In the wake of the season finale of Andor, a YouTuber by the name of Star Wars Theory opined that while the “acting was great, cinematography was great, [and] the writing was good” the show itself was, ultimately, “forgettable”. The reason for this, as he put it, was owing to small details, such as the...
I have no love for Disney. I have soured on most big franchise properties, including the juggernaut space fantasy that is Star Wars. I am exhausted, like many, by stories that mirror and revolve around US-based discourse and history, by US cultural imperialism lording over popular culture, and by its most overt operative, The Mouse....
Star Wars has always been political. George Lucas’ 1977 masterpiece and its sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, were all saturated with political allegory and overt themes of rebellion, anti-fascism, and warnings about the dangers of authoritarianism. Lucas ascended the film industry alongside a generation of filmmakers deeply influenced by two...
A materialist feminist approach to women’s oppression destroys the idea that women are a “natural group”: “a racial group of a special kind, a group perceived as natural, a group of men considered as materially specific in their bodies.” What the analysis accomplishes on the level of ideas, practice makes actual at the level of...
For the love of all that is holy, if you have not watched Andor, do not read this installment. It is one big hunk of spoiler and I would be so disappointed if you did that to yourself. The latest series set in the Star Wars galaxy, Andor, has made plenty of ripples and it’s...
If I am nothing but what I am, I am indestructible. —Jean Genet, The Criminal Child For Genet, crime cuts the marginalized subject from bourgeois society. Repressive prisons, juvenile homes and other penal institutions, Genet argues, create a barrier, protecting the criminal subject from society and its values. Attempts to rehabilitate only make entry into...
1. Building the Future Society There is an allegory about friends who were lost in the desert, hungry and thirsty. One of them had found a settlement filled abundantly with every delight. He remembered his poor brothers, but he had already drawn far off from them and did not know their place. What did he...
This is a story about Andor, that Star Wars show, but you don’t need to have seen it and I think I talk about this without spoilers. It’s a show about revolution, produced by a channel (Disney+) that is on the BDS list for hiring actors who directly support the genocide of the Palestinian people....
What is “revolutionary defeatism,” where does it come from, and what is its current relevance for anarchists and other social rebels? As a slogan and stance, revolutionary defeatism was devised by the Russian statist socialist Vladimir Lenin and, to a lesser extent, the Ukrainian statist socialist Grigory Zinoviev, in the context of the First World...
In this survey of some biblical themes looked at from an anarchistic angle, I will not be real precise in my use of “anarchistic.” I’ll be talking about a sensibility more than a full-fledged political philosophy. The key “anarchistic” motifs I will focus on will be a strong suspicion toward centralized social power, especially kingdoms...
It is no exaggeration to say that we are at a turning point in history. Our collective response to the global crises we are now facing will determine our success in not only the next few years, but the next few decades – perhaps even the next century. The coronavirus pandemic has, of course, become...
Transcript of yillamin – 3cr radio episode – May 28, 2025. yillamin host Keiran Stewart-Assheton is joined by two Footscray residents to discuss the recent protest and vigil organised for Abdifatah Ahmed, who was shot and killed by Victoria Police on April 17, 2025.Topics include:- how liberalism arises in organising circles throughout Naarm and so-called...
I have become motivated to pursue, as a thought experiment, an anarchistic reading of the Bible, for several reasons. For quite some time, probably going back to my discovery of Christian pacifism now nearly 40 years ago, I have found the Bible to be a great resource for thinking politically. However, it has been rather...
Author: Max StirnerTitle: Max Stirner-Preliminary Remarks on the Liebesstaat [Loving State]Subtitle: aka Preliminary Remarks on the Love-StateDate: 1843Notes: Translated by the same method of mechanical processing and terminological editing, a later and also to-my-knowledge untranslated text of Stirner’s, covering notions of self-determination, subjection, and a critique of mere selfishness. It is available in his Kleinere...
It cannot be our charge to deal with the laws concerning the school in the broadest sense, since they are to be regarded as applying not only to the pupils but also to the teachers and across all [über alle] relationships of the school, both internally and externally. Rather, we know the school laws as...