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The Power to Burn: Cormac McCarthy’s Exploration of America’s Nuclear Legacy in The Passenger & Stella Maris

by Dylan Clymer

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

Call For Anarchist Horizons and Jen Angel Grant Applications – Apply Now!

The Institute of Anarchist Studies is excited to announce applications are now open for our 2023-24 grants program. To learn more about the grants available and apply, read on! For nearly thirty years, the Institute for Anarchist Studies has funded creative intellectual work that furthers … Read more

The 2023 Institute for Anarchist Studies Writing Grants!

In addition to the four Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grants awarded in collaboration with Agency: An Anarchist PR Project, the IAS also awarded three writing grants in 2023! “Defensa Territorial, Defensa Racial: The Battle for Weelaunee, Guapinol, and LA” is a zine project that centers Central American and … Read more

Occupy as Rupture: An Interview with Matt Peterson

by Amogh Sahu

The decade we have left behind, the 2010s, was described by the British journalist Paul Mason as a time where “it’s kicking off everywhere.” What began with the Arab Spring protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere, against the dictatorial regimes that ran those countries … Read more

Inaugural Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant Memorializes Legacy of Oakland Baker & Social Justice Activist Killed Earlier This Year

In New Initiative, the Institute for Anarchist Studies Partners with Agency to Make Anarchist Ideas Accessible Through Media-Focused Grants Agency, the anarchist public relations organization, announced the recipients of its new grant program today. The Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant was launched this year in … Read more

Perspectives on Anarchist Theory: Transformations!

Perspectives on Anarchist Theory‘s 33rd issue, Transformations, published by the Institute for Anarchist Studies, is available directly from the IAS, as well as from AK Press, Powell’s Books, or a bookshop near you! Click here to order a copy for yourself, or for your local … Read more

Gallery of the Streets

“We Begin with Play,” Kai Lumumba Barrow Gallery of the Streets is a network of autonomous artists, activists, and scholars committed to abolitionist movement-building. Led by queer Black feminist politics, our work is created by people who live, love, fight, work, and play in … Read more

Can you hear me now?

by Verena Schäfers Sutherland

“Hello Ahmed, can you hear me?” I half-shout into my laptop, which is precariously balanced on two couch cushions. Our geriatric mutt, Tucker, is gently snoring in the background, only his two grizzled ears visible against the red and black blanket. I see Ahmed, a … Read more

Long-time Anarchist Activist Jen Angel has died in Oakland

As the new issue of Perspectives is at the press, we are deeply saddened to learn that long-time anarchist activist, dear friend, and co-founder of Agency: An Anarchist PR Project, among so many other incredible projects, has died. This is from Jen Angel’s Team: “It’s … Read more

Anarchist Agency & IAS: Ideas in Revolt! Grants for Radical Writers, Artists, and Creators

The Institute for Anarchist Studies is grateful to be partnering with Anarchist Agency – An Anarchist PR Project (Agency) for our current 2022-23 grants program!

For a quarter of a century, the IAS has funded creative work that furthers anarchist ideas and makes them accessible to a broad audience. This year, the IAS has joined forces with Agency to boost grant funding, specifically for multimedia-focused projects such as podcast, video production, and livestreams. Agency promotes contemporary anarchist perspectives through commentary, media relations, and educational campaigns. Learn more about Agency, and the radical work they do, here.

We have a limited number of $500 – $2,000 grants available and would like to encourage anarchist creators with proposals for communicating anarchist ideas to apply.