Our beloved heroine has said our choice is ‘socialism or barbarism.’ It is quite clear what she meant. Capitalism threatens to annihilate civilisation. Socialism took it upon itself to save it. By ‘socialism’ we should understand ‘the real movement’ – trade unions, workers’ parties, workers’ councils, proletarian revolutions, a large body of theory and of...
I would say that I got politicized in the mid-1970s, about the time I finished college. I grew up paying attention to the news. My dad was a high school social studies teacher, so keeping up on current affairs was part of his job—and that spilled over to me, too. However, when I started college...
A number of years ago when I read George Woodcock’s classic history of Anarchism, I found the thinking he described quite attractive. I spent some time considering how compatible anarchism would be with my Christian pacifism. I have believed it would be, but never quite found time to pursue the issue in more depth. At...
First things first What is critical thinking… Some writers and philosophers have approach defining it broad strokes: Robert Ennis, who spent six decades writing about the topic, claimed that critical thinking is simply “reasonable reflective thinking that is focused on deciding what to believe or do.” (1991, p. 8). Similarly, Sharon Bailin and her colleagues...
What is anarchism? Anarchism is the unity between means and ends, fighting for freedom in freedom. Anarchism is a philosophy, social movement, lens of analysis, and way of life built on the principles of Prefiguration, Direct Action, Solidarity, Accountability, Mutual Aid and Decentralisation. The word “Anarchy” takes its origin in the Greek word anarkhia meaning...
Foreword by The Bad Side The assassination of Basel al-Araj in 2017—caught on camera and shared, proudly, by the official Twitter account of the IDF—silenced one of the most fearless, inventive voices on the Palestinian radical left. He was thirty-one. A writer, teacher, and militant opponent of the Zionist state, he’d been in hiding for...
ASSEMBLED in Convention, from various sections of the American Union, for the promotion of peace on earth and good-will among men, we, the undersigned, regard it as due to ourselves, to the cause which we love, to the country in which we live, and to the world, to publish a DECLARATION, expressive of the principles...
Praise for Igniting a Revolution “Igniting a Revolutions eclectic collection of radical voices speaks truth to power with an audacity and freshness of perspective that are essential to transforming this perilously troubled post 9/11 world. As important, these essays help to continue–and yet, redefine–a much needed conversation among a wide range of activists and scholars...
On April 26, 2025, a massive explosion rocked the Shahid Rajaee port near Bandar Abbas, Iran’s largest commercial port. The blast resulted in at least 70 deaths and over 1,200 injuries, according to official reports . The explosion originated from improperly stored chemicals, including ammonium perchlorate, a compound used in missile fuel. The responsible company,...
Having to deal very briefly with the problem with which the so-called trusts confront us, I go at once to the heart of the subject, taking my stand on these propositions: That the right to cooperate is as unquestionable as the right to compete; that the right to compete involves the right to refrain from...
“For always in thine eyes, O Liberty!Shines that high light whereby the world is saved;And though thou slay us, we will trust in thee.”John Hay. On Picket Duty. A very lively quarrel is in progress among Australian radicals. Joseph Symes, the high priest of Free-thought at Melbourne, finding himself unable to “boss” the Anarchistic element...
“For always in thine eyes, O Liberty!Shines that high light whereby the world is saved;And though thou slay us, we will trust in thee.”John Hay. On Picket Duty. Mr. Yarros’s review of George Gunton’s “Wealth and Progress,” begun in this number of Liberty, will continue through two more issues. E. C. Walker’s “Fair Play” has...
Below is our translation of an article by Canyu (惭语 “Shameful Words”). The author is a communist from mainland China who works with the cross-border network of internationalist activists whose collective piece “Against Pinkwashing: Sinophone Queers and Feminists for Palestine” we published in March. According to the author, this piece was written out of political...
We are pleased to share this translation of an interview with Khun Heinn, a participant in the ongoing Spring Revolution and co-founder of the Progressive Muslim Youth Association (PMYA). The interview was conducted by a member of the transnational Sinophone Palestine Solidarity Action Network (PSAN) last month, during a meeting in Thailand, then collated, translated...
On his blog, libertarian bestselling author and Ron Paul homeschooling curriculum writer Tom Woods has written some thoughts about thin and thick libertarianism and how they apply to the Duck Dynasty controversy. If you’ve been living in a cave, the star of reality television show Duck Dynasty said some unfortunate things about gay people and...