Freedom

Review: Anarchists on the War in Ukraine

July 16th: A series of (uncomfortable) conversations with anarchists across Europe, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia about the solidarity of resistance against occ…

The Frankensteinian efforts to control us have failed

July 12th: Isolating our bodies in fluorescent-lit cells 24/7 has proven unable to desensitise us ~ Hybachi LeMar ~ It’s no coincidence so many of us on the…

Confessions of a communard: Meeting the people where they are

July 9th: Our strategy for 2027 has been about visible grassroots initiatives which announce our presence ~ Wren Albion ~ At the end of 2026 A Commune in the…

Radical Reprint: Spanish Revolution remembered

July 5th: Ninety years after anarchism’s greatest experiment, we revisit Nicolas Walter’s reflections on its fiftieth anniversary ~ punkacademic …

To just burn down the castle

July 1st: One hundred and fifty years after his death, Bakunin’s emphasis on freedom and action still holds force of purpose

The legacy of Mikhail Bakunin

July 1st: His social conflict analysis, naturalist materialism, and organisational dualism continue to inspire ~ Felipe Corrêa ~ Mikhail Bakunin (1814–187…

Mikhail Bakunin: A vital, overflowing life

July 1st: Marking 150 years since the death of the great revolutionary, whose vision of anarchism remains more relevant than ever ~ Nikolay Gerasimov ~ The p…

Alexander Berkman on prisons and abolition

June 28th: His arguments are no less salient in the face of contemporary threats ~ Søren Hough ~ We often think of Alexander Berkman as one of the preeminent…

Remembering Alexander Berkman

June 28th: 90 years since the death of the great Russian-American anarchist ~ Frank Jacob ~ On 28 June, 1936, Alexander Berkman ended his life.

Does Max Stirner lie headless in his grave?

June 26th: The incredible story of a skull — and a Berlin landmark that survived Nazism and the Cold War ~ Maurice Schuhman ~ In 2006, in response to my…

Mad Max, Saint Max, Max Stirner 2.0

June 26th: The champion of ‘Der Einzige’, who died 170 years ago, has frenemies across the political spectrum ~ Elke Van dermijnsbrugge ~ Max Stirner,…

Book review: Squat The City!

June 24th: Why does praxis feel so dreary – and what can be done about it?

Mr. Scorsese, the business is not in flux

June 24th: How an iconic director became AI’s newest pitchman — and why it matters ~ Joel Sucher ~ The industry verdict came in fast and it wasn’t pretty.

Lament for a lost revolution

June 21st: A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.

Radical Reprint: World Cup (fascist) fever

June 7th: This week we turn back to 1978, and another international football tournament legitimating a dictatorship ~ punkacademic ~ So it’s finally here: …