Like Birds (fiction)
(art by Peter Railand, justseeds artists’ cooperative. ) “The hell?” I asked. Ari followed my gaze upward to the wide mesh enclosing the dome of the “courtyard,” the outdoor exercise area surrounded by 15-foot iron bars. “Oh, yeah. That’s to prevent ‘e-LOPE-ment,’” she said, dragging … Read more
Anarkhos: An Epic for Our Time
(art “Fatal State” – By NO Bonzo) Book I: Stirring The heroes in this passage: Addison Fabulous Addison lifts up their iPhone and snaps a selfie. Blue hair killing it, eyeliner perfect. Jubilant picture. Upload to Instagram, instantly liked by their genderqueer fan base. … Read more
Envisioning Futures: A Review Essay
A People’s Future of the United States (New York: One World, 2019) by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? (New York: Orbit, 2018) by N.K. Jemisin Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories (Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press, 2018) by Vandana Singh A … Read more
The current print issue of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory is on the theme of “Imaginations.” We asked a handful of IAS board members, authors, and contributors to tell us about some of the influences that have inspired their imaginations. Here are a few of their … Read more
The Future, Prewritten? Popular Vision and the Fight Against Displacement
(art by Kill Joy) Finite Frontiers No matter how we approach it, we can all see the way the future is shaping up. We are forced to admit it will be shaped by better bandwidth and higher processing speeds. Our phones now speak back; the … Read more
To Those Who Fight … You Do Not Fight Alone: the Work of Imagination in Anti-Border Struggles
(art by Amanda Priebe) “The world we want is one where everyone fits. The world we want is one where many worlds fit.” Fourth Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), January 1st, 1996 Destitute Times and Rebellious Imaginations … Read more
Repression Knows No Boundaries, Neither Does Resistance!
A review of Confronting Fascism: Discussion Documents for a Militant Movement & Alerta! Alerta! Snapshots of Europe’s Antifascist Struggle
Confronting Fascism: Discussion Documents for a Militant Movement, by Don Hamerquist & J. Sakai, Anti-Racist Action Chicago and Mark Salotte, (AK Press, 2017) and Alerta! Alerta! Snapshots of Europe’s Antifascist Struggle, by Patrick O. Strickland, (AK Press, 2019) (translated from Portuguese) In the opening essay … Read more
Radical Solidarity in the Fight for the Future
Right now, shit is really bad. In October 2018, an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report revealed that the world was on track for catastrophic global warming in the near term, which led to a rallying cry of “12 years to save the planet.” … Read more
Dreaming an Anti-Fascist Politics of Pleasure
“And then Richard Spencer got punched in the face, right? Which was an amazing moment in comedic history…because, I don’t know if you know, Richard Spencer was being interviewed and in the interview he was asked about his Pepe the Frog badge. So he was … Read more
Imaginations Introduction
Some days I feel like I know what needs to happen. I imagine we can dream a way past capitalism, a way to unify efforts to eradicate oppression, a way to develop power-sharing processes and create balance without enormous loss of life or slipping into … Read more
