The spying was part of a covert, illegal national anti-radical program initiated by the FBI ~ Peter Werbe ~ “To be GOVERNED is to be watched, ins…
Files on the Fifth Estate
Tag: History
Book review: The Displaced
Sharif Gemie’s novel about refugees in 1945 Europe is both timely and important ~ Norry LaPorte ~ The author has been here before: as an academic…
Remembering Paul Avrich
Twenty years have passed since the death of historian Paul Avrich on February 16, 2006, yet his influence on the study of American anarchism remain…
Bakunin versus Marx
In the persons of these two revolutionaries, two distinct projects clashed within the First International ~ Carlos Taibo ~ There are more elements …
Anarchism: Last hope for the Environment
Against a state that will never resolve climate chaos, and its violence which force cannot overthrow today, what remains for environmentalists?
Radical Reprint: Against Armageddon
With American nukes back in Britain, Freedom’s editorial at the height of the cold war could as well have been written today ~ punkacademic …
Two different paths to world peace?
Erich Mühsam and Bertha von Suttner, anarchist antimilitarism and organised pacifism ~ Bernd Drücke, ZivilCourage ~ The Civil Courage editorial t…
A cautionary tale from my Russian anarchist great-grandfather
On the danger of sacrificing principle for pragmatism ~ George Askaroff ~ Originally published 22 October 2024 When faced with substantial external…
The adventures of G. P. Maximoff
How the Russian anarcho-syndicalist became a political journalist, ended up in the Red Army, and helped organise Kropotkin’s funeral ~ Nikolai Ge…
“Let us become beautiful ourselves”: Élisée Reclus on vegetarianism, anarchism, and colonial violence
The great geographer and theorist of anarchist communism was part of a radical milieu that engaged a wide range of social issues, from capitalism a…
Elisée Reclus: 5 levels of social-ecological practice
His compelling and realistic revolutionary vision shows the preconditions for a liberated world ~ John P Clark ~ Elisée Reclus (1830-1905) was one…
Élisée Reclus on anarchy and nature
For the great anarchist geographer, anarchy was at play in every natural relationship grounded in solidarity ~ Fabio Carnevali ~ Reclus was the ana…
Élisée Reclus—Communard, geographer, vegetarian
On July 4, 1905, the French anarchist Élisée Reclus died in Torhout, near Bruges in Belgium ~ Maurice Schuhmann ~ Reclus, after whom a street lea…
Remembering the Beanfield, 40 years on
The state targeted people living on the road because it was anarchy in action and it was working ~ Neil Goodwin ~ Today marks the 40th anniversary …
The ruptures of militant anarchism in Brazil
“Where we come from and where we are going”: a reflection on Brazilian anarchism, then and now ~ from O Amigo do Povo ~ Brazilian anarc…
Recent Articles
The Case of the Spinning Judge
Imagine what it feels like to sentence war resisters as terrorists ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ My smallish eyes blink, and my central incisors catch the …
Heavy repression in Geneva as G7 summit opens
Over 60,000 people faced tear-gas and an overnight kettle in protests against meeting of the world’s richest states ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ Tens o…
Antifascists mobilise after racist pogroms
The UK far-right surge builds on deep-rooted resentment and social fragmentation ~ Blade Runner ~ Antifascists on Saturday (13 June) mobilised agai…
Filton sentencing explainer
De-proscribing Palestine Action will not make a difference to the “Terrorism connection” enhancement ~ Andy Meinke ~ The Filton defenda…
No consent to confinement
UK Supreme Court muddies the waters on deprivation of liberty, as safeguards are stripped away ~ punkacademic ~ The Supreme Court last week ruled o…
