Nina Farnia, Rachel Lederman and Meredith Wallis: We are all antifa
byWe are all antifa Nina Farnia, Rachel Lederman and Meredith Wallis, San Francisco Chronicle, September 6, 2017 Last month, thousands gathered in San Francisco…
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.
Laurie Penny: A Letter to my Liberal Friends
byA Letter to my Liberal Friends Laurie Penny, The Baffler, August 15, 2017 The road to fascism is paved with good intentions. It should…
Shane Bauer: What the Media Got Wrong About Last Weekend’s Protests in Berkeley
byWhat the Media Got Wrong About Last Weekend’s Protests in Berkeley Shane Bauer, Mother Jones, Aug. 29, 2017 The violence I saw was only…
Mic Crenshaw on The History of The Anti Racist Action Network & Revolutionary Politics
bySolecast 44 is with rapper, poet and long time organizer Mic Crenshaw. The conversation begins with him talking about his friend Micah Fletcher whose…
Kit O’Connell: What are antifa doing after Harvey?
byMutual aid is antifascism. Portions of this issue of “Gonzo Notes” were originally published as a thread on my Twitter account. Recently I heard from a reporter…
Crimethinc: Why We Fought in Charlottesville
byI am one of the thousands of people who confronted Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend. I am a blue-collar person,…
Mark Bray: Who are the antifa?
byOn Monday, President Trump capitulated to the popular demand that he distance himself from his comment that “many sides” were to blame in Charlottesville…
Benjamin Lay: You’ll Never Be as Radical as This 18th-Century Quaker Dwarf
byIt was September 1738, and Benjamin Lay had walked 20 miles, subsisting on “acorns and peaches,” to reach the Quakers’ Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Beneath…
Spencer Sunshine: I Almost Died in Charlottesville
byThe anti-racist demonstration against the August 12 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the most frightening I have ever been to. Yes,…
Black Rose Anarchist Federation: Mourn the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living
byMourn the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living – Statement on Charlottesville Black Rose Anarchist Federation, August 12, 2017 Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist…