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In “Poem (Sept 26, 2023),” poet and theorist Joshua Clover reminds us all that, from Palestine and Oakland to Santiago and Standing Rock, no revolutionary movement is over. — Read on proteanmag.com/2024/07/06/poem-sept-26-2023/

I have been thinking about the small, necessary things that still need to be tended Reading Ordinary Notes: Note 27

Cannon Fodder, by Ricardo Flores Magón (1910) To the American People, by Ricardo Flores Magón (1911) Class Struggle, by Ricardo Flores Magón (1911) … Voices of Mexican Anarchists

“We see, then, that the Mexican people are suited for communism, because they’ve practiced it, at least in part, for many centuries; and this explains why, even when the majority are illiterate, they comprehend that rather than take part in electoral farces that elect thugs, it’s better to take possession of the lands — andContinue reading “The Mexican People are Suited to Communism – Ricardo Flores Magón (1911)”

“And the propertyless class — the wage-earners are compelled by competition to sell their labor themselves to the lowest bidder, or starve.” A Piece of History – Lucy E. Parsons (1895)

“Of the many comrades and collaborators of Ricardo Flores Magon, Librado Rivera was by far the closest. Their revolutionary partnership lasted twenty… Librado Rivera – Dave Poole (1980)

I understood the claim about marking public spaces with women’s names, but I could not get my head around the idea of naming a road after an environmentalist. Reading Ordinary Notes: Note 26

Does Fanon not refuse to be a slave to history? Reading Ordinary Notes: Note 25