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Established in 2008, the ARG is a research initiative at Loughborough University providing space for the discussion, exploration and analysis of anarchist history, theory and practice. This feed promotes the activity of its members and associates.

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Crowdfunder for new Dog Section Press book 'Anarchisms'. Featuring ARG member Ruth Kinna www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/anarchisms

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Help us to pay for the printing costs of our next publication: Anarchisms

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The first episode in this series introduces the book and its arguments. Listen to David Gordon Scott and Emma Bell on 'Envisioning Abolition - Back to Black?' here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays' wherever you find your podcasts. bit.ly/43hSzuf (2/2)

Essay #120: David Gordon Scott & Emma Bell, ‘Envisioning Abolition - Back to Black?’

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🎙️Anarchist Essay #120! The latest episode in our series with @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social starts a short series based on the edited collection 'Envisioning Abolution'. Published by @brisunipress.bsky.social, the book is edited by David Gordon Scott and Emma Bell. (1/2)

Essay #120: David Gordon Scott & Emma Bell, ‘Envisioning Abolition - Back to Black?’

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🎙️Anarchist Essay #119! In the latest episode of our series w/ @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Roberta Cesana presents 'Writing as Self-Construction: Leda Rafanelli's Life in Anarchism, Typography and Publishing' Listen here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays' bit.ly/4uM268x

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Today! Upcoming ARG Seminar 29th April, 1-2pm (GMT) Join us this Weds. as Ryan Essex discusses 'Anarchism and Health'. All welcome. To join remotely, follow the link -> bit.ly/4t3XGsr Meeting ID: 350 524 241 471 45 Passcode: nh7cS6ey

'Anarchism and Health'
Dr. Ryan Essex
(George Institute for Global Health)

Anarchism is deeply concerned with health and wellbeing, and with the conditions that make freedom and flourishing possible and yet, anarchism and health are two issues that are rarely put into conversation in the academic literature. Starting here, this talk focuses on two issues. First, the overlaps and synergies between anarchist ideas and efforts already underway in health. Mutual aid networks, community-led care, DIY practices, anti-racist and decolonial health movements. In these we find elements of horizontal organising, the democratisation of knowledge, collective self-determination and challenges to dominant, hierarchical models of care. Second, I turn to what anarchism could offer to disrupt, undermine and ultimately reconfigure how we organise for health. While there are reasons for hope, healthcare systems remain deeply hierarchical, knowledge remains commodified and locked behind paywalls, and appeals to the State or market continue to structure our political imagination. Anarchism has enormous potential here, not only to critique these arrangements, but to help us build something different in the here and now, moving us toward a world where we all can be healthy, whatever this may mean.
Dr. Ryan Essex is a Research Fellow at the George Institute. His work critically engages with health, ethics, and power. His research interests encompass migrant health, public health, protest and anarchist theory. Ryan is currently based in Australia and is the author of “Anarchism and health: Organising for health without the state and other forms of domination” (Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2026) and co-editor of “Resistance, activism & health: Global perspectives on solidarity and the struggle for health” (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2026).

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Anarchist Essay #118! In the latest episode of our podcast series w/ the @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Vincent Bouchard & Asia Matthews present 'An Anarchist Approach to the Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum'. Listen here or search for 'Anarchist Essays' bit.ly/4vVe7Kc

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Upcoming ARG Seminar! 29th April, 1-2pm (GMT) Join us this Weds. as Ryan Essex discusses 'Anarchism and Health'. All welcome. To join remotely, follow the link -> bit.ly/4t3XGsr Meeting ID: 350 524 241 471 45 Passcode: nh7cS6ey

'Anarchism and Health'
Dr. Ryan Essex
(George Institute for Global Health)

Anarchism is deeply concerned with health and wellbeing, and with the conditions that make freedom and flourishing possible and yet, anarchism and health are two issues that are rarely put into conversation in the academic literature. Starting here, this talk focuses on two issues. First, the overlaps and synergies between anarchist ideas and efforts already underway in health. Mutual aid networks, community-led care, DIY practices, anti-racist and decolonial health movements. In these we find elements of horizontal organising, the democratisation of knowledge, collective self-determination and challenges to dominant, hierarchical models of care. Second, I turn to what anarchism could offer to disrupt, undermine and ultimately reconfigure how we organise for health. While there are reasons for hope, healthcare systems remain deeply hierarchical, knowledge remains commodified and locked behind paywalls, and appeals to the State or market continue to structure our political imagination. Anarchism has enormous potential here, not only to critique these arrangements, but to help us build something different in the here and now, moving us toward a world where we all can be healthy, whatever this may mean.
Dr. Ryan Essex is a Research Fellow at the George Institute. His work critically engages with health, ethics, and power. His research interests encompass migrant health, public health, protest and anarchist theory. Ryan is currently based in Australia and is the author of “Anarchism and health: Organising for health without the state and other forms of domination” (Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2026) and co-editor of “Resistance, activism & health: Global perspectives on solidarity and the struggle for health” (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2026).

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🎙️Anarchist Essay #117! In the latest in our series w/ the @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Eleanor Strangways presents 'Anarchism, Anti-Imperialism, and the British Empire'. This episode draws on her recent article in @mbhjournal.bsky.social Listen here or search 'Anarchist Essays'. bit.ly/4chG1a7

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🎙️Anarchist Essay #116! In the latest episode of our podcast series w/ the @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Sean Ketteringham presents 'Anarchist anti-imperialism, modern domesticity' exploring the work of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Listen here or search for 'Anarchist Essays' bit.ly/4sxdtAv

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

For more on this issue, see: bit.ly/41dZjYO To subscribe: bit.ly/4biJs1c To write for Anarchist Studies: bit.ly/3PLbauY (7/7)

Anarchist Studies: Volume 34 Issue 1 (2026) - Lawrence Wishart

Anarchist Studies: An inter- and multi-disciplinary journal of anarchism research - Issue contents for Volume 34 Issue 1 (2026)

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The reviews section of AS 34.1 features @profalexp.bsky.social on Newman and La Torre's 'The Anarchist Before the Law'; Nathan Jun on Jarrett's 'Lockean Property Ethics'; Francis O'Connor on Biehl's 'Their Blood got Mixed'; + Isobel van Hagen on Branson's 'Practical Anarchism'. (6/7) bit.ly/41dZjYO

Anarchist Studies: Volume 34 Issue 1 (2026) - Lawrence Wishart

Anarchist Studies: An inter- and multi-disciplinary journal of anarchism research - Issue contents for Volume 34 Issue 1 (2026)

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The final article in Anarchist Studies 34.1 is Kauan Willian dos Santos, ''War on War': Anarchists in Brazil in the Face of the Two World Wars' (5/7) bit.ly/41dZjYO

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The third article in Anarchist Studies 34.1 is by Tom Goyens (@tomgoyens.bsky.social) , 'Rudolf Rocker in Exile: Reimagining Anarchism in an Age of Catastrophe, 1933-1958'. (4/7) bit.ly/41dZjYO

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

In the second article in Anarchist Studies 34.1, Zachary Patrick discusses 'The Ballot or the Bomb: The Anarchist-Socialist Split in the American Gilded Age'. (3/7) bit.ly/41dZjYO

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

In this issue's first article, Michael Grooff presents 'Sympathy as the Engine of Mutual Aid: Reading Kropotkin's Bipartite Account of Sympathy' (2/7) bit.ly/41dZjYO

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

📝 Anarchist Studies 34.1 is out now! This issue comprises 4 articles, 1 review essay and 5 book reviews: The cover for this issue is by Gianluca Constantini and is discussed in the opening essay by Allan Antliff. (1/7) bit.ly/41dZjYO

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🎙️Anarchist Essay #115! In a recent episode of our podcast series w/ @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social , Maria Chomard presented 'To Save the Saviours: Reorganising Anarchist Solidarity in the Europe after World War II'. Listen here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays' . bit.ly/4uEKvAi

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📝New article from ARG member Ruth Kinna and former ARG PhD student Simon Stevens. Their article 'Anarchism: War, Violence and Scapegoating' was recently published in the journal Contemporary Political Theory. This article is available open access here: bit.ly/46xKMul @irph.bsky.social

Anarchism: war, violence and scapegoating - Contemporary Political Theory

This article gives an anarchist account of politics as war to theorise an anarchist Realpolitik. Mikhail Vereshchagin’s killing in War and Peace provides the springboard to review the claim that sover...

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📝New article from ARG member @msadams.bsky.social and his @irph.bsky.social colleague Rakesh Ankit. 'Anarchism and the "Fascination with Empire": George Woodcock in India, 1964-1985' was published in the International Review of Social History. It's available open access here: bit.ly/4qWdBI5

Anarchism and the “Fascination with Empire”: George Woodcock in India, 1964–1985 | International Review of Social History | Cambridge Core

Anarchism and the “Fascination with Empire”: George Woodcock in India, 1964–1985

Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📝New article from ARG member @msadams.bsky.social and his @irph.bsky.social colleague Rakesh Ankit. 'Anarchism and the "Fascination with Empire": George Woodcock in India, 1964-1985' was published in the International Review of Social History. It's available open access here: bit.ly/4qWdBI5

Anarchism and the “Fascination with Empire”: George Woodcock in India, 1964–1985 | International Review of Social History | Cambridge Core

Anarchism and the “Fascination with Empire”: George Woodcock in India, 1964–1985

Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📝New article from ARG member Ruth Kinna and former ARG PhD student Simon Stevens. Their article 'Anarchism: War, Violence and Scapegoating' was recently published in the journal Contemporary Political Theory. This article is available open access here: bit.ly/46xKMul @irph.bsky.social

Anarchism: war, violence and scapegoating - Contemporary Political Theory

This article gives an anarchist account of politics as war to theorise an anarchist Realpolitik. Mikhail Vereshchagin’s killing in War and Peace provides the springboard to review the claim that sover...

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Matthew Adams @msadams.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Perhaps of interest to anyone want to work with the Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social IRPH is also the home of the journal Anarchist Studies. @anarchiststudies.bsky.social

Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

TODAY! Link to join below.

Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Tomorrow! Upcoming Seminar: Weds. 4th March, 2-3pm (GMT) In our first seminar of the new semester Dicky Dread will be joining us to discuss ‘How people organise without permission: A talk about practice’. All welcome, please use this link to join: bit.ly/400MLna

(A) PRACTICAL ANARCHY
How people organise without permission

A talk about practice with Dicky Dread

Wednesday, 4th March, 2026, 2:00 PM
@ Anarchist Research Group, Loughborough University

Practical steps beyond theory

How to organise in disaster and every day

Scaling self-organisation beyond the local

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Join the discussion: Practical Anarchy Facebook group
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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Upcoming Seminar: Weds. 4th March, 2-3pm (GMT) In our first seminar of the new semester Dicky Dread will be joining us to discuss ‘How people organise without permission: A talk about practice’. All welcome, please use this link to join: bit.ly/400MLna

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Matthew Adams @msadams.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

May interest someone wanting to work with the Anarchism Research Group (@anarchismresgroup.bsky.social). IRPH is also the home of the journal Anarchist Studies. @anarchiststudies.bsky.social

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

📝Anarchist Studies Blog Post Ron Scapp offers 'Notes on an Anarchist Pedagogy - Postscript' on the Anarchist Studies blog. Read the full article here --> bit.ly/4reRQ7z

Article: Notes On An Anarchist Pedagogy – Postscript – AnarchistStudies.Blog

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Anarchist Essay #112! In our first episode of the new year, Robert T.F. Downes presents 'Green Anarchy and Red Praxis'. Listen here or search for 'Anarchist Essays' wherever you find your podcasts. bit.ly/3YDZxY6

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

📝New article from ARG member @alexchristoy.bsky.social. His article 'Pacifist rejoinders to the 'Hitler question'' has been published in the European Journal of International Security @ejisbisa.bsky.social. The article is available open access here: bit.ly/4bjS3kL

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

🎙️Anarchist Essay #111! In our last podcast episode of the year, Livia K. Stone presents 'Autogestion: Correcting the History of Self-Management'. You can listen here or search for 'Anarchist Essays' wherever you find your podcasts. bit.ly/4q10R36 See you in the new year!

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

🎙️Anarchist Essay #110! In the latest episode of our series w/ @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Juan Carlos Mijangos Noh presents 'Creating an Anarchist Community: How can Students from a Neoliberal University Participate'. This episode is available in English and Spanish. bit.ly/4aeUwfF

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🎙️Anarchist Essay #109! In the latest episode of our podcast series w/ @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Jason Garner offers 'Updating Anarchism', exploring debates over anarchist tactics in the 1920s. Listen here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays' wherever you find your podcasts bit.ly/44WNuIO

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🎙️Anarchist Essay #108! In the latest episode of our podcast series w/ @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Steve Emery and Dai O'Brien offer 'L.A. Motler: A Deaf Anarchist' Listen here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays' bit.ly/4orPsrF Help others find the series by reviewing us wherever you listen!

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🎙️Anarchist Essay #106! In the latest episode of our series w/ the @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Josie Holland presents 'Utopian Desires of Queer Anarchism'. Listen here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays' wherever you find your podcasts. bit.ly/49ck6Bh

Essay #106: Josie Holland, ‘Utopian Desires of Queer Anarchism’

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

🎙️Anarchist Essay #107! In the latest episode of our series w/ @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Alexandria H., Juan Verala Luz & Charles W., present 'Survival of the Organized: Critical Reflections on Organizing and Mutual Aid'. Listen here or search for 'Anarchist Essays' bit.ly/3WDHY9x

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Starting in 1 hour. Join via this link: bit.ly/42misZL

Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Tomorrow!! We're delighted to welcome @akpress.org author Matt Broomfield for the first ARG 'webinar' of the semester. Matt will be speaking on 15th October 2025 between 15:00-16:00 GMT. All welcome and can join using this link --> bit.ly/42misZL See below for details of his presentation.

Text says: "Drawing on three years living and working in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan), journalist Matt Broomfield explores the ways the revolutionary Kurdish movement sheds light on struggle, strategy, and endurance—how and why to fight for revolution in the face of nearly impossible odds.

Hope Without Hope carries on the long tradition of history, absurdist philosophy, and radical thought that has studied how anti-fascist and anti-colonial movements answer defeat and repression with a revolutionary faith in transformation. Only by understanding this history can we pursue the steadfast work of organizing for longterm revolutionary change in our seemingly hopeless age.

Matt Broomfield is a British journalist, poet, and organizer. From 2018 to 2020, he spent three years living and working in Rojava (North and East Syria), where he co-founded the Rojava Information Centre, the top independent, English-language news source connecting the Kurdish-led autonomous regions with the international press. His writing has appeared in the Independent, New Statesman, VICE, The Nation, and Jacobin, among others.

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🎙️Anarchist Essay #105! In the latest episode of our podcast series w/ @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Javier Sethness Castro reads from his book 'Tolstoy's Search for the Kingdom of God: Gender and Queer Anarchism'. Listen here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays' bit.ly/4gXn9zn

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

We're delighted to welcome @akpress.org author Matt Broomfield for the first ARG 'webinar' of this semester. Matt will be speaking on 15th October 2025 between 15:00-16:00 GMT. All welcome and can join using this link --> bit.ly/42misZL See below for details of his presentation.

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Essay #105: Javier Sethness Castro, ‘From Tolstoy’s Search for the Kingdom of God: Gender and Queer Anarchism’ @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social @solcolua.bsky.social @anarresproject.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0miW...

Essay #105: Javier Sethness Castro, ‘From Tolstoy’s Search for the Kingdom of God: Gender and Queer

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

We're delighted to welcome @akpress.org author Matt Broomfield for the first ARG 'webinar' of this semester. Matt will be speaking on 15th October 2025 between 15:00-16:00 GMT. All welcome and can join using this link --> bit.ly/42misZL See below for details of his presentation.

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🎙️Anarchist Essay #104! In the latest episode of our series with the @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Theresa Warburton presents 'Other Worlds Here: Embracing Story as Place-Based Practice in Anarchist Social Movements' Listen here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays' bit.ly/4mqb6eQ

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Anarchist Studies 33.2 (Autumn, '25) is out now! This edition of the journal features 4 original articles and 3 book reviews. First, Robert T.F. Downes, 'Green Anarchy & Red Praxis: An Anarcho-Indigenous Dialogue Towards a Democracy of Species'. (1/8)

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🎙️ Anarchist Essay #103! We return after the summer break with a new episode in our podcast series w/@anarchismresgroup.bsky.social. In episode 103, Iain McIntyre & Owen Clayton offer 'Mysteries of a Hobo's Life: T-Bone Slim and the IWW' Listen here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays'. bit.ly/3JMBh1E

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Starting in 20 mins. Join remotely here --> bit.ly/42L8hyg