Foreign intervention in Haiti, past and present. How the U.S. turned Haiti into an American satellite state.

Overview of the 1936 anarchist revolution in Spain, the 1937 counter-revolution, and the civil war in which it occurred.

A history and analysis of the Russian Revolution and its degeneration into totalitarianism.

In 1871 citizens in Paris revolted and set up a rebel government. Although it had a radical fringe, this Paris Commune was merely a left-Republican uprising and was no where near as radical as is commonly portrayed.

A brief biography of the anarchist Nestor Makhno. Makhno played a major role in organizing the Ukrainian revolution and fighting counter-revolutionaries.

A short critique of terrorism.

An index of times when popular assemblies & worker councils sprouted up to challenge the status quo.

A critique of market populism - the idea that markets under capitalism "do what people want" and express the "will of the people."  Market capitalism is a system of elite rule, like all other class systems. 

It is a mistake for radical activists to attempt to use the electoral system to achieve our goals. The way the system is set up whomever is elected must do largely the same things as his opponet(s). Elections empower the politician, not the voter.

The goal of US foreign policy is to impose its authority on the globe and to maintain a neocolonial economic system that benefits the wealthy. The empire treats different regions of the world differently; each has its own role to play.

States are not neutral tools that anyone can use for any purpose; they are autonomous organizations that develop their own dynamics & interests. They are a form of elite rule.

Authoritarian socialism inevitably leads to the creation of a new elite which dominates and exploits the proletariat.  If the capitalist class is overthrown but the state is not simultaneously abolished the state will establish itself as a new ruling class.

Individualism and collectivism are two sides of the same coin.  Neither individuals nor groups are more important than the other, nor do they conflict with each other.

Of all the extremists, the worst are the moderates.

We build the structure of the new society within the shell of the old. The initial framework of anarchy is created within the old society during the struggle against hierarchy.  Some thoughts on overthrowing the present society and creating an anarchist one.

Property is theft. Work is slavery. They should both be abolished in favor of a free society organized along the lines of "from each according to ability, to each according to need."

As a result of the Korean War, fascist Spain went from international pariah state to ally of the American Empire.

The so-called "war on terrorism" is a myth - there is no war on terrorism.  It is actually a propaganda device used by Bush and his cronies to ram through their authoritarian agenda. 

A US-backed coup against the elected government of Venezuela was reversed two days later.

Fredy Perlman’s Against His-Story, Against Leviathan! is an accessible anarcho-primitivist interpretation of human history. Not all of its arguments are valid, but it is nonetheless worth reading.