The Institute for Anarchist Studies exists to fund abolitionist projects building a better world. For almost 30 years, we've supported creative intellectual work ranging from films and podcasts to translations and book projects. Our grant applications for 2025-2026 are open NOW. (1/2)

Today's the 29th anniversary of the founding of the Institute for Anarchist Studies. Since 1996, we've promoted anarchist and abolitionist theory from revolutionary struggles around the world. Learn more at anarchiststudies.org

Long live antifascist resistance Long live popular struggle Long live antifa

We are very excited to announce the seven recipients of the 2025 Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant in collaboration with @anarchist-studies.bsky.social! We will be posting more details about each recipient in the days to come, and you can learn more about them here: anarchistagency.com/jen-angel-an...

Announcing our 2025 Anarchist Horizons grantees! anarchiststudies.org/2025-ias-gra...

From Joan Braune's essay in No Pasarán, available at anarchiststudies.org

"Intersectional Class Struggle argues that social class is defined by the difference and variety of us, regular working people, in our everyday lives. In the last analysis, class is made of ourselves.” From Michael Beyea Reagan's Intersectional Class Struggle, available at anarchiststudies.org

No Pasarán: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis is available now at the IAS shop. An anthology of anti-fascist writing edited by Shane Burley, this collection is now more important than ever. Check it out at anarchiststudies.org/shop/no-pasa...

If the "protest marshals"/"safety captains"/peace police are more concerned with disciplining protesters than defending against riot police, whose side are they really on?

Zohran Mamdani never actually said "globalize the intifada." But we did. May revolt against imperialism, Zionism, and capitalism spread around the world.

Radical theory nourishes our social movements fighting for liberation. All these and many more are available anarchiststudies.org/shop. Check it out today!

Abolish ICE and the carceral state. We want everything.

From Ida Danewid's Resisting Racial Capitalism: An Antipolitical Theory of Refusal. Link up. Fight back. For abolition and anarchy.

Until the border falls and every cage is empty.

Only the people will save themselves. Keep going.

The American flag is *the* symbol of oppression to a huge swathe of the world.

"It may be the anarchists setting in!" Anarchists are those against the violence of deportation and incarceration, no matter the party in power. May we all be anarchists. Learn more: anarchiststudies.org

May the resistance spread, may the people win. Reject counter-insurgent attempts to demobilize and constrain the revolt. Wherever you are, strike while the iron is hot.

“The happiness offered to us by Empire is not the same as joy, even though they are conventionally understood as synonyms… Under Empire, happiness is seen as a duty and unhappiness as a disorder.” From Joyful Militancy: anarchiststudies.org/shop/joyful-...

Against the patriarchy. Against capital. Against the State. Read the Perspectives on Anarchist Theory issue on Anarcha-Feminisms: anarchiststudies.org/perspectives...

5 years since the murder of George Floyd by the American "justice" system. We have not forgiven. We will not forget.

We have a world to win. Learn more: anarchiststudies.org

Everything for everyone.

"Planeta o Muerte" by Favianna Rodriguez, from the Fall 2010 issue of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory. Available to purchase or download from anarchiststudies.org.

Why celebrate May Day? This year, in taking the streets, we are showing each other who is prepared to fight: "Take a stand—we'll be there, too." Every year, we are showing that we are part of a story greater than ourselves, stretching back centuries. Life reinventing itself in defiance of death.

This is the most urgent and necessary read and will always be my top recommendation. You can read for free it on the anarchist library website but having a small copy in your hands does wonders for the heart.

Glory to the memory of the Haymarket Martyrs. War against empire, all power to the people.

Copies of all editions of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory are ready to ship from ANTIFA HQ's secret underground lair. We share the thoughts of scholar-activists on the front lines of today's most pressing social movements. Learn more at anarchiststudies.org

"I believe in everyone's right to beautiful, radiant things," said Emma Goldman, presumably referring to the hoodies available at anarchiststudies.org. Get one today to support radical interventions from front-line organizers and activist-scholars.

Copies of Joyful Militancy are ready to ship from IAS HQ! This corrective to the toxicity of rigid radicalism is more essential than ever amidst rising political repression. Available at anarchiststudies.org

Community, mutual aid, organization, self-determination, autonomy. Anarquía by Santiago Armengod, from the Fall 2011 edition of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory.

AVAILABLE NOW: Support the IAS in style with a shirt or hoodie with Amanda Priebe's Resilience design, created in honor of the Institute for Anarchist Studies' 25th anniversary. Check it out at anarchiststudies.org.

Sharing an upcoming conference from comrades in Belgium: the Complex Anarchism Symposium, a "self-organized space for experimentation and collaboration across disciplines and scales" this May 19-23 in Brussels.

So proud to be included in the @anarchist-studies.bsky.social new series of inspirational quotes from anarchist and radical authors!

Did you know anarchism played a major role in the Mexican Revolution? Before Emiliano Zapata took up "Tierra y Libertad," it was the slogan of the newspaper Regeneración, founded by anarchist brothers Enrique, Jesús, and Ricardo Flores Magón.

Thanks to the dozens of applicants to the Anarchist Horizons and Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grants! We'll be going through your incredible applications and may be in touch as we make our decisions, which will be announced at the end of June. The struggle continues!

From Kevin Van Meter's piece "To Care Is to Struggle" in the Care edition of our journal, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, free to download from anarchiststudies.org. How do see care and struggle connect?

"ACAB means ACAB." –Peter Kropotkin, 1918. "Dear Vladimir Ilyich, I venture to tell you... as a lover of Russia and the revolution... What is understandable for the masses is inexcusable for the 'leaders' of your party..."

Everything for everyone

We support revolutionary thinking as students of the struggle. Learn more: anarchiststudies.org

No peace on stolen land. No compromise for our communities.

Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the passing of comrade Lucy Parsons, a revolutionary anarchist who died as she lived: a spark in the heart of Empire.

"All Power to the People. Through the People. No gimmicks, no fancy public relations. Either you respect people’s capacities to think for themselves, to govern themselves, to creatively devise their own best ways to make decisions, to be accountable, to relate, problem-solve, break-down isolation...

Sowing subversion, harvesting revolt.

The Democratic Party may be dead in the water but popular resistance will never die. The struggles continue. Intifada until victory. All power to all people.

As Shane Burley wrote in No Pasarán: the antidote to fascism in all its manifestations is community building. How are you building, reinforcing, and defending community?

From our 2012 book Imperiled Life: Revolution Against Climate Catastrophe by Javier Sethness-Castro. Support LA mutual aid orgs and destroy capitalist ecocide before it destroys us.

Today marks the 34th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising. We are inspired and challenged by the fact of militant resistance and revolutionary action around the world. From Chiapas to Kurdistan, from Gaza to Greece, from South Africa to Atlanta's South River Forest. This year, we demand everything.

From the IAS culture desk: some trends to watch in the coming year. We look forward to accompanying our movements in the fights yet to come.

We want to fund your anarchist and abolitionist writing and multimedia projects! And we need your helping funding more of them! Donations to the IAS help support the Anarchist Horizons and Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grants, in collaboration with Anarchist Agency.