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JULY 1. 2025

Against war, against power: statement from the CRIFA meeting of IFA

A statement from the International of Anarchist Federations encouraging anarchists to oppose and protest the 2025 NATO Summit that took place at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, from June 24 to 26. Originally posted: May 5, 2025 at IFA

JUNE 30. 2025

Introduction - Solidarity

Solidarity's introduction to Alexandra Kollontai's "Workers Opposition".

Centre International de Recherches sur l’Anarchisme Activity report 2024

An update on the activities of Centre International de Recherches sur l’Anarchisme/International Research Centre on Anarchism , an archive of anarchist material in Lausanne, Switzerland that was founded in 1957. Originally appeared in Bulletin du CIRA 81.

JUNE 27. 2025

Kalachev, Andrei Nikolaevich

A short biography of the anarchist communist Andrei Kalachev

José Peirats: a comrade, a friend - Federico Arcos

An obituary written by Federico Arcos of Spanish anarcho-syndicalist José Peirats. Originally appeared in Fifth Estate # 333, Winter, 1990

A note on the anarchist agrupación

Recent correspondence with Zoe Baker made me think a post on this form of anarchist organising would be worthwhile. Although anarchist agrupaciones existed in different Spanish-speaking areas, this post will focus on historical examples from Spain. Originally posted: May 5, 2023 at The Anarchist Book Club Newsletter

JUNE 26. 2025

Two internationalist statements from Iran

Against wars in the middle east — for class struggle against all capitalists only a workers’ anti-capitalist uprising can crush both of these warmongering, murderous capitalist octopuses the war between capitalist beasts is a war against us all

Clarifying especifismo: a response to DSA-LSC’s ‘Letter to the Libertarian Left’

A response to an article titled ‘A Letter to the Libertarian Left’, published by the Libertarian Socialist Caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America in August of 2024. Originally posted: February 11, 2025 at Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation

JUNE 25. 2025

A letter to the libertarian left

A piece that seeks to expand upon the Democratic Socialists of America's Libertarian Socialist Caucus' vision for the anarchist movement in the aftermath of LSC’s post-2023 reorganization, explain how DSA-LSC and Horizon fit into that vision, and summarize their short and long-term goals toward strengthening the cause of libertarian socialism. Originally posted: August 8, 2024 at DSA Libertarian Socialist Caucus

Valeriano Orobón Fernández in 1920 on dictatorship and unions

A brief article about Spanish anarcho-sydncialist Valeriano Orobón Fernández and his thoughts on the 'dictatorship of the proletariat'. Originally posted: June 4, 2024 at The Anarchist Book Club Newsletter

JUNE 24. 2025

Frege and Fascism review

Steve D'Arcy's new book makes a convincing case that the "father of analytical philosophy" was a committed fascist.

JUNE 23. 2025

Statement from the Anarchist Front of Iran and Afghanistan condemning state wars

Statment produced in response to the current and growing conflict in the Middle East.

Notes on Council Communism and Anarchism

Article by the "Grupo de Comunistas de Conselhos de Galiza" that discusses Anarchism and Council Communism. It partially critiques Anarchism, while also rejecting a synthesis and instead promoting a confluence. Originally published in Issue No. 5 of Igneo.

Three fragments on ‘the militant’

The following are extracts taken from the Antología del anarcosindicalismo , a remarkable volume put together by Víctor García . The book consists of one hundred entries on themes related to anarcho-syndicalism, which range from ‘Abstentionism’ to ‘Violence’ . Each entry consists of a set of quotations taken from a range of two hundred different authors, and the book contains many citations and translations from rare and underused sources. What follows are three of the citations included under the entry for ‘Militante’. Originally posted: June 16, 2023 at The Anarchist Book Club Newsletter