Out of the ashes of the Islamist resistance to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan a new ideology emerged of a completely new kind. It was not just religious political Islam, or religious fundamentalism. It was a new generic ideology advocating the total transformation of the world-system along religious lines. Inspired
In the Left movement today, many people today call themselves "anti-imperialists," but they have a very poor understanding of what anti-imperialism means. "Anti-Imperialism" was a topic of interest in the period between the death of Lenin and the end of the 20th century and continuing until
par Jaouad Laaroussi La bourgeoisie libérale a ce don de voir les « opportunités d’affaires » dans toutes les crises. Les gouvernements Trudeau et Legault l’avaient bien compris à la suite des grandes manifestations pour la justice climatique de 2019. Dans ce contexte de prise de conscience générale face à
In the spring of 1980, as Cold War anxieties deepened and the United States prepared to expand its nuclear arsenal, a small group of anti-war activists in Cambridge, Massachusetts staged a quiet but pointed act of dissent. Rather than chant slogans alone, they ladled soup. The collective would soon call
Di Indonesia, anarkis seringkali di salah artikan. Kebanyakan masyarakat menganggap bahwa anarkis adalah tindakan kekerasan, pengrusakan bahkan kerusuhan besar-besaran. Padahal, jika ditelisik lebih jauh, seperti Alexander Berkman, anarkisme adalah kebalikan itu semua. Anarkisme berarti kita harus bebas. Padahal, anarkisme sendiri adalah sebuah gerakan politik dengan spektrum perjuangan yang sangat luas.
Di hampir seluruh penjuru dunia, keselamatan kerja adalah hasil dari darah, mogok massal, dan pemberontakan kelas pekerja terhadap mesin kapital. Tidak pernah ia lahir dari “itikad baik” pengusaha. Di Indonesi, ini tidak berbeda tapi jauh lebih munafik. Pada sore itu, 1 Mei 2015, perayaan Hari Buruh Internasional di Stadion Gelora
Karl Marx once said that “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce”. If the Islamo-leftism within the 1979 revolution of Iran was a tragedy, the “July Revolution” Bangladesh against long-time leader Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League regime has potential to become a farce by having tremendous resemblance to
I would like to start by quoting one of the most important journalists of today, Julian Assange, who was asked about the character of the state I come from: He said that, like several other countries, Serbia is place where the future happens first. That being said, it is important
Despite massive rejection since it was proposed, the revision of the Indonesia Military Law (RUU TNI) was still enacted on March 20, 2025. After the enactment, the rejection from the people escalated and gave birth to massive #TolakRUUTNI (literally translated to reject the revision of the Indonesia Military Law) demonstrations
Anarchism is the political philosophy that calls for replacing all relations of domination with relations of free association. We call for this because we understand that human beings sustain ourselves through free cooperation. When we dominate each other the dominated experience the domination as an alienating force that excludes them
When the Spanish Section of CIT decided to bring multiple lawsuits against the CNT-AIT some years ago, it was very important how they did it. The Secretary of the CNT-CIT, Enrique Hoz, hired a lawyer who filed these suits – without the mandate of the organization to do it. This says
Anarchism, plain and simple.
Jeffrey Epstein was perhaps the most salient embodiment of what feminists refer to as "rape culture" in the last few decades. A millionaire who ran in the circles of the rich and powerful while sex-trafficking young girls and women, who received a sweetheart non-prosecution deal in the late
Perhaps now, more than ever, intellectual observers of American politics and the wider public are troubled by the prospect of a second American Civil War. The increased political polarization with President Trump looking to impose executive authority over state authority and the sharp ideological divide between democratic and republican constituencies
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 which toppled the US backed authoritarian regime under the Shah Iran has been an enemy of US imperialism. The intelligence community coined the term "blow back" to refer to the revolution and the regime it produced because the US backing of the
Anarchist YouTuber Andrewism presented something of a critique of working class centered politics in his most recent video, naming Anarcho-Syndicalism in specific as a form of working class politics which could serve certain important functions in the liberation of humanity from the domination of work, but would have to be
Bandung adalah ibu kota Jawa Barat. Sebagai salah satu kota besar di Indonesia, Bandung didatangi oleh banyak sekali orang dengan latar belakang. Satu hal yang pasti; bertahan hidup. Namun, hidup di kota Bandung yang tentram selama bertahun-tahun harus rusak sejak tahun 2016 silam. Terjadi banyak sekali kasus sengketa lahan di
Rights Beyond the State: An Anarchist Inquiry into the Source of Rights The concept of rights is currently a prominent subject in political discussions. While some people view rights as bestowed by a divine power (God-given), others believe they are inherent (natural or unalienable), and still others argue that rights
The recent killing of Renee Good by ICE has catalyzed renewed protest activity and intensified public debate over the use of extreme force in the policing and deportation of immigrant communities. ICE interventions increasingly arrive as fully militarized incursions, prepared to transform the city blocks in which they operate into
Analysis of Myanmar Multi-state reality and State-Evasion in Contemporary Context.
The state is synonymous with sovereign political power; that is the state is the institution which claims the exclusive legal right to control over violence within a delaminated territory. States are a fairly new institution given that for most of the time human beings have existed they have lived in
Penangkapan yang dilakukan AS di bawah pemerintahan Trump atas Presiden Venezuela Nicolas Maduro dan istrinya lewat serangan militer yang meluluhlantakkan Caracas adalah bentuk intervensi politik Amerika Serikat (AS) terhadap negara-negara yang tidak sejalan dengan kepentingan geopolitiknya, yang di dalamnya termasuk kepentingan untuk penguasaan sumber daya alam. Secara terang-terangan, Trump menyatakan
Par Jess, Indonésie, décembre 2025. Publié en premier en bahasa le 21 décembre 2025 sur redandblackanarchists.com.au. Aussi disponible en anglais. Article originale en bahasa.