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A few years ago, a one-time anarcho-punk from the band Vegan Reich threatened to sue University of Toronto Press if they published a journal article by anarchist researcher Anthony T. Fiscella. The academic publishers chickened out; Fiscella self-published. The case speaks to larger issues about copyrights and fair use in a perilous time for academia, … Continue reading "Against Copyreich –…
Douglas Kidd introduces the medieval literary form of the bestiary along with a critical consideration of the hierarchical assumptions that underpin it. Douglas suggests that these assumptions continue to influence secular humanism and popular discourse in modern Western society; instead a reimagined Anarchist Bestiary shares stories that challenge those hierarchical assumptions and help us work…
Read an article or chapter that struck a chord? Give your comrades and colleagues a punchy little recommendation! In this new series, AnarchistStudies.Blog invites you to celebrate recent anarchist scholarship. Academia is a strange world, but genuinely interesting research and writing does still happen (despite everything). That work deserves to be read, and sharing our … Continue reading "ASBlog…
As Ubundlo Bongela notes, the dynamic between African languages and power are persistently tied to colonial assimilation. The implications of a redistributive approach to linguistic power give rise to a myriad of intriguing questions. Considered here through the lenses of Fanon, Zerzan, Lacan and others, Bongela concludes that the true autonomy of African languages necessitates … Continue reading…
The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has generated division within the global anarchist scene. Lejnad Hnát analyses how these divisions are expressed by the Czech anarchist publication Dezertér, especially focusing on how they use certain language to ostracize opinions that fall outside their interpretation of antimilitarism. Read the full article here: The Trap … Continue reading…
Read the full article here. Ray Di Marco Campbell analyses a recent racist protest against ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes in Glasgow. Glasgow City Council have spoken out against this ‘misguided and toxic’ protest, but Ray notes numerous other local Councils who have capitulated to the demands of placard-wielding xenophobes. He highlights … Continue reading "Bigotry at the…
DIY Solidarity is a project that redistributes funds among DIY communities to beat at least some of the injustices that come with a global economic order completely out of balance. It means that, every year, we have some funds available to support DIY projects. Applications for the 2026 funding cycle are now open. The application … Continue reading "DIY Solidarity – Open for applications (til 31st…
More-Than-Human Anarchism 26th-28th August, University of Manchester, UK 31st August, online What does it mean to think, feel, and act in more than human ways? How do anarchist theories and practices shift when rivers have rights, when forests resist extraction, when animals are political subjects, when humans extend beyond the biological, when technologies act against … Continue reading "9th…
An essay on hallucination, authority, and why machines are very good at sounding right while being wrong. Read the full article here: Why Your AI Is a Terrible Anarchist I wrote this essay after being asked—quite reasonably—what anarchist theory might have to say about AI dialogue. In the process of answering, I did what I … Continue reading "Why Your AI Is a Terrible Anarchist (by ChatGPT)"
In 2018, Ron Scapp wrote for AnarchistStudies.Blog, sketching out what an anarchist pedagogy might look like under the adverse conditions of the first Trump administration in the US. Here, Scapp revisits the challenge made in those notes, (re)considering ‘education as the practice of freedom’. Notes On An Anarchist Pedagogy – Postscript