Left Field Guide

Which groups, organizations and philosophies make up the authoritarian American Left? How are they related to each other? How do they differ? Which publications do these groups distribute? How about their front groups?

Questions like these are asked all the time by people who are new to activism and learning about left and anarchist ideas for the first time. This guide provides a cursory overview of the groups, organizations, and tendencies among the American authoritarian left. This guide does not deal with anti-authoritarian left groups which aren't anarchist.

Housing Portal

Beyond Squat or Rot : Anarchist Approaches to Housing
by Chuck0
It's time to renew your yearly lease and once again your landlord wants to raise
your monthly rent. Should you stay or should you go? Are there options to leases,
rents and mortgages? Why does the landlord get away with raising everybody's
rents, when they probably haven't made any improvements to your building in the
last year? This issue of Practical Anarchy looks at some of the answers to these
questions, what alternatives exist, and how to challenge the traditional way
housing is provided.

Free Software Portal

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Calendar

2013

2013 | March 16-17 | Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair | San Francisco

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Anti-Police Portal

We Don't Need the Police

Anarchists by nature are anti-authoritarians. So it's pretty obvious why we don't like police, the military, prisons, etc. We tend to think that the best cop is an unemployed one. If cops were true to their mission, they'd be trying to figure out how to put themselves out of work. Since our capitalist societies, with their increasing disparities in income, are responsible for much of crime, it's pretty obvious from the lack of talk by cops and society about this that they don't take their jobs very seriously. Crime is also caused by other factors: individuals psychologically and physiologically damaged by their upbringing and environment, crusades against drugs and other bugaboos, crimes defined by morals police, and crimes defined by legislators.

Against All Borders

Without Borders

This page is devoted to the free movement of people across the face of our planet. Let's erase borders!

Anti-war

Feature Text: Some Notes And Information On Anarchist Opposition To War
Translations and Summaries by Charlatan Stew

Anarchism

Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of imposed social hierarchy, including the state and Capitalism. These philosophies use 'anarchy' to mean a society based on voluntary cooperation of free individuals. Philosophical anarchist thought does not advocate chaos or anomie — it intends "anarchy" to refer to a manner of human relations that is intentionally established and maintained.

Infoshop.org is primarily a website about anarchism, but since we feature material on so many subjects, this special index page has been created to provide access to our many materials on anarchism, the anarchist movements, and anarchists.

Activism Portal

A guide to activist web resources on arranged by subject area. If you would like to see a site listed, please tell us!

Activism is the application of ideas and methods to bring about some kind of social change.

Tactics

San Francisco: The tactics that worked
Protesters roam in small, swift groups to stall city traffic Joe Garofoli and Jim Herron Zamora, Chronicle Staff Writers Friday, March 21, 2003 San Francisco -- It took three hours for anti-war activists to cripple downtown San Francisco using hit-and-run civil disobedience tactics to an extent never before seen
in the Bay Area.

Portals

Infoshop Portals are guides to content on our site arranged by topic.

Activism Portal
A guide to activist web resources on arranged by subject area.

Anarchism Portal
A special index page on anarchism, the anarchist movements, and anarchists.

Antiwar Portal
Articles, information, and links to the anti-war and peace movements.

Anti-Borders Portal
Devoted to the free movement of people across the face of our planet.

Anti-Cop Portal
Info and links about the police and police brutality.

Calendar Portal
Local and National Activist Calendars.

Free Software Portal
Information on the Free Software Movement.

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