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Audible Anarchism
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A podcast broadcasting Anarchist essays and Audiobooks.
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Digital Tech, Capitalism’s Masks & the Myth of Free Markets (Part 19)
This is Part 19 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Algorithmic Power & AI Who Really Controls the Machines (Part 18)
This is Part 18 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Wage Slavery The System We’re Told Is “Freedom” (Part 17)
This is Part 17 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Money Isn’t What You Think — Debt, Power & the Birth of Capitalism (part 16)
This is Part 16 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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War is a Racket by Smedley Butler
#war #antiwar For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com While far from an Anarchist former Marine General Smedley Butler composed a speech in his twilight years that proved to be a damning criticism of militarism, imperialism and the capitalist system that enables and profits from them. Read the speech at https://publicdomarchive.blogspot.com/2026/04/1935-war-is-racket.html Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler's expose of American Corporate Imperialism. Butler said, “I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to Major General. And during that period I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. I suspected I was just part of the racket all the time. Now I am sure of it.”
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Beklau deinen Arbeitsplatz Tag
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com https://de.crimethinc.com/steal-something-from-work-day "Hol dir, was dir zusteht. Am 15. April ist der "Beklaue deinen Arbeitsplatz"-Tag. Dein Arbeitgeber verdient an dir und benutzt alle möglichen Tricks, um an den Angestellten maximal zu verdienen. Daher hole dir etwas von deinem Wert zurück und klaue etwas von deiner Arbeit! Du kannst es für dich, für deine Freunde oder deine Familie nutzen, die du wegen dem Job nie siehst. Markiere es in deinem Kalender und plane schon einmal voraus! Disclaimer: Dieser Text ist nur ein rhetorisches Stilmittel; vereinfacht ausgedrückt zielt er darauf ab, das bereits weit verbreitete Phänomen des Arbeitsplatzdiebstahls aufzudecken und nicht diejenigen zu ermutigen, die sonst keine solchen illegalen Handlungen begehen würden. Weder Crimethinc., noch dieses Projekt oder die Sprecher*innen sind dafür verantwortlich, dass Menschen zu ihm navigieren oder was sie danach tun."
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Scandinavia Isn’t What You Think Populism, Privatisation & Why the State Always Fails (Part 15)
This is Part 15 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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The Democratic Illusion Why Voting Doesn’t Change Power (Practical Anarchy Part 14)
This is Part 14 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Tehran Beneath the Bombs, Testimony of an Anarchist
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The translation can be found at https://actforfree.noblogs.org/2025/08/07/iran-tehran-beneath-the-bombs-testimony-of-an-anarchist/ The Anarchist Front website https://anarchistfront.noblogs.org/ An Iranian Anarchist's account of the bombing campaign by Israel in the summer of 2025.
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The State & Division How Power Manufactures Fear, Scapegoats & Enemies (Part 13)
This is Part 13 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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What Is the State Violence, Power & the System Explained (Part 12)
This is Part 12 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Globalisation, Power Vacuums & the Internet Anarchism in the 21st Century (Part 11)
This is Part 11 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Anarchism vs Fascism & Communism Survival in the Darkest Decades (Part 10)
This is Part 10 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Russia Soviets, Kronstadt and Makhno (Part 9)
This is Part 9 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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The Rise of the Modern Nation-State (Part 8)
This is Part 7 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Revolutions and Why They Fail (Part 7)
This is Part 7 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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The Anatomy of Power (Part 6)
This is Part 6 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Freedom as a Practical System (Part 5)
This is Part 5 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Community, Autonomy and Mutual Aid (Part 4)
This is Part 4 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Authority and Obedience (Part 3)
This is Part 3 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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International Statement - We Denounce the Imperial Offensive on Venezuela
#antiwar #antiimperialism #venezuela For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The statement can be read in English and Spanish at BR/RN's site https://www.blackrosefed.org/cala-statement-12-25/
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Self-Determination in the Modern World (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*.. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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What Is Practical Anarchy? (Part 1)
This is [] of *Practical Anarchy – A Guide to Self-Determination*. Please Like, Comment, Subscribe and Watch the whole series in order. Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction by Mark Sleigh Introduction to the author ► Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDT6pJU3_gViYVxWUTl8PcR29sW0GAcQK ► Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864387554451463/permalink/1881786316044920/ ► Buy the book: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=9dOIqr4EMtGT3x43Y9bhrmDaCPKCIzif4Y1dUjMvxgr #anarchy #history #politics #counterculture
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Starting an Anarchist Black Cross group, a guide
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The Zine can be read at https://solidarity.international/index.php/2025/08/30/updated-version-starting-an-anarchist-black-cross-group-a-guide/ This zine is a resource for anyone wanting to start an Anarchist Black Cross group. It was a collective effort of people from various ABC groups across Europe and the United States. We hope you find it inspiring and useful. There is a final section with many links to currently active groups and more in-depth guides. Please see the end of the online zine or the pinned comment on the video version. https://youtu.be/Pte8UTEwNfY
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Envy by Francisco Ferrer
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Read the text https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/francisco-ferrer-envy "As its epigraph indicates, the work was to have seven chapters, one for each sin; I thought of these chapters in the form of a story and I wrote the one corresponding to Envy. " An unfinished story penned by the educator Francisco Ferrer, this chapter and the six unwritten chapters tackle the Catholic concepts of sin and morality.
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Spilling the Spanish Beans by George Orwell
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/spilling-the-spanish-beans-2/ Spilling the Spanish Beans is an article, in two parts, by George Orwell, that first appeared in the New English Weekly of 29 July and 2 September 1937. It's an early commentary on the events in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
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Alfredo M. Bonanno - Towards Anarchist Antimilitarism
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Commentary on the strengths and failings of anarchist anti-militarism. Can be read online https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alfredo-m-bonanno-towards-anarchist-antimilitarism
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Against Bull-Fighting and Human Exploitation, by Francisco Ferrer
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com A letter by Anarchist teacher Francisco Ferrer linking and condemning cruelty and exploitation of animals and humans. The letter can be read here https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/francisco-ferrer-against-bull-fighting-and-human-exploitation
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Common Sense Country by L.S. Bevington
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Artist is no Bonzo, check out there portfolio at https://www.nobonzo.com/ A short work of fiction detailing a potential anarchist world. Read the story here https://publicdomarchive.blogspot.com/2025/06/common-sense-country-by-ls-bevington.html
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Bookchin, Öcalan y las dialécticas de la democracia
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com https://es.anarchistlibraries.net/library/janet-biehl-bookchin-ocalan-y-las-dialecticas-de-la-democracia Discurso presentado en conferencia “Desafiando la modernidad capitalista: Conceptos alternativos y la cuestión kurda” llevada a cabo en febrero de 2012. Transcripción y traducción al castellano de la Biblioteca Popular José Ingenieros.
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Peer Review Issue 02, Ten Theses on Science and Radicalism
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The Peer Review is a self-published a zine dedicated to the intersection of anarchism, science, and philosophy. The issues can be read at https://archive.org/details/@the_peer_review Issue #2 of The Peer Review, a zine dedicated to the intersection of anarchism, science, and philosophy. This issue addresses the anti-science sentiment that has arisen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Por los bárbaros
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com https://es.anarchistlibraries.net/library/ricardo-mella-por-los-barbaros Publicado originalmente en La Revista Blanca, núm. 124. Madrid, 15 agosto de 1903.
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The text https://www.gutenberg.org/files/71/71-h/71-h.htm Some consider this text a founding document of Anarchism in the United States. Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government, it expressed Thoreau’s belief that people should not allow governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that people have a duty both to avoid doing injustice directly and to avoid allowing their acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War.
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No Kings, No Masters! A Call for Anti-Authoritarian Blocs at the October 18 “No Kings” Demonstrations
The statement and links on practical steps and activism can be found online at https://crimethinc.com/2025/10/09/no-kings-no-masters-a-call-for-anti-authoritarian-blocs-at-the-october-18-no-kings-demonstrations This is a call for you—yes, you specifically—to organize an anti-authoritarian bloc in your community for the “No Kings” demonstrations on October 18. If you are willing to do this, skip directly to the how section. We should concern ourselves with forging a future where no single person—whether king or president—can claim the right to rule over millions. This means rejecting the increasingly authoritarian form of government we live under today and building something better—a society rooted in true self-determination, decentralized and non-hierarchical decision-making, and cooperative economics. -Ryan Only and Eric Laursen, “No Kings!”? How about “No Presidents!”? For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com
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The Peer Review, Issue 01, The Anarchist's Guide to Critical Thinking
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The Peer Review is a self-published a zine dedicated to the intersection of anarchism, science, and philosophy. The issues can be read at https://archive.org/details/@the_peer_review This issue is a guide to critical thinking written from an anarchist's perspective.
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Alfredo M Bonanno Die anarchistische Spannung
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com https://anarchistischebibliothek.org/library/alfredo-m-bonanno-die-anarchistische-spannung Am 28. Januar 1995 hielt Alfredo M. Bonanno ein Referat bei einer Konferenz zu "Anarchie und Demokratie" in Cúneo. In diesem Text geht es um das Spannungsverhältnis und vor allem das Gefühl der Spannung zwischen anarchistischer Theorie und Aktion, zwischen Praxis und den Gedanken. Bonanno nennt es "eine extreme Liebes- und Wuterklärung
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La anarquía sin adjetivos - Fernando Tarrida del Mármol
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com https://es.anarchistlibraries.net/library/fernando-tarrida-del-marmol-la-anarquia-sin-adjetivos Carta enviada por el anarquista Fernando Tarrida del Mármol al periódico francés La Révolte con fecha de 7 de agosto de 1890. Traducida del francés por Vladimiro Muñoz.
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Manifesto of the International Working Peoples' Association aka The Pittsburgh Manifesto
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Full text of the Manifesto https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Manifesto "To the Workingmen of America", known as the "Pittsburgh Manifesto" or "Pittsburgh Proclamation", is an anarchist manifesto issued at the October 1883 Pittsburgh Congress of the International Working People's Association. Its themes use the founding documents of the United States of America to expose how hollow its libertarian sentiments are in the American reality.
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The Paris Commune and the Idea of the State by Mikhail Bakunin
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The text can be read at https://libcom.org/article/paris-commune-and-idea-state-mikhail-bakunin Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin on the Paris Commune and the idea of government and the state.
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Soul of Man by Oscar Wilde
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Text can be read at https://libcom.org/article/soul-man-under-socialism-oscar-wilde “(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.” Published originally as “The Soul of Man Under Socialism,” this is not so much a work of sober political analysis; rather it can be summed up as a rhapsodic manifesto on behalf of the Individual. Socialism having deployed technology to liberate the whole of humanity from soul-destroying labour, the State obligingly withers away to allow the free development of a joyful, anarchic hedonism... “Is this Utopian? A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.” Far from abandoning the epigram in favour of the slogan, Wilde wittily assails several of his favourite targets: the misguided purveyors of philanthropy; life-denying ascetics of various kinds; the army of the half-educated who constitute themselves the enemies of Art - and those venal popular journalists who cater to them... “Behind the barricade there may be much that is noble and heroic. But what is there behind the leading-article but prejudice, stupidity, cant, and twaddle?” (Introduction by Martin Geeson)
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The Paris Commune by Peter Kropotkin
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The essay can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-the-commune-of-paris Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin's analysis of the Paris Commune, a defining moment in revolutionary history which inspired both marxist and anarchist revolutionaries for many years afterwards, and warrants continued attention today.
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Feminist Class Struggle by Bell Hooks
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The text can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/bell-hooks-feminist-class-struggle Published in The Northeastern Anarchist Issue #4, Spring/Summer 2002.
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The Change in my Thinking by Kōtoku Shūsui
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The text can be read at https://libcom.org/article/change-my-thinking-kotoku-shusui The 1907 article by Kōtoku Shūsui that launched an anarchist tendency among members and allies of the first Japan Socialist Party, translated into English. The classic article by Kōtoku Shūsui that launched the anarchist movement in Japan. In The Change in My Thinking, Kōtoku, one of Japan's foremost socialists in the late Meiji period, laid out the reasons for his move toward anarchism, his insistence that "direct action" is the only way to truly realize a social revolution, and his plea for his socialist comrades to re-consider their strategy of prioritizing parliamentary power.
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The Mexican by Jack London
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The story can be read at https://libcom.org/article/mexican-jack-london Jack London's short story about a young boxer who uses his prize money to fund the Mexican Revolution.
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War is the Health of the State by Randolph Bourne
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Essay can be read at https://reddebreksbowl.blogspot.com/2025/04/war-is-health-of-state-1918-by-randolph.html Randolph Silliman Bourne was a progressive writer and intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University. He is considered to be a spokesman for the young radicals living during World War I. His articles appeared in journals including The Seven Arts and The New Republic. Bourne is best known for his essays, especially his unfinished work "The State," discovered after he died. From this essay, which was published posthumously and included in Untimely Papers, comes the phrase "war is the health of the state" that laments the success of governments in arrogating authority and resources during conflicts.
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Assembly Line by B. Traven
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com The story can be read at https://libcom.org/article/assembly-line-b-traven "This is an early Traven story, taken, in an uncredited translation, (probably by Traven himself - I have Anglicised the spelling) from The Night Visitor and other stories, Allison & Busby, 1983 - a volume long out of print. The original German version - Der Grossindustrielle - was first published by the Buchergilde Gutenburg in 1928, as part of the collection Der Busch."
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The Anarchist Conception of Revolution by Luigi Fabbri
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com It can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/luigi-fabbri-the-anarchist-concept-of-the-revolution Chapter X of “Dittatura e Rivoluzione” by Luigi Fabbri commenting on strategy and tactics and the Anarchist approach to Revolution.
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Anarchy Works, Chapter 08, The Future
For questions, comments or to get involved, send us an e-maill at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism.
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Anarchy Works, Chapter 07, Neighbouring Societies
For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism.
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Anarchy Works, Chapter 06, Revolution
For questions, comments or to get involved, send us an e-mail at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com Can be read at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-anarchy-works Written by Peter Gelderloos, this primer written in a portable format will introduce you to the core concepts of Anarchism and answers to some of the obvious questions you may ask yourself when learning about anarchism and its movements. Start with this if you are new to anarchism.
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