Eleanor Finley: Don’t Panic! How Italian municipalists tackled COVID-19
byMinim Magazine, April 29, 2021 The deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy marked a turning point in the global conversation about the pandemic. When…
Critical Voices
Critical Voices is Agency’s platform for amplifying thoughtful commentary on current events that is originally published elsewhere. Not all of these articles are written by anarchists or take an explicitly anarchist point of view. What they have in common is that they call attention to issues of direct concern to anarchists, and do so from a perspective we broadly agree with. We publish them here because they we believe they contribute to the radical and holistic examination of power relations, the state, and capital that’s so important to us as anarchists.
Melanie Brazzell: We keep us safe – the transformative justice movement
byRoar Magazine, May 28, 2021 As calls for abolition grow louder, the queer and women of color-led movement for transformative justice offers a glimpse…
Eric Laursen: What exactly is the “system” that we are fighting?
byThe system is the state, a complex mechanism that includes government, capitalism, patriarchy and imperialism. It will not go away until we force it…
Jamil Ragland: OP-ED | I’m an Anarchist. Here’s What I Believe
byCT News Junkie, May 27, 2021 My journey toward being an anarchist started in front of 23 third graders. I was working as a…
Bjorn L & It’s Going Down: Washington Post Echoes Trump In Falsely Claiming Protests Connected To Rise In Gun Violence
byIt’s Going Down, June 2, 2021 On, May 31, 2021, the Washington Post published an incredibly dishonest, defamatory and reactionary smear piece by a reporter named…
Natasha Lennard: Imprisoned Anti-Fascist Activist Says Federal Guards Let White Supremacists Beat Him
byEric King’s civil rights lawsuit alleges a pattern of abuse by Bureau of Prison guards across several facilities. The Intercept, May 28, 2021 One…
CLDC Files Civil Rights Suit On Behalf of Anti-Racist Political Prisoner Eric King
byCivil Liberties Defense Center, May 25, 2021 Eugene, OR —Today, the Civil Liberties Defense Center filed a federal civil rights lawsuit under Bivens v. Six Unnamed…
Robert Ovetz: Strike threats – a crucial tool in building working class power
byRoar Magazine, May 18, 2021 The number of strike threats in the US is on the rise. Under pressure from members to take bolder…
Natasha Lennard & Matthew Whitley on Non-Fascist Life
byWoodbine, May 10, 2021 Natasha Lennard and Matthew Whitley discuss some themes and questions from the updated paperback edition of Natasha’s book, Being Numerous:…
Interview w/Shane Burley: Anti-Fascism Is Not Simply a Moral Objection — It Is a Practical One
byKevin Van Meter, Truthout, May 14, 2021 Recent years have been scarred by an incipient fascism, plague and pestilence, and the violence that marked the…