community activity

Accounts of community and locally-based organising

Omar Aziz

The life and work of anarchist Omar Aziz, and his impact on self-organization in the Syrian revolution - Leila Al Shami

Article about the impact of the ideas of Syrian anarchist Omar Aziz in encouraging…

Ready to fight: Developing a 21st century community syndicalism

As we develop new strategies to work on community organizing campaigns, what ideas and strategies…

Don't Mourn. Organise.

A statement from Edinburgh Anarchist Federation on the results of the Scottish independence referendum, and what comes next.

Revolutionary Journal of Common Cause Anarchist Organization

Mortar 2

The second volume of Mortar, Common Cause's theoretical journal, is now available online. Inside you will find an editorial introduction, along with articles covering anti-organizationalist…

Spontaneous insurrections: the story of Alicia Jackson's eviction defense

Alicia Jackson, long-time Portland, Oregon eviction resister is finally seeing the confrontation…

Community outside pub

North Devon community occupy local pub

Residents of Forches housing estate in Barnstaple, North Devon, occupy their local.

Some thoughts for the coming year…

A member of Portsmouth Anti-Fascists takes an interesting look at the situation British anti-fascists find themselves in, the enemy we find…

The battle for Burgos

Plans to redevelop a street in Burgos, Northern Spain at cost of €8m spark an uprising against corruption and police brutality in the Spanish…

'Social streets' and the mutual aid economy

The crisis is grinding on, day after day. People are struggling and then they struggle some more. Health suffers. Food can be a difficult subject…

Yes we can say NO!

The event of the Albanian fall

The dismantlement of the Syrian chemical armaments in Albanian territory, furthered by the US and Russian governments, was countered by a…

Dispersing power: Social movements as anti-state forces - Raul Zibechi

Raul Zibechi is one of Latin America's leading political theorists. His, his first book translated…

Worker at carbon black plant, Sunray, Texas (Library of Congress)

Carbon Black - Ian Bone

An article by the lovely Ian Bone about residents of Port Tennant, Swansea organising against pollution in their neighbourhood. Taken from…