I'm never going to read all of these.
"Now Bosnia is really joining Europe — but from quite another perspective as the one originally imagined by the European bureaucrats: its squares are burning like those in Greece, Spain and Turkey."
“There have not been very many terrorism cases that the government or the state hasn’t won in this country, which should tell you something right there. This is a huge, huge victory against the war on terror, which ought to be re-examined.”
All of Kevin Gosztola's reporting on the trial: http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/tag/nato-3/
On police unions.
"Police don’t have to enjoy breaking up protests; they don’t have to be racists or hate homeless people. But once they decide to do their jobs, institutional exigencies overwhelm personal volition."
"The homeless man arrested for public intoxication has been treated more punitively than the Wall Street trader whose avarice breeds homelessness. This is the system the police, prison guards, and the border patrol maintain."
"The cop who rallies for collective bargaining today will be protecting Goldman Sachs tomorrow."
I'm glad to see this perspective represented on a popular news site.
“What would be good for most people — regardless of marital status — is a more equitable distribution of wealth in this country, access to health care, education, and livable-wage jobs,” Essig said. “Marriage is, once these things are achieved, a personal choice. But until everyone has access to these things, marriage is a sign of privileging a minority of Americans.”
This interview is the most clarifying account of the Ukrainian situation I've found yet.
"Asheville Fm radio, based in western North Carolina, aired a fascinating interview with an anarcho-syndicalist named Denys, from the Autonomous Worker’s Union in Ukraine. In the interview, Denys debunks many of the myths surrounding the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine, and explains motives behind the stories and propaganda being circulated around the protests."
An update from the same group: http://revolution-news.com/ukraine-autonomous-workers-union-update-euromaidan/
Chronological list of Cynic philosophers
"Ricardo Flores Magón is one of the most important anarchists in the history of the Americas. The movement he led and inspired shook the Mexican state in the early 20th century and helped lay the foundations for the Mexican revolution of 1910."
Whenever I walk down Lowell Blvd I see this little elementary school, Ricardo Flores Magon Academy, and I wonder what its story is and if the local community has ties to Magonismo. According to this Westword article, it's just a charter school with no anarchist influence which was named after Magon rather arbitrarily simply because of his status as a Mexican folk hero. A little bit disappointing.
Very handy collection of sources covering some of the lesser-known cynics.
One of my favorite speeches by Voltairine de Cleyre (of the few I've read so far).
"After the Arab Spring, I wasn't really sure how subsequent years could get crazier on the Internet freedom front. And then they did."
While the Spanish government pursues apartheid policies in healthcare, a Zapatista-inspired autonomous group in Barcelona pursues solidarity for all.
One of the best sites on the internet for finding anarchist-related texts.
Indeed, I always enjoy getting that inevitable query: “Isn’t anarchism just violence and destruction?” To which I usually reply: “How many people would you estimate have been killed by anarchists in the last hundred years? Now, how many would you say have been killed by liberals, or conservatives, in that time frame? If a lawyer or corporate manager were here before you now, would you ask about the blood on their hands or just let it slide as part of business as usual? The state didn’t save us from the violence of anarchy — it simply monopolized it, institutionalized it, and expanded its role in our lives.”
An excellent review of Peter Gelderloo's new book which I haven't read yet, "The Failure of Nonviolence: From the Arab Spring to Occupy".
"Zinn talks about Obama and the “possibility of change.” It seems odd to be asking this of an octogenarian but: Exactly how much time do you think we have?"
Chomsky's version of anarchism, challenging coercive institutions to justify themselves, is not terribly exciting. But I thought this article did a good job summarizing one of his typical speeches (especially for a publication called "The American Conservative").