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The difficult history of anarchism

Ruth Kinna: The Government of No One. The Theory and Practice of Anarchism

ANARCHISM: Typical anarchist struggles such as the eight-hour day, access to contraception, liberalization of marriage law and access to military denial have largely been successful. But where does anarchism stand today?
Kjetil Korslund -

The memories of an anarchist

CALL: Jens Bjørneboe has made a storytelling where Emma Goldman remembers the many events in her life. Here is a report from Grusomhetens Teater's rehearsal of Red Emma.
Lars Øyno -

Healing in the natural

Peter Michalzik: Vegetarier, Künstler und Visionäre suchen nach dem Neuen Paradies

INNOVATORS: The anarchist collective project Monte Verità was a groundbreaking, vibrant center with inspiration for ideas that are heard even today.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

Solidarity, mutual aid, equality and autonomy

COMMENT:: What does Bjørneboe mean to you today?
Cecilie Van Der Hagen Johansen Pérez -

David Graeber (1961–2020)

Obituary:: David Graeber died recently. MODERN TIMES chooses for once to bring an obituary – here over the anarchist who wanted to change our usual notions of what is possible and impossible, right and wrong, normal and strange.
Daniel Vernegg -

A late hippie confessions

STREET NEWSPAPER: MODERN TIMES prints one of the essays in a new book about Gateavisa. Here is a reflection on how, in the postmodernist spirit, they had to reinvent themselves as an eighties magazine: In the editorial offices, everyone largely disagreed with everyone on everything from layout to US foreign policy. Here were purple undershirts, jackets from flea markets, scrolls and books about the eco-crisis.
Thomas Hylland Eriksen -

House occupation and grassroots anarchism

BERLIN: The 70s came back in Berlin in many ways, but with the opposite sign: The fight against brutal urban redevelopment and demolition of war-ruined residential buildings has today been turned into a fight against gentrification and housing speculation.
Hans-Georg Kohler -

Ecological Economics and Utopian Laws

Ove Daniel Jakobsen: Ecological Economics – A perspective from the future

ECO-ECONOMY: Economics professor Ove Daniel Jakobsen is as wild in thought as Nordland's nature is wild and diverse. In his 12th book, utopias will save us.
Andrew P. Kroglund -

«The wild thinking»

AUTHORS: Ursula K. Le Guin – outspoken anarchist, feminist, visionary and prophet.
Ana L. Valdés -

Anarchist Book Cafes and "Mutual Assistance"

ANARCHISTS: Mette, Thomas and Rasmus found their way into anarchism through the struggle for the Youth House in Copenhagen more than a decade ago. They have since been active in book cafes, labor disputes and opposition to racism. It is first and foremost about lived political experiences.
Nina Trige Andersen -

Can we recover the Amazon's lung?

Félix Guattari Translated by Christel Pedersen: The three ecologies

ECOSOFI: Current Brazil looks like Guattari's worst nightmare. His mental revolution also suggests that nature itself comes first.
Alexander Carnera -

Anarchists against the wall

TEL AVIV: It is becoming harder and harder to oppose the system as Israel moves to the right.
Hans Henrik Fafner -
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The Government of No One. The Theory and Practice of Anarchism
Forfatter: Ruth Kinna
Forlag: Pelican (Penguin Books) (USA)
ANARCHISM / Typical anarchist struggles such as the eight-hour day, access to contraception, liberalization of marriage law and access to military denial have largely been successful. But where does anarchism stand today?

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