The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Thoughts on Political Organization for Our Time: A Rejoinder to ‘Fighting for the Future’
After a five year plus process of engagement there is currently underway an effort to merge a number of the existing mostly regionally based class struggle Anarchist groups into a single national organization. Following up on the piece “Fighting for the Future: The Necessity and Possibility of National Political Organization for Our Time” which…
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No Vote Counts: Avoiding the Trappings of Democratic Socialism
While the debate rages about how anarchists should actually engage social movements, those who work in mass movements constantly butt up against the possibility of electoral work and the arguments for or against. The most recent polls lead this conversation to happen once again, with the opposing side taking on a broad democratic socialist perspective…
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On Interventions and the Syrian Revolution
* We are re-posting this argument from the Darth Nader blog against US intervention in Syria by a Syrian anarchist* by Darth Nader The Syrian revolution is a revolution that began as a struggle for self-determination. The Syrian people demanded to determine their own destiny. And, for more than two years, against all odds, and…
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The Problem with “Privilege”
* We are re-posting an article from the blog of Andrea Smith, a long-time organizer, activist, intellectual and co-founder of Incite! Women of Color Against Violence. Her article provides a variety of important insights, critiques and possible ways forward in looking to improve our praxis in confronting, with the goal to end, systemic oppression.* by…
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Solidarity Network or Solidarity Service?: on the challenges of building a solidarity network
The following originally appears in September 2013 issue of the IWW newspaper, the Industrial Worker, with the title “Building a solidarity network is harder than it seems.” Written by WRC member R. Spourgitis, it is a review of the pamphlet Build Your Own Solidarity Network, by two Seattle Solidarity Network members, and is based on…
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Occupy the Media: Revolutionary Anarchism
Colin speaks with Occupy The Media about anarchism, organization, and what a revolutionary federation could look like. “The United States Government is now only able to advance legislation if it has enough corporate backers. In April: Congress defeated a package of gun control laws which enjoyed sweeping popular support. At about the same time, that…
