Questions of Water
As a heatwave continues to scorch the UK Lorna Smithers poses questions about water use, the sources of our water and who controls them.
The Songs I Know
“The Spirit of the Depths had shown me how to awaken the dead, How to bring forth the lost memories […]
The Purpose of a Movement Is What It Does
Sophia Burns argues that opportunism comes not from bad ideas, but from practical and contextual needs.
Radical Beginnings
"... keep going. We are in this together."
Lessons From Martial Arts – Part Two
fighting is fighting, whether it's a physical fist fight or fighting against the power that is, the capitalist state, and the destruction of the wild places left in the world it creates, sustains and promotes.
Toxic Prison Housing: How Trump’s Playground Treats Its Poor
"I had never seen human beings live like this, nor be treated so callously."
Tornado Warning
“But there is a king: his name is Lludd. They call him the Once and Future King.”
Bargaining Even With the Spiritual
"Rules to be followed in order to achieve something desired, exchange favors, the human mind is so materialistic that it bargains even with the spiritual."
Anarchism ›
The Factory Floor & The Witch’s Stake
From Rhyd Wildermuth: To accept Empire is to deny the dead, the tortured witches of our past and the tortured rebels dying in Empire's prisons. To not fight Empire is to defy our own bodies, defile the land and destroy the bodies of others. To accept Empire is to become Empire.
The Police Aren’t Here For You
The police are an increasingly militarized arm of an increasingly fascist state, hired thugs for capitalist oligarchs, the modern-day version of slave catchers, a terrorist organization. When I came to see this, then abolishing the police didn't seem so crazy anymore.
It Is Impossible To Be “Anti-War”
"When there are no politicians capable of challenging the decision to kill, when there are no soldiers to convince not to fire...what exactly will you be hoping to do?"
If Leftists Follow The Tampa Model We Might Actually Have a Chance
Dr. Bones finds hope, killer birds, and ancient rituals at Tampa's May Day rally
Paganism ›
“It’s Going To Be A Long, Hot, Deadly Summer.”
"You want to know what's coming? What Anarchists need to worry about?"
Down, Down to Troy Town
“But with what desperation do we seek to deny the cycles of time! That it were not so is the […]
Solstice Musings
As I write this, the solstice is almost upon us. I always think that this time of year takes on an almost dreamlike quality, and time seems to warp into something else so that the New Year and Imbolc seem like distant memories and like yesterday all at the same time.
Wild Witchcraft
Do not allow others to tame your craft. Do not tame it yourself out of fear that others will look down on you or reject you. Embrace your wildness. Sometimes it may alienate you from those others who dare not lose themselves in the wild.
Capitalism ›
Lessons From Martial Arts – Part Two
fighting is fighting, whether it's a physical fist fight or fighting against the power that is, the capitalist state, and the destruction of the wild places left in the world it creates, sustains and promotes.
Toxic Prison Housing: How Trump’s Playground Treats Its Poor
"I had never seen human beings live like this, nor be treated so callously."
Outlaw Women
[The Law] is there to criminalize dissent likely to undermine the Government's ability to function. Operating outside of the Law is the way to combat the injustices perpetrated by the Rule of Law, to undermine the Government's ability to function (in the interests of the Few), and to seize control of our own lives.
Is The Revolution Your Religion?
"If 'justice' finally came after 500 years would it mean anything to a man stolen forever from his children?"
Editorial ›
This is America’s Enslaver Culture
It's no surprise that even though chattel slavery was formally abolished throughout the Americas over 100 years ago, enslaver culture is still very much alive. (From Mirna Wabi-Sabi)
The Factory Floor & The Witch’s Stake
From Rhyd Wildermuth: To accept Empire is to deny the dead, the tortured witches of our past and the tortured rebels dying in Empire's prisons. To not fight Empire is to defy our own bodies, defile the land and destroy the bodies of others. To accept Empire is to become Empire.
The Apocalypse Will Be Brought To You by Car, Not Truck
"Cars are bourgeois and trucks are proletarian." An analysis of the truck-driver's strike and diesel crisis in Brazil. (From Mirna Wabi-Sabi)
The Land Under Our Feet
Today is Beltane. Today is Mayday. People are dancing. People are being shot.
Environmentalism ›
The Apocalypse Will Be Brought To You by Car, Not Truck
"Cars are bourgeois and trucks are proletarian." An analysis of the truck-driver's strike and diesel crisis in Brazil. (From Mirna Wabi-Sabi)
It Is Impossible To Be “Anti-War”
"When there are no politicians capable of challenging the decision to kill, when there are no soldiers to convince not to fire...what exactly will you be hoping to do?"
The Ways We Breathe
A meditation on breathing as participation in a vast realm of beings who are imperilled by the smoke of the Anthropocene.
Future Gardening
From Judith O’Grady
Gods&Radicals Publishing ›
COURSE: ALL THAT IS SACRED IS PROFANED (July)
A course offering from Gods&Radicals Press and Academie Heretique
All That Is Sacred Is Profaned: a course offering from Gods&Radicals Press
A course offering from Gods&Radicals Press: Academie Heretique
A preview of Circling The Star
A sample chapter from Circling The Star, by Anthony Rella
CIRCLING THE STAR
The new book from Anthony Rella and Gods & Radicals Press
Long-Form Essay ›
Binding the Wolf
Practical steps that universal/independent Kindreds and Heathens can take to: Combat the overall appearance of collusion with the Odinist racist ideology by no longer keeping a shameful silence.
If Leftists Follow The Tampa Model We Might Actually Have a Chance
Dr. Bones finds hope, killer birds, and ancient rituals at Tampa's May Day rally
Naked Witness: How FOSTA/SESTA Is Killing Sex Workers & Spells to Help Survive
Dr. Bones interviews two sex workers struggling under new laws and shares some magical tips to fight the established order...
A Standing Rock Story Part 2
"We [White people] have no sense of shared identity with our neighbors, and no sense of shared purpose. We have no notion that our wellbeing is tied up with that of the people we live next to or share a building with. It is the ultimate in alienation. So much else flows from that." (From Lisha Sterling)
The Songs I Know
“The Spirit of the Depths had shown me how to awaken the dead, How to bring forth the lost memories […]
Questions of Water
As a heatwave continues to scorch the UK Lorna Smithers poses questions about water use, the sources of our water and who controls them.
The House of Cold Rain
To join our essence and consciousness with the world was once the common inheritance of humanity. Now, it can only be found in the hinterland, the lands beyond. Beyond techno-industrial society. For what is there to join with in concrete and steel?
The Police Aren’t Here For You
The police are an increasingly militarized arm of an increasingly fascist state, hired thugs for capitalist oligarchs, the modern-day version of slave catchers, a terrorist organization. When I came to see this, then abolishing the police didn't seem so crazy anymore.
The Ways We Breathe
A meditation on breathing as participation in a vast realm of beings who are imperilled by the smoke of the Anthropocene.
The Land Under Our Feet
Today is Beltane. Today is Mayday. People are dancing. People are being shot.
The Socialist Case Against Medicare for All
Sophia Burns argues against the Medicare for All campaign
Binding the Wolf
Practical steps that universal/independent Kindreds and Heathens can take to: Combat the overall appearance of collusion with the Odinist racist ideology by no longer keeping a shameful silence.
On Community
I truly believe we, especially those of us who consider ourselves witches and occultists, have the power to create our own communities, ones based on mutual trust, aid and respect. Solidarity, if you will.