anarchism
Articles about anarchism, a political ideology based on mutual aid, solidarity and the abolition of the state.
Organise! Aims and Principles
Aims and principles of the Irish class struggle anarchist group, Organise!
Organise! is a working class organisation. We seek to secure for all workers a full and equal share of the wealth and social benefits created by the combined labour of our class. We aim for the abolition of all hierarchy, and work for the creation of a world–wide classless society: libertarian communism.
Against Capitalism, Exploitation and Oppression
Refuting the deaf: Chavism and anarchism in Venezuela
An easy-to-read, clear article from El Libertario explaining the Venezuelan anarchist's criticisms of the Chavez regime.
From the publishers of El Libertario goes our reply to the habitual expressions that the coarse right or the easy-going left used to attribute us; the same left that, inside and outside of Venezuela allows that the mirage of the Chávez pseudo-revolution impressed them.
Against (B)oligarchy, demagogy and corruption. Autonomous struggle from the ground up!
El Libertario issue #52 editorial reaffirming the commitment of this voice of Venezuelan anarchism to maintain a critical viewpoint on the country's realities, as well as our stand in solidarity with the struggle for liberty and equality and against the Bolivarian 'cult of personality'.
Venezuela: Against (B)oligarchy[1], demagogy and corruption. Autonomous struggle from the ground up!
Venezuela 2008: A libertarian proposal for the current situation
El Libertario expounds its vision of which path to follow in the current situation in Venezuela, summed up in the slogan, “Against the (B)oligarchy, demagoguery and corruption: Autonomous struggle of the underdogs!
Positive transformations in society are produced by the actions of popular movements and not by governments. As has been clearly illustrated in the case of Venezuela, as well in other parts of Latin America, the will for change of the majority has been channelled and co-opted by a new bureaucracy which tries, by all available means, to tighten its grip on power.
Talking about the Venezuelan situation: interview with the CRA
An interview with a member of the Venezuelan CRA (Comision de Relaciones Anarquistas) in January 2006.
Talking about the Venezuelan situation
Of Chavistas and anarquistas: brief sketch of a visit to Venezuela (November-December, 2004)
A report from two American anarchists of their time traveling around Venezuela, meeting anarchists and observing both Chavist and anarchist community programmes.
For almost a month, from mid-November until mid-December, 2004, we traveled in Venezuela, meeting an array of politically engaged activists from a variety of perspectives. Without a doubt, the foremost lesson we learned during our brief time there concerned the complexity of the social and political situation in the country, which has been consistently over-simplified in the United States.
Venezuela's anarchists and the three-way fight
A look at anarchism in Venezuela, and its position in conflict both to Chavism and its US-sponsored opposition.
When Venezuela is mentioned in North America these days, it is almost always in reference to President Hugo Chavez, who is vilified by the mainstream press and adored by much of what passes for the left.
A critique of the Zapatista "Other Campaign" - Grupo Socialista Libertario
A critique by the Mexican "Libertarian Socialist Group" of recent EZLN "Zapatista" policies centred on the "Other Campaign", including the political campaigning and cult of celebrity of Marcos; and analysis of their political programme as left-capitalist constitutional reformism, i.e., only a defence of Mexican domestic capital and state - "bourgeois protectionism" - against the encroachments of international neo-liberalism.
Up Against The Wall Motherfucker! - Interview with Ben Morea
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Morea talks of the 1960s Black Mask and Up Against The Wall Motherfucker! groups and their activities - such as busting into the Pentagon during an anti-war protest, and "assassinating" a famous poet. He also discusses friendships with various characters, including the late Valerie Solanas - who shot Andy Warhol and wrote the SCUM Manifesto.
Anarchism in 1940s Glasgow
Two interviews with veterans of the anarchist scene in 1940s Glasgow.
