It's official, "Working History" is back!  In our first episode back, Beth English—the founder, host, and producer of "Working History" vol 1—interviews Sarah McNamara, president of the Southern Labor...

A Translation of Jacques Mesnil's 1895 “The Anarchist Movement,” in Four Parts.

A Translation of Jacques Mesnil's 1895 “The Anarchist Movement,” in Four Parts.

Anarchist Picnics in Gilded Age America

Johann Most spent years dismantling religion. This 1905 essay makes the case that belief in God is the training ground for every other form of submission to authority.

The radical ideas of the Dutch anarchist, in his own words

Uncovering the World Anarchists Made. Click to read Anarchistories, by Tom Goyens, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

The Nazis tortured and murdered Erich Mühsam, but they could not break him. This is the story of his final months and Zensl Mühsam’s determination to ensure his memory survives.

Karl Heinzen on Slavery, Race, and the Civil War

When Radical Politics Went Steamboating

Part 1 of a thematic snapshot of the libertarian response to one of the late twentieth century’s defining revolutions, now back in the news.

We are saving lives and neighborhoods in Ukraine

The sense that “Left” and “Right” no longer clearly describe political reality is not new; it first became impossible to ignore (to those paying attention) in the political wreckage of the interwar ye...

Part 3 explores anarchist interpretations of the repression of women in 1979 Iran, and proposed decentralized alternatives to both clerical and Marxist forms of power.

The democratic reform movement and workers’ collective action developed rapidly in Britain between the 1790s and the 1830s. The Working Class Movement Library collection contains...

National Biographer’s Day commemorates the anniversary of the first meeting of Samuel Johnson, an English writer, and his biographer James Boswell in London, England on May 16, 1763. In celebration, [...

Anarchists viewed the Iranian Revolution as yet another example of how authoritarian movements of both the religious and Marxist Left can manipulate popular revolt to replace one system of domination ...

Part 1 of a thematic snapshot of the libertarian response to one of the late twentieth century’s defining revolutions, now back in the news.

Rudolf de Jong's concise 1992 historical reflection on anarchism and antisemitism, which raises questions that remain strikingly relevant today.

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Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

Johann Most was born February 5, 1846 in Augsburg, which was then located in the state of Bayern (Bavaria), soon to be part of the new nation of Germany.

Before American anarchism had an established historiography, Herbert Levi Osgood and Eunice Minette Schuster made the first sustained efforts to study it seriously from outside the movement.

How Historical Bias Shaped the Narrative of American Radicalism

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Exciting news! In conjunction with Portland, Oregon’s PopMob, the new edition of 40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists is now out. It’s a completely re…