Roar Collective: “If you are not cowards, kill me!” — Louise Michel’s defense”
byFrom the barricades of the Paris Commune to anti-colonial resistance in the South Pacific, Louise Michel was one of the most important revolutionaries 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.
Matt Ford: Why Milkshaking Works
byThe biggest topic in British political circles on Monday wasn’t the country’s impending departure from the European Union. It was milkshakes—or, rather, one milkshake…
David D’Amato: What is Anarchism?
byWhat is anarchism? It is an attempt to bring about a more peaceful, cooperative, equitable society, as well as a framework with which to…
Aryenish Birdie: Why I rarely use the term “intersectional”
byI’m a queer woman of colour, born from immigrant parents, and the founder and executive director of Encompass, a new organization fostering greater racial…
Stecco: Words from Anarchist Prisoner Stecco from Tolmezzo Prison in Italy
byAnarchist comrade Stecco was arrested on February 19, 2019 in repressive operation ‘Renata,’ where seven anarchists were arrested (one of them was immediately put…
Benjamin Shepard: “Anarchy is For Lovers”: On Progress and Conflict, Friendship and Fighting: Winter Social Movement Reading, between Adorno and Benjamin, Women’s Marches, and a Few Notes on This Moment
byOn my way home from one of the crazy trips I took to DC over the Kavanaugh confirmation battle in the fall of 2018,…
Carne Ross: Politics as we know it should die and loving anarchy should prosper
byThe climate emergency will require dramatic changes to the wasteful way we consume resources. The grotesquery of the 0.1% cruising in private jets while…
Pip Hinman: Support needed for prison reform activist Jock Palfreeman on hunger strike
byJock Palfreeman, an Australian serving a 20-year jail sentence in Bulgaria on trumped-up murder charges, has been on a hunger strike since April 21….
Chris Dixon: Training for movements
byMany activist spaces these days spend time developing critical analysis through events, writing, and discussion. But as much as we might wish otherwise, sharp…
Lundi Matin: Gilets Jaunes aim to rebuild democracy from below
byEarly last month, between April 5-7, the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) organized a second “Assembly of Assemblies” in Saint-Nazaire, following the first such meeting…