2016 was very demoralising, and 2017 is looking worse. Anarchists have tended to be enduringly optimistic about the revolutionary potential of the working class. Now it seems to be at an all-time low. But this only makes revolutionary analysis and social activism more important than ever. It is time to work out what to do for the best in the new political environment, and to do it.
A box of ashes, the state and the next Cuban revolution
Una caja de cenizas, el Estado y la próxima revolución en Cuba
By Marcelo ‘Liberato’ Salinas
Translated by the Anarchist Federation, Britain. 2nd January 2017
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Latest Resistance is out! Anarchist Federation’s free newsheet. https://www.afed.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/resistance161.pdf Get your copies at London Anarchist Bookfair where you’ll be able to buy new Organise! our…
The Autumn 2016 12 page issue of our free paper Resistance is out in print at the London Anarchist bookfair this month but you can download it right now. Let us know what you think of it.
The Winter 2016 issue of Organise! magazine is available in print or as a free download. See the full contents list and read the editorial online.
The Anarchist Federation was amongst others organising AFem2014, a series of events and activities by anarcha-feminists two years ago. Its organisers recently signed a the letter Stand Up To Racism: Stand Up To Rape Culture highlighting the problem of sharing a platform with the Socialist Workers Party in the organisation ‘Stand Up To Racism’.
Ideas about ‘the commons’ are a strong theme through modern anarchist thought however they have a long history. This article gives a survey of some pre-modern and pre-capitalist thought on the commons.
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