Intersectionality and Class: with Julie Greene and Michael Reagan
In the last fifty years, work on racial capitalism, materialist feminism, and Black feminism have transformed scholarship and activism on class and capitalism. But social movements and scholars have struggled to adequately grapple with the complexity of class and class struggle and what these ideas … Read more
The Institute for Anarchist Studies (IAS) is excited to announce a collaboration with artist and designer Amanda Priebe. Priebe was commissioned to produce an artwork on the theme of Resiliency in honor of the IAS’s 25th year. Many of us on the West Coast have … Read more
Clio Reese Sady is a tattooist and pen and ink artist living on Ohlone land in Oakland, California. Sady is disabled – living with Bipolar Disorder – and loves making political art with San Francisco direct action group Gay Shame. Sady has had work published … Read more
How to Tan a Hide
Fleshing The teacher hands me a deer hide from a 50-gallon drum. My arm strains as I hold its heavy, slimy, dripping weight out in front of me, high so that it won’t drag in the dirt. I carry it to my fleshing beam, a … Read more
“It Did Happen Here” is an independently produced podcast that documents the organizing and unapologetic street battles against racist white boneheads in the 1980’s and 90’s. The podcasters talk to three core groups: the Portland chapter of ARA (Anti-Racist Action); SHARP (Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice); … Read more
Why We Fight, by Shane Burley
Why do we fight? Because fascism. Because resistance. Because surviving the apocalypse. In linking together these three themes, Shane Burley writes at a turning point in his new book, Why We Fight Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse. He presents it as a … Read more
The IAS awarded $3,000 in grants this year, expanding what we fund beyond the written word to audio and visual presentation. One of the recipients is Tajh Morris, who received a grant for his project “The Origins of Black Anarchism from within the Black Panther … Read more
The Institute for Anarchist Studies (IAS) rebooted our grants’ program in 2021 to include multimedia. This year’s call for grant proposals prioritized short audio and video projects that would serve as foundations, definitions, or further education on: Black and Indigenous Anarchism(s); Police Abolition and Alternatives; … Read more
This innovative study explores the relevance of class as a theoretical category in our world, arguing that leading traditions of class analysis have missed major elements of what class is and how it operates. It combines instersectional theory and materialism to show that culture, economics, … Read more
IAS Summer Newsletter June, 2021 2021 Marks the 25th Year of the Institute for Anarchist Studies! The Institute for Anarchist Studies (IAS) is excited to celebrate our 25th year – a remarkable anniversary. The IAS is proud to be here, continuing our work to advance … Read more
