potholes

Without the Government, Who Will Build the Roads?

(CW) — As local governments around the United States fail to fix badly damaged roads and infrastructure, private individuals and entities are undertaking voluntary efforts in their place. Anti-Media has previously documented multiple efforts by anarchist groups to fill potholes in Oregon and Indiana, and now, Domino’s Pizza has launched an initiative to repair them in cities throughout the country. According to the website […]

It’s Spreading: More Anarchists Are Fixing Potholes Because the Gov’t Won’t Do Its Job

(ANTIMEDIA) Indianapolis, IN — As government agencies continue to prove themselves incompetent at local, state, and federal levels, some citizens are taking responsibilities typically assigned to the authorities into their own hands. One of these responsibilities is maintaining the roads, a task most people believe only government entities can carry out. In Indianapolis, Indiana, however, where the […]

Anarchists Begin Fixing Roads and Potholes Because the Government Won’t

(ANTIMEDIA) Portland, OR — “Who will build the roads?” The question is a common response to the proposition that human beings can coexist peacefully in the absence of a government or even the concept of a State altogether. Anarchists often claim that in the absence of an institutionalized State, people will voluntarily organize and discover solutions to the problems they face, including the construction and maintenance of roads.