Somehow a pair of right-wing libertarians, calling themselves “Brothers in Anarchy”, managed to get themselves a column in Victoria University’s student newspaper Salient. My response:
Dear “Brothers in Anarchy”,
By some feat of luck it appears you have managed to gain a regular column in Salient – I only wish you would make better use of it.
I [...]
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Dear Brothers in Anarchy…
9th April 2007 – 6:48 pm
Revelation Vertigo
9th April 2007 – 11:28 am
From Fifth Estate… worth a read:
Revelation Vertigo
Stevphen Shukaitis
Autonomy is both the goal sought after and that whose presence–virtual–let us say, has to be supposed at the outset of an analysis or a political movement. This virtual presence is the will to autonomy, the will to be free. – Cornelius Castoriadis
There exists a tendency, shared across [...]
The March as Unreflexive Political Ritual
30th January 2007 – 9:15 pm
Consider viewing a political march as if you were seeing it for the first time: You would see a group of people assembling at some point in a city, possibly giving speeches to themselves and certainly having a good catch-up session amongst themselves. Then you’d watch them walk along the road as a group, directed [...]
Notes on the Possibilities and Limitations of Anarcho-syndicalism
21st January 2007 – 4:52 pm
The post on Unite and the ensuing discussion got me thinking about unions as a form of class organisation, and the possibilities they offer to a revolutionary project, as well as their limitations. I’ve also been thinking that some form of modified anarcho-syndicalism, with a presence beyond work and in the community, could well prove [...]
Bad Tactics, Fuckarse Cops
I think I could be the most youngest cynical old man, but here’s another rant against a protest action.
This time it’s the Howard demo that happened tonight in Wellington, which saw three of my friends get arrested, and quite a few others hurt. I didn’t think the demo was a very good idea: I said [...]