The shade of swords - Jean Casseur
Article on nihilism, and the loss of community and meaning. First published on the now-defunct Ritual magazine website, June 2015.
Intellectuals cheer as US moves towards global war in Syria
Submitted by Soapy on Feb 5 2018 16:03
Despite years of unqualified failure, nation's liberal intelligentsia announces full support as US redoubles its efforts in its catastrophic "war on terror"
The period of decline – Miguel Amorós
Notes for a presentation delivered in September 2017 at the Gijon Anarchist Book Fair on the social, psychological and moral aspects of the modern crisis of capitalism, and the proliferation of nihilism, mental illness and generalized irrationality, based on the works of Jaime Semprun, particularly his book, L'abîme se repeuple [The Abyss Repopulates Itself], first published in 1997.
Violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville ends in murder
Submitted by libcom on Aug 15 2017 09:15
Charlottesville, VA – The “Unite The Right” rally took place as scheduled in Emancipation Park on Saturday afternoon. As expected, thousands of anti-racist protesters arrived to confront the neo-nazis, KKK members, and other self-identified racists and fascists who had gathered around the statue of Robert E Lee.
Mexico: insurrectionary anarchist-feminist group bombs Episcopal Conference headquarters
Submitted by Craftwork on Aug 4 2017 19:57
Mexico in recent years has become a hotbed of insurrectionary anarchist activity. On July 25th 2017, the insurrectionary anarchist/feminist group 'Comando Feminista Informal de Acción Antiautoritaria' (COFIAA - Informal Feminist Command of Anti-Authoritarian Action) bombed the headquarters of the Mexican Episcopal Conference in Mexico City, the latest in a series of attacks that they have carried-out in the past two years.
Violence in the women’s suffrage movement
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 10 2017 11:22
A brief account of some of the many violent incidents in the UK women’s fight for the right to vote in the early 20th century, by Steven Johns.
Call COBRA, that’ll sort it
Submitted by Rob Ray on Jun 4 2017 13:08
I originally posted this at Freedom News shortly after the Manchester bombing, but blow me if it's not strangely prescient on today's events as well...
Manchester Arena atrocity: an initial response
Submitted by Internationalis... on May 24 2017 19:51
Our work creates the bulk of the world’s wealth which ends up in the hands of the capitalist class. They use the wealth we create to supply armies and to wage wars to defend their existence. We need to build an international movement which can create a society in which people’s needs not capitalist profits dominate, and in doing so end atrocities like the one in Manchester. No war but the class war.
A half-blind communist with a sharp eye for the future. Marinus van der Lubbe (1909-1934) and his Reichstag Fire
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 27 2017 14:56
Interesting history of Marinus van der Lubbe, the young communist building worker who burned down the Reichstag, and was falsely denounced as a Nazi agent by the Communist Party, by Joep de Visser.
The human costs of militarization in Latin America - Arturo Jimenez
An article about the establishment of Operation Condor, an alliance between multiple right wing dictatorships in South America to target exiled dissidents.
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