Features
“BDSM and anarchism share a common fascination with power”
May 16th: An interview with anarchist author and translator Jean-Manuel Traimond on sexual play and the dismantling of hierarchies ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ In December 2005, the anarchist author, city guide, and translator Jean-Manuel Traimond published a book in French under the provocative title Dissection of Organized Sadomasochism: Anarchist Approaches with the publishing house Atélier de création Libertaire.
Thessaloniki: Ovradera social centre update and appeal
May 15th: Shielding the space with security rolling shutters will help keep it a safe and functional hub for resistance, solidarity, and self-organisation ~ Giannis Voliatis ~ The Ovradera social centre in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece was created around 4 years ago.
Reclaim The Streets: A Retrospective
May 11th: This year marks the 30th anniversary of the party and protest phenomenon’s first high-profile action on Camden High Street in 1995 and to mark the event, it’ll be back on May 17th ~ Anon ~ Although Reclaim The Streets (RTS) had existed in embryonic form for several years before May ’95, that action marked an
Book Review: Minority Rule
April 29th: Ash Sarkar’s discussion of identity politics is coming out during a liberal post-Biden “reassessment”, which some would say is 10 years too late ~ Anonymous ~ Ash Sarkar, of Novara Media and “literally a communist” fame, has written her first book, Minority Rule, whose central thesis employs a double meaning of the book’s title, describing
The 2025 Anarchist Bookfairs List
April 25th: Calendars are rapidly filling up, but there should always be time to hang out with comrades, peruse the latest political literature and scheme over a coffee …
Adios to Colette Durruti
April 22nd: The only descendant of the anarchist revolutionary José Buenaventura Durruti has died in France at the age of 93.
Kafka in the 21st century
April 6th: As the groundbreaking play “Metamorphosis” reaches the end of its run in Greece, its director reflects on its significance today ~ Tasos Sagris ~ I remember very clearly the moment I decided to direct this iconic literary work.
Lambeth Mutual Aid—5 years on
March 21st: Not only are we still around, we’re also setting up our own non-hierarchical school, organising a free cafe, and collaborating with other grassroots groups ~ The LMA Collective ~ There’s a story of how Lambeth Mutual Aid began, as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic: that immediate desire people had in March 2020 to support
John Couzin (1934–2025)
March 20th: The Glasgow anarchist poet and propagandist was a seeker of peace ~ stasia rice ~ One of the leading lights of contemporary anarchism, John Couzin, died at home in Glasgow, Scotland in his partners arms aged almost 91.
The adventures of G. P. Maximoff
March 18th: How the Russian anarcho-syndicalist became a political journalist, ended up in the Red Army, and helped organise Kropotkin’s funeral ~ Nikolai Gerasimov ~ In the 1930s, Chicago was the capital of American gangsters.
