Burning Books & Page One: How to Write U.S. Political Prisoners [video]
byThis is a brief instructional video, outlining how to write U.S. political prisoners, including a brief history of the Anarchist Black Cross. It’s intended…
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.
Spencer Sunshine: Get ready for the new wave: Young, passionately Jewish — and anti-Zionist
byIn 2019, there are more haters than lovers of the Jewish Left. Especially in the United States, the mainstream Jewish community reviles left-wing Jews who…
Kim Kelly: I’m a left-wing anarchist. Guns aren’t just for right-wingers.
byRight-wingers have held an unearned monopoly on gun culture for too long. Whether it’s in the halls of legislative power or in the comments…
Benjamin Zephaniah: Why I Am an Anarchist
byI got political after I suffered my first racist attack at the age of seven. I didn’t understand any political theory, I just knew…
William C. Anderson: Reparations Are One Step in a Long Fight to End Racial Capitalism
byRecently, the discourse around reparations, a movement well over a century old, has intensified. As the 2020 election approaches, (mostly white) candidates are weighing…
Shane Burley: Far-Right Group Patriot Prayer Is Declining. Thank Anti-Fascists.
byWhile far-right activist Joey Gibson promised that his group Patriot Prayer was going to take back Longview, Washington, on June 9, less than two…
Margaret Killjoy: What Are We Going to do About These Concentration Camps?
byThe first time I saw the Klan, I was ten years old. My brother and one of my sisters were in the car, and…
Crimethinc: Hong Kong: Anarchists in the Resistance to the Extradition Bill
bySince 1997, when it ceased to be the last major colonial holding of Great Britain, Hong Kong has been a part of the People’s…
Shane Burley & Alexander Reid Ross, “I was the target of alt-right death threats across the internet – here’s what happened next”
byWhen you hear about a cryptic death threat directed against you, the first thing that hits is a feeling of morbid curiosity. “Is it serious?”…
Kim Kelly: Quillette’s “Antifa Journalists” List Could’ve Gotten Me Killed
byOn May 15, a man named Eoin Lenihan posted a Twitter thread that promised to reveal the results of a bombshell new study. Presenting…