Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute

04/19/2026

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04/11/2026

Wayne Price met with SEDI in February and spoke to us about Errico Malatesta.

On January 25th 2026, the Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute (SEDI) hosted anarchist theorist and historian Wayne Price for a wide-ranging discussion on the li...

04/09/2026

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Rudolf de Jong's concise 1992 historical reflection on anarchism and antisemitism, which raises questions that remain strikingly relevant today.

04/08/2026

Bakunin spent some time in Japan after he escaped from a Russian prison. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DkVaFH1ML/

El martes, 14 de abril, presentaremos en la sede de la FAL (Calle Peñuelas, 41, Madrid) el libro Bakunin y Japón, de la mano de Juan Cruz, editor de Piedra Papel Libros. Con él nos sumergiremos en este desconocido viaje de uno de los pensadores más importantes del anarquismo.

La vida de Mijail Bakunin (1814-1876), una de las figuras fundacionales del anarquismo, estuvo marcada por un halo de aventura incandescente que le acompañó hasta el final de sus días. Propagandista, agitador, hombre de acción y teórico revolucionario, su compromiso con la causa de los más humildes le llevó a prisión y, poco después, al destierro en los confines de Siberia.

Este pequeño texto, publicado por primera vez en 1978 en el número 5 de la revista Libero Internacional, se aproxima a una de las etapas más desconocidas de la biografía del anarquista ruso: su paso por Japón tras fugarse de la Rusia zarista. Un episodio que, además, los autores utilizan para sumergirnos en la historia contemporánea del país del sol naciente.

El acto se celebrará en el horario habitual de la Fundación, a las 19:00. Os recordamos que podéis conseguir el libro en nuestra librería online.

https://fal.cnt.es/presentacion-del-libro-bakunin-y-japon-martes-14-de-abril/

03/30/2026

Stella White will meet with SEDI on July 26 to discuss the life of Marie Ganz, a contemporary of Emma Goldman. Stella writes:

The anarchism of Marie Ganz (1891-1968) was defined by direct action. She led a march of thousands of women to New York’s City Hall to demand lower bread prices, and she herself marched into John D. Rockefeller’s office brandishing a gun for his role in the Ludlow Massacre. Ganz was driven by a ‘spirit of rebellion’ against the hunger and poverty she, and numerous Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side, experienced. Deeply critical of Emma Goldman, Ganz accused her of ignoring the pressing needs of hungry immigrants, instead prioritizing idealistic and utopian aims. Ganz’s involvement in anarchism was significant but brief—her last public engagement with anarchism was in 1917. This talk will discuss Ganz’s life and writings and her personal and ideological animus towards Goldman, and explore why she ultimately left the movement.

03/12/2026

On March 29 SEDI will meet with Emmett Doyle, of Black Cat Workers Collective, will discuss the self organized resistance to ICE in Minnesota and the role of our movement within that resistance. We will draw the connection between successive waves of struggle over the last two decades in our city, the rise of a culture of community self defense, and the flourishing of bottom-up, direct action oriented resistance to Operation Metro Blitz. We will discuss the general strike of January and the role of the unions, the labor left, and non-union workers in it. We will look at the several points of sharp confrontation between the community and regime forces, and the role of the local ruling class in attempting to mange the crisis. We will take a look at the movement building and continuing resistance since the partial drawdown of federal forces in Minneapolis.

03/10/2026

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03/07/2026

On April 26 SEDI will meet with Ole Birk Laursen, who will discuss the Indian Anarchist M. P. T. Acharya.

"This talk explores the life and activities of M. P. T. Acharya (1887–1954), India’s most prominent anarchist activist and theoretician. Driven by the urge for complete freedom from colonialism, authoritarianism, fascism and militarism, which are rooted in the idea and politics of the nation-state, Acharya fought for an international vision of socialism and freedom. During the tumultuous opening decades of the 1900s—marked by the globalisation of radical inter-revolutionary struggles, world wars, the rise of communism and fascism, and the growth of colonial independence movements—Acharya allied himself with pacifists, anarchists, radical socialists and anticolonial fighters in exile, championing a future free from any form of oppression, whether by colonial rulers or native masters. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, private correspondence and other primary sources, the book demonstrates that, among his contemporaries, Acharya’s turn to anarchism was unique and pioneering in the struggle for Indian independence."

01/07/2026

In other countries this is called the "Ley de Fugas", the law of escaping. ICE tried to stop a woman in her car, but when she refused to stop, the ICE thug shot and killed her. ICE claims she was trying to kill him by ramming him with her car. This is not the only person ICE has murdered in this fashion.

BREAKING: DHS says rioter tried to kill ICE officers in Minneapolis car-ramming 'domestic terrorism,' attacker dead after being shot by law enforcement.

01/03/2026

Wayne Price will meet with SEDI on January 25. He will be discussing the life and ideas of Errico Malatesta, anarchist revolutionary in Italy, Argentina, the US and the world.

"The Italian anarchist-socialist Errico Malatesta (1853-1932), comrade and friend of Bakunin and Kropotkin, was a major influence on 19th/20th century revolutionary anarchism. We will discuss some of his major ideas involving strategy and tactics. His approach was: “The secret of our success lies in knowing how to reconcile revolutionary action and spirit with everyday practical action; in knowing how to participate in small struggles without losing sight of the great and definitive struggle.”
We will cover his views on organization, unions, "gradualism" vs. revolution, united fronts, anti-fascism, war and national self-determination." Wayne Price

Wayne Price Malatesta’s Anarchist Vision of Life After Capitalism 2006

11/10/2025

On Sunday, November 23 Peter Cole, labor historian, professor, and author of Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly” will present about the history of Fletcher, and his role as an African American leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) during its heyday. During that period, when many US unions disgracefully excluded black and Asian workers, the IWW welcomed people of color, in keeping with their emphasis on class solidarity and their bold motto: “An Injury to One Is an Injury to All!” Fletcher helped found and lead Local 8 of the IWW’s Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union, unquestionably the most powerful in*******al union of its era, taking a principled stand against all forms of xenophobia and exclusion.

Peter Cole is a professor of history at Western Illinois University in Macomb and a research associate in the Society, Work and Development Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Cole is the author of the award-winning Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area and Wobblies on the Waterfront: In*******al Unionism in Progressive-Era Philadelphia. He coedited Wobblies of the World: A Global History of the IWW and Presente! A Dockworker Story by Herb Mills. He is the founder and co-director of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project.