De Elizabeth: How to Support the Protesters Demanding Justice for George Floyd
byTeen Vogue, May 31, 2020 These are the bail funds and organizations to know. Protests demanding justice for the death of George Floyd have spread nationwide….
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.
Kristian Williams: Rights, riots and police brutality
byRoar Magazine, May 30, 2020 Riots are communities defining what counts as police brutality and to set the limits of authority. It is here,…
William C. Anderson: Forget “Looting.” Capitalism Is the Real Robbery.
byTruthout, May 29, 2020 This morning the president of the United States threatened state-sanctioned murder in response to “looting,” laying bare the way in which white…
Rafi D’Angelo: How to respond to “riots never solve anything!”
bySo Let’s Talk About _, May 28, 2020 A quick roundup of things to say to Saltine Americans clutching their pearls over rioting and…
Zyahna Bryant: Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life
byTeen Vogue, May 28, 2020 In this op-ed, Zyahna Bryant — a Charlottesville-based activist, organizer, and social impact strategist — offers insight into how people…
Crimethinc: Minneapolis: Now This Fight Has Two Sides. What the Riots Mean for the COVID-19 Era
byMay 28, 2020 The demonstrations this week in Minneapolis mark a historic watershed in the COVID-19 era. As we argued in March, there are some…
PReP: Emancipatory mutual aid: from education to liberation
byRoar Magazine, May 21, 2020 A New Orleans radical mutual aid group organizes with and within communities to help transform the conditions that created…
David Campbell: Stick-up on Rikers Island
byHard Crackers: Chronicles of Everyday Life, May 1, 2020 It started with the phones. A few minutes before 9:30 on Saturday morning, mid-conversation with…
Alicia Kennedy: Working Class Veganism and the Connections Between All Struggles for Liberation
bySpeaking with Raechel Ann Jolie about her refreshingly candid new memoir, ‘Rust Belt Femme’ Tenderly, May 1, 2020 Looking back, I am shocked they…
Kim Kelly: The History of the Black Radical Group MOVE and Its Infamous Bombing by Police
byAnd how Philadelphia became “the city that bombed itself.” Teen Vogue, May 14, 2020 In 1985, an armed standoff between Philadelphia police and members…