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We promote contemporary anarchist perspectives and practices through commentary, media relations and educational campaigns. www.anarchistagency.com
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The Snap Judgement podcast, produced in Oakland, CA, recently produced an episode about Agency co-founder Jen Angel and the restorative justice efforts in the wake of her tragic death in 2023.
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Snap Judgement: Jen Angel (Season 16 – Episode 54)
Jen Angel is a beloved cupcake baker whose life was taken in a smash and grab gone wrong. Now a young man accused of the crime has his future hanging in the balance. Cries for justice, retribution and...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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🏴 Submissions for both the Anarchist Horizons and Jen Angel Anarchist Media grants will be open in just 2 weeks! 🏴Agency is proud to work in collaboration with @anarchist-studies.bsky.social on this grant program. Keep an eye out for the announcement on Dec 1 that submissions are open.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Understandably, anarchists have long questioned the value of talking to the corporate-controlled, mainstream media since they so often mischaracterize and misrepresent anarchists and anarchist ideas. So why talk to them?
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November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Anarchists have long questioned the value of talking to the corporate-controlled, mainstream media since they so often mischaracterize and misrepresent anarchists and anarchist ideas. So why talk to them?
Read the full article here: anarchistagency.com/shaping-anar...
Shaping anarchist narratives. Why you should talk to the media. The mainstream media have done tremendous damage to the work done by anarchists over the past 200-odd years by misreporting, misrepresenting, belittling, and demonizing us. But they have done just as much or more damage by not seeing us at all. As anarchists, we operate outside the boundaries of what most mainstream journalists assume are subject areas or "beats" worth covering: government and mainstream politics, business and economics, religion, culture and art, and community in the de-politicized way they are taught to think of it. By insisting that humanity and the earth can be understood without reference to - even in opposition to - capitalism and the State, we place ourselves outside their accustomed system of value. If we choose to talk to mainstream reporters, then our job isn't just to give them information in hopes they will report our activities and views accurately. It's twofold. First, to understand what they are covering, how our work and our perspective can fit into it, and how to make ourselves valuable to them as sources. Second, to educate them about what anarchism means, what it aspires to, and what it is not. The same applies for op-ed editors, who consider opinion pieces submitted by outsiders; their bias is always in favor of people with the kind of professional credentials they are taught to respect and demographic profile the ad sales team wants to reach. Often this is a highly opportunistic matter for media outlets; a protest, an occupation, or an arrest can suddenly make a reporter hungry for information and insight from us. We should be there to offer it. Unless we can get the media to understand that anarchism is a valid tradition of thought and action with an intelligent point of view on the events of our day, they will continue to marginalize us, and do us harm in the process. Read the full article and find resources and tips on talking to the media at anarchistagency.com.
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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~ROCKING NEW EPISODE~

One Uprising After Another!

We talk about the Gen Z uprisings that have spread across Asia, Africa and beyond w/ historian and social theorist George Katsiaficas.

🎙️: bit.ly/4obK1Oc
October 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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New film from Amplifier shows how direct action gets the goods. BLOCKADE! (BLOCKAGE, in French) traces 5 years of Indigenous resistance in so-called Quebec that resulted in the defeat of Law 97, which would have handed over the province’s forests to industry. Check it out 👇🏾
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November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Update on artist, anarchist, trans advocate, political prisoner, Marius Mason, published by Agency in collaboration with Fifth Estate Magazine ⬇️
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October 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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"'Antifa' Protesters Charged With Terrorism for Constitutionally Protected Activity"
"The Prairieland case is setting a chilling example for how the government will use so-called counterterrorism efforts to crush anti-fascist dissent." @theintercept.com
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October 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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#AnarchistsInTheNews: "Lyons said the investigations will focus on “ringleaders” and “professional agitators” who he said are out to turn protests into violent confrontations." anarchistagency.com/the-washingt...
The Washington Post, "ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa"
Iris scanners, facial-recognition apps, phone-hacking software and cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases. By Eva Dou The Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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IKYM our perspective on the No Kings! protests from earlier this year, check it out and share in advance of this weekends protests.
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An anarchist perspective on the No Kings! protests by Ryan Only and Eric Laursen. "If monarchy is obsolete, why do we still tolerate presidents at all: figureheads of authority cloaked in democracy yet manifesting hierarchy and centralization?" Read more: anarchistagency.com/no-kings-how...
“No Kings!”? How about “No Presidents!”?
By Ryan Only and Eric Laursen On June 14, 2025, millions of people took to the streets in a powerful display of protest against the increasing consolidation of power in the hands of Donald Trump. T...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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The audacity of people who pretend that everything that's going on now came down to a vote is astonishing. It ignores the culpability of BOTH parties in setting the precedents currently being weaponized by fascism. It's like nothing ever happened, and all was well with the world before 2025.
October 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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#AnarchistsInTheNews: "An unnamed ICE spokesperson in an emailed statement referred questions about the charges to the U.S. Department of Justice and pointed to a press release from last week offering doxing examples, none of which occurred in Oregon."
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Bend Bulletin, "ICE promised doxing cases against Portland ‘anarchists.’ Months later, no charges filed"
The lack of follow-through could be a reflection of the First Amendment concerns most doxing laws and charges pose, legal experts say By Shaanth Nanguneri Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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#CriticalVoices: "This is a call for you—yes, you specifically—to organize an anti-authoritarian bloc in your community for the “No Kings” demonstrations on October 18." anarchistagency.com/crimethinc-n...
CrimethInc.: No Kings, No Masters: A Call for Anti-Authoritarian Blocs at the October 18 “No Kings” Demonstrations
This is a call for you—yes, you specifically—to organize an anti-authoritarian bloc in your community for the “No Kings” demonstrations on October 18. If you are willing to do this, skip directly to t...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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#AnarchistsInTheNews: “‘I’m more an anarchist than I’ve ever been’ – Irvine Welsh on new biopic”
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Channel 4 News, "‘I’m more an anarchist than I’ve ever been’ – Irvine Welsh on new biopic"
By Keme Nzerem Remember the immortal words “Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family?” Author Irvine Welsh – the man behind Trainspotting and that infamous monologue – is the ...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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We've just published the final installment of scott crow’s “Insurrectionary Utopias” as a 3-part series commemorating the 20 year anniversary of the Common Ground, founded Sept. 2005 in NOLA. Check it out ⬇️
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#NewOrleans #NOLA #mutualaid #disaster #anarchy
September 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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#AnarchistsInTheNews: "Anarchism and punk rock open up avenues for disaffected youth – in Philadelphia or anywhere else – to dream of a world without capitalism, coercive authorities, police and all forms of injustice."
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The Conversation, "How Philly anarcho-punks blended music, noise and social justice in the 1990s and 2000s"
By Edward Avery-Natale While New York City is commonly considered the birthplace of American punk rock, just 100 miles south of the famous CBGB club where the Ramones and other early punk bands got...
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September 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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The latest from @letsgomathias.bsky.social includes a quote from an anti-fascist activist: "I guess the problem with antifa not being an actual organization is that almost nobody is going out and pumping out PR for us".

We guess Agency is "almost nobody"? 🤷🏽

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MSNBC, "Trump's new anti-antifa panic is the start of something much more dangerous"
The president signed an executive order Monday declaring antifa a “domestic terrorist organization.” By Christopher Mathias President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday declaring “ant...
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September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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In his recent article about Trump's potential terrorism designation for antifa, Chris Hedges uses the political moment to continue perpetuating falsehoods and slander about anarchists and antifa. Hedges’ work, however disguised, only serves the state.
Read here: anarchistagency.com/a-response-t...
A Response to "We Are All Antifa Now" by Chris Hedges, from anarchists who've tried to reason with him before
September 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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The latest from the Agency Newswire: JD Vance's recent comments about cracking down on "leftist NGOs" reflects how the Trump administration is exploiting the murder of Charlie Kirk to consolidate power and suppress dissent.

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No, “Leftist NGOs” Don’t Foment Political Violence
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death, right-wing media and political figures have wasted no time assigning blame, not based on evidence, but on ideology. Vice President JD Vance has opportunistica...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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#AnarchistsInTheNews: "Police are detaining those branded as “anarchos,” while books are once again being raided as evidence. Is the country witnessing the return of old authoritarian habits?"
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Magdalene, "Will Anarchism Face the Same Fate as Communism in Indonesia?"
Police are detaining those branded as “anarchos,” while books are once again being raided as evidence. Is the country witnessing the return of old authoritarian habits? By Fadiyah Alaidrus Jorgi...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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We're publishing scott crow’s “Insurrectionary Utopias” as a 3-part series commemorating the 20 year anniversary of the Common Ground, founded Sept. 2005 in NOLA.
Read it ➡️ anarchistagency.com/insurrectionary-utopias-part-2-a-liberatory-vision-for-mutual-aid/
Part 3 will be published soon.
September 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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#CriticalVoices: "From sabotaging hunts and abattoirs to exposing cruelty through covert investigations, Karl Garside was among Britain’s most prolific Animal Liberation Front militants, dedicating over 40 years to the fight for total liberation." anarchistagency.com/crimethinc-t...
CrimethInc.: “The One the State Missed”: Karl Garside, Animal Liberationist, 1966–2025
July 20, 2025 From sabotaging hunts and abattoirs to exposing cruelty through covert investigations, Karl Garside was among Britain’s most prolific Animal Liberation Front militants, dedicating ove...
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September 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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We're publishing scott crow’s “Insurrectionary Utopias” as a 3-part series commemorating the 20 year anniversary of the Common Ground Collective, founded 9/5/2005 in New Orleans.

Read it at ➡️ anarchistagency.com/insurrection...

Part 2 and 3 will be published in the coming weeks.

#anarchy
September 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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~NEW EPISODE~

Hurricane Katrina, 20 years later! w/ scott crow

We talk Common Ground co-founder and anarchist scott crow about Hurricane Katrina, Common Ground and the “long slow history of disaster.”

🎙️: bit.ly/3HX4mH5
August 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM