Anarchism

Praying For The Death of Politics

There’s something comforting about the political spectacle. Keeping up with the soap opera drama of…

Roadmapping Revolution Part I: Demonstrating Revolt

What a study into Wikipedia’s norms can teach us about creating non-hierarchical social structures

Is voting like buying a car or cheering for a football team?

Buying a car

You always get the car you chose, but it’s unlikely that your vote makes a difference in which politician is elected. If you bought a good car, you get the benefits, if you bought…

Je Vous Dis, Merde! 10: The Professional Anarchists are Coming, The Professional Anarchists are Coming

For a Diversity of Tactics

“Our people have made the mistake of confusing the methods with the objectives. As long as we agree on objectives, we should never fall out with each other just because we believe in different methods or tactics or strategy to reach a common goal.”
 — Malcolm X

Why I Am Not an Anarchist

By Zach Bush

There is no shortage of reports and videos of acts of violence amidst the various events centered around the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. I have seen everything from breaking windows, starting fires, sucker-punches, brawls…

I found the cypherpunk! Sorry to rain on your parade but to suggest that we as a society could flip our current government for a self governing “P2P” system is just using the old adages of philosophical anarchism in hip new lingo. The idea that giving more power to individuals is far too simple a concept when the complex power corporations and…

Heed the Memes

I’ve encountered some delightful little creatures called memeballs, and apparently these ones represent different strains of anarchism. You can tell by the colors. My partner showed me the first specimen for reasons that will become obvious immediately:

park talk # 1

“engaged withdrawal” — Damhusengen 25/1/17

Circumstances: cold, around zero degrees, ice on the lake. We took a walk around Damhusengen and stopped for a tea break where the days topic came up. I had a book with me I just have read and that I want to…