Why are journalists so arrogant to think that you would readily give out your phone number and be available for "wanted to ask you something" - no explanation, no context? If you can't be bothered to explain, why should I be bothered to talk to you?
Ole Birk Laursen
@olebirklaursen.bsky.social
anticolonialism / antifascism / anarchism / author of 'The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905-1918: Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire' (2026) https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781807810153
Tom's Anarchistories newsletter is fantastic! "I bring anarchist history to life for a broader audience, not as abstract theory, but as a human story. A story of rebels, organizers, dreamers, and exiles across the 19th and 20th centuries who refused to accept authoritarian systems as inevitable."
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Michael Pavlovitch was a close associate of the Indian revolutionaries in Paris, and he facilitated the contact between Madame Cama and Maxim Gorky in 1913. I write more about Pavlovitch in my forthcoming book, out in two weeks. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
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Revolution's Newsstand@revnewsstand.bsky.social · 4d ago‘Peace in the Balkans’ by Michael Pavlovitch from New Review. Vol. 2 No. 2. February,1914. Pavlovitch, who analyzed the Balkan Wars from their beginnings to (temporary) end in 1913 summarizes the results. revolutionsnewsstand.com/2026/08/01/p...
My next book "The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918: Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire" is coming out with Liverpool UP in two weeks. I am in talks with an Indian publisher to release a South Asian version as well. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918 | Home
Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
My next book "The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918: Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire" is coming out with Liverpool UP in two weeks. I am in talks with an Indian publisher to release a South Asian version as well. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918 | Home
Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
Five years ago, through the generous help of a friend, I came across some missing pages of the Indian anarchist M. P. T. Acharya's memoirs - his recollections of M. N. Roy - but we are still waiting to retrieve the rest of the files.
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Biographies in the Female Voice: ANARCHIST EDITORS. Lucia Campanella youtu.be/TrROC_ZEFmY?...
Biografías en femenino: ANARQUISTAS EDITORAS. Lucia Campanella, Graciela Sapriza, Inés de Torres.FIC
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I often wonder how everyone organises and structures their historical research data? I’ve never been taught how to do this and just use an Excel sheet. How do you do it?
Institute of Historical Research@ihr.bsky.social · last wk.How do you decide which digital tools will help structure your historical research data? How can you organise your notes, tables and/or spreadsheets to help with your analysis? Join @justincolson.bsky.social at his IHR short course Sources to Data to find out more! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Biographies in the Female Voice: ANARCHIST EDITORS. Lucia Campanella youtu.be/TrROC_ZEFmY?...
Biografías en femenino: ANARQUISTAS EDITORAS. Lucia Campanella, Graciela Sapriza, Inés de Torres.FIC
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Lucia Campanella: "Anarchist Editors," Working-Class Women in the 19th and 20th Century Press www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9AL...
Lucia Campanella: ¨Anarquistas editoras¨ mujeres del campo popular en la prensa del XIX y XX
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"The origins of Black anarchism in Brazil: A brief historical overview of Black anarchist militance in the early Brazilian labour movement (1906-1930)" freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/23/t...
The origins of Black anarchism in Brazil - Freedom News
A brief historical overview of Black anarchist militance in the early Brazilian labour movement (1906-1930) ~ Carlos Junior ~ Although only a few p…
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"The origins of Black anarchism in Brazil: A brief historical overview of Black anarchist militance in the early Brazilian labour movement (1906-1930)" freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/23/t...
The origins of Black anarchism in Brazil - Freedom News
A brief historical overview of Black anarchist militance in the early Brazilian labour movement (1906-1930) ~ Carlos Junior ~ Although only a few p…
freedomnews.org.uk
Lucia Campanella: "Anarchist Editors," Working-Class Women in the 19th and 20th Century Press www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9AL...
Lucia Campanella: ¨Anarquistas editoras¨ mujeres del campo popular en la prensa del XIX y XX
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On 19 July 1920, the Second Congress of the Communist International opened at Petrograd. M. P. T. Acharya attended as a delegate of the Indian Revolutionary Association and at the congress met Abani Mukherjee, M. N. Roy, and Mohamed Shafique.
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As the question of passports and citizenship is relevant again, I'm re-posting my essay "Passports, Citizenship, and the (Im)possibility of Return: The Indian Revolutionary M. P. T. Acharya in German Archives" www.projekt-mida.de/reflexicon/a...
Passports, Citizenship, and the (Im)possibility of Return: The Indian Revolutionary M. P. T. Acharya in German Archives - MIDA
Ole Laursen delves into the life (on the run) of the anti-colonial leftist activist M. P. T. Acharya, with a particular focus on his life in Germany.
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I’m getting a lot of invitations from scam book clubs at the moment. Today the Geneva International Book Club wrote. After I declined, they sent me another email asking me to pay $150 towards refreshments. Beware of scammers!
As the question of passports and citizenship is relevant again, I'm re-posting my essay "Passports, Citizenship, and the (Im)possibility of Return: The Indian Revolutionary M. P. T. Acharya in German Archives" www.projekt-mida.de/reflexicon/a...
Passports, Citizenship, and the (Im)possibility of Return: The Indian Revolutionary M. P. T. Acharya in German Archives - MIDA
Ole Laursen delves into the life (on the run) of the anti-colonial leftist activist M. P. T. Acharya, with a particular focus on his life in Germany.
projekt-mida.de
Coming out with @akpress.org next month: Anarchist Panther: The Selected Writings of Ashanti O. Alston www.akpress.org/anarchist-pa...
Anarchist Panther (Preorder)
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On 12 July 1917, the Indian National Committee (Virendranath Chattopadhyaya, M.P.T. Acharya) met the Dutch-Scandinavian Committee in Stockholm to discuss Indian freedom. The European socialists dismissed the Indian claim as irrelevant to socialists. imperialglobalexeter.com/2017/04/11/r...
Revisiting the 1917 Stockholm Peace Conference: Indian Nationalism, International Socialism, and Anti-Imperialism
Ole Birk Laursen The Open University As we mark the centenaries of the Russian revolutions (1917) and the end of the First World War (1918), we should remember how these events are connected throug…
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On 12 July 1917, the Indian National Committee (Virendranath Chattopadhyaya, M.P.T. Acharya) met the Dutch-Scandinavian Committee in Stockholm to discuss Indian freedom. The European socialists dismissed the Indian claim as irrelevant to socialists. imperialglobalexeter.com/2017/04/11/r...
Revisiting the 1917 Stockholm Peace Conference: Indian Nationalism, International Socialism, and Anti-Imperialism
Ole Birk Laursen The Open University As we mark the centenaries of the Russian revolutions (1917) and the end of the First World War (1918), we should remember how these events are connected throug…
imperialglobalexeter.com
Towards anti-fascist futures: building solidarities in and beyond political geography www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Building solidarities in and beyond political geography
A Political Geography Research Group webinar on anti-fascist potentialities within political geography and higher education.
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Last week I led my first Berlin South Asian Radical History Walking Tour for a group of MA students. It was an absolute pleasure, and I hope to lead more tours in the future.
Our local Asian anarchist Infoshop prints these cool posters of old anarchist publications. This is Xin Shiji’s Paris-based Esperanto publication “La Novaj Tempoj”
I'm gutted that I won't be able to go myself, but from 11 to 13 September 2026, Bologna hosts the international meeting of the anarchist archives of the FICEDL network — the International Federation of Anarchist Documentation and Study Centres. ficedl2026.bida.im/en/invitation/
FICEDL · Bologna · 11–13 September 2026
International meeting of the anarchist archives of the FICEDL network. Bologna, 11–13 September 2026.
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I'm delighted to see the second edition of the "Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism" edited by @msadams.bsky.social and Carl Levy out now. My chapter on "Anti-Imperialism" remains unchanged from the first edition. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Anti-Imperialism
Focusing on the period from 1870 to 1960, this chapter provides an overview of anarchist approaches to anti-imperialism, offering examples of collaborations, solidarities, antagonisms and syntheses be...
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