Essay #66: Rhiannon Firth, ‘Disaster Anarchy’
In this essay, Rhiannon Firth reads from an article published in DOPE Magazine issue 22, which is part 2 of a 2-part summary of her latest book, Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action, publis...
23 Okt 202311min
Essay #65: Gabriele Montalbano, ‘Anarchism and Labour Movements in Tunisia’
In this essay, Gabriele Montalbano considers the Italian-speaking anarchists of the end of the nineteenth century and their involvement and legacy in trade union movements and strikes in Tunis during ...
9 Okt 202331min
Essay #64: Javier Sethness Castro, ‘Queer Tolstoy: A Psychobiography’
In this essay, Javier Sethness Castro presents a new, queer reading of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy's life and art. By referencing homoeroticism in Tolstoy's diaries and comparing the anarchist write...
25 Sep 202314min
Essay #63: Ryan Essex, ‘Anarchy, and Why It Matters for Health’
In this essay, Ryan Essex considers what anarchy could do for health and healthcare. Drawing on a number of historical and contemporary examples he argues that anarchist thinking and praxis is too oft...
11 Sep 202314min
Essay #62: Clara Vlessing, ‘Remembering Louise Michel: From Anarchist Assassin to Banksy Boat’
In this essay, Clara Vlessing looks at the cultural memory of Louise Michel (1830-1905). The essay compares Michel’s domestic remembrance with her international afterlives to explore how an anarchist ...
28 Aug 202317min
Essay #61: Robert Leach, ‘Subverting Good Order’
In this essay, Robert Leach discusses the gradual awakening of British radicals after the sleepy 1950s, especially some of the festivals that they mounted. Robert Leach is former lecturer at Edinburgh...
14 Aug 202318min
Essay #60: Chi Shing LEE, ‘Anarchism and Nationalism: Ng Chung-yin’s Anarchist Envisioning of Hong Kong in the Early 1970s’
In this essay, Chi Shing LEE discusses the relationship between anarchism and nationalism. He introduces the anarchist thought of Ng Chung-yin, an important anarchist figure in Hong Kong during the ea...
31 Jul 202318min
Essay #59: DaN Mckee, ‘Anarchist: Subverting the System from Within’
In this essay, adapted from his recently published book, Anarchist Atheist Punk Rock Teacher, DaN McKee reflects on his personal experiences with the inner conflict of being an anarchist teacher worki...
17 Jul 202333min
