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Issue 8 of the Aotearoa Anarchist Review (of Genuine Happiness) is (finally) out! Get yours from the shop ($2) or email us for a copy. On the rising popularity of walls The commoditisation of bodies How we run the world Who to vote for - by your star sign Book reviews And more...

Issue 8 of the Aotearoa Anarchist Review (of Genuine Happiness) is (finally) out! Get yours from the shop ($2) or email us for a copy. On the rising popularity of walls The commoditisation of bodies How we run the world Who to vote for - by your star sign Book reviews And more...

aargh   issue 7 is now online and can be downloaded  here When we picked the theme What is anarchism and how do we get there we thought this would be a positive, uplifting collection of articles. We should have known better. A look at the world around us should have been enough: millions fleeing from war and terror, and more terror being inflicted on those who thought that they had escaped, children being tortured in the hell hole of Nauru as part of a policy of deterrence, homelessness and poverty becoming rampant even in a relatively rich country like NZ. So what are we supposed to think of a world where you get into trouble for eating food instead of throwing it away? What do you do if the act of dreaming seems to be too concrete, but you don’t want to give up hope? How do you escape the daily urge to waste your energy fighting against yet another neo-liberal austerity measure?  A common thread of angst, frustration and anger runs through  this edition of aargh!, but there is also

aargh   issue 7 is now online and can be downloaded  here When we picked the theme What is anarchism and how do we get there we thought this would be a positive, uplifting collection of articles. We should have known better. A look at the world around us should have been enough: millions fleeing from war and terror, and more terror being inflicted on those who thought that they had escaped, children being tortured in the hell hole of Nauru as part of a policy of deterrence, homelessness and poverty becoming rampant even in a relatively rich country like NZ. So what are we supposed to think of a world where you get into trouble for eating food instead of throwing it away? What do you do if the act of dreaming seems to be too concrete, but you don’t want to give up hope? How do you escape the daily urge to waste your energy fighting against yet another neo-liberal austerity measure?  A common thread of angst, frustration and anger runs through  this edition of aargh!, but there

The latest aargh! is available in the Shop - the theme this time is What is anarchism and how do we get there.  The issue opens with a letter written in 1934 by American anarchist Lucy Parsons. It’s a bleak letter - Lucy writes ‘ Anarchism is a dead issue in American life today. Radicalism has been blotted off the map of Europe. … Radicalism is at a low ebb today. We are living in strange times. Despotism is on horseback, riding at high speed. The worker is helpless; he has no voice in his mode or method of life – he just floats along on the tides of ill times. ’ Most of the articles in this edition of aargh! are also bleak, but it is worthwhile remembering that just two years after Lucy wrote in her letter that 'radicalism has been blotted off the map of Europe', revolution burgeoned in Spain. So read this issue and ponder - what is lying around the corner for us? Come to the Shop to get your copy, or if you're not in Wellington, get in contact with us via email or normal

The latest aargh! is available in the Shop - the theme this time is What is anarchism and how do we get there.  The issue opens with a letter written in 1934 by American anarchist Lucy Parsons. It’s a bleak letter - Lucy writes ‘ Anarchism is a dead issue in American life today. Radicalism has been blotted off the map of Europe. … Radicalism is at a low ebb today. We are living in strange times. Despotism is on horseback, riding at high speed. The worker is helpless; he has no voice in his mode or method of life – he just floats along on the tides of ill times. ’ Most of the articles in this edition of aargh! are also bleak, but it is worthwhile remembering that just two years after Lucy wrote in her letter that 'radicalism has been blotted off the map of Europe', revolution burgeoned in Spain. So read this issue and ponder - what is lying around the corner for us? Come to the Shop to get your copy, or if you're not in Wellington, get in contact with us via email or normal

Issue 6 of aargh! - with the theme Colonisation - is now online can be downloaded here .

Issue 6 of aargh! - with the theme Colonisation - is now online can be downloaded here .

The latest issue of the Aotearoa Anarchist Review is available at the shop now. Arguably, colonisation has shaped the world we live in today more than anything else. We hope this issue will spark debate, and that anarchists will give this subject the attention it deserves. For $2 you can pick up a copy at the shop or, if you're not in Wellington, email us and we'll send you one.

The latest issue of the Aotearoa Anarchist Review is available at the shop now. Arguably, colonisation has shaped the world we live in today more than anything else. We hope this issue will spark debate, and that anarchists will give this subject the attention it deserves. For $2 you can pick up a copy at the shop or, if you're not in Wellington, email us and we'll send you one.

Revolutionary Women: A Book of Stencils by the Queen of the Neighbourhood Collective Leila Khaled “A RADICAL feminist history and street art resource for inspired readers!” When we look at the ‘heroes’ of radical and revolutionary history, we see a bunch of dudes. Che Guevara, Mao, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela – the poster boys of any first­year’s revolutionary dorm aesthetic. This book was prompted by the question: “Where are the women?” – and the follow up: “Where are the glamorous, Che­esque stencils of their high­contrast faces?” Well here they are. This project was originally a zine (made in New Zealand at Cherry Bomb Comics in Auckland, 2005). It’s now a book but one produced with heavy awareness of what it means to be a zine project – with focus on anti­copyright, swappability, ease of reproduction and propagation. Though creating a book limits some of these functions, the Queen of the Neighbourhood Collective are transparent in their reasoning – making

Revolutionary Women: A Book of Stencils by the Queen of the Neighbourhood Collective Leila Khaled “A RADICAL feminist history and street art resource for inspired readers!” When we look at the ‘heroes’ of radical and revolutionary history, we see a bunch of dudes. Che Guevara, Mao, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela – the poster boys of any first­year’s revolutionary dorm aesthetic. This book was prompted by the question: “Where are the women?” – and the follow up: “Where are the glamorous, Che­esque stencils of their high­contrast faces?” Well here they are. This project was originally a zine (made in New Zealand at Cherry Bomb Comics in Auckland, 2005). It’s now a book but one produced with heavy awareness of what it means to be a zine project – with focus on anti­copyright, swappability, ease of reproduction and propagation. Though creating a book limits some of these functions, the Queen of the Neighbourhood Collective are transparent in their reasoning – making

Issue 5 of the Aotearoa Anarchist Review (of Global Hegemony) can be downloaded here .

Issue 5 of the Aotearoa Anarchist Review (of Global Hegemony) can be downloaded here .