The lost images of anarchist Barcelona
byRe-discovered after 80 years, the photographic legacy of the CNT which brings the libertarian revolution in Barcelona back to life, is now exhibited for…
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.
Margaret Killjoy: How to Live Like the World is Ending
byThe world might be ending. * * * There’s a commonly replicated piece of anarchist folk art that means a lot to me. I…
Natasha Lennard: How the Prosecution of Animal Rights Activists as Terrorists Foretold Today’s Criminalization of Dissent
by“You see the train coming, but it hits you anyway,” said animal rights activist Josh Harper. “They just went down the list and it…
Refuse Fascism: An Open Letter a Call to Action From an anonymous anarchist
byThis letter is a call to action to all my comrades. The first call to action is to keep an open mind and get…
Carwil Bjork-James: From Seattle to Bolivia – My Journey from Protest Participant to Ethnographer of Revolution
byTwenty years ago today, I joined a massive direct action protest to stop the World Trade Organization from making neoliberal economic policy into a…
CrimethInc.: Flashback to June 18, 1999: The Carnival against Capital
byA Retrospective, Video, and Comic When nationalist billionaires attempt to pose as rebels against the global elite, it’s important to remember all the genuine…
Chris Dixon: Remembering for the Future: Learning from the 1999 Seattle Shutdown
byOn Tuesday, November 30, 1999, I was standing in downtown Seattle on 6th Avenue between Pike and Union – an unremarkable place amidst remarkable…
Chris Dixon: Twenty Years After Seattle: Dispensing with Myths
byNovember 30, 2019, will mark twenty years since “Seattle 1999.” This week of mass direct action, involving tens of thousands of people, successfully undermined…
Crimethinc: The Roots of Turkish Fascism And the Threat It Poses
byIn the above photo, we see Turkish fascists marching with torches in 2014, chanting anti-Kurdish slogans and displaying the hand signal of the Grey…
Alan MacLeod: The Revolution Isn’t Being Televised
byThe media is uninterested in protest movements around the world. It’s all kicking off everywhere in 2019. Haitians are revolting against a corrupt political…