Essay #1: Lisa Matthews, 'Solidarity, the Sea, and Subverting State Power'
09/23/20 • 13 min
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In this essay, Lisa Matthews looks at examples of refugee and migrant solidarity, the importance of that solidarity not being limited to nation-states and citizenship, and the sea as a site of potential subversion and opportunity.
Lisa is a Coordinator at Right to Remain. Working with grassroots asylum and migrant groups in the UK, Right to Remain help people navigate the UK asylum and immigration system and campaign for positive change in the asylum and immigration system. For more information, visit www.righttoremain.org.uk
Anarchist Essays is brought to you by Loughborough University's Anarchism Research Group. For more information on the ARG, visit www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research/arg/ . You can follow us on Twitter @arglboro
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In this essay, Lisa Matthews looks at examples of refugee and migrant solidarity, the importance of that solidarity not being limited to nation-states and citizenship, and the sea as a site of potential subversion and opportunity.
Lisa is a Coordinator at Right to Remain. Working with grassroots asylum and migrant groups in the UK, Right to Remain help people navigate the UK asylum and immigration system and campaign for positive change in the asylum and immigration system. For more information, visit www.righttoremain.org.uk
Anarchist Essays is brought to you by Loughborough University's Anarchism Research Group. For more information on the ARG, visit www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research/arg/ . You can follow us on Twitter @arglboro
Our music comes from Them'uns (featuring Yous'uns). Hear more at https://soundcloud.com/user-178917365
Artwork by Sam G: https://www.instagram.com/passerinecreations
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Essay #2: Ole Birk Laursen, 'Decolonising Anarchism: M.P.T. Acharya, Anticolonialism, and Anarchism, 1922-1954
1 RecommendationsIn this essay, Ole Birk Laursen looks at the Indian anarchist M.P.T. Acharya (1887-1954), his activities within the international anarchist movement, and his attempt to bring anarchism into India's independence struggle and the post-colonial era in order to think more closely about decolonising anarchism.
Ole is a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University (https://www.iias.asia/profile/ole-birk-laursen). His research focuses on anticolonialism, anarchism, and socialism, and he is the editor of M.P.T. Acharya, We Are Anarchists (AK Press, 2019) and Lay Down Your Arms (OOOA! Publishing, 2019). For a recent publication on Acharya, see: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13688790.2020.1751914.
Anarchist Essays is brought to you by Loughborough University's Anarchism Research Group. For more information on the ARG, visit www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research/arg/ . You can follow us on Twitter @arglboro
Our music comes from Them'uns (featuring Yous'uns). Hear more at https://soundcloud.com/user-178917365
Artwork by Sam G: https://www.instagram.com/passerinecreations
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