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 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.
As the government response to the pandemic falters, mutual aid projects — a staple of social movements for decades — are rising up to…
We 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…
I 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….
The 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…
In 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….
Capitalism 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…
The 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…
With the spread of COVID-19, we must remember that our communities’ health is interconnected — it is critical to ensure adequate medical care and…
Where we avoid each other, we can find our power, too. “We are pressed, pressed on each other / We will be told at…
Community mobilizations for mutual aid and medical solidarity have formed in as many spaces as the new coronavirus (Covid-19) has spread. From continent to…