A lot of it comes down to media environment. Books are work, but podcasts and audiobooks aren't.
For podcasts, citations needed is the best of the best. Behind the police is also good, even if the host has done some dodgy stuff.
For audiobooks, Trial of the Chicago Seven edited by mark Levine and Freedom Dreams by Robin Kelley are well narrated.
If you're going to read stuff, read things that build a worldview bottom to top. Marx isn't a good one for that. My choices would be *bell hooks' Feminism is for Everyone and Gemeration Five's Toward transformative justice. A lot of folks like Lenin for that, but I'm an anarchist and not going to tell you to read that.
Rudolph Rocker was probably the anarchist who laid out the most detailed tactical writings, which informed the IWW And CNT, but doesn't stand up to the modern era.
The group that lays out the tactics that get used by the most by modern anarchists is the Invisible Committee in Coming Insurrection.
the other main trend in the US at least is the IWW which focuses on labor and tenant organizing, but doesn't really have a grounding document besides their constitution.
Then there's the abolitionist movement which is more anarchist adjacent, preferring trying to defund and regulate prisons out of existence through local reform fights, paired with direct action in the form of divestment, labor action and mutual aid. Kaba's We Do This Til We Free Us or the Generation 5 text I linked above is a good starting point for that kind of politics.
If you want to get a good vibe of the anarchist movement in 20 minutes, go on itsgoingdown.org and just read any analysis piece that strikes your interest.
A lot of it comes down to media environment. Books are work, but podcasts and audiobooks aren't.
For podcasts, citations needed is the best of the best. Behind the police is also good, even if the host has done some dodgy stuff.
For audiobooks, Trial of the Chicago Seven edited by mark Levine and Freedom Dreams by Robin Kelley are well narrated.
If you're going to read stuff, read things that build a worldview bottom to top. Marx isn't a good one for that. My choices would be *bell hooks' Feminism is for Everyone and Gemeration Five's Toward transformative justice. A lot of folks like Lenin for that, but I'm an anarchist and not going to tell you to read that.
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I wouldn't say there's an equivalent.
Rudolph Rocker was probably the anarchist who laid out the most detailed tactical writings, which informed the IWW And CNT, but doesn't stand up to the modern era.
The group that lays out the tactics that get used by the most by modern anarchists is the Invisible Committee in Coming Insurrection.
the other main trend in the US at least is the IWW which focuses on labor and tenant organizing, but doesn't really have a grounding document besides their constitution.
Then there's the abolitionist movement which is more anarchist adjacent, preferring trying to defund and regulate prisons out of existence through local reform fights, paired with direct action in the form of divestment, labor action and mutual aid. Kaba's We Do This Til We Free Us or the Generation 5 text I linked above is a good starting point for that kind of politics.
If you want to get a good vibe of the anarchist movement in 20 minutes, go on itsgoingdown.org and just read any analysis piece that strikes your interest.