The Institute for Anarchist Studies is thrilled to announce the projects awarded with an Anarchist Horizons grant during our 2024 grant cycle. “Hindi Introduction to Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism” by Sarthak Tomar India’s socio-economy seems to be swinging between ethno-nationalism, militarism and the neoliberal capital … Read more
On the eve of the 2024 election, the IAS is releasing its latest edition of Lexicon to interrogate the concept of democracy. Though the United States touts itself as the oldest existing democracy, it oversees the world’s largest carceral system and launches imperialist wars around … Read more
This interview is with social movement veterans who have sacrificed much, and learned a great deal, in trying to change the world. Each in their own way have gained valuable insights into the personal, interpersonal, and structural dynamics at play when confronting established power and … Read more
The Perspectives on Anarchist Theory editorial collective is proud to announce that we are publishing a book with our comrades at AK Press! The Perspectives on Anarchist Theory Reader will feature essays, interviews, book reviews, and art from each of the thirty-two issues of the … Read more
Anarchist Kinships in California’s San Gabriel Valley
Early twentieth-century San Gabriel Valley, California was an ideal location for Mexican migrants seeking work opportunities and hoping to escape the Mexican Revolution. Initially, they were seen as a convenient source of labor to fill a void left by the Johnson Reed Act of 1917 … Read more
On Violence and Rebels
On Wednesday, February 24, 1932, at 1:32 p.m. the car carrying Investigations Police Captain Luis Pardeiro Sontie, driven by the assigned chauffeur José Chebel Seluja, was ambushed at the intersection of Artigas Boulevard and Monte Caseros Street, in downtown Montevideo. The scene looked like mob … Read more
ORGANIZING OCCUPY WALL STREET: THIS IS JUST PRACTICE (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) by Marisa Holmes
Of the many words and images to come out of the Occupy Wall Street movement in the twelve years since it emerged (several of which I reviewed way back in Perspectives 2012 ‘Care’ issue), Marisa Holmes’s account stands out for several reasons. First, it’s unique in … Read more
Get a copy of the current Transformations issue of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory by clicking here! What’s in this issue you ask? TABLE OF CONTENTS: PERSPECTIVES ON ANARCHIST THEORY, n33, 2023 Introduction: Transformations by Lara Messersmith-Glavin, in which she weaves together themes of tarot and change, asking “Whose … Read more
An earlier version of this statement was posted on this blog which the IAS later discovered did not include important edits made in solidarity with Palestine. The statement shared with us was a version prior to these edits and we were not aware of them … Read more
The Power to Burn: Cormac McCarthy’s Exploration of America’s Nuclear Legacy in The Passenger & Stella Maris
I first encountered Cormac McCarthy around 2006 at my local bookstore, but it wasn’t until I came across The Passenger and Stella Maris a decade and a half later that I decided to give his work a chance. Truth be told, I decided to finally take … Read more
