Chava Shapiro and James Clark: It’s Time to Abolish Grand Juries Once and for All
byThe Nation | September 27, 2023 Whether they’re targeting Donald Trump or Cop City protesters, grand juries are an irredeemable and unaccountable tool of…
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.
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: Mutual Aid and the Criminalization of Compassion: Humanitarian Aid Must Never Be A Crime
bySeptember 22, 2023 Mutual aid is your neighbor bringing over a freshly baked blueberry pie because they know you love that kind and they…
Michael Gould-Wartofsky: Police Are Spreading Authoritarianism Under the Guise of Counterterrorism
byJoe Biden’s Department of Justice has doubled down on an inquisitorial strategy of counterinsurgency in the name of counterterrorism. The Nation | July 12,…
Cybele Knowles: Boat-Sinking Orcas: Our New Folk Heroes
byEarth First Journal, June 22, 2023 A month after a news article about boat-sinking orcas went viral, the killer whales have become full-fledged folk heroes. (Should…
CrimethInc.: Russian Anarchists on the Wagner Mutiny
byStatements from Three Anarchist Organizations June 24, 2023 Early on June 24, Vladimir Putin addressed Russia about the unfolding rebellion of the Wagner private…
Shane Burley: Abortion Clinic Defense Needs to Be Seen as a Key Part of Anti-Fascism
byTruthout | May 27, 2023 We can build broad anti-fascist coalitions while blocking far right demonstrators to make clinics safe for patients. Clinic defense…
CrimethInc.: Atlanta Police and Prosecutors Target Legal Support Activists
byMay 31, 2023 Seeking to protect their cash cow, Cop City, Atlanta police have arrested three legal support organizers connected to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and charged them with…
CrimethInc.: In Memory of Dmitry Petrov: An Incomplete Biography and Translation of His Work
byMay 3, 2023 On April 19, 2023, three anarchists were killed in battle near Bakhmut: an American named Cooper Andrews, an Irishman named Finbar…
CrimethInc.: France in Flames: Macron Attempts to Crush the Movement against the Pension Reform with Lethal Violence
byBy CrimethInc, March 30, 2023 In France, a powerful movement has erupted in response to an attempt to raise the retirement age. While millions…
CrimethInc: The Forest in the City: Two Years of Forest Defense in Atlanta, Georgia
byFebruary 23, 2023 The campaign to defend the forest in Atlanta, Georgia has become one of the most vibrant movements of the post-Trump era, interweaving environmentalism,…