It is with great excitement that I announce the formation of the Northeastern Young Anarchists Network. Formed by libertarian socialist members of several broadly leftist student activism groups on college campuses in the American northeast, NYAN (yes, like that nyan) seeks to be a lateral connecting point between anti-authoritarian leftists to discuss the finer points of anarchist theory and debate without the feeling that we must necessarily band together homogeneously to debate or counter authoritarian leftist views within activism groups. We represent a broad range of ideologies ranging from anarcho-communism to communalism to left-libertarianism to what Nathan Schneider identifies as “anarcho-curiosity” and beyond.

We are beginning as a reading/discussion group—starting with Emma Goldman’s “A New Declaration of Independence” and then, in our second meeting, a combination of Roger White’s “Post Colonial Anarchism” and a section of Twin Rabbit’s video “Stolen Anarchy”—but hope this will also become a communal space in which to share our various ideas and projects, enjoy ourselves, as well possibly transition into an action-oriented network at some point. If you are a young—define that as you will—anarchist based in the northeast as your permanent base of operations, here for school, originally from here, or even just have connections—strong or loose—to the region, consider joining our network by filling out the form HERE.