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Matthew Adams @msadams.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Pleased to see this article published in History Workshop Journal on Gandhi's reception by British anarchists: '‘Saint or Politician?’: Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Independence, and the British Anarchist Movement' Available open access here: academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-... @irph.bsky.social

‘Saint or Politician?’: Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Independence, and the British Anarchist Movement' Abstract: This article interrogates British anarchist responses to Mohandas Gandhi during the 1940s, a pivotal period marked by the reemergence of British anarchism and the intensification of Indian independence efforts. It argues that while anarchists supported Indian self-liberation, they were deeply divided over Gandhi. For some, he was an inspiration for nonviolent tactics; for others, he represented the flaws of nationalist-led independence, auguring poorly for genuine freedom for ordinary Indians. This study critically challenges prevailing scholarship that posits a natural affinity between Gandhism and anarchism. Drawing on unexplored primary material, it demonstrates that British anarchists never reached consensus on Gandhi’s ideas or his significance.

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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

JOB KLAXON! We're looking to hire a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. This is a permanent, full-time teaching-and-research position. The deadline for applications is 26 August. Further details below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG697/l...

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Matthew Adams @msadams.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It's great to have this brilliant chapter on Individualist Anarchists in the United States by former @irph.bsky.social PhD Shane Little in the second edition of the Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism.

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Stop the vandalism at the University of Exeter! 200 staff at risk of losing their jobs just before Christmas, after having worked out their three months notice by teaching out term one!?! Lunacy

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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

We welcome applications from competitive early-career scholars for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme in our areas of research expertise! (Scheme details linked.) If you are interested, reach out to a potential supervisor comfortably in advance of the internal deadline of 15 July.

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Tom Scriven @pigsmeat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm looking for some extra work this summer so if anyone has anything - e.g. remote research (especially London archives or Cambridge area), transcription, editing, proofing, etc, or knows of anyone looking, then feel free to let me know!

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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)

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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)

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

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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Loughborough University is advertising a Sanctuary Scholarship scheme open to doctoral researchers applying to work in IRPH. Further details below. www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Loughborough University Sanctuary PhD Scholarships | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University

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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

We're pleased to share that Loughborough University will soon offer undergraduate study in English and History, co-taught between IRPH and our friends at @lboroenglish.bsky.social. The first English and History cohort will start in September 2027. Details below! www.lboro.ac.uk/study/underg...

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English and History BA | Undergraduate study | Loughborough University

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John-Erik Hansson @johnerik-h.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Together with Sarah Albientz, Claire Aniel-Buchheit, Thomas Beugniet, Thomas Caubet, Léo Grillet and Léo Laglenne, I'm putting together a conference on Anarchist Spaces from c. 1870 to today. The CFP is here: echelles.u-pariscite.fr/events/event... Abstracts expected by 26 June!

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Colloque: Espaces Anarchistes (c. 1870 à aujourd’hui) / Anarchist Spaces (c. 1870 to today) | Echelles

ESPACES ANARCHISTES : PRATIQUES, IDÉES, RÉSEAUX (C. 1870 À AUJOURD’HUI) 28-29 JANVIER 2027

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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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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Today = 9th 🎂 of 1st V of Essays on #Anarchism & #Religion co-ed with @msadams.bsky.social, incl chapts by @benjaminjpauli.bsky.social, @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social, @egalvanalvarez.bsky.social, @justinmeggitt.bsky.social, @franziskah.bsky.social, Simon Podmore & Hugo Strandberg: doi.org/10.16993/bak

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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

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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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Tom Goyens @tomgoyens.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Today in 1906, one hundred and twenty years ago, the German American socialists and later anarchist Johann Most died at age 60 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Read about his remarkable life: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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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

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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

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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 25/02/2026

The first set of postdocs for our ERC project on popular government have just been advertised. These 3 postdocs will be based at UC Louvain with my co-PI Pierre-Etienne Vandamme and focus on contemporary democratic theory. Apply! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...

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Matthew Adams @msadams.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Nice to see this article published in International Review of Social History @irsh-iisg.bsky.social. Written with my @irph.bsky.social colleague Rakesh Ankit. 'Anarchism and the "Fascination with Empire": George Woodcock in India, 1964-1985'. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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

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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

New in Loughborough's 'What our students say' series: Andres Arcones, who graduated in 2025, tells us about his experiences studying for a BA in History at Loughborough. 'Learning with academic experts who have a real passion and curiosity for their subject was incredibly cool.'

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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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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 · 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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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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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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Matthew Adams @msadams.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Great to see Ellie's article 'Anarchism, anti-militarism, and the British Empire: the case of War Commentary and the Freedom Defence Committee' out in Modern British History. A very impressive first publication!

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Ole Birk Laursen @olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Call for Papers: Mobilizing Memory: Sacco and Vanzetti on the Centennial of Their Executions calandrainstitute.org/call-for-pap...?

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

A reminder that Andrew Whitehead's seminar is today at 2:30pm GMT. To join remotely, use this link: bit.ly/42L8hyg

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Today = 8th 🎂 of 1st vol of Essays on #Anarchism & #Religion co-edited with @msadams.bsky.social including chapters by @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social, @egalvanalvarez.bsky.social, @justinmeggitt.bsky.social, & @franziskah.bsky.social: www.stockholmuniversitypress.se/site/books/e...

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Upcoming ARG seminar with Andrew Whitehead, 'The Battle with the London Anarchists'. 30th April, 14:00-16:30 GMT.

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

In the second article in AS 33.1, Dai O'Brien and Steve Emery discuss 'L.A. Motler: a Deaf Anarchist' (2/7)

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Anarchist Studies @anarchiststudies.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Anarchist Studies 33.1 (Spring, 2025) is out now! The issue features 4 original articles and 6 book reviews. @olebirklaursen.bsky.social starts the issue with ''Deserter in Scandinavia': August Souch, Transregional Networks, and the Scandinavian Syndicalist Press, 1914-1919' (1/7)

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John-Erik Hansson @johnerik-h.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

On 8 April, I'll be giving a lecture on William Godwin's 20th c. anarchist reception, building on British material that I've explored with @msadams.bsky.social, and French material I was made aware of by @olebirklaursen.bsky.social (huge thanks to both)! advancedstudies.cyu.fr/manifestatio...

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Guest Lecture : John-Erik Hanson - CY Advanced Studies

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

You can also help others find the series, and wish us a happy birthday, by leaving a nice review wherever you listen. And remember, you can enjoy our archive of 100 episodes here for free...or wherever you follow us: bit.ly/3QNQcJ7 🎉🎉

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Anarchist Essays

Podcast · ARG · Brought to you by Loughborough University’s Anarchism Research Group (ARG), Anarchist Essays presents leading academics, activists, and thinkers exploring themes in anarchist theory, h...

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

🎙️Anarchist Essay #100 (Happy birthday to us 🎉) In the 100th episode of our series w/ the @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social, Ruth Kinna discusses 'Mutual Aid: What It Is and What It Is Not'. Listen here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays' wherever you listen: bit.ly/4inlQJn

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Ole Birk Laursen @olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The List of Digitized Anarchist Periodicals (LIDIAP) is an incredibly valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of anarchism. It is run entirely by volunteers, we are rolling out new features soon, and we are always looking for more people to get involved. lidiap.ficedl.info

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LIDIAP – list of digitized anarchist periodicals

A list of freely accessible digitized anarchist journals/newspapers on the internet

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

We are recruiting a 9-month University Teacher for history modules next academic year (to cover especially modules such as Atlantic World, (Un)Making of World Order, & dissertation supervision). Full info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLX285/u...

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Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

🎙️Anarchist Essay #99! In the latest episode of our series w/ @anarchiststudies.bsky.social, Keith Jacobs presents 'The Writings of Colin Ward and the Legacy of Anarchism for Housing Studies'. Listen here, or search for 'Anarchist Essays' wherever you find your podcasts bit.ly/42UPeSR

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John-Erik Hansson @johnerik-h.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

@akpress.org is on BlueSky, and if you're anywhere close to interested in excellent radical/anarchist stuff, you should absolutely follow them. ... Oh and if you want to review something from their catalogue for @anarchiststudies.bsky.social, you should also let me know.

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