The Abbasid Caliphate (750 – 1258 C.E.) was founded after the overthrow of the previous and first dynastic Muslim empire, the Umayyad Caliphate (661 – 750 C.E.). During the rule of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mu’tamid (870 – 892 C.E.) a large scale rebellion of mainly black slaves would launch from the southern marshlands of Iraq, […]
Read More War Anarchic: The Zanj RebellionRoman incursions into Britain began with Julius Caesar between 55-54 B.C.E. with two separate attempts. The first invasion (55 B.C.E.) was launched on the grounds of supposed support from the Britons towards the Gallic tribes against the Romans during the Gallic Wars (58-50 B.C.E.). This first attempt ended in failure, loosing their cavalry boarded on […]
Read More War Anarchic: BoudicaThe Roman Empire (27 B.C.E. – 476 C.E.) rose out of the conflicts that lead to the fall of the Roman Republic. The Republic ended in turmoil and sectarian fighting among the aristocrats of Rome, resulting in the near dictatorship of Julius Caesar and the eventual establishment of their adopted son Octavian (Later Augustus) as […]
Read More War Anarchic: ArminiusSlavery was incredibly intertwined within the structures of the Roman Republic(509-27 B.C.E.). Everything from household and domestic matters to entertainment, military, construction, manufacturing, mining, education and agriculture relied, in some part, on the use of slave labor. Slaves were often those captured during war and in the conquest of their territories due to Roman expansion. […]
Read More War Anarchic: The Servile WarsThe subject of warfare has been one that I have held a great interest in for some time. With roots in early humanity about five thousand years ago, it is a factor that has influenced not only human beings, but the entire world. It has been the subject of analysis and theory by men, quite […]
Read More War Anarchic: Defining WarThe “free market” is an incredibly tense topic among Anti-Capitalists. Capitalism itself claims that it is based within a free market system, which to Anti-Capitalists has come to mean a system based in exploitation, domination and subjugation at the expense of the Capitalists, whom maintain control over the majority of the land and its resources. […]
Read More Markets: Capitalist or Free?The concept of the nation is, historically, a rather recent phenomena. Unlike the proceeding associations of families, tribes, clans and kingdoms, even ancient empires, the nation is unique in that those who populate a nation associate, or are at least socialized to, with its given ethnic, linguistic, cultural, social and geographic characteristics. The most common […]
Read More Towards an Internationalist AnarchismAs an Anarchist, I am of the idea that human social conditions are at the root of our ecological problems. Currently our society is based in one of exploitation and domination, in which the biosphere is viewed as a resource to be extracted. By understanding humanities relationship with non-human life, that the very existence and […]
Read More Anarchy, Ecology and AnimalsAs an Anarchist, I seek the abolition of hierarchy in favor of liberty and equality. However, there are those who criticize hierarchy in terms of its justification. That is to say, a given hierarchy is justifiable in so far as it does not conflict with Anarchistic ideals. However, I have never been particularly convinced by […]
Read More Hierarchy or Diversity?As an Anarchist, the idea of freedom is one I uphold. My ability to freely act, think and feel as I wish is something that I pursue in my struggle against domination and exploitation. In our current society, my freedom is limited by that which the state allows through its laws, supposedly in the interest […]
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