Why misogynists make great Informants: How gender violence on the left enables state violence in radical movements
Courtney Desiree Morris on the disruptive role of misogynists in radical organisations, and how it opens the door to state violence both indirectly and in some cases via police informants.
On accountability
Submitted by Mike Harman on Jul 14 2017 15:42
In recent days, my twitter feed has contained many calls for accountability, and a smaller number of people describing those calls as ‘unreasonable’, ‘impossible’ or ‘grotesque’. We may publish a blog post about the specific events, but for now I want to talk about a case where the libcom collective was ‘held to account’ and how we responded to it.
From Solidarity Networks to Class Organisation in Times of Labour Hallucinations
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Jun 24 2017 13:28
Reflections on the relation between solidarity networks, workplace groups and class organisation, based on our modest experiences in west London. We see this effort in opposition to the current electoral surge and try to explain why.
Draft thoughts on strategy for American anarchists
Submitted by s.nappalos on Jun 3 2017 18:27
A sketch written and distributed amongst some anarchists from April of 2016 prior to Trump's electoral victory.
Recupera el poder. Espacio para respirar, para la amistad y la solidaridad en el trabajo
Para hacer más pasable este amargo trago matutino de los lunes (o de cualquier otro día laborable) os dejamos el siguiente texto que hemos traducido, publicado originalmente por el colectivo londinense Angry Workers of the World en el número 5 de su periódico WorkersWildWest.
https://www.todoporhacer.org/recupera-poder/
Revolutionary organisations and individual commitment - Monsieur Dupont
Some advice to revolutionaries from 'Monsieur Dupont'.
Hermanas, hermanos, es hora de un giro estratégico germinal
(Traducido: www.elsalariado.info) Hay mucha gente desalentada por ahí, aguardando que lleguen luchas por un mundo mejor, pero que se siente aislada y no sabe cómo enfocar su actividad política. Nosotros pensamos que hay que empezar a cavar trincheras y a entrar en contacto, extender las raíces y las ramas, mezclarse e incorporarse a la picadora diaria, conservando el corazón caliente y la mente fría, vislumbrando el futuro…
Sisters, brothers, it’s time for some strategical roots manuvas
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Apr 26 2017 07:54
Short call to get rooted and to link up local working class initiatives - a basic proposal
A different 5-year plan
This article is a response to a piece published by one of my union colleagues on some possible aspirations for the Sheffield Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) General Members’ Branch over the course of the next half-decade.
Black Sansculottes and Ambitious Marionettes: Cedric J. Robinson, CLR James and the Critique of Political Leadership - Alberto Toscano
Leadership can serve as a privileged prism to revisit, in this theoretical homage to the work of Cedric J. Robinson, his own encounter with C.L.R. James’s work.
