The Christian underground project has flirted with anarchism from the beginning. More recently, explicitly anarchist perspectives have taken up more space, since this is closer to us who write. For example, I do not stand for a kind of anarchism but for Anarchism, but why and how do I reconcile that with my Christian faith?...
Introduction: Ladies and Gentlemen: when I was invited to give a series of lectures in the United States of America, I felt some doubt and hesitation. I am really not old enough to give lectures, and I am more at ease with the process of thinking than I am making categorical statements… since I don’t...
Ninety anarchists from a dozen cities attended a march and rally in Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 11, to confront a planned Ku Klux Klan anti-gay and pro-killer-cop demonstration, to protest the 23 known murders of blacks in police custody there over the last two decades (seven since 1990), and to demand that charges be dropped against...
Part One Internationalism has always been the principle inspiring the actions and horizons of the exploited who do not accept the role that society has given them. It has always been a vaccine against opportunism of every kind, a guarantee that those who practice it are not the servants of their boss or a foreign...
I am not betraying Durruti’s legacy when I say that he remained the intrepid anarchist of his early years up to the last moment of his life. It’s not superfluous to invoke this, since it’s no secret that various political groups have tried to appropriate the undeniable prestige of the hero of Aragón and Madrid...
Abstract In this paper I present and criticize Ted Kaczynski’s (‘The Unabomber’) theory that industrialization has been terrible for humanity, and that we should use any means necessary, including violent means, to induce a return to pre-industrial ways of living. Although Kaczynski’s manifesto, Industrial Society and its Future, has become widely known, his ideas have...
Society is sick; and the politicians as usual have the cure. Only we don’t want it. The cure is worse than the disease. In fact, the cure is the disease … We are sick to death of the attempts of the political medicine men to make us better. Human beings are quite all right as...
One of the more challenging passages in the Bible is the story told in the book of Joshua. God’s chosen people enter the “promised land,” meet with opposition from the nations living there, and proceed—with God’s direction and often miraculous support—the kill or drive out the previous inhabitants. The book ends with a celebration that...
A manuscript – once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta – is now believed to be a genuine version and ”one of the world’s most valuable documents”, according to UK academics. Harvard Law School paid $27.50 (then about £7) for it in 1946 and for years it has remained tucked away in its library,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained and even overwhelmed the public health, medical care and disaster response systems where governments and state agencies were ill-prepared to contain and suppress infectious outbreaks. In countries where emergency lockdown measures have been adopted without accompanying policies to guarantee income security and housing tenure, there is the additional problem of...
Libraries Unlimited are collaborating with Aardman to bring StoryFest to Exeter Library later this year. The week-long festival of reading takes place in October half term StoryFest kicks off at Exeter Library on 25 October for a full day of exciting live events including the Vegetable Orchestra, Shaun Dares Ewe, and special guest appearances from...
These days, when people say the word “libertarian,” they are thinking of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and other tech bros who have tried to claim the label. Because of their support for Donald Trump, and particularly Musk’s recent actions as de facto president, libertarianism has gotten a rather bad reputation. This is unfortunate, since none...
Mainstream right-libertarianism has a long history of tending to prioritize what Albert O. Hirschman called “exit” (i.e., the ability to escape governance through relocation or circumvention) over “voice” (having a say in the governance process that one lives under). Now, there’s nothing wrong with the notion of exit as such. Under an oppressive state, as...
Share Shed The Share Shed, which travels weekly to seven towns in Devon, offers items such as tools, gardening equipment and kitchen appliances A “mobile library of things” that encourages people to share and repair items has been awarded more than £250,000 in National Lottery funding. The Share Shed, which travels weekly to seven towns...
Contents In here you’ll find… Part One: An introduction to the radical idea of dropping out. Part two: Doing it yourself! And as an old man once wrote: In this system, if you’re not revolting against work, then — like it or not — you’re working against revolt. Why I’m doing this When I first...