Democratic Government: It Works!
byIt’s over. Yesterday, Washington’s political/business elite conjured up the 60 votes needed to end debate in the Senate on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), the…
Commentary
Anarchist perspectives on current events.
Beyond Crime and Punishment: On Holding Bill Cosby Accountable and Ending Rape Culture
byBy upholding certain people as exceptional, we reinforce stereotypes about those who don’t reach such powerful heights – and we obscure how power imbalances are built into our political system through laws, attitudes, and policies that affect how we relate in our homes, schools, workplaces, and other social institutions.
An Anarchist Response to Ebola | Part Two: Envisioning an Anarchist Alternative
byAnarchists are part of the global conversation on what’s broken in the world, but when things really fall apart—like with the current Ebola outbreak—is the state the only answer? How might a stateless society respond to a challenge like this one?
An Anarchist Response to Ebola | Part One: What Went Wrong?
byAnarchists are part of the global conversation on what’s broken in the world, but when things really fall apart—like with the current Ebola outbreak—is the state the only answer? How might a stateless society respond to a challenge like this one?
Like a tidal wave: a case for Agency
by“If you want something, you don’t wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.”
— Poppy Z. Brite from ‘Lost Souls’
A Death in Ferguson: The State’s Message, and Our Message Back
byMichael Brown, police violence, and a world without police — plus a critical reading list on Ferguson.
Raising the Minimum Wage: Too Little, Too Late
byPresident Obama and the Democratic Party have embarked on a campaign to raise the federal minimum wage. Should we care?
Anarchists in the News: Why We Care
byPart of the Agency project is to study how anarchist movements get covered by the news so that we can make better informed choices for how to relate (or not relate) to the media.