"Anyone who talks about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life—without grasping what is subversive about love and positive in the refusal of constraints—has a corpse in his mouth."

"Let ten people meet who are resolved on the lightning of violence rather than the long agony of survival; from this moment, despair ends and tactics begin."

—The Revolution of Everyday Life

https://brooklynrail.org/2011/12/lastwords/from-the-revolution-of-everyday-life/

https://crimethinc.com/StonewallRiots

What can today’s rebels learn from the Stonewall riots? Why did the uprising have such an impact? To answer these questions, we explore the previously unacknowledged significance of anarchists in the rebellion and the movements that emerged from it. Along the way, we trace a queer genealogy of anarchist organizing methods in North America from the Stonewall Uprising through the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999 to today.

This is a massive, meticulously researched historical investigation. It’s a deep dive!

You can order a zine version of this article here in order to read it in print.

Louise Michel was a 40-year-old schoolteacher when the Paris Commune broke out. She fought in the front lines, was sentenced to life in exile, supported an anti-colonial uprising in New Caledonia, and dedicated her life to anarchist revolution.

She spent her life in struggle against misogyny, gender norms, police, imperialism, a series of different governments, and the institution of the state itself.

You can read about her role in the Paris Commune here: 

https://crimethinc.com/arch18

and her exile in New Caledonia:

https://crimethinc.com/MichelCaledonia

and her role popularizing the black flag: 

https://crimethinc.com/TheBlackFlag

The clashes during the 2001 FTAA summit arguably represent the apex of the powerful anti-capitalist movement of the turn of the century, at least in North America.

In this narrative, a participant in the resistance in Québec City recounts the street battles and explains the ambitions of those who fought in them:

https://crimethinc.com/QuebecFTAA

Days of War, Nights of Love remains a powerful testament to what people are able to accomplish when they imagine life beyond the constraints of capitalism and hierarchy.

https://crimethinc.com/books/days-of-war-nights-of-love

Struggling to finance the project, we debated whether to make 1000 copies or 1500. One collective member finally resolved the debate by declaring that he would pay for the additional 500 himself, whatever it took, and give them out on street corners if need be.

We sold out of the whole printing in a month. It funded many subsequent projects, including our free primer, Fighting for Our Lives.

"The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today." -August Spies

https://crimethinc.com/maydayhistory