Anarchoblogs

I’m working on a history adventure series. It will show discovering the past as adventure, with a healthy amount of humor thrown in. There will probably be a YouTube channel and a blog. Some friends and I are getting together to work on this in the next couple of weeks. The series will explore the hidden past, forgotten places, and local connections to big ideas. Expect a serious announcement by mid-October.

Acadia National Park is a great time. If you like hiking it is a good place to go. If you don’t like hiking, that’s something you should probably change about yourself.

I’ve been hiking since the twentieth century, and I’ve experienced some exciting trails. But Acadia’s Precipice Trail is one of my all-time favorites, possibly my favorite day-hike. They weren’t kidding around when they named it. For most of the trail you hike on a precipice, typically with a rock face on one side and a steep drop on the other. At other points you climb on steel bars stuck into the rocks, and it’s extra fun when you think about how they were stuck in there and how sturdy they are. Apparently peregrine falcons like awesome places too, so the trail is sometimes closed when the endangered birds are nesting there. The only negative is that when you get toward the top you can easily hear vehicles on the park road, but I was too busy enjoying myself to let that bug me. I imagine it could get crowded if you went on a weekend.

Another worthwhile hike is Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the US Atlantic coast. It’s more than just a checklist item: the rocky summit has excellent views and approaching it from the Gorge trail means following a creek up a deep gorge for much of the way.

Also, there are wild blueberries all over the place. It’s like candy that grows on bushes, except it’s way better than candy. If you’re in Maine and a food contains wild blueberries, you should eat it. If it doesn’t, consider adding lobster before eating it.

I enjoyed Porcfest, and as always the discussions with the AltExpo crowd were among the highlights.

My talk on Alternative Markets went well and opened a fascinating discussion. Thanks to everyone who participated and to everyone who made Porcfest possible.

Today I uploaded the notes to the presentation: AltMarkets Today. I will post the video when it is available.

It’s that time of year again, when the Free State Project hosts the greatest outdoor party for freedom-minded people: Porcfest!

I will be speaking at the Alternatives Expo at noon on Friday. My talk is on alternatives to the crisis-ridden establishment economy and what they mean for liberty.

I hope to see you there.

At the AltExpo last February I delivered a talk on left-libertarian ideas. With some minor revisions, the talk has now been published in ALLiance Journal as To Disperse Power: A Left-Libertarian Approach to Politics. The essay explores definitions, issues, and implementation.

A left-libertarian approach is to build from the bottom up to displace the rule of political and economic elites and social authoritarians. It is for a society of free, autonomous, and flourishing individuals and the communities they create together.

I have submitted all of the necessary forms to get my Master’s in history.

Graduate school was challenging and required a great degree of commitment. Was it worth it? I think I’ll be able to firmly answer that question in a year or so, but right now it definitely looks like it was worth it. My historical knowledge has expanded significantly thanks to my interactions with the excellent faculty and students of The City College of New York. I can tell that my research, analytical, and writing skills have greatly improved.

Bonus: Studying Russian led me to discover Russian rock music!

I just finished my semester, which is why there haven’t been any blog updates for a while. Now all I have to do (haha) is write my thesis and pass a translation exam and I’ll have my master’s degree, which I hope to finish in May.

I’ve written four Center for a Stateless Society commentaries since I updated the blog.

Egypt in the Next Stage of Revolution discusses ongoing protests and repression in Egypt.

In What Does Democracy Look Like, Actually? I examine what people mean when they say they are in favor of democracy, and why they should consider anarchism.

A Fast and Furious String of Government Failures takes a look at the not-so-surprising development that BATFE was trying to lobby for more power by citing guns it allowed to go to drug cartels .

A Year of Upheaval, A Year of Upping the Stakes is the first ever year in review article I’ve done, which apparently wasn’t so popular judging by the Facebook like statistics. But Facebook is lame anyway.

Calvin and Hobbes fans and people who should be Calvin and Hobbes fans will enjoy this video:

Winter-Spring Session: Deadline for class proposals is Dec. 20th, 2011. Classes start Dec. 29th, 2011

Please go to the Classes section and post your class wishlist. Send your proposals to prometheusstargazer@riseup.net

Hasta la Victoria Siempre!

–Prometheus

Greetings friends,

I wanted to thank you all for your support, even if it was just subscribing! We are making major internal shifts, our former collective has dispersed and I (Prometheus) have been left as your one solo and humble editor. We will continue to have contributions and journal posts, but we are taking a major shift, re-organizing, and we have realized the supreme importance of free,non-authoritarian  education. We are re-organizing as Cascade-Siskiyou Free Skool. Our hope is that you will all join us in a reclamation of our minds, intellects, spirits, and world. The first step is deprogramming ourselves and the way in which we interact with the world and our fellow humans, we have been conditioned to follow, to be silent, and afraid of the world and each other.This is an illusion. Our intention is to encourage self-reliance in the community, develop a consciousness of alternative methods of education, and create a non-authoritarian learning environment outside of the widely-accepted monetary economic education system. We do this for the greater good of creating stronger and deeper community roots and enlightenment.

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Please forward and share this post, if you are interested in getting more involved please email me- prometheusstargazer@riseup.net

Until Victory Always!

–Prometheus Stargazer

Dear Readers,

Due to our involvement with other projects and our aspiration to have a consistent journal of experiential knowledge avalible and published, we will be “cancelling” our involvement in the organization of Rogue Antifa and instead focusing on C-S Free Skool. This means that Rogue Antifa will be closing for now (we were the sole organizer) but anyone who wants to use the name feel free to take up that banner. This saddens us but makes it easier for us to focus on current and future projects which have more meaning and similarity with MiMu Collective (not that Anifa does not necessarily have shared ideals). Anyway, check back for updates on the Free Skool and future projects.

Thanks for the support and as always,

Hasta la victoria siempre!

(“Until victory always!”)

–Prometheus Stargazer