Rebel Press

“an irregular collection of anarchist writing, discussion and reviews”

imminent rebellion is an anarchist journal that seeks to provide a space for thoughtful, critical and well-researched writing that illuminates struggles and projects otherwise overlooked in the South Pacific, that delves deeper into the anarchist project, and that seeks to illuminate the operations of Power. It is also a space for creative responses to our contemporary situation — poetry, photography, firsthand accounts.

The focus of the journal is to provide an intelligent yet accessible interrogation that is relevant to our region.

imminent rebellion started in December 2003 as a small 'zine and continued bimonthly, changing its name to Aotearoa Dissident Voice for issue 6, until going into hibernation in early 2005. It has since been relaunched in May 2008 in a more substantial journal format.

Issue 9 :: May 2008

Including articles about 'Operation 8' and from the perspective of some of some of those arrested, an analysis of the 2006 Tongan riots, a critique of Identity Politics and another of NGOism-style politics. Also a consideration of what an anarchist design practice could look like, an attempt to reconsider how to better support survivors of abuse, and a critique of activism, and others still.

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Issue 8 :: March 2005

This issue focused on sexism within the anarchist movement in Aoteaora, and came out of discussions around abuse at the 2004 anarchist conference in Christchurch, as well as the anarcha-feminist conference early in 2005. This was the last issue of Aotearoa Dissident Voice.

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