Shane Burley: Amid the coronavirus crisis, mutual aid networks erupt across the country
byAs the government response to the pandemic falters, mutual aid projects — a staple of social movements for decades — are rising up to…
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.
Black Rose Anarchist Federation: Coronavirus Stories: Crisis, Response, Resistance
byWe include here personal accounts from members and allies of Black Rose/Rosa Negra across the U.S. speaking on the direct impacts and responses to…
Kandist Mallett: The Coronavirus Pandemic Demonstrates the Failures of Capitalism
byI took a free dance class from Debbie Allen the other day. I also FaceTimed with some childhood friends I hadn’t talked to in a while….
Woodbine: From mutual aid to dual power in the state of emergency
byThe COVID-19 public health crisis is rapidly devolving into a vast, multi-faceted crisis of social reproduction with no end in sight. How can we…
Victoria Law: If Social Distancing Is Impossible in Prisons, People Should Be Freed
byIn early March, Michelle Tran drove 1,500 miles from her home in Wichita, Kansas, to visit her husband Thai at California’s Avenal State Prison….
Crimethinc: Surviving the Virus: An Anarchist Guide
byCapitalism in Crisis—Rising Totalitarianism—Strategies of Resistance The pandemic is not going to pass in the next few weeks. Even if strict confinement measures succeed…
Lucy Diavolo: People Are Fighting the Coronavirus With Mutual Aid Efforts to Help Each Other
byThe coronavirus pandemic is setting in across the United States. As the number of COVID-19 cases rise (with our collective anxiety), calls over the weekend to take the…
Western Regional Advocacy Project: Statement Regarding COVID-19
byWith the spread of COVID-19, we must remember that our communities’ health is interconnected — it is critical to ensure adequate medical care and…
Natasha Lennard: After the Quarantine, the Flood
byWhere we avoid each other, we can find our power, too. “We are pressed, pressed on each other / We will be told at…
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: When Every Community is Ground Zero: Pulling Each Other Through a Pandemic
byCommunity mobilizations for mutual aid and medical solidarity have formed in as many spaces as the new coronavirus (Covid-19) has spread. From continent to…