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It’s worth reconsidering the role that militant confrontation, and self-defense, might play in protecting collective movements.
The ways in which we resist and counteract, and behave as though we are free, until and because we are. See our About page for more information.
It’s worth reconsidering the role that militant confrontation, and self-defense, might play in protecting collective movements.
Are we who live in the present doomed never to experience autonomy, never to stand for one moment on a bit of land ruled only by freedom?
Let’s get on with a society in which there doesn’t have to be a rigid relationship between work and income.
Against the Work Ethic Read More »
Werden wir, die in der Gegenwart leben, denn niemals Autonomie erleben, niemals einen Moment lang auf einem Stückchen Land stehen können, das nur von Freiheit regiert ist?
Die temporäre autonome Zone Read More »
Aleppo will be a bleak reminder of how costly and at times seemingly unattainable freedom and justice can be. We mourn our memories, our comrades, our loved ones. But make no mistake: this story has not ended.
Under Aleppo’s Rubble Read More »
The resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock is based on the conviction that peaceful, collective prayer can protect the water. But the camps and actions are also about healing.
“I used to really miss my family and my home in Syria, but not anymore. I have lost my family and simply see no point in life. I even think it would have been better had I been with my family the day the bomb fell on my house.”
Refugee Stories in Russia Read More »
What I observed at Standing Rock is symbolic in the sense that so many people—white, Native, young, poor—are disaffected, disenfranchised, alienated, and seek a sense of purpose. They seek empowerment through finding community in caring for each other and in direct action.
Thanksgiving Reflections on Standing Rock Read More »
Nicht zwischen den Rechtsextremen und den Liberalen oder zwischen den Liberalen und der Sozialdemokratie – der Zaun verläuft zwischen Verhandlung und Streik, Status Quo und Widerstand.
Wo der Zaun verläuft Read More »