Anarchist-Utopian News strives to build a freer world with horizontal governance, mutual aid, cooperation, gift economy, anti-domination, bioregional sustainability, solar punk aesthetics, economic egalitarianism, and indigenous autonomy.

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We’re headquartered in the San Francisco East Bay. Email is: anarchist-utopian@proton.me

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Reclus.E - new band named after the French anarchist geographer - shares new single. Continued HERE

Join The Local Time Bank! Give an hour of help doing something you enjoy, and earn an hour to receive help when you need it. Every exchange builds trust and strengthens community. CONTINUED HERE

FBI Report Describes Graffiti as a Tactic of Anarchist Violent Extremists CONTINUED HERE

Mendha-Lekha: India’s Self-Governed Village with Legal Forest Rights - No formal leader runs Mendha-Lekha. Instead, every adult is expected to participate in governing the village. The gram sabha makes decisions through consensus, not by majority vote. CONTINUED HERE

Indigenous Self-Governance as the Future of Climate Resilience - Mendha proves that environmental conservation cannot exist without radical local democracy. By establishing themselves as the government, Mendha has shown that the ultimate guardians of the earth are those whose lives, cultures, and livelihoods are intrinsically tied to it. CONTINUED HERE

Shades of Black: The Exhibition that Traces the History of Anarchism The Mundaneum Museum in Mons has launched a new exhibition exploring the history and ideas of anarchism; it will remain open until 9 May 2027. Continued HERE

The Case Against Law in an Age of Mass Extinction modernity is no way to run humanity, or life on Earth more generally. Continued HERE

Anarchist-Solarpunk Manifesto for the East Bay Bioregion A proposal for direct democracy, economic equality, and ecological restoration organized through local watersheds CONTINUED HERE

Ecology to an anarchist beat. From Élisée Reclus and Peter Kropotkin to Rachel Carson, Murray Bookchin and André Gorz: the anarchist tradition understands ecology not as top-down conservation, but as practice of cohabitation. Continued HERE

Utopianism and anarchism. Key utopian ideas are transmitted by writers working in the anarchist traditions [like] Paul Goodman and Colin Ward… Their utopian approach to social change supports firstly an agency-centred vision of freedom… CONTINUED HERE

A Utopian Vision for America's Emptiest Downtown. America’s downtowns are suffering a crisis. Office work has migrated into the suburbs, leaving abandoned buildings and blighted conditions behind. Central business districts from St. Louis to Dallas and Portland, Ore., are fighting to escape a death spiral. Continued HERE

The Continued Necessity of Black Anarchism My ideas of Black anarchism occurred while I was in prison, coupled with my recognition that the Black working class was an oppressed people, not just exploited workers. Continued HERE

Why Christian Anarchists Want to Burn It Down Our unwillingness to think beyond current political structures is a failure of Christian imagination, say Jesus-loving anarchists. Continued HERE

The Anarchists Who Thought Mao Was On Their Side As the Cultural Revolution turns 60, here's a look back at some of the fantasies that people projected onto it—and at one moment of possible prescience. Continued HERE

The Dispossessed at 50: Ursula K. Le Guin’s ‘anarchist utopia’ was an anguished response to war. Its political power endures CONTINUED HERE

Elon Musk Said (in 2018) That Politically, He’s a Utopian Anarchist “If we have a highly automated future with the robots that can do anything, then any work you do will be because you want to do it, not because you have to do it.” CONTINUED HERE

Anarchist Mathematician Tortured in Russia, says Amnesty International. Continued HERE

Are there good anarchists and bad anarchists? ONE WEEK after masked so-called anarchists vandalized 18 businesses and a police car in downtown Santa Cruz during a May 1 street party, another group of anarchists is meeting a few blocks away from the scene. Continued HERE

Anarchist Community Center Celebrates Nine Years in Santa Cruz - On November 1, SubRosa turned nine years old. SubRosa is an anarchist community space run by a collective of committed volunteers from the Santa Cruz area, freely giving of their energy and time… Continued HERE

What's the relevance of anarchism today? - In the mainstream perception, “anarchy” is often synonymous with black masks, leaderless chaos, and property destruction.  But many anarchists are creating positive solutions to social problems.  Where are successful anarchist communities? And how would an anarchist economy function? Continued HERE

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The Situation in Rojava - This winter the Rojava Revolution faced its greatest existential threat since the war against ISIS. Continued HERE

Black Anarchism in the US. A Rich, Radical Tradition. When state violence and systemic denial of full citizenship by the state makes true belonging impossible for Black people, Black anarchists have envisioned and fought for a free life beyond the state…. Continued HERE

The radical practice of solidarity The co-founder of the Neighborhood Anarchist Collective in Eugene, Oregon, provides insight on what people get wrong about the movement. Continued HERE

What Can We Actually Have? What if every family on Earth had around 4,000 m² of land? Let that sink in. EVERY FAMILY ON EARTH could have this if we simply divided land and distributed resources intelligently. Continued HERE

Born into slavery and forged in the fire of the 19th-century labor movement, Lucy Parsons became one of the most dangerous women in America. CONTINUED HERE

Wesleyan professor promotes the intersection of 'Indigenous sovereignty' and anarchist activism - J. Kēhaulani Kauanui is teaching several activist classes at Wesleyan University, including 'Indigenous sovereignty,' settler colonial studies, anarchist history and activism, and critical race theory. Continued HERE

This Missouri collective builds ‘parallel systems’ to support unhoused neighbors through mutual aid and anarchist principles - CoMo Mobile Aid Collective provides food, access to doctors appointments and medication, and other services to locals experiencing homelessness Continued HERE

The Genius of Gift Economies - We need to go back to the gift economy. Humans have been participating in the gift economy since before the invention of currency. Economic surplus is a social construct…we created the value of money… Continued HERE

Minneapolis Shows Us Anarchism at Work - Resistance to ICE in Minneapolis is leaderless… it’s not directed by a chain of command…networks of communication have been created within and between neighborhoods. Families in hiding or decimated due to the arrest of a breadwinner can reach out to neighbors for aid… continued HERE

Bay Anarchist Free School offers classes in Cooking for Large Groups, Community-Defense, Buddhist Philosophy, Cactus Grafting, Massage, Car Repair, Bread-Making, Plant Re-potting, and much more, info HERE

In Mpigi, Uganda, women at ShelterMi Safe House work in Kropotkin Garden to feed themselves and fund their boarding. The director was inspired by “Mutual Aid” to name the garden after the author.

War in Ukraine is “Serfs Killing Serfs” say Ukrainian Anarchists who Advocate Desertion… "The problem of military personnel fleeing the Ukrainian army has reached alarming proportions. Unable to punish deserters, the government is ready to forgive them, if only they would return to duty…” (More info HERE)