Anarcho-Syndicalist FAQ

Anarcho-Syndicalism is the main revolutionary strategy of the historical Anarchist movement. The oldest Anarchist international organization: International Workers' Association, is Anarcho-Syndicalist. Anarcho-Syndicalism was the framework in which Anarchism achieved its biggest political success in the form of the social revolution which took place during the Spanish Civil War from

Political Violence, Crisis, and Polarization

On the day this is being written MAGA leader, Trump confidant, and founder of conservative organization Turning Point USA was killed by a shooter during a public Q and A. Political violence in the United States is on the rise with this not being the only political assassination this year

Russo-Ukraine War: An Anarchist View

Donald Trump has repeatedly failed to get the magic deal he wants between Russia and Ukraine enlarging the disturbing prospect that this one, as John Mearsheimer says, will be decided on the battlefield. Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed and over a million displaced by the invasion of

Blockades and Solidarity | Emma Goldman Collective (Quebec, 2025)

Blockades and Solidarity The MAMO Alliance (First Nations) fights against Bill 97, a colonialist overhaul of the forestry regime A text by the Emma Goldman Collective* Text first published in French on Liberté Ouvrière on August 29, 2025, then in English on Liberté Ouvrière on August 30th, 2025 « … the state,

Anarchism and Democracy

The basic democratic idea is rule by the people. That is democratic politics is politics under the control of some popularly defined grouping. In liberal democratic nation-states that group in who's name the state rules is the legally defined citizen of the nation who is either a descendent

The Arshinov Files: Part Three

Due to extensive research by labour historian Dmitri Rublev we are able to publish, for the first time in English, letters written by Arshinov to prominent Bolsheviks as well as correspondence between Bolshevik leaders among themselves discussing the efforts of Arshinov to 'decompose' anarchism. In Part Three, we

Stop the expulsion! Solidarity with CNT-AIT Madrid! Boycott CIT!

AMERICAN CONTINENTAL WORKERS' ASSOCIATION (ACWA) Open Letter of Denunciation and Solidarity To the public, social movements, and workers: The American Continental Workers’ Association (ACWA) strongly denounces the maneuver of the International Confederation of Labor (ICL) in Spain to use the repressive structures of the State to evict the CNT-IWA

The Epstein Consensus

Recently, Trump’s DOJ has reported that the Epstein client list doesn’t exist despite the Trump administration's earlier promise to release it. Well, kind of. Trump was actually apprehensive about releasing files on Epstein in an interview a while back. But the news is, Trump is a

May Day, The Haymarket Martyrs, and Indigenous Resistance | Jeff Shantz (Canada, 2025)

The connections between the Chicago anarchists and the Metis rebellion may seem like historical footnotes. Indeed, they have been largely overlooked. However, they should be viewed as integral parts of anarchist praxis at the time and reveal more deep understandings of the importance of Indigenous land defense within active working-class

The Arshinov Files: Part Two

Due to extensive research by labour historian Dmitri Rublev we are able to publish for the first time in English letters written by Arshinov to prominent Bolsheviks as well as correspondence between Bolshevik leaders among themselves discussing the efforts of Arshinov to 'decompose' anarchism. In this letter, Arshinov

The Big Beautiful Episode (WDF5)

What Would Anarchism Look Like?

Most often when proposing Anarchism to people who are not initiated in revolutionary politics the biggest questions said people have relate to how exactly an Anarchist society would function. All parties to the conversation need to accept that spelling out the institutional detail of a society that replaces capitalism is

The Arshinov Files: Part One

For some time now, researchers from the Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists (KRAS), the Russian affiliate of the International Workers Association (IWA) have been trawling through the thousands of documents now found in the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History. The documents found thus far provide far greater detail

Green Confusion: The Metaphysical and Political Failures of Ecology

We are living in an ecological emergency. The combination of greenhouse gas emissions and pollution is rapidly degrading the life-sustaining capacities of earth ecosystems. Eco-degradation is no longer an issue for our grandchildren to worry about as we are bombarded by extreme weather events and a 6th mass extinction of

Downfall of Dodge (WDF4)

What If We Ran Homogeneous Empty-Time?: How the Library Economy reinvents Capitalism

“The effect of the grid was always to be able to say of anything that it was this, not that; it belonged here, not there. It was bounded, determinate, and therefore — in principle — countable.” - Benedict Anderson (Imagined Communities) People can seek refuge from the skies of oblivion for a

WDF3

episode 3 of anarchist current events podcast "Whispers of a Dark Future"

Against The Post-Left

1968 was the symbolic year around which there was a world revolution against both Western imperialism and Capitalism as well as the established 'old left' leading 'socialist states', national liberation movements, and social democratic political parties. The 68 rebels not only pointed out the inequalities inherent

Progressive Pope?

Pope Francis has died. He was often at the center of controversy for pushing the Catholic Church's limit with progressive policies and pronouncements. He stretched out his hand as the leader of the Church to the LGBT community. He also democratized church decision making, appointed cardinals from the