Alan MacLeod: The Revolution Isn’t Being Televised
byThe media is uninterested in protest movements around the world. It’s all kicking off everywhere in 2019. Haitians are revolting against a corrupt political…
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.
CrimethInc.: Chile – Resisting Under Martial Law
byA Report, Interview, and Call to Action Since the revolt in Ecuador spread to Chile, the conflict has escalated rapidly. The government has called…
Shane Burley: Stick it to Sports
byHow soccer supporters’ groups fought the league and won—for now Fans entering the General Admission section of Providence Park, home of the Portland Timbers,…
Crimethinc: Call to Action: Solidarity with Rojava—Against the Turkish Invasion!
byOn October 6, the Trump administration announced it was pulling US troops out of northern Syria, essentially giving Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a…
Elizabeth King: The New Green Scare
byIt was May of this year, and Alex (a pseudonym) was physically attached to cement-filled tires inside a section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline…
Kim Kelly: The Climate Disaster Inside America’s Prisons
byInmates are among the most vulnerable populations on our warming planet—and among the most ignored. Global warming far and away is the most pressing…
Nathan Robinson: Media bias is OK – if it’s honest
byConservatives are more open to leftwing arguments when they come from people who don’t pretend to be perfectly objective Most people distrust the media,…
Angie Speaks Interview: Witchcraft, Anarchy and the Rise of LeftTube
byA new generation of leftists are fighting the alt-right and influencing the progressive discourse one video essay at a time. We asked anarchist and…
Joan Donovan & Brian Friedberg: Source Hacking: Media Manipulation in Practice
byOnline media manipulators often use specific techniques to hide the source of the false and problematic information they circulate. Joan Donovan and Brian Friedberg…