Resonance: An Anarchist Audio Distro

Final Statement by Willem Van Spronsen – MP3 – Read – Archive – Torrent – YouTube On July 13, 2019, Willem Van Spronsen was killed by police whileattacking transportation infrastructure for the Northwest DetentionCenter in Tacoma, WA. The Northwest Detention Center can hold over 1,500 people, making it thelargest immigration prison on the west coast, … Continue reading Final Statement of Willem Van Spronsen – AudioZine

The Unquiet Dead Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology Chapter 7. Elitism, Populism, and Democracy – By Anonymous – MP3– Read– Print – Archive– Torrent– YouTube Chapter 7 discusses Nietzsche, anti-Semitism and elitism as well as The Peróns fascism and populism. The full text is available at unquietdead.tumblr.com; we will be posting recordings of other chapters in the … Continue reading The Unquiet Dead Ch 7 – AudioZine

Destituent Power and Revolution: How do we de-activate the State without founding a new one? – MP3 – Torrent– Archive– YouTube Historically, the revolutionary process in the West has centered on violently destroying a certain order and then re-founding a new order based on that prior violence. From the revolutionary terror of the French Revolution, and … Continue reading Destituent Power and Revolution – Presentation

Now by The Invisible Committee – MP3 – Read– Print – Torrent – Archive – YouTube Now (2017) is the phantom chapter to the Invisible Committee’s previous book, To Our Friends: a new critique from the anonymous collective that establishes their opposition to the world of capital and its law of labor, addresses current anti-terrorist rhetoric and the … Continue reading Now – AudioZine

The Olympia Communard: Dispatches from the Olympia Rail Blockade – By Various Authors – MP3 – PDF – Torrent – Archive – YouTube For seven days during the winter of 2016, radicals, revolutionaries and ne’er-do-wells – inspired by the then unfolding revolt at Standing Rock – built a blockade encampment on the train tracks in downtown … Continue reading The Communard – Audio Zine

This Is What Democracy Looks Like: An Anarchist Critique Of Democracy – MP3 – Read – Print – Torrent – Archive – YouTube In the words of the introduction to this pamphlet, “One would think that a political doctrine and system that was propagated by the bourgeoisie in their rise to power, that is promoted … Continue reading This Is What Democracy Looks Like – AudioZine

Malediction – by Margaret Killjoy – MP3 – Torrent – Archive – YouTube Originally published in Shock Totem #10 in March of 2016; this morbid story includes a gay squatter, suicide, cop hating and paranoia. For more by Margaret Killjoy go to birdsbeforethestorm.net and keep an eye out for more of her short fiction here … Continue reading Malediction – AudioZine

The Unquiet Dead: Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology – Chapter 6 Mythologies – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Chapter 6 discusses Barthes’ critique of Leftist mythologies; Marx’s critique of mythology and a critique of Marx’s mythology; elements of fascist mythology; various kinds of speculative fiction, and its advantages and disadvantages … Continue reading The Unquiet Dead Ch 6

Skin In The Game: How Antisemitism Animates White Nationalism by Eric Ward – MP3 – Read – Print – Torrent – Archive – YouTube “To recognize that antisemitism is not a sideshow to racism within White nationalist thought is important for at least two reasons. First, it allows us to identify the fuel that White … Continue reading Skin In The Game – AudioZine

Les Guérillères – by Monique Wittig  – MP3 – PDF – Torrent – Archive – YouTube Monique Wittig published Les Guerilleres in 1969, at a time when the whole world seemed on the brink of revolutionary change. It is the story of a successful feminist war against patriarchy. It was one of the most widely … Continue reading Les Guérillères – AudioZine

The Delirious Momentum of the Revolt: The Complete Works of A.G. Schwarz – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Today it has been 10 years since Alexandros Grigoropoulos was killed and since Greece rose up in the 2008 insurrection. We offer this zine now, so that we may better consider … Continue reading The Delirious Momentum of the Revolt – AudioZine

The Question of Organization – From Insurrection #4 – MP3 – Imposed – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Originally published in the magazine Insurrection, a project which included Jean Weir, this zine offers an analysis of several facets of an insurrectionist perspective on organization. Sections include: beyond the structure of synthesis, informal organization autonomous base … Continue reading The Question of Organization – AudioZine

The Unquiet Dead Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology – Chapter 5 The Masked Goddess: Self-Invention and Becoming – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Chapter five of this multipart series discusses strategies for self-invention and becoming in the work of Gloria Anzaldúa, Audre Lorde and Saidiya Hartman; the struggle for access … Continue reading The Unquiet Dead Ch 5 – AudioZine

  Another Word for White Ally is Coward – From Anti-State STL – MP3 – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube “The concept of the White Ally is bankrupt. One cannot be an ally to a category of people. To speak the words “I am a White Ally to people of color” is to … Continue reading Another Word for White Ally is Coward – AudioZine

N30: The Seattle WTO Protests – a memoir and analysis, with an eye to the future – From CrimethInc. – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube With the sub-title “The Seattle WTO Protests: A memoir and analysis, with an eye to the future,” N30 is an excellent overview by Crimethinc … Continue reading N30: The Seattle WTO Protests – AudioZine

Invisible People – by Margaret Killjoy – MP3 – Purchase Book– Torrent – Archive – YouTube A squatter comes face to face with crippling anxiety in order to eke out a meager living by hacking rich people. This story was first published in the disability-themed sci-fi anthology Accessing the Future edited by Djibril Al-Ayad and … Continue reading Invisible People – AudioZine

Worker-Student Action Committees: France May ’68 – by Fredy Perlman and Roger Gregoire – MP3 – PDF (print) – PDF (Illustrated) – EPUB – MOBI – Archive – Torrent – YouTube On the occasion of May Day 2018 and the 50th anniversary of the worldwide social upheavals of 1968, including the iconic general strike in … Continue reading Worker-Student Action Committees – AudioZine

The Unquiet Dead: Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology. Chapter 4. The White Goddess: Essentialism and the Land – by anonymous  – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Chapter four of this multipart series discusses appropriation and essentialism in white feminist spirituality and/or white environmentalist circles. The full text is available at … Continue reading The Unquiet Dead Ch4 – AudioZine

The Witch’s Child – By Anonymous – MP3 – Read – Updated PDF – Archive – Torrent – YouTube We recorded and released this piece in 2015 but that version of the text omitted some key parts. So in anticipation of this years May Day we have reformatted the zine and rerecorded the audio.  We … Continue reading The Witch’s Child – AudioZine

We Who Will Destroy the Future – by Margaret Killjoy – MP3 –  Read – Zine – Torrent – Archive – YouTube The 29th century treats the 21st like a prison colony. One convict, Maya, dreams of a jailbreak… or, failing that, revenge. This new short story, first appearing here on Resonance, may be purchased … Continue reading We Who Will Destroy the Future – AudioZine

The Undying Appeal of White Nationalism – By Candles and Torches – MP3 – Article –  Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Originally published in December 2014, this piece investigates the cross- influence between fascism and radical environmentalism. Beginning in Germany in the early 20th century, we see how green utopian tendencies … Continue reading The Undying Appeal of White Nationalism – AudioZine

An Open Letter to Those Who Condemn Looting – By Evan Calder Williams – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube This text was written in August of 2011 shortly after police shot and killed a black man named Mark Duggan in North London. In the days that followed tensions between … Continue reading An Open Letter to Those Who Condemn Looting – AudioZine

The Unquiet Dead: Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology – Chapter 3 the Spanish revolutionists and their betrayal – By Anonymous – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Chapter three of this multipart series discusses Spain before the war; the rise of the fascist; anarchist resistance; the betrayal of the revolution and … Continue reading The Unquiet Dead Chapter 3 – AudioZine

A Surrounding for Us to Live Within: notes on industrial society and it’s ecology – By a Friend of Ludd – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube A Surrounding for Us to Live Within came out of the Italian anarchist scene in 2003, is signed by “a friend of Ludd,” … Continue reading A Surrounding For Us to Live Within – AudioZine

The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy – by CrimethInc. – MP3 – Read – Print – Torrent – Archive – YouTube Coming out of the context of the debates within Occupy Wall Street as it spread across the United States, The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy is an essay by Crimethinc … Continue reading The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy – AudioZine

1:31:08 – The Unquiet Dead Chapter 2. conflict and complicity: early Italian anarchists and fascists – By Anonymous – MP3 – Read – Print – Torrent – Archive – YouTube Chapter two of this multipart series discusses the rise of fascism in 1910s Italy, the historical and class factors that contributed to its rise, and … Continue reading The Unquiet Dead Chapter 2 – AudioZine

Witches, Midwives & Nurses: A History of Women Healers – By Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English – MP3 – Read – PDF – alt PDF – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Women have always been healers, and medicine has always been an arena of struggle between female practitioners and male professionals. This audio zine explores … Continue reading Witches, Midwives & Nurses – AudioZine

  The Unquiet Dead: Anarchism, Fascism, and Mythology – Chapter 1. Fascist Ideology in Germany and Further – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube This is the second installment of a book-length piece, The Unquiet Dead. The full text is available at unquietdead.tumblr.com; we will be posting recordings of other … Continue reading The Unquiet Dead Chapter 1 – AudioZine

Queer Fire: The George Jackson Brigade, Men Against Sexism, and Gay Struggle Against Prison – Published by Untorelli Press – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube A collection of histories, speeches, and interviews with members of the George Jackson Brigade and Men Against Sexism. These stories give inspiration for the … Continue reading Queer Fire – AudioZine

The Unquiet Dead: Anarchism, Fascism and Mythology: introduction. – Anonymous –  MP3 – Read – Print – Torrent –  Archive – YouTube This is the first installment of a book-length piece, The Unquiet Dead. The full text is available at unquietdead.tumblr.com; we will be posting recordings of other chapters in the future. The introduction includes … Continue reading The Unquiet Dead .5 introduction – AudioZine

30:59 – Nativism and the Foundations of US Xenophobia: An Old Doctrine of Hatred and Bigotry Reemerges – by CrimethInc. – MP3 – Read – Archive – Torrent – YouTube CrimethInc. released this essay to counter the jingoism of Independence Day in the US; it explores an alternate framework for understanding anti-immigrant sentiments in the … Continue reading Nativism and the Foundations of US Xenophobia

Undoing Sex: against sexual optimism – by c.e. – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube *This zine contains discussion of sexual assault* “Undoing Sex” is a critique of sex-positivity that both draws upon and completely transcends second-wave feminist critiques. The essay explores the metaphysical quandaries faced by the “not-man” in … Continue reading Undoing Sex – AudioZine

1:07:16 – Lines In Sand: three essays on identity, oppression, and social war – intro by Peter Gelderloos – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube “…I think we all need to fiercely reject the Ally as a primary identity of struggle. You cannot give solidarity if you are not struggling … Continue reading Lines In Sand – AudioZine

Archipelago – Affinity, Informal Organization, and Insurrectional Projects – From Salto #2 – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent– YouTube This zine explores the topic of affinity and informal organization. The author(s) argue that informal organizations based on affinity are the ideal ways of acting as anarchist because they overcome the limits … Continue reading Archipelago – AudioZine

With Allies Like These: Reflections on Privilege Reductionism – by Common Cause – MP3 – Read – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube  “…this article aims to critically engage with the dominant ideas and practices of anti-oppression politics. We define anti-oppression politics as a related group of analyses and practices that seeks to address … Continue reading With Allies Like These – AudioZine

The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions – by Larry Mitchell – MP3 – Read – Torrent – Archive – YouTube In a joyous and perverse intermingling of fable, myth, heterotopian vision, and pocket wisdom, The Faggots and Their Friends tell us stories of the 70s gay countercultures and offer us strategies and wisdom for … Continue reading Faggots & Their Friends – AudioZine

38:42 – The Incomplete, True, Authentic and Wonderful History of May Day – by Peter Linebaugh – MP3 – Read – Print – Torrent– Archive – YouTube This essay tells a story of the two sides of May Day: the red and the green. From Maypoles to the Haymarket martyrs, listen to this AudioZine and … Continue reading History of May Day – AudioZine

1:34:46 – When Insurrections Die – By Gilles Dauvé – MP3 – Text – Print – Archive – Torrent – YouTube Are fascism and democracy two sides of the same statist coin? What can the history of fascism tell us about our current moment? How can opposition to fascism end up strengthening liberal capitalist democracy? … Continue reading When Insurrections Die – Audio Zine

59:59 -Two essays, Insurrectionary Anarchy Organising for Attack! (Text) and Without a Trace(Text), from issue #10 of Do or Die – MP3 – PDF – Archive – Torrent – YouTube “Insurrectionary anarchism is not an ideological solution to social problems, nor a commodity on the capitalist market of ideologies and opinions. Rather it is an … Continue reading Insurrectionary Anarchy Organising for Attack! – AudioZine

Revolutionary Echoes From Syria: Conversations With Two Anarchists From Aleppo – Published by Hourriya – MP3 – PDF? (Coming Soon) – Archive – Torrent – YouTube The discussion below reflects an overview of the conditions experienced by individuals who are trying to liberate themselves from the system of social hypocrisy and the mentality of subordination. … Continue reading Revolutionary Echoes From Syria – AudioZine

This Is Not a Dialogue: notes on anti-fascism and free speech – by CrimethInc- MP3 – Read – PDF – Archive – Torrent – YouTube “Maybe you missed this, but you’re not in a dialogue. Your views are beside the point.  Argue all you want—your adversaries are glad to see you waste your breath. Better … Continue reading This Is Not a Dialogue – AudioZine

Anarchist organization, the Islamic State, the crisis, and outer space

53:19 – People VS. The United States – By The Conspiracy to Incite a Riot – MP3 – PDF – Torrent – Archive – YouTube Right now, the FBI is keeping an eye on what websites you browse, on what your neighbors are saying in chat rooms. Right now, folks are sitting in prison for … Continue reading The People VS. The United States – AudioZine

30:48 – Understanding Patriarchy – By bell hooks – MP3 – PDF – Torrent – Archive – YouTube In this short essay bell hooks offers a quick introduction to patriarchy and particularly the way it affects men. She draws on examples from her own life and from other writers. This essay comes from an older … Continue reading Understanding Patriarchy – AudioZine

A Crime Called Freedom: Writings of Os Cangaceiros Vol. 1 Os Cangaceiros was a group of delinquents caught up in the spirit of the French insurrection of 1968 who refused to let that spirit die.

But slavery doesn’t just hover in the background like a spectre from another century; it actively tells us who we are and where our loyalties lie, it distinguishes the dead from the living, it holds the keys to prison cells and patrols our streets.

we must make sure that our resistance to the far-right is also linked to our struggle against the state and capital; attacking white supremacy as a neo-colonial system and not simply a fight against white nationalist formations on the fringes."

It follows the inhabitants of a house over the years as it goes from isolated tenants to anarchist commune then devolves into in fighting and recuperation.

36:46 – Revolutionary Purity Showdown – By Richard Ades – MP3 – Read – Print – Torrent– Archive – YouTube This play was originally written by Richard Ades and performed in Detroit in 1979, in part, as a response to Illyria Street Commune, a play released that year by Fredy Perlman. Revolutionary Purity Showdown is … Continue reading Revolutionary Purity Showdown – AudioPlay

2:27:26 – Robby Barnes and Sylvie Kashdan – MP3 – Torrent – Archive – YouTube We sat down with Robby and Sylvie in their home in Seattle to get some of the context for the two plays we were planning on recording. The interview turned into a nearly 2 and a half hour conversation where … Continue reading Robby and Sylvie Interview

The Party's Over: Beyond Politics Beyond Democracy