CNN Money, “Meet the hacker that spies pay attention to”

Moxie Marlinspike won’t tell you his name or where he’s from, but everyone from U.S. Intelligence officials to Edward Snowden looks to what he’ll say on one topic: encryption. The technology has come under scrutiny as terrorists are increasingly using it as a way to shield their plans from law enforcement. Laurie Segall reports. Watch […]

Al Jazeera, “Inside Greece’s resurgent anarchist movement”

On a warm evening in August this year, in the quiet residential neighbourhood of Kesariani, in the Greek capital, Athens, several hundred young people gathered in front of a stage as a band fine-tuned their instruments. At first glance, there was little unusual about the scene, but this was not an ordinary concert. Above the […]

Slate, “American Leftists Need to Pay More Attention to Rojava”

There is an astonishing story in Sunday’s New York Times about Rojava, a Kurdish region in Northern Syria that’s ruled by militant feminist anarchists. Rojava’s constitution enshrines gender equality and religious freedom. An official tells journalist Wes Enzina that every position at every level of government includes a female equivalent of equal power. Recruits to […]

NY Times, “At Bluestockings, a Manhattan Activist Center, Radical Is Sensible”

Bluestockings opened in 1999 and then reopened in 2003 after a financial downturn caused the original owner to sell it. The collective is made up of volunteers who work three-hour shifts once a week; staff members who work more hours and have had more training; and a third tier of people who handle logistics. Ages […]