Perspectives on Anarchist Theory

11/07/2024

Though the United States touts itself as the oldest existing democracy, it oversees the world's largest carceral system and launches imperialist wars around the world. How can the concept of democracy inform or distract liberatory movements for radical change? Can we speak of democracy beyond the ballot box--or beyond the state entirely? Lexicon is a series of free pamphlets created by the IInstitute for Anarchist Studiesto convert words into politically useful tools. https://anarchiststudies.org/

11/07/2024

Though the United States touts itself as the oldest existing democracy, it oversees the world's largest carceral system and launches imperialist wars around the world. How can the concept of democracy inform or distract liberatory movements for radical change? Can we speak of democracy beyond the ballot box--or beyond the state entirely? Lexicon is a series of free pamphlets created by the Institute for Anarchist Studies to convert words into politically useful tools.

https://anarchiststudies.org/

08/06/2024

An interview with Helia Rasti & Ashanti Alston, for Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, republished by It's Going Down!

Paul Messersmith-Glavin speaks with long-time organizers Helia Rasti and Ashanti Alston. Originally published by Perspectives on Anarchist Theory. This interview is with social movement veterans who have sacrificed much, and learned a great deal, in trying to change the world. Each in their own way....

08/02/2024

An interview with former Black Panther, Black Liberation Army anarchist Ashanti Alston & Tehran born healthcare worker and organizer Helia Rasti on being involved in social movements over the longhaul. Check it out!

An Interview with Helia Rasti and Ashanti Alston This interview is with social movement veterans who have sacrificed much, and learned a great deal,

07/28/2024

Collective Care & Sustaining Social Change: Interview with Helia Rasti and Ashanti Alston

https://anarchiststudies.org/collective-care-sustaining-social-change-interview-with-helia-rasti-and-ashanti-alston/

("Emergency" by Roger Peet)

Perspectives on Anarchist Theory is a print & online journal published by the IAS.

07/11/2024

Join one of the editors and a Portland contributor to this new book as we have a lively discussion of ways forward in Portland, Oregon.

Perspectives on Anarchist Theory is a print & online journal published by the IAS.

07/05/2024

George Katsiaficas’ Eros & Revolution, a new collection of essays with the foreword written by a member of the Perspectives on Anarchist Theory collective, is available from AK Press:

Eros and Revolution

06/30/2024

Two Portland organizers who wrote for the Power & Transformations issues, with Irish antifascist organizers holding those very Perspectives issues, in Limerick, Ireland. Free Palestine!

06/24/2024

George Katsiaficas interviewed by Shane Burley. Katsiaficas's new collection of essays, "Eros & Revolution," will soon be available from AK Press. A member of the Perspectives collective wrote the book's foreword. Check out this great discussion!

We talked with Katsiaficas about his most recent essay collection, Eros and Revolution, released by Montreal’s Black Rose Books, about the passionate movement to confront power and construct a world beyond the borders and boundaries of the old.

06/20/2024

A review, by a member of the Perspectives collective, of "Safety Through Solidarity," a new book by Shane Burley & Ben Lorber.

A new book brings much-needed clarity to the debate on antisemitism, and how the fight against it is tied to our collective liberation.

04/26/2024

Spring fashion suggestion.

04/26/2024

After nearly twelve years, despite a relentless war of aggression waged by Turkey and ISIS, the Kurdish freedom movement, alongside the other diverse peoples of North-East Syria, continue to build and defend a sweeping social revolution rooted in the principles of direct-democracy, women’s liberation, cooperative economics, cultural pluralism, and social ecology.

How is society being organized in Rojava? What are the revolution’s achievements and challenges? How did this movement transform chaos into social revolution, and what lessons could we apply to organizing our own local communities?

Join us as we discuss what is happening in Rojava, why it matters, and how we can stand in solidarity.

The Emergency Committee for Rojava is proud to be partnering with the Institute for Social Ecology (ISE), Democratic Socialists of America - Libertarian Socialist Caucus (DSA-LSC), and the Oil & Gas Action Network (OGAN) as co-sponsors of this tour.

All events will be FREE to the public.

In Portland, this event takes place at the Social Justice Action Center, 400 SE 12th Ave on Tuesday, May 14th at 6pm.

04/15/2024

04/02/2024

"... while she said she appreciated what she called 'some of the anarcho-leftist messages' in Joker, Drew saw the value of questioning the current comic-book monoculture on a more fundamental level. 'I never thought of it as ‘Now it’s the girls’ turn!’' she said of her own effort. 'It speaks more to how we have to hear all the time that these films are our modern myths. I think a lot of that is Marvel propaganda.'"

Vera Drew used the Batman villain to tell a trans coming-of-age story. When Warner Bros. found out, the filmmaker wasn’t sure what would come next.

03/28/2024

Perspectives on Anarchist Theory is doing a book with AK Press!

Perspectives on Anarchist Theory is Publishing a Book with AK Press! March 28, 2024 The Perspectives on Anarchist Theory editorial collective is proud to announce that we are publishing a book with our comrades at AK Press! The Perspectives on Anarchist Theory Reader will feature essays, interviews,...

03/28/2024

“To make a new world we must transform ourselves. Perspectives on Anarchist Theory offers essential insights on how to do this from the frontlines of struggle.”

-Marisa Holmes, author of Organizing Occupy Wall Street

Get your copy here!: https://anarchiststudies.org/shop/perspectives-on-anarchist-theory-issue-no-33-transformations-copy/

03/28/2024

In Canada, many issues of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory are available from Leftwing Books! No exorbitant shipping fees from the US! Check everything available from our comrades in Canada!

We stock books from a wide range of anti-racist, feminist, and generally left-wing perspectives. Via Kersplebedeb Publishing, we also publish books focusing on writings by political prisoners and prisoners of war, documents pertaining to armed politics in the metropole, and the political economy of....