Freedom News: Reflections on the riot in Bristol
byMarch 22, 2021 Yesterday Bristol erupted into rioting in what is likely to amount to the first instance of new forms of resistance 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.
Bristol AFed: What Actually Happened in Bristol – and How a Narrative is Built
byAnarchist Federation, March 22, 2021 It’s easy to get a sense of deja-vu when you get home and start reading press reports and twitter…
Jason Wu: More Policing Is Not the Solution to Anti-Asian Violence
byTruthout, February 18, 2021 Asian Americans are crying out against an escalation of anti-Asian attacks in San Francisco, San Jose, New York, and all…
Roar Magazine: Remembering the Commune – March 18, 1871 – May 28, 1871
byRoar Magazine, March 2021 The Commune at 150. A special ROAR series commemorating the historic revolutionary episode of the 1871 Paris Commune. From the…
Statement about the eight arrested anarchists in Barcelona
byFreedom News, March 17, 2021 On February 27th, 2021, 8 anarchist comrades* from Italy, France and Spain were arrested during the riots in Barcelona…
Jim Donaghey: Callous Incompetence, Corrupt Cronyism, Jealous Repression – One Year On, What Is The COVID State?
byAnarchist Studies Blog, March 16, 2021 Last year, I wrote in this blog that the UK government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis was one of…
Reem Rayef: Talking Anarchism and Direct Action – Interview w/Bryce Liedtke and Dana Ward
byTalk Policy To Me, March 10, 2021 Last summer, as a part of the public reckoning with racialized police violence, chants and mantras like…
Charlotte Shane: Time’s Up
byThe Baffler, February 27, 2019 Dianne Feinstein, Amy Klobuchar, and the liberal feminist sideshow We should start with the affirmation that there’s no woman among…
James Meadway: Acting as if one is Already Free: David Graeber’s Political Economy and the Strategic Impasse of the Left
bySalvage, February 12, 2021 David Graeber’s death, far too young, produced an outpouring of grief across the global Left. Approaching the last quarter of…
Panagioti Tsolkas: Time to bring a little anarchy back to Lake Worth
byWhat the 2021 city election could mean for this coastal Florida city and beyond Medium, March 8, 2021 It’s two days away from an…