Month: March 2020

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imminent rebellion 13

From deep in the South Pacific, we present issue 13 of our irregular anarchist journal imminent rebellion. This issue includes:

  • a fascinating history of the Brisbane Self-Management Group
  • a photoessay documenting a decade of resistance in Aotearoa
  • an introduction to anarcha-feminism or, why anarchism needs feminism and vice versa.
  • the religious nature of 21st century capitalism
  • an interview with anarchist historian Michael Schmidt
  • a first-hand account of working in the front line of unions in Aotearoa
  • a critique of the criminal justice system

Plus a whole lot more. Download a copy for free or order a physical copy online.

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Fighting War

Anarchists, Wobblies & the New Zealand State 1905–1925

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Using government archives and contemporary publications, this pamphlet unearths the story of some of the men and women in Aotearoa New Zealand who opposed the state, militarism, and a world at war.

Anarchists, ‘Wobblies’ (members of the Industrial Workers of the World) and their supporters did not stand against militarism because they were pacifists, but as members of the working class who refused to fight working class people from other countries. For them the world was their country; their enemy was capitalism. Their fight for a free society led to an intense cultural struggle—a struggle that questioned the war, the nature of work and authority itself. This battle for minds had material results. Intense state surveillance and a raft of legislation not only determined who could read what, but led to jail time or deportation from the country. In a time of smothering oppression and social pressures, they held on to their beliefs with courage, ingenuity and resolve.