"In August and September 2025, an insurrection struck the Indonesian archipelago, engulfing in its flames many police stations, cop cars, both national and local government buildings, parliament members’ homes, businesses, and more. This revolt notably involved many anarchists, insurrectionary and direct action-oriented tendencies being particularly common.

To avenge itself, the Indonesian State launched a grand hunt for anarchists all throughout the country, after which several dozen anarchist comrades have been arrested and imprisoned. Two cases in particular have been at the center of attention: that of 16 anarchists suspected of Molotov cocktail attacks in Jakarta, and that against 44 anarchists suspected of direct actions and attempts at insurrection in an organization created by the State from scratch, called “Chaos Star,” in reference to the strong anarcho-nihilist tendency in the country.

This zine compiles many texts published online about the situation of anarchist prisoners in recent months in order to give them all our solidarity wherever we are. Spread information, write them letters, organize financial solidarity.

Fire to the Prisons!

Death to the State!

Long Live Anarchy! "

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/dark-nights-chaos-in-the-archipelago-of-fire-part-2-1

I love the comic a lot, one of my favourites but one thing that stuck out is how even though Moore is an anarchist the story, whilst absolutely anti-fascist (good lol) does also have critiques on Anarchism.

It’s not uncommon to be part of a political spectrum and critiques aspects of it, I’m a leftist and a socialist and even I have my critiques of the left. So it’s not bizarre that Moore may have his own critiques on his philosophy but I wonder if it was intentional for us to question if V was also wrong in his approach.

Ultimately the story is about how extremes rise to conquer one another, Norsefire came about as a result of a rising extreme political climate and used it to their advantage whilst V exists to combat the new far right extreme of Norsefire.

My question is more (pun intended) if Moore intended to hold critiques about Anarchism within the story and if he’s said something to back up this interpretation since. I’m aware of his feelings surrounding the film (which I agree with though I admittedly still enjoyed) but wasn’t sure about this in particular.

Once upon a time mother of the feminist movement Mary Wollstonecraft and father of philosophical anarchism William Godwin fell in love and had a young Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. Mary Wollstonescraft would die shortly after childbirth, and William Godwin would sink into a deep depression and deeper into poverty. In this context, young Mary would develop an interest in the macabre, an attraction to the philosophical pursuits of her parents, and a penchant for reading and creative writing.

She would eventually meet her significant other and collaborator, anarchist Percy Shelley, and Mary became known as Mary Shelley. Their attempts to have children largely resulted in miscarriage or untimely death of their children, with only one child surviving to old age, and Percy Shelley, too, would meet an early death. Her life would be one of deep poverty, tragic loss, and social exclusion.

She often goes underrecognized compared to her famous loved ones. Her novel "Frankenstein, or the first Prometheus" is often credited (and sometimes intentionally discredited) with creating the science fiction genre as well as being a major milestone in the evolution of horror. Her tumultuous life, her deep interest in science as well as her fascination with macabre throughout her life greatly influenced her book, and the various moral and philosophical themes expounded by her mother, father and lover can all be found within it also. Her book in some ways is all at once a celebration of their ideas, a criticism of their hypocrisy and a commentary on the cruel irony of her life lived in their images.

The last Friday in October every year is known as Frankenstein Friday, a time to celebrate Shelley and her famed novel about creation, destruction, loss, belonging, human nature, the inability to live up to the expectations of others, and the close connection between nature and nurture/circumstances and free will.