New Future

A saying popular in anarchist circles holds that “Elections are the means by which we choose the sauce with which we will be basted. ” Anarchists have a deep problem with claims of representation made by political leaders. This article is a short contribution to anarchist critiques of representative and electoral democracy. It was first published as part of the "Does Democracy Still Matter? " symposium in Free Inquiry .

A manifesto written by some people active in the No Borders UK network. Originally posted: August 19, 2012 at No Borders UK.

A review by Conor McLoughlin of Teresa Hayter's book Open Borders: The case against immigration controls. Originally appeared in Red & Black Revolution .

Text by Buddhist anarchist poet Gary Snyder in which he draws parallels between anarchism and Buddhism. The article was originally published in the Journal for the Protection of All Beings as "Buddhist Anarchism" in 1961 and in a modified form as "Buddhism and the Coming Revolution" in Snyder's 1969 book Earth House Hold. Snyder was also the inspiration for the character Japhy Ryder in Jack Kerouac's 1958 novel Dharma Bums.

A dissertation by Merci Michelle Decker of the Vanguard group's interpretation of anarchism.

A brief biographical sketch of anarchist Warren Starr Van Valkenburgh, who served as the editor for The Road to Freedom and Spanish Revolution. Originally posted: January 9, 2014 at Grems-Doolittle Library and Archives

An obituary by Howard Besser of Audrey Goodfriend, a lifelong American anarchist who, among other things, was part of the group around the publication Why? . Originally appeared in Fifth Estate #389

An interview by Rebecca DeWitt of Diva Agostinelli. Agostinelli was an Italian-American anarchist who was involved in the groups around the Why? and Resistance publications. She was also married to David Thoreau Wieck. Originally appeared in Perspectives on Anarchist Theory 5, no. 1 .

At the Madrid Athenaeum at 7.00pm on the 19th July 2006, there was a simple event, but one dense with political meaning - the opening of an exhibition organised by the Spanish CGT from the Madrid region with the participation of the Salvador Seguí Foundation and the Libertarian Athenaeum La Idea. Originally posted: July 26, 2006 at Anarkismo

Among the thousands of Spanish workers who arrived in the United States around the turn of the twentieth century were many with radical traditions rooted in their homeland, which at the time boasted one of the world’s most vibrant anarchist movements. They created scores of cultural and mutual aid societies in cities and rural and mining areas across the United States, fueling anti-authoritarian and emancipatory practices that foregrounded the creation of culture from below. During and after the Spanish Civil War, they also built support networks for refugees and published periodicals that reported on the war and denounced Francoist repression. Originally posted: May 18, 2020 at The Volunteer

What follows below is a brief history of the the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo , a revolutionary syndicalist union active in Spain. This interview was conducted by Jessica Thorne with Chris Ealham. Chris is a historian and author of Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Barcelona, 1898-1937 and Living Anarchism: Jose Peirats and the Spanish Anarcho-syndicalist Movement . It is hoped by both the interviewer and interviewee that this will provide readers with a useful introduction to an important history of combative, member-led unionism. Originally posted: August 16, 2018 at Notes From Below

An article by Andrew Lee on why winning elections alone can't ensure structural change. Originally posted: June 30, 2025 at In Struggle

A review by Giovanni Vimercati of the 1980 documentary Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists. Originally posted: February 16, 2021 at Vashti

Manifesto by Franz M. Jansen written in 1918