Announcing the 2024 Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant Recipients

And the Agency Website Gets an Upgrade!

Join us in celebrating the 2024 Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant recipients. This year, we have a new group of amazing media projects we’re funding in partnership with the Institute for Anarchist Studies, including a Black Anarchism oral history project, a Colin Ward audio documentary, an animated video about total liberation, and a project to develop web-based resources for anarchist initiatives.

The Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant program was established in 2022 to honor Jen, a co-founder of Agency, and help fuel the types of projects that Jen created throughout her life. Our 2024 grants will support projects that reflect the spirit of grassroots and do-it-yourself action that Jen worked so hard to sustain. The core tenets of anarchism that underscored Jen’s life and work—autonomy, mutual aid, voluntary association, direct action—are all amplified by the independent media projects funded by this grant program. You can read more about the Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant program here and you can read more about this year’s grant recipients below.

Our digital tech members have been hard at work upgrading our 10-year-old Agency website, enabling us to bring you a more streamlined way of accessing anarchism and anarchists in the media. In addition to our new look, there’s a myriad of new enhancements to discover, particularly our new navigation menus and several new pages to better explore our op-eds, commentary pieces, podcasts, and press releases. Be sure to frequently check our new homepage at anarchistagency.com in order to stay abreast of key Agency events and projects.

2024 Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant Recipients

Launched in 2023, in collaboration with the Institute for Anarchist Studies, the Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant supports media projects that seek to advance awareness and understanding of anarchist principles and practices and make them accessible to a broad audience. We recently announced the recipients of our Second Annual Jen Angel Anarchist Media Grant program. Here are the 2024 recipients and descriptions of their projects:

Black Anarchism Oral Histories

As part of his dissertation work at Harvard University, multi-disciplinary historian Huey Hewitt is curating oral histories on Black anarchism. In narrating the intersection of the life stories, historical context, and theoretical contributions of a cluster of key figures in the Black anarchist tradition, Huey draws on oral history interviews with black anti-state radicals as well as other movement activists who have been inspired by their ideas. Clips from some of the interviews will be shared via YouTube and other social media as a public history component of the project.

Colin Ward Audio Documentary

Colin Ward was far from the stereotype of the black-masked, bomb-throwing anarchist, and yet until his death in 2010 he was the foremost British writer – and one of the greatest thinkers – of what remains a misunderstood philosophy, but one that has a profound relevance today. His greatest belief was in people, and that freedom is a social activity, but most importantly that it is always rooted in the local and the everyday. This audio documentary, produced by Norwich, UK-based audio producer Patrick Bernard, celebrates Colin’s life and work, and marks the centenary of his birth in 2024.

Total Liberation Animated Video

When we say we want total liberation, what do we mean by that? What possible pitfalls are within this concept, and how can we articulate and practice it from within our own lives, in solidarity with others? This animated essay aims to explore the philosophical, practical and imaginative questions posed by opposition to all forms of oppression and the dream of liberation for everyone. Total Liberation is being produced by just wondering…, a small autonomous collective based in Romania that creates critical and speculative animated essays.

Web-Based Resources for Anarchist Initiatives

The Anarchist Federation of Cyber Communes (AFCC) is an international effort to link existing and new organizations that operate according to anarchist principles. With a mission to facilitate the creation and growth of active communities, to amplify anarchist voices, and to occupy the web with an anarchist presence, AFCC is building a project that will: (a) provide a web platform for anarchist initiatives to promote their work and connect with one another, including a podcast hosting service, and (b) produce content for public education. The project will include a podcast called Reading Theory, online resources for anarchists, and social media content such as memes and infographics.

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