Peter Kropotkin, author of "Mutual-Aid: A Factor of Evolution". Mutual-aid is in the air. Look near any anarchist or socialist project, and you will see the importance of it emphasized in big bold text. In the name of mutual-aid, people are doing food shares, repairing pot-holes in black bloc attire, fixing brake lights, mucking and gutting flooded houses, and giving out … [Read more...] about Mutual Aid: A Factor of Liberalism
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The CHAZ Trap
Photos by Jordan Martinez. Following a tragic spate of shootings, the Seattle Police Department cleared the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone/Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHAZ/CHOP used interchangeably throughout) on July 1st, concluding that phase of local struggle. While the Defund SPD movement has long since moved on from the CHAZ, much has still been left unsaid on the … [Read more...] about The CHAZ Trap
Among the Ruins of Victory
Post and Grant Avenues looking northeast after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (credit: National Archives and Records Administration) Donald Trump was a test run. Worse than him is coming down the road within the decade. Get busy building. Movement activists who supported Biden emphasized that his presidency would give the movement breathing room. Okay. We have … [Read more...] about Among the Ruins of Victory
In Defense of Revolution and the Insurrectionary Commune
As the elections draw near, we face an escalation of violence by Trump and his death cult.[1] With the unmistakable threat of a coup this November 3rd and beyond, by invoking the Insurrection Act, Trump could unleash an arsenal of enhanced state repression beginning the night of the election itself.[2] Regrettably, those like the “Dump Trump, Then Battle Biden” … [Read more...] about In Defense of Revolution and the Insurrectionary Commune
Is There Something To Be Done? Elections and Strategy in Marxist Center
A blank Massachusetts state election paper ballot on a metal table with a cream color privacy hood (source: "ballot" by hlkljgk) The views in this article are not the official position of the Marxist Center National organization and represent only the views of the author, an at-large Marxist Center member. Of course, in politics, where it is sometimes a matter of … [Read more...] about Is There Something To Be Done? Elections and Strategy in Marxist Center