New York Review of Books, “David Graeber, 1961–2020”
byDavid Graeber, the anthropologist and activist, died aged fifty-nine on September 2, 2020. The New York Review, to which he began contributing last year, is collecting…
Anarchists In the News
Agency maintains an ongoing list of anarchism and anarchists discussed or mentioned in mainstream media outlets. Notable mentions are posted here in chronological order.
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The Hill, “What do anarchists believe?”
byDavid S. D’amato, September 8, 2020 As myriad commentators have lately observed, conservatives generally and President Trump, in particular, are becoming increasingly preoccupied with anarchists and…
CBS News, “David Graeber, anthropologist and architect of Occupy Wall Street, dies at 59”
bySeptember 3, 2020 Anthropologist David Graeber, who worked on the initial stages of the Occupy Wall Street movement, has died in Venice at 59,…
Mother Jones, “Anarchist Activists Say Facebook Banned Them to Placate the Right”
byAli Breland, September 2, 2020 Last month, Facebook finally made an announcement that it had been teasing for weeks. The company said that it would begin…
CNBC, “Trump seeks to cut federal funding to what he calls ‘anarchist jurisdictions’”
byChristina Wilkie, September 3, 2020 President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to look for ways to restrict funding to Democrat-led cities, an unprecedented…
The Guardian, “David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59”
byThe anarchist and author of bestselling books on capitalism and bureaucracy died in a Venice hospital on Wednesday Sian Cain, September 3, 2020 David…
The Daily Beast, “Exarchia: The Anarchist Neighborhood of Athens”
byFor more than four decades, residents of Exarchia have maintained their anarchist haven in Athens. Cara Hoffman, August 23, 2020 I heard the first…
The Guardian, “Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean”
byExclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities Lorenzo Tondo and Maurice Stierl, August…
Eugene Weekly, “Banned Media: Anarchist and antifacist media groups are being taken down by Facebook”
byTaylor Perse, August 27, 2020 Social media platforms are finally taking a step to fact check posts and remove pages that promote violence or…
Truthout, “Facebook Has Begun Purging Accounts Tied to Anti-Fascist Groups”
bySpencer Sunshine, August 21, 2020 On Wednesday a number of anarchist Facebook accounts, some of which were associated with the antifascist movement, were removed…