An excerpt from an upcoming book by Robert Graham on the history of anarchism.
"Prior to the rise of anarchism as an anti-authoritarian political philosophy in the 19th century, both individuals and groups expressed some principles of anarchism in their lives and writings."
To be clear, building toward a world without prisons is different than believing in a world without harm. As one contributor to the prisoner-run publication In the Belly writes, abolitionists are “not promising a world without harm. People hurt each other, and that won’t change. But why do we all just accept that the appropriate response to harm is more harm, administered by the state?”
"For those recently learning about abolition and looking for a 101 guide to defunding and abolishing the police"
More than anyone ever wanted to know about Nick Fuentes and his Groypers.
The Colorado Coalfield War was a major labor uprising in the southern and central Colorado Front Range between September 1913 and April 1914
"Jak Kerley tells us his personal story of meeting and befriending Erik Petersen, and instantly falling in love with Mischief Brew's music. Rest in peace, Erik!"
"Anna Montgomery Campbell (1991 – 15 March 2018), also known as Hêlîn Qereçox, was a British feminist, anarchist and prison abolition activist who fought with the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in Rojava during the Syrian civil war."
Al Jazeera's 24-minute documentary about Occupy Wall Street (2012)
“Though Mr. Stinnett was simply waiting for his train, he was caught up in RTD and Allied’s systematic campaign to target the homeless and communities of color for increased scrutiny and harassment,”
Read transcribed issues of Benjamin Tucker's Liberty online
"Critical Resistance seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe"
This looks like an interesting reading list. It is based mostly on Kristian Williams' Our Enemies in Blue which I've read before. No mention of the newer The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale.
"Quarantine and other public health practices are effective and valuable ways to control communicable disease outbreaks and public anxiety, but these strategies have always been much debated, perceived as intrusive, and accompanied in every age and under all political regimes by an undercurrent of suspicion, distrust, and riots."
This is pretty funny.
Kim Kelly got a nice op ed about anarchism published in the Washington Post
Joshua Clover, as usual, with the good takes on the current riots.