On September 11 2001 hijackers took control of four flights; flying two planes into the world trade center buildings and another into the Pentagon building, with the fourth intended to be crashed into the capitol building being taken over by passengers and crashing in an open field. Nearly 3000 people were killed, including everyone on board flight 93. It was one of the worst tragedies to ever befall the United States and one that nobody expected. It was such a shock that in the aftermath conspi

It has already been explained in dozens of texts that the history of human civilization is essentially the history of class struggle. Ever since the breakdown of primitive communist society, the existence of two opposing classes—the exploiters and the exploited—has become inevitable. Although the form of this exploitative system has changed in the modern capitalist setup, its core character has not altered in the slightest. In anti-exploitation struggles and during discussions among various free

Watchdoc’s investigative documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) explicitly and undeniably dismantles the deeply rooted blood ties between military institutions, the state apparatus, and the circulation of capital in Papua. In this heart wrenching film, it is made perfectly clear how the expansion of New Autonomous Regions (DOB) in Papua (often sugarcoated with sweet narratives of accelerated development and welfare) is always closely paralleled by the establishment of new regional and local military

Film dokumenter investigatif Pesta Babi garapan Watchdoc dengan sangat telanjang membongkar relasi darah yang mengakar kuat antara institusi militer, aparatus negara, dan sirkulasi modal di tanah Papua. Dalam dokumenter yang menyayat hati tersebut, diperlihatkan dengan gamblang dan tak terbantahkan bagaimana pemekaran Daerah Otonomi Baru (DOB) di Papua (yang kerap dibungkus dengan narasi manis percepatan pembangunan dan kesejahteraan) selalu diikuti secara paralel dengan pendirian Kodam, Kodim,

Marx's corpus not only produced the most detailed critical analysis of capitalism to ever be produced, but it immediately spawned, with the help of his collogue Friedrich Engels, a new system of thought and practice that would become dominant in the radical labor movement through the second international workers' association. Scholars of Marx and Marxism refer to this framework as 'classical Marxism'. This is because it was the form of Marxism that predominated before Stalin's takeover of the wo

The basics of Rule and Anti-Rule

The Long History of Limiting Power Toward a Society Without Domination

In my article on the Russian Revolution I explained the process by which the first communist state in world history came into existence. In 1922 this state became known as the Soviet Union. Those who embrace the official ideology that ultimately took root within it think of it as a really existing socialist society as do most anti-communists who see in the Soviet Union all the evils of communism demonstrated for all to see. According to the Bolshevik Marxists that created the state it was a 'wor

Theology has, since its beginning, rooted itself in a demand for creation. This is so much so that creation myths are identified by scholars as a primary form in world mythology. Since human beings could examine the world they live in they have wondered where it came from. In pre-scientific times it was natural to imagine some very powerful agent that preceded this realm and the agents that now live in it that brought about the latter in a display of divine power. In post-scientific revolution m

In the past I have asserted that Anarchism has historically usually dovetailed with naturalistic philosophy and that this is because it is the framework most amenable to shaping Anarchist commitments into a coherent world picture. As I've said the basic reason for this is that Anarchism centers the meaning and understanding of human life in the activity of human social animals within the natural environment. It therefore approaches issues of human knowledge and conduct through the scientific inv

The Russian Revolution was one of the most earth shaking events in human history. It created the first ever communist state in the world and thereby gave rise to a new international communist movement that ascended to power throughout the global south and Eastern Europe. For Anarchists the Russian Revolution is a great example of the strides that the working masses can make when they take control of society for themselves and the bankruptcy of the mainstream Marxist strategy of trying to conquer

1. Shift of Power and the Reconstruction Strategy of the Bourgeois State Apparatus The political shift in Bangladesh's state power on August 5, 2024, was not a revolution in the interest of the worki...

According to the Vol. I, No. 7 of CPI’s Periodical named “Communist”, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Burma passed a political resolution on July 30, 1947 to Communist Party of India o...

After a sudden illness republican senator Lindsey Graham has passed away. Graham was a figure that encapsulated the way the republican party has been captured by an ideology that is ultimately alien t...

After a sudden illness republican senator Lindsey Graham has passed away. Graham was a figure that encapsulated the way the republican party has been captured by an ideology that is ultimately alien to its establishment. Conservatism is divided historically between liberal and illiberal conservatives. The former view civil rights + rule of law as the best means of achieving the ideological goal of conservatism; the preservation of inherited culture, institutions, and relations. The latter see ci

Anyone sketching the positive vision of libertarian economics would, undoubtedly, include such features as common ownership of land, socialisation of industry, workers’ self-management of production a...

Since 2020, the “Don’t Call Me Kalar” movement has begun on Facebook with an objective to hinder the utilization of a word which has historically been used to describe people belonging to the sub-cont...

For the west Putin is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. He seems altogether too concerned with his own power to be really principled while also displaying a clear moralistic tendency toward castigating ...

Red and Black Anarchists is a resource for anyone interested in anarchism whether new to anarchism or not. Red and Black Anarchists seeks to address widespread misunderstandings of anarchism that are...

Statement by Coordinamento Anarcosindicalista, the IWA Initiative in Italy

Statement by Coordinamento Anarcosindicalista, the IWA Initiative in Italy

For the west Putin is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. He seems altogether too concerned with his own power to be really principled while also displaying a clear moralistic tendency toward castigating western liberalism paradoxically as both a source of imperialism and moral chaos. He rejects the liberal norms of the world order based on rule of law and human rights, but castigates the west for violating this order in its global conduct. Many western observers also see Putin as a kind of rank irr

In contemporary activist circles bones are made over antitheism; that is opposition to belief in God. Historically Marxists and Anarchists took on an antitheistic stance because they saw theism as a mystical form of social deception which strengthens the existing order. However, with the modernizing energy of the late 19th and early 20th centuries deflated in the 21st, even revolutionary socialists slink away from making the critique of religion a central issue. This is especially the result of

1. The Global Shift of Labor and the Rise of Asian Reality The geopolitics and economics of the twenty-first century are undergoing a major paradigm shift. The advanced capitalist world, such as Euro...

1. The Origin of Consciousness: The Illusion of Explanation From the very inception of the division of labor in history, we observe two distinct forms of human existence—manual labor on one side, and...

১. চেতনার উৎপত্তি: ব্যখ্যার বিভ্রম  ইতিহাসে শ্রম বিভাজনের সূচনা থেকেই আমরা মানুষের দুটি রূপ দেখতে পাই—একদিকে কায়িক শ্রম, অন্যদিকে মা

Today's working class is frequently confronted with illusory choices in the face of socio-ecological crisis, corporate power, and increasingly acute work alienation. Mainstream unions are frequently t...

Anarkisme sering kali dipahami sebagai bentuk kekacauan sosial, kekerasan, atau penolakan total terhadap aturan. Dalam banyak media populer, istilah “anarki” identik dengan kerusuhan dan ketidakteratu...

In February the United States in consort with Israel decided to launch an air war on Iran which prompted the Iranians to close the strait of Hormuz; a vital world trade passage. The effects have been steep rises in the price of oil and falling stocks reminiscent of disastrous oil shocks related to middle east politics (including American Iranian relations) at the beginning and end of the 1970s respectively. Donald Trump has refused to strike any real deal with the Iranians who are perfectly cont

One of the most successful noosurgical instruments of early internet culture, the Political Compass was created in 2001 by New Zealand journalist and amateur noosurgeon Wayne Brittenden. It draws from the work of Wilhelm Reich, Hans Eysenck, and Theodor Adorno, according to the website’s own description. Because, of course, this thing is inspired by a psychoanalyst, personality psychologist, and social theorist. It became massively popular during the 2010s alongside meme culture and social media

Since the wave of republican revolutions from the 1700s to the 1800s the geoculture (the set of dominant norms of the modern world-system) has been dominated by liberal ideology. The major selling poi...

Marx's philosophy of history aims to interpret historical change as the result of the interplay of conscious human decision, technological innovation, and the social relations that facilitate the development of technological infrastructure in human societies. He explicitly argues that this materialist dialectic points to a historical trajectory which, although not historically inevitable and thus dependent on the contingent choices of human beings, moves toward a society in which the development

The state feeds. But never without consequences. Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meals Program (MBG) arrives with promises that are difficult to reject :  addressing stunting, improving children’s nutrition, and proving that the state is truly present in people’s lives. In its official narrative, MBG is framed as a symbol of progress, a sign that the state does not merely govern, but also cares. Yet beneath this language of welfare lies a question rarely asked “why is the state so determined to main

Negara memberi makan. Tapi tidak pernah tanpa konsekuensi. Program Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG) di Indonesia hadir dengan janji yang sulit ditolak yakni  mengatasi stunting, memperbaiki gizi anak, dan menunjukkan bahwa negara benar benar hadir dalam kehidupan rakyat. Dalam narasi resminya, MBG adalah simbol kemajuan, bukti bahwa negara tidak hanya mengatur, tetapi juga merawat. Namun di balik bahasa kesejahteraan itu, ada sesuatu yang jarang dipertanyakan, mengapa negara begitu ngotot mempertahank

Anarchism in Indonesia is often imagined as something that must always be visible: black flags, loud slogans, and open confrontation with the police. This image is convenient for the state and the med...

Since the wave of republican revolutions from the 1700s to the 1800s the geoculture (the set of dominant norms of the modern world-system) has been dominated by liberal ideology. The major selling point of liberalism has been that it is about liberty; that it is the political ideology most concerned with putting human beings in charge of their own destiny. There is however a truth about liberalism and liberty that is embarrassing for liberals and which they have gone to great lengths to cover up

The regime of Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party in Hungary has for the last 16 years been a model for the populist attempt to remove liberalism from democracy. Right-wing populists naturally seek a democratic mandate against corrupt elites but want to be unrestrained in the use of state power to repress minorities and political opponents deemed outside the community and interests of common folk. The result in Hungary since the early 2010s has been an autocracy with checks on Orban's executive au

It is not without reason that activists from the civil society movement who are members of the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) from the start called for the case of acid attack on Andrie Yunus to be seen as an attempt at premeditated murder, instead of being seen as an ordinary act of violence or abuse. Apart from the fact that acid has been designated as a means of murder in many countries due to its extraordinary destructive power and lethality, the choice of the perpetrators to spray the f

Bukan tanpa alasan para aktivis dari gerakan masyarakat sipil yang tergabung dalam Tim Advokasi untuk Demokrasi (TAUD) sedari awal menyerukan agar kasus penyiraman air keras terhadap Andrie Yunus dilihat sebagai upaya pembunuhan berencana, alih-alih dilihat sebagai tindak kekerasan atau penganiayaan biasa. Selain bahwa air keras telah ditetapkan sebagai alat pembunuhan di banyak negara karena daya rusaknya yang luar biasa dan mematikan, pilihan para pelaku untuk menyiram wajah dan bukannya area

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On March 28 Americans and others internationally took to the streets in the millions and across the country in No Kings protests. These protests are directed against the Trump administration which has been using ICE to terrorize communities across the country according to an ethnocratic antiimmigration agenda and launched an illegal war on Iran with the help of Israel which will negatively affect cost of living for Americans for as long as it goes on. The Trump administration has done these thin

It is often said that the digital age is one of mis and dis-information. Algorithms feed us both accurate and baseless narratives, while giving us very little to distinguish the two from each other to...

It is often said that the digital age is one of mis and dis-information. Algorithms feed us both accurate and baseless narratives, while giving us very little to distinguish the two from each other to the benefit of opportunistic social forces and elites. That said, widespread falsehoods have been part of the human experience basically forever. The development of fast paced bureaucratic mass societies has aggravated the difficulty in distinguishing reality from fiction as has the development of

And those subjected to violence for resisting state arbitrariness

The Board of Peace did not emerge from a vacuum. It was born out of a crisis of legitimacy within the U.S. led global order. Following a series of unilateral moves by Washington including aggression t...

Board of Peace tidak lahir dari ruang hampa. Ia muncul dari krisis legitimasi tatanan global yang dipimpin Amerika Serikat. Setelah berbagai langkah unilateral Washington termasuk agresi terhadap Vene...

Out of the ashes of the Islamist resistance to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan a new ideology emerged of a completely new kind. It was not just religious political Islam, or religious fundamental...