Cops serve two purposes - to protect private property and to enforce social conditioning. I'm sure many of them believe they are contributing to...
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Round and round... but let's just set the record straight a little... honestly I don't know why I bother... If you go back to the start of this...
Ungovernable if you learn to have a bit of respect I will answer your questions...
The thing to remember about free speech, and keeping with the philosophical outlook of this thread, is to have a look at John Stewart Mill. Mill...
The thing to remember in this context is that when Nietzsche wrote this anarchism was not fully developed as a philosophy (Anti-Christ was written...
In anarchism we have a concept called direct democracy; it's where everyone is given the option to speak on issues which directly affect them. It...
I think you've answered your own question to an extent. You can argue for and against monogomy but no doubt some patronising smart arse will come...
American Imperialism has been the monster since 1945 and before that it was the British and before that it was the old European empires that...
Anarcho-Fem I think 'rights' are simply aspirations and you are right to say they don't exist - we create them as philosophies of intent. We...
The point of debate is to ask questions. In my first post on this thread I asked: "There is one element to the freedom of speech argument brought...
Been following this for a while, probably since Alexi's death at the hands of cops a few years back and it's terrible to see more people dead....
Ungovernable and butcher et al, before you jump in please take the time to read back over what I have written throughout this thread. In...
Oh dear this thread has turned into another rather farcical comedy. Ungovernable your rather reactionary replies and confrontational nature don't...
When fascists and authoritarians come into power one might consider how this came about; and one might consider that it was because they were...
ER, who is that little quote by at the end of your posts Ungovernable?
How anyone can continue to promote the ideas of Marx and Trotsky and call it revolutionary is beyond me.
NGNM85 is correct about the Faurisson affair. Chomsky did not defend what he said but simply his right to say it. He was defending the notion of...
Keeping on topic... Freidrich Nietzsche and Ludwig Wittgenstein interest me (as does Hegel et al before them) Jean Paul Sartre annoys me so much...
This recent pamphlet by the Anarchist Federation is a very good introduction to anarchist-communism for anyone who would like to know more about...
One of the problems for anarchists has always been disinformation - the media and academic interpretation of anarchism is often simply mistaken...
Anarcho-syndicalism is a technique - anarcho-communism is the conclusion
You can get better quality proteins from grains and pulses. Animal poteins have to be broken down and re-assembled. Vegetable proteins do not....
For those who don't know anything about Kropotkin, or indeed anarcho-communism I recommend some of his books: "Fields, Factories and Workshops"...
I prefer the phrase "appropriate technology". I lived out in the sticks for years without mains electricity using a simple wind generator and...
You can get fruit and vegetables very cheaply in most places, and you can buy a book and improve your cooking skills (which is self-empowering in...
Pornography is about fantasy and there's nothing wrong with fantasy per se; and exploitation is exploitation wherever it is found but pornography...
Blow it up, butn it down, kick it till it breaks...
I'd like to know what you've been reading - the article I included (sorry it's so long) above was based on available scientific data (rather than...
And as it's due to be re-released shortly would you mind removing it?
B A D A T M O S P H E R E T h e B u r n in g Q u e s t io n o f G lo b a l W a rm in g (from back2front zine #4 - diagrams not included...
Well..................Upstarts socialist i.e. left wing party political, so no
I think the question is one of how you interpret the world but, importantly, also one of how you translate that interpretation to other people....
Actually Gandhi was shot dead. The Indian nationalist movement was not non-violent either - guerilla warfare was carried out at the same time as...
blacknred, yes the POUM were technically Trots but as I mentioned they formed against the will of Trotsky, though I expect these semantical asides...
I have no idea what most of your post means??? However your suggestion that we need a 'party' is beneath my contempt. Don't take it personally,...
There's a lot more to this than meets the eye. One thing is certain, that if we don't manage to wipe ourselves out (salient point), technology...
Yes I'd agree that it can get people to think, that it provides a soundtrack and that it is a possible gateway towards anarchism, but how many...
blacknred, you need to be careful there - the POUM were certainly Marxists (Partido Obrero Unificación Marxista) and POUM was formed against the...
Are there any good examples of Marxism?
The problem with individualism is that it does not challenge the state but rather encourages a lifestyle within it. Even Max Stirner suggested...
blacknred, there is a stark difference between Marxism and Anarchist-communism, and there are some similarities. The stark difference, and really...
It's a contrdiction in terms and has more to do with neoliberalist globalisation than it has to do with anarchism....
Warzone got back together a couple of years ago - website: http://www.warzonecollective.com - and there's a new social centre opening in a few...
I'm sure Warzone would put you on in Belfast Jim, have you played there before...
Or maybe I might ask - is there anything really revolutionary about anarcho-punk? I mean does going to gigs and buying records and T-shirts create...
NGNM85, your tone continues to be patronising and when I point this out I'm suddenly a 'wise-ass'? But let's be grown-up, eh. This will be the...
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I think your are being a little patronsing with some of your replies and perhaps it would be 'big of you' to have a little bit more respect. You...
Rathryn: "Most animals don't even realise they are looking at themselves in a mirror, this to me indicates a lack of self-awareness and sapience...
