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
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
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
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
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‘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
“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?
“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
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
