Tagged as: elections

Why Anarchists Do Not Vote

A piece by Elisée Reclus. Reclus was a Frenchgeographer, writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork, La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes (“Universal Geography”), over a period of nearly 20 years (1875–1894). Originally published by Gatorna Info. EVERYTHING that can be said about the suffrage may be summed up

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#GiletsJaunes – The Yellow Vest Movement in #France

The yellow vest movement (Gilets Jaunes) movement on the French territory: Between “Ecological” Neoliberalism and “Apolitical” Movements. Originally published by Crimethinc. The past weeks have seen a massive confrontational movement arise in France opposing President Emmanuel Macron’s “ecological” tax increase on gas. This movement combines many contradictory elements: horizontally organized

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Of Movements and Midterms – Which Way to Actual Power?

by Salvo Paper, via IT’S GOING DOWN   The Electoral Release Valve There’s no doubt that midterm elections, especially those which occur in the intermittent years following a general election, offer the chance for a part of the electorate to reassert itself in the aftermath of having lost a presidential

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