“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
You Say You Want A Revolution?
There is a centuries-long conversation on how best to achieve transformational change, taken up here in a dialogue between authors with insight and ideas for today’s political revolutionaries. Almost 150 years ago, the Farmers Alliance organized two million people in the United States by rallying … Read more
So You Got Teargassed? Herbal Self-Care After Exposure to Chemical Weapons
If 2020 brought anything to my hometown of Portland, Oregon, it was the opportunity to be exposed to chemical weapons. Protesters, residents both housed and unhoused, bystanders, and workers throughout the city have been caught off guard by law enforcement’s prolific deployment of tear gas, … Read more
Sustain the Riot: From “Defund the Police” to Revolutionary Abolitionism after the George Floyd Uprisings
“Fascism has temporarily succeeded under the guise of reform. The only way we can destroy it is to refuse to compromise with the enemy state and its ruling class.” — George Jackson, Blood in My Eye “A politics of abolition could never finally be … Read more
Mutual Aid Top 5s
What are your top five things that have brought you comfort and/or joy during the past year? It can be anything: foods, movies, people, animals, thoughts, books, records, yoga positions, a particular hike, a new pen, an old friend, whatever! Sam Smith Perspectives copy … Read more
This interview was conducted on October 16th, 2022 and was slightly edited for clarity. Paul Messersmith-Glavin: Tell us about yourself: where you’re from, and your relations with family and friends in Iran. Comrade: I was born in Tehran. And I still have a lot of … Read more
Organizing Disruption: Fiction that Calls Us to Action
Review: Kung Li Sun, Begin the World Over (AK Press, 2022) & Robert Evans, After the Revolution (AK Press, 2022) Javier Sethness Castro, author of “From ‘Trotsky in Tijuana’ to ‘Chernobyl’: Caution & Reason” said, “[t]he promise of historical and speculative fiction is the reconstruction of the past … Read more
Silence in Perpetual Noise
Prison creates a different picture in the minds of those who have been there and those who send people there. We are indoctrinated to believe the prison system was created to keep our friends and neighbors safe. That prisons exist to help rehabilitate those criminals … Read more
