Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Personal (a ramble) – Money

By Squee | Published: August 28, 2011

I’m not anonymous. As much as I’d like to be, I’m not. I’ve written an autobiography up to the age of 21, I am entirely vulnerable to anyone who would want to find out where I live, what I look like… I’m not anonymou…

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Brakes

By Squee | Published: August 26, 2011

One beer… Two beers… Eight beers. The slot between sociality, sexuality, emotionality, hunger and reflection is removed The correlation increases Between impulse and action Then oblivion.   BREAK   I read the reviews; sometimes de…

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Waiting for the Great Leap Forward

By rocinante | Published: August 22, 2011

Asere, ¿qué bola?: A brief review of two Fifth Estate texts on Cuba (like very brief) An Anarchist in Cuba: Socialism or Cell Phones by Walker Lane Fifth Estate #378, Summer 2008. $4.00 Adios Socialismo by Walker Lane Fifth Estate #383, Summer 2010. $4.00 Well Infoshop.org is down, so what else am I supposed to […]

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The Riot (a response to many comments on London’s riots)

By Squee | Published: August 10, 2011

The riot makes it possible for those with suppressed desires to have stuff (flat screens, drugs, arms, whatever) to get them, but the message is not what a rioter gets, but what a riot does. The riot changes the normal dynamics of power without normal mediations. Where the “angry, young, and poor” usually look through […]

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Some Reasons Why US Anarchists May Not Be Making Gains

By Squee | Published: August 6, 2011

Overview When the question is asked, “Why aren’t there more anarchists or more recognizable gains by anarchists in the US?”; I think some of the responses I’ve seen somewhat miss the mark. We are living in a country where the majority of the population is religious, white, and without anything close to a land base. […]

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The Hammer #1

By aragorn | Published: August 3, 2011

Brief monthly reviews of the anarchist press For some time I have been lamenting the loss of the review, a format that is a great way to learn about projects, periodicals, and books that might interest a person. But it has largely died. The closest thing we had to an “anarchist review” was the brilliant […]

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