Jérôme Baschet: Zapatistas take on President AMLO at 25th anniversary
byOn January 1, 2019, the Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico celebrated the 25th anniversary of the start of their uprising in 1994. Normally, these yearly…
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.
IADF: AFund on challenges in solidarity work: interview to Freedom News
byThe International Anarchist Defence Fund turns one year old this month so to celebrate, the IADF shares some thoughts on anarchist solidarity work and…
Mark Bray: Is Trump’s National Emergency a Step Toward Fascism?
byPresident Trump has now declared a national emergency to fund his long-sought border wall. It is no surprise that when a fascistic president like…
A Radical Bookstore in Southern Appalachia: Firestorm Books & Coffee
byFirestorm Books & Coffee is a collectively-owned radical bookstore and community event space in Asheville, North Carolina. Since 2008, Firestorm has supported grassroots movements…
Crimethinc: We Can Block the Wall! A Call to Create a Real National Emergency for Trump
byTrump has announced that he will declare a state of emergency to fund his border wall. The proposed wall and additional security measures will…
Zapatista Army of National Liberation: Letter from Zapatista Women to Women who Fight all over the World
byFebruary 2019. To: women who fight all over the world. From: Zapatista women. Sister, comrade: What we want to say or warn you is…
Courtney E. Martin: Coming of age in cohousing
byAt the last minute, Kathryn McCamant had to take her 4-year-old daughter Jessie along with her to a meeting. The story of her life,…
Neither Dictatorship Nor Democracy, Our Proposal Is Conflict: Statement by Anarchists in #Venezuela
byI Today we await a new chapter of the historical cycle opened by the insurgency of the crowds at the end of the last…
Morris Brodie: Salvaging the Revolution – Anarchist Historiography on the Spanish Civil War
byUntil relatively recently, there has been little scholarly attention paid to the anarchist contribution to the Spanish Civil War in a positive sense. Anyone…
Shane Burley: Fractured Far Right Escalates Harassment Against Left in Portland
byOn the evening of January 17, members of the far-right groups Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer surrounded a small house-turned-office on the busy East…