by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 11, 2016 | bookchin, technology
Even more troubling are the writings of George Bradford (aka David Watson), one of the major theorists at Fifth Estate, on the horrors of technology — apparently technology as such. Technology, it would seem, determines social relations rather than the opposite,...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 10, 2016 | art, bey, bookchin, chaos, liberty
Hakim Bey Since absolutely nothing can be predicated with any real certainty as to the “true nature of things”, all projects (as Nietzsche says) can only be “founded on nothing.” And yet there must be a project—if only because we ourselves...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 10, 2016 | bey, bookchin, chaos, taz
adapted from Murray Bookchin — Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm One of the most unsavory examples of lifestyle anarchism is Hakim Bey’s (aka Peter Lamborn Wilson) T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchism,...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 8, 2016 | bookchin, confederalism, liberty
Social anarchism is made of fundamentally different stuff, heir to the Enlightenment tradition, with due regard to that tradition’s limits and incompleteness. Depending upon how it defines reason, social anarchism celebrates the thinking mind without in any way...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 8, 2016 | bookchin, liberty
Contrary to the cosmic order, there are some days in history that do not rise up. In order to appear, these new things disguise themselves and possibly their borrowed dress, yesterday’s will stifle them. This fragile moment is also that of human decision...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 7, 2016 | anarchism, bookchin, history, liberty, locke
adapted from Murray Bookchin — Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm Ideological individualism did not fade away altogether during this 19th century period of sweeping social unrest. A sizable reservoir of individualist anarchists,...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jul 7, 2016 | bookchin, liberty
adapted from Murray Bookchin — Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm For some two centuries, anarchism — a very ecumenical body of anti-authoritarian ideas — developed in the tension between two basically contradictory...
by margaret | Jul 7, 2016 | art, rojava
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by margaret | Jul 6, 2016 | land, reference, tax
Brian Hodgkinson — A New Model of the Economy Systematically recognizes land as a critical factor of production—separate from labor and capital—and thereby properly sets the stage for an in-depth analysis of what causes various social ailments such as wealth...
by margaret | Jun 28, 2016 | landlords game, tax
THE LANDLORD’S GAME The Landlord’s Game may be played by two or more. Each player selects one piece, and, if there are two players, each provides himself with $6oo; if three players, each $500; if four players, each $400. All money and implements...
