Essay #120: David Gordon Scott & Emma Bell, ‘Envisioning Abolition - Back to Black?’

Essay #120: David Gordon Scott & Emma Bell, ‘Envisioning Abolition - Back to Black?’

This essay introduces Envisioning Abolition, arguing that modern penal abolitionism has deep roots in nineteenth and early twentieth-century anarchist and libertarian socialist thought that challenged prisons, punishment, and state coercion. It highlights how the traditions of red and black converge around a shared commitment to equality, freedom, and the abolition of punitive justice systems.

David Gordon Scott, Chair of the Weavers Uprising Bicentennial Committee and The Open University. His most recent books include Abolitionist Voices (Bristol University Press, paperback March 2026)

Emma Bell, Professor of Contemporary British Politics, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France. She has also recently published Policy Press | Commons, Citizenship and Power - Reclaiming the Margins, Edited by Filippo Barbera and Emma Bell

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Essay #97: Matt Grimes, ‘I’m not someone who calls themselves an anarchist, I am an anarchist’: The Continuing Significance of Anarchism in the Latter Lives of Ex-Adherents of British Anarcho-Punk’

Essay #97: Matt Grimes, ‘I’m not someone who calls themselves an anarchist, I am an anarchist’: The Continuing Significance of Anarchism in the Latter Lives of Ex-Adherents of British Anarcho-Punk’

In this essay, Matt Grimes discusses the continuing significance of anarchism among a group of ageing anarcho-punks, who first engaged with anarchist ideologies and politics in their adolescence in th...

20 Tammi 202519min

Essay #96: Dana Williams, ‘Concerning Anarchist Sociology: Working Within and Against Discipline’

Essay #96: Dana Williams, ‘Concerning Anarchist Sociology: Working Within and Against Discipline’

In this essay, Dana Williams discusses the many complicated connections between sociology and anarchism. In particular, Williams explores what could be meant by "anarchist-sociology" and the potential...

6 Tammi 202524min

Essay #95: Alexandria Hollett, ‘No Gods, No Masters: Practicing Freedom Through Anarchist Civics’

Essay #95: Alexandria Hollett, ‘No Gods, No Masters: Practicing Freedom Through Anarchist Civics’

In this essay, Alexandria Hollett describes how liberal and conservative approaches to civic education in the so-called United States dangerously position the nation-state as the incontestable organiz...

23 Joulu 202419min

Essay #94: Libera Pisano, ‘Embracing Life: Gustav Landauer’s Anarchism as Rejection of Death’

Essay #94: Libera Pisano, ‘Embracing Life: Gustav Landauer’s Anarchism as Rejection of Death’

In this essay, Libera Pisano explores Gustav Landauer’s unique approach to anarchism, grounded in a rejection of death as both a literal and symbolic concept. Landauer’s philosophy emphasizes the tran...

9 Joulu 202416min

Essay #93: Alexander Sawatsky, ‘Anarchist Perspectives for Social Work Practice: Disrupting Oppressive Systems’

Essay #93: Alexander Sawatsky, ‘Anarchist Perspectives for Social Work Practice: Disrupting Oppressive Systems’

In this essay, Alexander Sawatsky talks about his recent book, Anarchist perspectives for social work: Disrupting oppressive systems.  Along with a summary of the main topics and themes, he describes ...

25 Marras 202420min

Essay #92: Leonard Williams, ‘A Response to the US Presidential Election’

Essay #92: Leonard Williams, ‘A Response to the US Presidential Election’

In this essay, Leonard Williams reflects on the course of the 2024 presidential campaign in the United States. He then explores some implications of a second Trump presidency for both anarchists and a...

11 Marras 202419min

Essay #91: Jim Donaghey, ‘DIY: A Radical Culture and Ethic Beyond Punk’

Essay #91: Jim Donaghey, ‘DIY: A Radical Culture and Ethic Beyond Punk’

In this essay, Jim Donaghey reads an adaption from the introduction to DIY or Die! Do-it-yourself, do-it-together and punk anarchism – the latest volume in The Anarchism and Punk Book Project. The ess...

14 Loka 202418min

Essay #90: Alex Christoyannopoulos, ‘Anarchist Qualms with Pacifism and Nonviolence: Accusations and Rejoinders’

Essay #90: Alex Christoyannopoulos, ‘Anarchist Qualms with Pacifism and Nonviolence: Accusations and Rejoinders’

In this essay, Alex Christoyannopoulos maps out and discusses the main qualms aired by anarchists about pacifism and nonviolence (around effectiveness, origins and compromises, and dogmatic censorship...

30 Syys 202428min

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