Mark Bray, “For Antifa, Not All Speech Should Be Free”
byThose who subscribe to liberal values are supposed to “defend to the death” the rights of their enemies to speak their minds. But anti-fascist…
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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.
Ciro Carrillo: YOU CAN BE A RADICAL!
byYOU CAN BE A RADICAL! Ciro Carrillo, February 2, 2017 Are you pissed off? Are you FUCKING PISSED! Are you pissed at the phrase…
Redneck Revolt response to the Alt-Right
byRedneck Revolt, February 10, 2017 This is a response to you, the Alt-Right. You say “you can’t divide us.” If you don’t understand that…
Salar Mohandesi: Back in Black
byBack in Black Salar Mohandesi, Viewpoint Magazine, February 8, 2017 On Friday, May 3, 1968, several hundred radical students stared down a contingent of…
Beck Levy: The Protesters The Women’s March Forgot About
byThe Protesters The Women’s March Forgot About Beck Levy, WATT, Feb 8, 2017 On Inauguration Day, I volunteered on a hotline providing legal support…
Juan A. Prieto: In Defense of the Violence at Berkeley
byA national debate on Freedom of Speech has sparked since the night of February 1st, when a Breitbart hatemonger’s speech was cancelled due to…
CrimethInc: It’s Not Your Speech, Milo
byOn Wednesday, February 1, noted misogynist and Islamophobe Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak at the University of California at Berkeley. Fierce protests forced…
submedia: Who Are the Anarchists?: Why Resistance Is Coming from Below
byAmerica is in the throes of crisis. Polling as the least popular starting President in history, Donald Trump has taken the reins and intends…
Chris Crass: The Time of “Never Again” is Now
byBy Chris Crass (February 2, 2017) If what happened at UC Berkeley makes you uncomfortable, I invite you to be in that discomfort for…
#DisruptJ20 and the Black Bloc: An Opportunity Lost?
byLet us preface this piece by unequivocally stating that we have nothing but love for those fierce freedom fighters who rock the black hoodie…