Archive of Riot. Strike. Riot

2019 has been a year of planetary unrest, with mass struggles springing up in places as diverse as Haiti, France, Ecuador, and Iran. Yet, it is the struggles in Chile, sparked by a 4 per cent rise in the price of a metro ride, that have been most emblematic of this new cycle of mass mobilisation. In this article, Joshua Clover reads the striking image of a train on fire in the Elisa Correa station of the Santiago metro, and asks what it can tell us about our new era of riot and protest. 

A reading list of key titles on the history of labor organizing and class struggle in the US.

Our top books from the year - all in one place.

Are we in the early history of climate riots? What is already apparent is the state’s willingness to seize this situation on behalf of capital and of its own consolidation of power, a Green Nationalism which leverages climate management regimes toward hard borders, xenophobic violence, differential citizenship, protectionist labor pacts, further intensifications of militarization and surveillance.

Don't get tide down in apathy. Dive into our alternative beach reading and spend the summer dreaming about life after capitalism!

50% off our May Day reading! Includes new reading from Bhaskar Sunkara, Nancy Fraser, and Eric Blanc.

50% off for this made-up holiday; Red to inspire rebellion and revolution!

A reading list on working-class power, elections, and left-wing strategy.

Much has been written about the gilets jaunes and their relation to both politics, of the left and the right, and historical waves of labour unrest. In this article, Joshua Clover argues that the gilets jaunes are in fact a texbook example of a contemporary riot, and may be best seen as an early example of an approaching wave of climate riots.