Anarchy in the News

Media Representations of Anarchy

Scary Anarchist History

If you would like to read the archetype for all media stories on how awful and violent and scary anarchists are, I present What accounts for the new appeal of anarchism? There is one explanation for those attempting to blow up buildings and kill people and another one for those trying to muck about with [...]

Belgium Sets Worlds Record for Anarchy

So despite what this article says, I don’t really think the political situation in Belgium qualifies as “anarchy.”  If the state is still handing out passports, you haven’t quite gotten there yet. On the other hand, Belgium is a lovely response to those people who give Somalia as an example of what happens without a [...]

San Francisco Anarchist Book Fair

The Guardsman has a good piece on the upcoming Anarchist Book Fair. The Anarchist Book Fair is the most visibly active anarchist-organizing event. The event, now in its 16th year, is produced by Bound Together bookstore, and comes just in time to discuss union busting in Wisconsin and bombs in Libya. Read the rest here.

Anarchist Mountain

So I found this letter from a guy thanking people for a little mutual aid when he got into an accident on Anarchist Mountain. On Wednesday, March 16, while driving down Anarchist Mountain, I hit black ice, left the road and hit a tree. I want to thank everyone who stopped to see if my [...]

Russian Anarchist Art Collective Update

Good piece on Voina. Among the more than 100 people arrested during opposition protests in St. Petersburg last week, a few were singled out for especially harsh treatment. Oleg Vorotnikov, his wife, Natalya Sokol, and Leonid Nikolayev are all members of the anarchist art collective Voina. They were not only detained during the Strategy 31 [...]

Missouri Pastor Quotes Emma

I’m an atheist, but I think I might like to hear a sermon in this pastor’s church. If only Emma Goldman (social activist, anarchist, and founder of ‘Mother Earth’) had lived long enough to see current Missouri politics she would have all the proof she needed to support her view that, ‘If voting changed anything, [...]

Anarchist Centers Searched

Bologna’s Police is conducting some 60 of searches in several Italian city. The operation targets the Anarco-insurrectionalist wing of the Anarchist movement. Read the rest here.

Slugs Know What Anarchy Is

Good Times asked Santa Cruz residents to define anarchy.  And nobody said chaos! There are those who give anarchy a bad name by removing the component of responsibility out of the equation to do whatever they feel like without regard to how it affects others. Read the rest here.

This Just In

I just love that there are places so small that a spray painted A is news. Butler said the vandals used hot pink spray paint to create an anarchist symbol on the buildings and cars. Butler said he could not describe the design. Read the rest here.

More Black Bloc Bagging

Michael White’s smug contempt almost makes me want to break a window. But it wouldn’t be the first time I have heard people who use black bloc tactics talk about how they get off on it. Kind of makes one come across like a angsty teen – which is, of course, exactly how many want [...]

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Media depictions of anarchists are appallingly skewed. Journalists, often eager to believe “official” accounts of stories, are quick to blame us for any violence...Cont.

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