Spencer Sunshine: Blaming it on Antifa
byTrump’s Crisis Scapegoats The Battleground, June 5, 2020 The year 2020 has been filled with wild plot twists, from the Coronavirus pandemic to a…
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.
Kim Kelly: Stop blaming everything bad on anarchists
byThey’re at the protests because being an anarchist means dreaming of a kinder, more equitable society The Washington Post, June 4, 2020 As protests…
Ryan Grim & Jon Schwarz: A Short History of U.S. Law Enforcement Infiltrating Protests
byThe Intercept, June 2, 2020 When Harry, George, Tom, and Joe showed up at a warehouse outside Philadelphia rented by protesters, organizers were immediately suspicious….
Shane Burley: Trump’s antifa tweet is right-wing catnip — with potentially troubling consequences
byHere we have a presidential declaration that legally means little but politically means a lot. NBC News, June 3, 2020 As aggressive protests sweep the…
William C. Anderson: We defend ourselves so we can all breathe in peace
byTo move from uprising to liberation we each have a role to play. The conflict is at our doors, and we need to put…
Natasha Lennard: Trump’s Threats to Antifa Are an Affront to Black Agency and a Risk to All Protest
byThe Intercept, June 2, 2020 On Sunday, in the midst of the largest popular uprising in at least a decade, President Donald Trump posted a…
Kris Hermes: State Response during COVID-19 Reflects Entrenched Racism and Repression in the US
byPM Press Blog, May 27, 2020 It’s been well established that the US response to the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in tens of thousands of…
Mark Bray: Antifa isn’t the problem. Trump’s bluster is a distraction from police violence.
byThe Washington Post, June 1, 2020 The groups are loosely organized, and they aren’t large enough to cause everything Trump blames them for. Did…
Crimethinc: What Will It Take to Stop the Police from Killing?
byMay 31, 2020 We’ve reached a breaking point. The murders of George Floyd—and Breona Taylor, Tony McDade, and the other Black people whose lives were ended…
De Elizabeth: How to Support the Protesters Demanding Justice for George Floyd
byTeen Vogue, May 31, 2020 These are the bail funds and organizations to know. Protests demanding justice for the death of George Floyd have spread nationwide….