Observer-Reporter (PA), “Pay or Die: A Story of the Black Hand – Chapter 2: The Calabrian Connection”
For as long as government has existed, so have those who rebelled against it. But it wasn’t until 1642, during the English Civil War, that the term anarchism entered our language. Anarchism is a political theory holding all forms of government authority to be unnecessary and envisioning a society based on voluntary cooperation. It first […]
Golden Gate Xpress, “Labor archives exhibit closes with a message for current times”
The name of the exhibit was taken from an entry in The Blast, an anarchist newspaper of the time, which criticized those who wanted the U.S. to enter World War I. Continue Reading
Tablet, “Cuban Solidarity and the Death of the Tyrant”
It is also true that, in Cuba, other people resisted the Batista dictatorship relentlessly and at every moment, and forever did their best to uphold a higher ideal for Cuban society, and had some achievements, too. I offer a factional example from the Cuban labor movement. The workers’ movement arose in Cuba in the later […]
The Nation, “ More Dangerous Than a Thousand Rioters: The Revolutionary Life of Lucy Parsons”
Parsons was an organizer first and foremost, and she led an inspiring life of revolutionary struggle and solidarity. As a woman of color who was married to a famous white male anarchist, she is often unfairly and frustratingly overlooked in many labor histories. Born in the early 1850s, Parsons moved to Chicago as an adult, […]
NBC News, “Gawker CEO: Organizing anarchists,” June 5, 2015
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Khury Petersen-Smith & Brian Bean: Fighting racism and the limits of “ally-ship”
Fighting racism and the limits of “ally-ship” Khury Petersen-Smith & Brian Bean, Socialist Worker, May 14, 2015 “We believe that ally-ship is a step in the right direction — but we need to go well beyond it if our objective is overcoming racism and winning black liberation. Our case is that the politics of solidarity […]