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[continued] Lucy Parsons: 18th-cent. American anarchist communist, feminist, and labor organizer who was among the founders of the anarchist-influenced Industrial Workers of the World. Parsons was frequently arrested for distributing anarchist literature and for her powerful orations. The Chicago Police Department described her as "more dangerous than a thousand rioters." Wikipedia says, "Lucy was probably born a slave, though she denied any African heritage, claiming only Native American and Mexican ancestry." Notably, she and Emma Goldman came into conflict over Parsons' focus on working-class struggles and Goldman's seeming emphasis on gender and sexuality.

Voltairine de Cleyre: 18th-cent. American anarchist who was acclaimed by Emma Goldman, despite their ideological divergences (de Cleyre was much more individualist than Goldman for a time). The New York Times recently ran this sympathetic piece on her.

Now, a short interlude from the naming of authors (of whom "Anonymous" is spectacularly prominent, too...). The North American Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation has this reader, Black Anarchism. Looking for the link just now I also saw Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Komboa Irvin, a Black anarchist and former member of the Black Panther Party (!!). A really good article that deals with the primacy of the Black radical tradition in the US is this one by contemporary US anarchist Joel Olson.

The seminal work Desert is a very short, accessible anarchist text with a green focus and a critical stance on civilization.

OK. For a good while I dipped my toe in by reading works from accessible contemporary anarchists, and I'm glad I did. David Graeber is an anarchist anthropologist who wrote Debt: The First 5,000 Years, a pretty foundational work, and Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. Graeber's writing style is relaxed, fluid, and funny; I love it.

James C. Scott is an ethnographer who wrote The Art of Not Being Governed, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts, and Two Cheers for Anarchy!: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Play. I haven't read the last one yet, but really want to. Scott was a huge part of my intro to anarchism and I have deeply fond memories of reading and writing about his work.

Colin Ward is a lauded contemporary British anarchist who wrote Anarchy in Action, among other works.

Uri Gordon is a contemporary Israeli anarchist who, among other things, has edited some anarchist publications, including Anarchists Against the Wall: Direct action and solidarity with the Palestinian popular struggle. I'm heartened by Israeli anarchist solidarity with the Palestinian struggle. It's been called some of the foremost direct action globally.

As written by the Black Rose Federation, its member Mark Bray is the author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (first antifascist history) and Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street. He also wrote this article on horizontalism.