Monthly Archives: April 2011

Some last words

We think that these ideas are important and worth discussing and would like to continue exploring them, but to be meaningful this project needs to become a conversation. We’re really keen that readers respond to and involve themselves in the … Continue reading

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Some resources

Things we like/found interesting [Doesn’t mean we necessarily endorse everything they say] Blogs & Zines The Angry Black Woman Black Feminists Black Looks Dark Matter Dealing with Our Shit Hack Gender The Fword Muslimah Media Watch Questioning Transphobia Race Revolt … Continue reading

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Accomplices

As a child I smashed cash machines, robbed students, broke into fancy houses, and set fire to stolen cars. Sometimes with friends, sometimes alone; sometimes it was planned and sometimes it was a spur of the moment thing. I couldn’t … Continue reading

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Strengthening anarchism’s gender analysis: Lessons from the transfeminist movement

By J. Rogue (Full article available at Runagate Rampant) Transfeminism developed out of a critique of the mainstream and radical feminist movements. The feminist movement has a history of internal hierarchies. There are many examples of women of color, working … Continue reading

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No Pretence: Ideas into reality and what’s in between?

There will be no future for the anarchist movement if it doesn’t also identify as an anarcha-feminist movement. Anarcha-feminist organisational structures must exist within the movement to make anarcha-feminism an integral part of it. And you don’t need to identify … Continue reading

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Against prison society

To act deliberately in this society; to attempt to live free from coercion and control; to be genuine and authentic to one’s desires; to act truthfully and with honest reflection; all of this means to risk prison. The physical infrastructure … Continue reading

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For the freedom of myself

The liberation of myself from all that attempts to mediate, alter, and control my thoughts and actions is the most important struggle I can be involved in. This struggle is fought from an understanding of this society as an abusive, … Continue reading

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No Pretence: Resistance or are we futile?

If the anarchist movement doesn’t recognize the power structures it reproduces, its resistance will be futile. For as well as fighting sexism ‘out there’ we must fight sexism ‘in here’ and stop pretending that oppressive systems disappear at the door … Continue reading

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For the privileged ones: Moving on

Anarchists who are serious about getting rid of hierarchies need to see how they individually benefit from different types of privilege and work towards dismantling the systems that enable those privileges. However, when privilege is pointed out to people that … Continue reading

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Privilege

<<<<<<this is not an exhaustive list. All privileges were not created equal – some privileges offset the lack of others; a lack of one privilege can make the lack of another even harder. However, this is definitely not about scoring … Continue reading

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