Category Archives: Anarchism

‘We need to push and shove and throw things’

Ha ha ha! Oh Ian… In the 80s he founded Class War, whose newspaper featured photos of beaten-up policemen. He went on Bash the Rich marches and was labelled Britain’s most dangerous man. Now a grandad with a dodgy brick-throwing … Continue reading

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The Continuing Appeal of Crasstafarianism

Huh. That’s interesting. I-and-I Googled ‘Crasstafarianism’ and found this: from a neat-o site, to boot! Anyways, as is the seemingly inevitable outcome of any significant (and even non-significant) cultural/political phenomenon, someone’s gone and written a book about it. Below is … Continue reading

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Revealed: spying on Anarchists

Well, if it’s good enough for The Age and 4 Corners… In May/June 2001, it was discovered, independently of the collective, that a member of the Barricade collective was, in fact, a spy. Subsequent investigations suggested that the person in … Continue reading

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Salvador Puig Antich : The Film

On 2 March 1974, the young militant of the Movimiento Ibérico de Liberación (Iberian Liberation Movement), Salvador Puig Antich, became the last political prisoner to be executed in Spain by the garrotte. This is his story and that of the … Continue reading

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When Boneheads Attack : Fightdemback

Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a … Continue reading

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“You will submit!” US court says to Wolf

While the Australian corporate / state media maintains its silence. ‘Freelancer held in contempt for refusing to testify’ David Kravets (AP Legal Affairs Writer) San Francisco Chronicle September 11, 2006 A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the contempt of … Continue reading

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Battle in Seattle // This Revolution

First Rosario Dawson play-acted an ‘anarchist’ (I think) called ‘Tina Santiago’ in This Revolution; now Charlize Theron is slated to play-act — What? A ‘concerned citizen’ or something? Sounds like it — “Lou, a pregnant bystander who loses her child … Continue reading

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Josh Outta Jail!

‘Bail granted for journalist Josh Wolf’ Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle August 31, 2006 (08-31) 15:46 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Josh Wolf, a freelance journalist who has been jailed since Aug. 1 for refusing to turn over videos of a … Continue reading

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Ask Uncle Noam!

The Independent has published Chomsky’s responses to a number of questions put to him by readers. A sample: The first victims of the Communist oppression in Cuba were anarchists, so how can you, as a confessed Libertarian Socialist (Anarchist?) justify … Continue reading

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Kaneko Fumiko Is My Hero Too!

Korean television viewers will have the chance to watch a drama highlighting the life of Kaneko Fumiko, a Japanese female resistance fighter and anarchist who planned an assassination attempt on Hirohito, then the crown prince, in September 1923… Kaneko Fumiko, … Continue reading

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