Category: Ideas

Malatesta and Syndicalism

By Emilio López Arango A note from the translator: “This is a never before translated piece by Lopez Arango, one of the main theorists of the pre-1930 FORA, that goes against Malatesta’s ideas on the unions. The prose is filled with flourish and it not straight forward at all. I tried to take liberties to [...]

Review of Fighting for Ourselves: Anarcho-Syndicalism and the Class Struggle

by Klas Batalo Fighting for Ourselves: Anarcho-Syndicalism and the Class Struggle tries to move in the direction of providing a framework and questions that can help the contemporary class struggle anarchist movement move past its’ current impasses, and fight back against the austerity crisis, as well as take the initiative against state capitalism. It sets out [...]

We’re not voting, we’re fighting!

Anarchists and the 2012 US Elections By Adam Quinn It’s always been easy for anarchists to demonstrate the absurdity of the US elections since the two major parties have had very few actual differences. Though each party has been using more heated and divisive rhetoric in recent months, Obama’s continuation of many Bush-era policies indicates [...]

The Second Amendment and Closed Horizons

By Steven Fake The horror of the Oak Creek and Aurora shootings has once again revived the recurring national debate on the relevance of the Second Amendment for modern society. The controversy is typically framed by the National Rifle Association – essentially a gun industry front group – on one end, and liberal gun control [...]