The ruling class dresses up its schemes as progress. Every new mechanism of control is sold as convenience, safety, or efficiency. Digital ID is their latest trick. Governments and corporations cla…| The Polar Bl@st
RNZ recently published an article Digital IDs Are Coming, the discussion centres on the increasing adoption of digital identification systems worldwide, incl...| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
BOAB Bologna Anarchist Bookfair September 5, 6, and 7, 2025 After many years of interruption of the major anarchist book fairs in Italy, such as the one that was periodically organized in Florence with its debates and book exhibitions, some … Continue reading →| Autonomies
Without community, there is no liberation … Audre Lorde From scott crow, we share an important reflection on mutual aid as a liberatory practise and thought, in response to the different and multiple disasters brought on upon all of us … Continue reading →| Autonomies
For decades, the world has been captivated by proposed solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ranging from the two-state solution to the one-state solution. These ideas, while superficially promising, fundamentally fail because they cling to the notion that state structures,whether Israeli or Palestinian, can bring liberation. Anarchism offers a crucial critique of this reliance on states […]| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
On 10 September 2025, the political landscape of the United States was shaken when conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University. The public reaction was swift and intense. President Donald Trump delivered a formal statement, decrying the violence as a “dark moment for America,” blaming what he termed […]| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
On 23 August 2025, the New Zealand Government announced that it would legislate to allow driver’s licences, Warrants of Fitness (WoFs), and certificates of fitness to be carried digitally on smartphones. For the first time, drivers will no longer be legally bound to keep a physical licence on them when driving. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon […]| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
Chlöe Swarbrick’s 2025 Green Party AGM speech opens with a calm, almost meditative invitation: “I want everyone to take a deep breath… In. Out.” It is a disarming way to begin a political address, especially one delivered in the midst of deepening inequality, climate breakdown, and an increasingly authoritarian political atmosphere in Aotearoa. The breath […]| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
According to RNZ (2.8.25), roughly 30 percent of people seeking food aid through the New Zealand Food Network (NZFN) were doing so for the first time. This alarming proportion reveals that hardship is extending into households that have never before needed emergency food support. According to NZFN CEO Gavin Findlay, even dual‑income families, people who would previously […]| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
On 31 July 2025, the FBI officially opened its first standalone office in Aotearoa New Zealand, based in Wellington’s U.S. Embassy. For most of the mainstream media, this development was reported with a mixture of bureaucratic neutrality and mild curiosity. For politicians, it was framed as a logical step in enhancing cooperation on “transnational crime.” […]| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
In the current stage of late capitalism, the figure of the tech billionaire has taken on an almost theological dimension. They are portrayed as visionaries, geniuses, men (almost always men) whose innovations will rescue us from ecological collapse, social fragmentation, and the limits of human biology itself. They promise immortality through AI, peace through crypto, […]| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
The latest figures from the 2025 UBS Global Wealth Report confirm a fact that many of us live every day but are rarely encouraged to fully name: the world is...| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
Picture this – two angry crowds facing off in the street. On one side, anti-immigration protesters waving flags and shouting about “protecting our country.” On the other, anti-racist counter-…| The Polar Bl@st
In early September 2025, the long and tangled saga of Tom Phillips came to a violent conclusion on a quiet road in rural Waikato. After nearly four years of living as a fugitive in the bush with hi…| The Polar Bl@st
Is Existentialism closer to Anarchism than Marxism? The clearest anarchist element in Sartre’s political thought is the pursuit of a society free from authoritarianism and social forces designed to quash individual freedom. The post Sartre’s Anarchist Philosophy appeared first on Void Network.| Void Network
The “manbox” is a useful metaphor for the prison of masculinity. It describes the narrow, rigid set of rules that men are expected to live by if they wish to be accepted as “real men.” Inside this …| The Polar Bl@st
From the Organizers In the conference volume Anarchist Visions of Society, published in 2023, we compiled concrete concepts for a more just, democratic, and non-hierarchical society. At this upcoming conference, we aim to discuss paths toward such societies. To explore the| New Politics
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Atheism and anarchism are distinct positions, yet their intellectual and political trajectories have long intersected. Atheism, defined as the rejection of belief in gods or divine authority, repre…| The Polar Bl@st
Christian Ferrer’s work on anarchism is among the most erudite and eloquent that we know. Refusing to limit himself to merely describing anarchist acts of militancy, or to fruitless ideological debates, he unearths what we could call the “longue durée” of anarchism’s history; its subterranean movements that were fed and feed still so much more than the spectacle of political commentary would lead us to believe.| Autonomies
Internationalists! Workers in Chains! Fighters Against Wage Slavery! Critics of Capitalist Barbarity! Communism is not merely a collection of theories for struggle; it is a profound commitment to proletarian and communist values. The resentment,... The post The Truth According to Třídní Válka (Class War) appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
In August 2025, the Gates Foundation publicly declared that digital identification systems are an “effective tool against poverty.” The claim was greeted with applause from the usual establishment corners, governments, financial institutions, NGOs aligned with global capital, yet also with scepticism and unease among those who recognise that technological solutions often conceal deeper political and […]| The Polar Bl@st
On the eastern edge of Te Ika-a-Māui, in the port city settlers renamed Gisborne, Ngāti Oneone are holding their ground. They’ve set up camp beside Te Pā Eketū Shed on Hīrini Street, next to the urupā and under the gaze of Titirangi maunga. A fire burns there every day and night, a simple, steady flame […]| The Polar Bl@st
Domestic violence in Aotearoa New Zealand is not an isolated or private phenomenon. It is a deeply political expression of alienation and systemic violence, shaped by capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy. This article argues that the roots of domestic violence lie not merely in individual pathology but in structural conditions of powerlessness, disconnection, and enforced control. […]| The Polar Bl@st
To grasp the farce that unfolded in the White House on February 28, look not to the theatrics in D.C., but to the cold calculation in Berlin hours later. Friedrich Merz—BlackRock alumnus and chance…| The Polar Bl@st
we seek beyond historyfor a new and more possible meeting. Audre Lorde The image of two men aspiring to absolute national power and imperial expansion meeting to discuss the parcelling out of a cou…| Autonomies
A grounded reflection on “anarchist ways” from the Seattle Solidarity Network, published with CrimethInc. (10/07/2025) Seventeen Years of Organizing in the Seattle Solidarity Network In…| Autonomies
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The essay “Por nada del mundo. Anarquismo y Catolicismo”, by Spanish poet and essayist José Bergamín, should be read as a wartime reflection on the historical impasse of the Spanish Civil War. Firs…| Infrapolitical Reflections
07/16/25 Introduction: The notion of lower case c communalism refers to community-self-management, related mutual-aid/commoning, as well as opposition against hierarchy through communalized direct …| Usufruct Collective
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Portrait of the outspoken Russian anarchist saboteur and prisoner Ruslan Sidiki| antidotezine.com
The National-ACT-New Zealand First coalition government’s Employment Relations Amendment Bill (ERAB), will see a sweeping series of legislative changes that reshape the legal terrain of labour in Aotearoa. These changes, billed by the government as necessary for “labour market flexibility” and “economic growth,” represent a radical rollback of worker protections. Cloaked in technocratic language and… Continue reading The Employment Relations Amendment Bill: A State-Sanctioned Assa...| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
In a moment of deepening crisis for most working people in Aotearoa, the capitalist class has something to celebrate. According to the National Business Review’s latest Rich List, New Zealand’s wealthiest individuals now command a combined fortune of over $102 billion. Let that sink in. While people queue outside foodbanks, live in motels, or work three jobs to make rent, the ruling elite quietly consolidate their grip on the nation’s resources. In a country founded on colonisation and ...| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
Spanish Criticism of the Anti-Political Social Revolutionary Tendency (AST) Rejecting Leninism as a means of spreading libertarianism, communization, and the anti-party tendencies of council commun…| Left wing communism
ContentsThe Regulatory Standards Bill: Neoliberal Shackles Disguised as “Good Law” Rebuke and Resistance: Te Pāti Māori’s Protest, Abstentionism, and the Path to Indigenous Sovereignty Pay Equity Protest Greenwashed Capitalism: The Limits of the Green Party’s 2025 Budget July 2025 Issue of Solidarity -Newsletter of Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement ©, .| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
The Guardian’s recent celebration of Jacinda Ardern’s “kindness” reflects the liberal media’s obsession with style over substance, emotional affect over material analysis. Ardern’s global image as a compassionate leader—a sort of progressive antithesis to Trumpism—has become hegemonic in international discourse. She has been lauded for her empathy during the Christchurch mosque attacks, her cautious stewardship… Continue reading The Cult of Kindness: The Reality of Jacinda A...| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
In November 2024, New Zealand’s Parliament became the stage for a historic act of defiance when Te Pāti Māori MPs performed a haka during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill. This cultural protest, met with harsh suspensions, reignited debates about the legitimacy of colonial institutions and the efficacy of Indigenous participation within them.… Continue reading Rebuke and Resistance: Te Pāti Māori’s Protest, Abstentionism, and the Path to Indigenous Sovereignty| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand recently released its alternative 2025 budget, a document that has been lauded by many on the liberal-left as bold, transformative, and progressive. With proposals including a wealth tax, inheritance tax, tax-free income brackets, and significant investments in healthcare, education, and climate infrastructure, the Greens have positioned themselves as the party of redistribution, sustainability, and social welfare.| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
Winston Peters recently made a speech attacking Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programmes in Aotearoa. The speech, filled with reactionary bluster, predictably framed DEI as a tool of woke overreach. But what neither Peters nor his liberal opponents will admit is that DEI is not a radical challenge to oppression—it is a corporate mechanism designed to sustain capitalism.| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
By Colman McCarthy. Colman McCarthy is a former Washington Post columnist. He has taught courses in peace studies for over twenty years at numerous colleges and high schools. He is also the founder and director of the Center for Teaching Peace. His essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Readers Digest, and the Catholic Worker. […]| Incite Seminars
By E.D. The Radical Education Department organically grew out of our orchestrated direct action campaign, as Nova Resistance, against the over-funded and over-securitized lecture by racist eugenicist Charles Murray at Villanova University in the spring of 2017 (click here to read a recent post about this action). However, its roots, for some of us, stretch […]| Incite Seminars
Dandelion Salad Originally published May 1, 2015 Republished with permission from IWW by Eric Chase IWW, 1993 May 1, 2024 Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers’ Day of May Day. For many others there is an assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state communist countries like […]| Dandelion Salad
Every year on March 8th, people across the world commemorate International Working Women’s Day (IWWD), often celebrated as a general day of appreciation for women’s achievements. In many places, it has been stripped of its radical and working-class origins, reduced to corporate slogans and social media posts. But the truth is that IWWD is deeply rooted in the communist and socialist movements, born from the struggles of working women fighting against exploitation, patriarchy, and capitalism.| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
The global political stage has been set ablaze by an exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, former U.S. President Donald Trump, and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance. The dispute, rooted in U.S. aid to Ukraine and the broader war effort against Russia, highlights the contradictions within American imperialism and the opportunism of its political actors. For anarcho-communists, this moment presents a case study in the decay of state power, the self-interest of ruling elites, and the ur...| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
Across Aotearoa, thousands are struggling to find work as job listings disappear, applications go unanswered, and the government offers nothing but empty rhetoric. Those who returned to study in hopes of changing careers are facing rejection after rejection. Others, with years of experience in specialised fields, find that opportunities have dried up, leaving them stuck in limbo.| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
Thousands march to New Zealand parliament against right-wing attempt to undermine treaty| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
image courtesy of theslowburningfuse.wordpress.comThe ongoing war in Ukraine represents a flashpoint in global politics, capturing the attention of anarchists, socialists, and anti-war activists worldwide. As the bloodshed continues, accompanied by escalating rhetoric from all sides, anarchists are faced with a critical question: how should we respond? Revolutionary defeatism—an idea born from the revolutionary movements of the early 20th century—offers a powerful framework for addressing...| Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
Based on his experiences as a journalist covering the Spanish Civil War from late summer 1936 to early 1937, Franz Borkenau’s The Spanish Cockpit gives a sympathetic but critical view of the various Left and liberal factions — with a focus on anarchists in the CNT-FAI, the non-Stalinist but Marxist POUM, the Stalinist CP, and […]| radicalarchives
While an otherwise pretty good essay considering that one of its authors was the chief of the Eugene, Oregon police department, there is one line that has always stuck out to me: “Many of the higher level [anarchist] organizers and activists have taken to traveling by bus or even airplane and many of them have […]| radicalarchives
[from a letter to Emma Goldman] “To grasp your hand, to look down for a mute, immortal instant into your soul, and then die at your hands, Beloved, with the warm breath of your caress wafting into peaceful eternity – oh, it were bliss supreme, the realization of our day dreams, when, in transports of […]| radicalarchives
I see tankies keep trying to argue with people about “Actually Existing Socialist” states like USSR and China and try to argue with me or others about how “they were good actually”. It’s bad enough when most of their arguments are whataboutism, but it grinds my gears when I hear then prattle on about all […]| A Division by Zer0
Ostrom’s 8 Rules of the Commons for Anarchists: The commons are resources self-managed by communities who need and use them. … More| Usufruct Collective
01/31/2024 Introduction: Social movement organizations are groups where people can come together to meet the needs of participants and others … More| Usufruct Collective
What is good for volitional beings: What is good for a volitional being is the flourishing of such a being … More| Usufruct Collective
KICK THE COPS OFF YOUR BLOCK: Introduction: For contemplative and practical purposes, we need worldviews and theories that have explanatory … More| Usufruct Collective
01/14/23 The following is a DIY template for a liberatory Points of Unity for social movement groups and popular organizations. … More| Usufruct Collective
A Friendly Critique of Bookchin’s Politics: Bookchin is our favorite political philosopher. Which does not mean we think he is … More| Usufruct Collective
Self-managed forms of organizing are necessary but insufficient for any libertarian revolutionary process. Any revolutionary process has both form(s) and … More| Usufruct Collective
In the anarcho syndicalist approach to organization, the federated decision-making process embodies the principles of direct democracy, grassroots participation, and collective action.| ASF-IWA
Tolstoy is the anarchist philosopher poet, trying to make peasants into philosopher kings.| indi.ca
Women of the Black Panther Party, Oakland 1960s By The Ranger with the Big Iron on His Hip I keep running into a personality that I find absolutely loathsome and tiring – insign…| Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas
Robert Barsky examines the profound impact of "Homage to Catalonia" on Noam Chomsky's early embrace of left-libertarian and anarchist ideologies.| The MIT Press Reader
Changes in workers action We have recorded labor movements in different regions and industries through statistics of labor movement data over the past ten years. It presents a social, political and economic situation beyond the official narrative, and also foreshadows future changes in the labor movement. First, China's economic composition| ASF-IWA
English – German – Dutch French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil) The Prague Conference against capitalist war and peace, according to the fragmentary and limited information available to u…| Left wing communism
People with the power to fix our inaccessible web have failed to do it for long enough. Isn’t it time to imagine ways we can repair the web without waiting for them?| Frank Elavsky
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Anarchist violent extremists are anti-government/anti-authority violent extremists who consider capitalism and centralized government to be unnecessary and oppressive, and who further their political| Public Intelligence
The following symbols and phrases are sometimes used by anti-government or anti-authority violent extremists, specifically anarchist violent extremists (AVEs). AVE symbols are often found on online pl| Public Intelligence
Romans 13 is the absolute favorite chapter of the Bible for all rich and powerful empires since the 4th century. It is the ‘gotcha’ proof-text…| Rival Nations
(escrito originalmente en inglés y traducido por Nsámbu Za Suékama, publicado originalmente en Pinko Magazine) Soy Nsámbu Za Suékama, que significa «una bendición disfrazada» Co-fundé un equipo de respuesta rápida y organización de apoyo mutuo llamado «SQuAD» Inspirades por la Acción de Trans Callejeras Revolucionarias (STAR en inglés, que significa «estrella»), la cual fue fundada […]| Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas
“As long as I’m alive I’ma live illegal, and once I get on I’ma put on all my people” -Prodigy “The fugitive nature of Blackness, the inherent outlawing of our bodies by the state and our positionality as being already outside of the law, gives rise to a Black illegalism where extralegal activities to further […]| Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas
Lorenzo Ervin learned from rappin with Martin Sostre. And Martin Sostre rapped with kids in the hood from a book store. And Ojore Lutalo learned from rapping with Kuwasi Balagoon. Balagoon rapped with all his fellow inmates behind bars. Ervin rapped with folk through his prison writings, becoming probably the most influential Black anarchist theorist. […]| Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas
Anarkata Tradition: A Freedom Week Kritical Kickback Series is an extension of our political education efforts from Black August. Black August is a practice of study, solidarity, struggle, and spiritual discipline that began in the 70s to honor George Jackson and other Black revolutionary freedom fighters. Our next Kickback Series is based around the practice […]| Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas
Why this Kickback is needed: Conversations about anti-Jewishness in Black Movements are hard to have when we consider the reality that Zionism is real. This Kickback will be a very quick flash through of many historical concepts: anti-Semitism in European Christianity, the Hamitic hypothesis, Black cultural nationalism, Zionism, and bourgeois/capitalist thought. This is not exhaustive […]| Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas
Message to the Black Movement Started troubleshooting What are kritical kickbacks? Kritical Kickbacks are chill, accessible, nonhierarchical, chance to get in touch w anarkata principles through political education, mutual aid, or both. Since we push ourselves to an Anarkata frequency here, we want to center the most marginal among us, guard the lane against harm […]| Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas
For prison solidarity actions happening this week and beyond, click the following: https://tinyurl.com/prisonSolidarityActionsEvents “The Anarkata Kickbacks are a chill, conversation-based learning space. There should be no transphobia, homophobia, fatphobia, ableism, misogynoir, colorism, classism, sexism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, or any other harmful behavior in the virtual space. Likewise, our conversational norms prioritize the voices of the most […]| Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas
Overview of kickbacks and the spatial guidelines – Kritical Kickbacks are chill, accessible, nonhierarchical, chance to get in touch w anarkata principles through political education, mutual aid, or both. Since we push ourselves to an Anarkata frequency here, we want to center the most marginal among us, guard the lane against harm in the space, […]| Afrofuturist Abolitionists of the Americas
This winter, a broad coalition of people disrupted the King County Council meeting where they voted to authorize funds to build the new Juvenile detention center. In response, a judge and several …| Black Orchid Collective
“This is a brief sketch of what I am looking forward to as a Communist: to sum up, it is Freedom from artificial disabilities; the development of each man’s capacities for the benefit o…| communists in situ
TW & CW: trans antagonism, TERF, SWERF TERF = trans exclusionary radical feminism/feminist SWERF = sex worker exclusionary radical feminism/feminist hello there, we are responding to the TERF/S…| THE ANTI-OPPRESSION NETWORK
PDF / Aufruf zum Sozialismus See also: Landauer: Revolution and Other Writings / All Power to the Councils! For socialism — let it be said immediately and the Marxists ought to hear it, as long as …| communists in situ
