materialism & Revolutionary DoctrineDate: 1982 I. Materialism and Political Philosophy As Western societies enter their historical decline and approach a new era of revolution, the need for political philosophy to redefine previously authoritative values will grow. Unless revolutionary philosophy treats all levels of society and social knowledge, from the most intimate and practical functions of everyday life to the broadest...

Author: Renzo ConnorsTitle: The Patriotic PsychosisDate: July 2024Source: The Effrenatum, Journal of Unruliness “There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it.” — Franz Fanon There’s a specter haunting Ireland, and that specter is backwards ultra moronic patriotism. The phantasms of patriotism and nationalism have been on the rise throughout the globe over the...

Author: Shavon reznikov and Marceline SmallTitle: A Hofi ManifestoDate: 3/28/2024Source: https://freudjung.neocities.org/hofi/indexhofi PURPLE WORDS Rhizomic-thought free-jazz urban-revival water-fountain post-hippie avant-garde cosmopolitan psych pangea vibrations golden-chain noise post-dualist karma-yoga psychopoetics humanity communal peace connection clarity relaxation earth gender-abolition post-capitalist sky-watching experiments liberation suffering seeking soup listening memory revival alternative the end of all Preface: The End of The End of History Without being too redundant with...

Author: Max StirnerTitle: Review of Eugène Sue's The Mysteries of ParisDate: July 1843Notes: German Source: Berliner Monatsschrift. Erstes und einziges Heft. Hrsg. von Ludwig Buhl. Selbst-Verlag L. Buhl, Mannheim 1844, pp.302–332; Kleinere Schriften pp.278–295.Source: Stepelevich, Lawrence S. “Addenda: II B.” Translated Essay. In Max Stirner On the Path of Doubt, 174–188. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2020. All footnotes Stepelevich's. See English original for translator's...

Author: Danny EvansTitle: The Spanish Anarchist Movement (1871–1939)Date: 2023Notes: doi:10.4324/9781003218784-34Source: The Routledge Handbook of Spanish History, pp. 331–341 At the dawn of the twentieth century, millions of people believed that a revolution would transform their societies and establish new social relations based on cooperation and self-organisation. After the First World War, this was briefly acknowledged to be an imminent prospect by both its partisans...

Author: Alexandra Ariadni VassiliouTitle: Listen or DieSubtitle: The Terrorist as a RoleDate: June 1995Notes: A dissertation submitted to the Graduate School of The Union institute in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in Social Psychology. Portland, Oregon.Source: <iapop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dissertations/vassiliou-listenordie.pdf> Acknowledgments I would like to thank my Union committee--Dr. Nancy Owens, Dr. Don Klein, Dr. Arnold Mindell, Dr. Julie Diamond,...

Author: Andrew Bard SchmooklerTitle: The Parable of the TribesSubtitle: The Problem of Power in Social EvolutionDate: 1984Notes: View the first edition here: <archive.org/details/parableoftribesp0000schm_k5u7>Source: Second Edition (1995) from Libgen. <libgen.li/edition.php?id=136509265> “Imagine a group of tribes living within reach of one another. If all choose the way of peace, then all may live in peace. But what if all but one choose peace ...?” Why has...

Author: John CreagheTitle: The Chicago AnarchistsDate: 1 November 1891Notes: Original Title: Creaghe, John, “The Chicago Anarchists”, in The Sheffield Anarchist, Vol. 1, No. 10, (Sheffield, 1891) pp. 38–9Source: Retreived on 20 August 2024 from https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll1/id/5/ On the 11th of November, the Anarchists of Sheffield will commemorate the death of five comrades slain in cold blood by the enemies of the workers in Chicago, U.S....

Author: László MolnárfiTitle: To Overthrow Capitalism, We Must First Overthrow the Communism of the PastSubtitle: In Defence of Democratic SocialismDate: August 22, 2021Source: Retrieved on August 19, 2024 from https://marxisthumanistinitiative.org/international-news/to-overthrow-capitalism-we-must-first-overthrow-the-communism-of-the-past.html Editor’s note: László Molnárfi is a 20-year-old student at Trinity College Dublin, where he is active in the student movement. A native of Hungary, he grew up in Brussels. Tankieism, Then and Now Contrary...

Author: Roderick McMillanTitle: The Father of AnarchySubtitle: Proudhon, Mutualism and the Failures of 1848Date: 17th August 2024Source: https://open.substack.com/pub/morewretchthansage/p/the-father-of-anarchy-mutualism-and?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1oiue6 “Property is theft!”Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was born on January 15, 1809, in Besançon, France, and is widely recognised as the father of modern anarchism. His upbringing in a family of workers and peasants profoundly influenced his future ideology as he experienced the struggles of the...

Title: Debate in the Earth First! Journal about ‘The Parable of the Tribes’Date: 1985—1987Notes: A friendly debate is started when Earth First! editor John Davis (writing under his favorite pseudonym) reviewed an important book which contradicts the anarchistic tendencies of both the libertarian “rednecks for wilderness” and the more communitarian green anarchists. This sets off the first (and last) extended debate on social philosophy...

Author: Devon PriceTitle: There is no safe sex. There is no safe life.Subtitle: Fucking, transitioning, and resisting the state all require admitting risk into your life.Date: August 15 2024Source: Retrieved on Aug 20 2024 from https://drdevonprice.substack.com/p/there-is-no-safe-sex-there-is-no. I had to get a gonorrhea shot not too long ago. Dealing with gonorrhea was a pain in the ass — the intramuscular injection hurt, and my arm...

Author: Antiauthoritarians-Internationalists of Southern CyprusTitle: A Small Contribution to the non-resolution of the Cyprus ProblemDate: 1989–1990Notes: This article was written by people who were active in the anti-authoritarian scene of Limassol (Cyprus) and was published in the Greek anarchist newspaper ‘Enantia’ in January-December 1989–1990. It was signed by the ‘Antiauthoritarians-Internationalists of Southern Cyprus’.Source: https://movementsarchive.org/doku.php?id=en:other:unclassified:milisi A two-day meeting of Greek Cypriots (GC) and Turkish Cypriots...

Author: Mario LopezTitle: A letterDate: August 3, 2013Source: <web.archive.org/.../actforfree.nostate.net/?p=15058>. Retrieved on 28/08/2024 from lib.anarhija.net. Comrades, It’s time I used my typewriter, considering the requests from many compas from different areas of the world, including Mexico, who repeatedly asked me to tell them what situation I was going through. I’d like to start by apologizing for not giving news for many months, more than 6...

Author: Jason Lee Byas and Billy ChristmasTitle: Methodological AnarchismDate: August 1, 2022Source: <routledge.com> I. Introduction Anarchists all share the same basic public policy proposal: abolish public policy. With regard to foreign policy, their position is to abolish the military. With regard to education policy, abolish state schools. With regard to law enforcement policy, abolish the police. And so on and so forth.[1] Given this...

Author: Duane Rousselle and Süreyyya EvrenTitle: Post-Anarchism: A ReaderDate: 2011 Preface Post-anarchism has been of considerable importance in the discussions of radical intellectuals across the globe in the last decade. In its most popular form, it demonstrates a desire to blend the most promising aspects of traditional anarchist theory (centrally, the attitude of hostility in the face of representation) with developments in post-structuralist and...

Author: Georges BatailleTitle: The Problem of the StateDate: 1933Source: « Le Problème de l’État », paru dans le n° 9 de la Critique Sociale (Septembre 1933). In contradiction to the evolution of the 19th century, current historical trends appear to be moving in the direction of state coercion and hegemony. Without prejudging the ultimate value of such an assessment — which may later prove...

Author: It's Going DownTitle: The Election Cycle as Counter-InsurgencyDate: 08/12/2024Source: Retrieved on 08/22/2024 from https://itsgoingdown.org/the-election-cycle-as-counter-insurgency/ It has been four years since a deadly pandemic ripped through the social terrain and the George Floyd uprising brought millions out into the streets, as those in power responded by telling us all to go back to work and sending in the National Guard. Months later, tens of...

Author: Dimitris ChatzivasileiadisTitle: The Palestinian Revolution and the Rift in the International MovementDate: 10/07/2024Source: https://athens.indymedia.org/post/1631163/ I can imagine many people resenting the term Palestinian revolution when reading the title of this article. Some have already written that revolution is one thing and resistance is another, that war is one thing and liberation is another. I chose this title, being literal, precisely because it would...

Author: Wally CongerTitle: Agorist Class TheorySubtitle: A Left-Libertarian Approach To Class Conflict AnalysisDate: 2006Notes: There are quite a number of different versions of this text floating around on the Internet, such as on the website of the Center for a Stateless Society. This version, taken from Scribd, is the most complete one I could find.Source: https://www.scribd.com/doc/57719648/Teoria-de-Clase-Agorista Dedication This work is dedicated to Sam, who...