Islamic Anti-Authoritarianism against the Ulema-State Alliance: A Review of Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment
Javier Sethness and Jihad al-Haqq provide reviews of Kuru’s Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment, which contrasts anti-authoritarianism in early Islam with the later nefarious alliance between religious scholars and State in the Muslim world.
Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of our Rooms
For Sands and the hunger strikers of 1981, freedom was necessary to human existence, and worth enduring any amount of pain inflicted by imperialist occupiers.
Dispatches from Triangulum - May
A poem reflecting on the revolt, loss, growth, and care in the Triangle region of North Carolina in May 2020.
Zapatista Autonomy and Stateless Participatory Democracy - Part One
The States we live in like to suffocate democracy; the Zapatistas, however, allow it to flourish. This article provides an introduction to the history and function of the Zapatista's stateless and participatory democracy.
Fortress Conservation and Indigenous Sovereignty: Reflections on COP 15
COP 15 showed that many nations and conservation groups in the Global North still aren't serious about Indigenous sovereignty or protecting biodiversity. Adam Cogan explains why in his new article.
Against Orthodoxy and Despotic Rule: A Review of Islam and Anarchism
The first part in a series on Islam, humanism, and anarchism.
Here’s to a Year of Peace and Autonomy
The Commoner welcomes in the new year with a statement of our accomplishments and aspirations.
