Another War Is Possible: Militant Anarchist Experiences in the Antiglobalization Era

This is history come to life.

At the turn of the century, the movement against capitalist globalization exploded onto the world stage with mass mobilizations in Quebec City, Washington, Genoa, and other cities. Anarchists faced off against heads of state, captains of industry, and riot police by the thousands. While the authorities sought to bend all living things to the profit imperative, anarchists set out to demonstrate a way of fighting that could open the road to a future beyond capitalism. The twenty-first century was up for grabs. And every time, Tomas Rothaus was there, fighting on the front line.

In Another War Is Possible, we follow Tomas from his days as a young militant to his tenure editing the publication Barricada. In vivid prose, he recounts the lessons he learned from veterans of the Spanish CNT—his first experience trading blows with police in the streets of Paris—his adventures slipping across borders to participate in epoch-making riots. With Tomas, we breathe tear gas, we tear down fences, we tour the squats and battlefields of three continents.

Along the way, Tomas shows that the tragedies of the twenty-first century were not inevitable—that another war was possible. His testimony is proof that another world remains possible today.

Praise

“Another War Is Possible is a compelling invitation to revolutionaries of the past, present, and future to think critically and historically about their years of struggle. Rothaus’s captivating memoir of global justice militancy beyond puppets and platitudes is painfully honest, admirably humble, and at times simply hilarious.”
—Mark Bray, author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook

“My activist generation (born in the 1970s—anyone remember Generation X?) knew exactly one window where it wasn’t all gloom: the high tide of the so-called antiglobalization movement from 1999 to 2001. For once, it seemed fundamental social, political, and economic change was possible—worldwide! With 9/11, at the latest, that window was shut. If you want to read an account of those exceptional years from the radical fringes of the movement, here it is. With all respect to academic treatises, NGO evaluations, and Democratic Socialists of America type musings, this is where the revolution becomes palpable. Destined to turn into an instant movement classic, Another War Is Possible tells the frontline story of attacking a system that we all know is heading toward Armageddon. It is insightful, it is smart, it is funny. Hardly ever has it been easier to endorse a book. Read!”
—Gabriel Kuhn, author of Sober Living for the Revolution, Soccer vs. the State, and Antifascism, Sports, Sobriety

“In an age where anarchist ideas are being both embraced by a new generation of activists and demonized by the rich and powerful, Rothaus shines a light onto those who were punching Nazis and fighting the police before the rise of Trumpism. Part riot diary and part personal reflection, Another War Is Possible is a must-read for anyone looking for both an exciting page-turner and an inside look at militant anticapitalist and antifascist resistance.”
—It’s Going Down

“Another War Is Possible provides an important contribution to the histories of radical activism in the 1990s and early 2000s. The first-person account of antifascist and anarchist organizing across three continents gives a perspective that links struggles across cultures and decades. The author Tomas Rothaus writes a compelling account of pivotal moments in leftist activist history.”
—Stanislav Vysotsky, author American Antifa: The Tactics, Culture, and Practice of Militant Antifascism

“In this all-too-relevant memoir of yesteryear, Tomas Rothaus tells his globe-trotting story of anarchists in the global justice movement. Come for shutting down the capitalists, stay for stopping the fascists, and dig into what this tale of anarchist street action against globalization and state repression at the turn of the 21st century has to offer contemporary struggles.”
—Dan Berger, author of Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey

“Despite being proven right by history, scant analysis has been published about the antiglobalization movement of the late 90s and early 2000s. Rothaus’s book—a blend of memoir, critique, and manifesto—provides a street-level view of the tensions, joys, disappointments and lessons of pro-immigrant, anti-fascist, and anticapitalist struggles. With humour and humility, Another War Is Possible is a must-read for anyone who fights for, and longs for, a better world.”
—Rachel A. Rosen, Antifa International

“Tomas Rothaus’s Another War Is Possible is a soulful memoir, written just for us: the radicals, the miscreants, the insurrectionists, the societal outcasts, the fighters with hearts full of love. Rothaus crafts a vibrant, tender, witty, and heart-wrenching narrative of struggle, resistance, and the inevitable ‘tension and contradictions’ we face in life on the frontlines of the fight for human liberation. Truthfully, this is the memoir I wanted to write, but I didn’t. I’m just glad someone did.”
—Josh Fernandez, author The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist

“Another War is Possible is a wild, bumpy, and beautiful ride through a lifetime of resistance. It is a deep well of lessons and snapshots of what a future world could look like, and what the struggle today must look like to get there.”
—Shane Burley, author of Why We Fight: Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse

“Written with great compassion and humility, Another War Is Possible is a lovingly crafted firsthand account of a time when Spanish Civil War veterans, May ’68 veterans, and a new generation of militant anarchists and antifascists converged, right as the anti-globalization movement was emerging. A useful tool in the ongoing struggle for freedom and equality.”
—Victor, Brigada Flores Magon / CNT-F Paris

“Incendiary and inspiring, captures our militant spirit beautifully.”
—Felham, Antifascist Action Stockholm

“Overall, a great, well-detailed effort”
—Razorcake

About the Contributors

Tomas Rothaus is a lifelong anarchist and antifascist as well as an athlete and a father. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and his nomadic life led to him moving around with stops in Athens, Boston, Buenos Aires, and Paris, followed by longer stints in Germany, and more recently returning to Argentina. He has been involved with a broad range of organizations including the CNT-Vignoles, Collectif Anti Expulsions (Anti Deportation Collective), Barricada Collective, Northeastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists, Antifaschistische Linke International, and Acción Antifascista Buenos Aires. Over the past twenty plus years he has been an active participant in militant demonstrations and antifascist mobilizations ranging from the 2001 Bush inauguration, the FTAA summit in Quebec, the 2007 G8 summit in Rostock, and the 2011 mobilization to stop the march of several thousand neo-Nazis in the city of Dresden.

CrimethInc. is a rebel alliance—a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action—a breakout from the prisons of our age. We strive to reinvent our lives and our world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid.

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