Analysis
Notes from the US: “This is Trump’s America now”
January 15th: Catastrophic fires and racist attacks, climate denial and religious coercion—and Trump hasn’t even taken power yet ~ Louis Further ~ Next week—in contravention of Section 3 of the 14th amendment to the US constitution—the leader of the most powerful nation in the world will be a convicted felon, and someone who has evaded three other
Introduction to the Twenty-First century
January 10th: Agents of chaos and agents of the automaton in the horizon of mutation ~ Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi ~ A South African racist named Elon Musk, whom newspapers call the richest man in the world, recently earned another, more interesting, nickname: “an agent of chaos”, the Guardian called him on December 20, echoing a definition that
US vehicle attacks: The toll of militarism
January 8th: People with war trauma in a shitty economy—it’s practically set up to make terrorists ~ James Birmingham ~ On January 1, 2025 two acts of violence (albeit one largely self-inflicted) occurred within hours of each other, one in Las Vegas and the other in New Orleans.
Anarchist News Review: Prison solidarity, Farage fiasco and Zapatista gathering
January 7th: Discussing New Year’s Eve prison demos and why they will become more important, the short Farage-Musk love affair, and the challenge of restoring community networks as the Zapatistas’ call to prepare for the fall of capitalism within seven generations ~ Talking over the annual anarchist actions in defence of prisoners (specifically political and less so),
Ethnic cleansing and geopolitical reshaping in the Middle East
December 30th: At the dawn of 21st century’s second quarter, borders are again being redrawn in both Syria and Gaza, with regional powers strategically manoeuvring to maximise their geopolitical control in a rapidly shifting global order ~ Blade Runner ~ The weakened Assad regime collapsed in a matter of a days, and what initially raised cautious optimism
A little lane, and hedges leafing
December 29th: With agri-businesses up in arms about the removal of a 2031 cutoff for rights of way registration, it’s time to ditch the idea and embrace the right to roam ~ Rob Ray ~ My dad’s just pulled on his boots and donned his favoured winter flat cap, ready to take Dolly the dog for a
Propaganda of the deed and global social networks
December 20th: While personal acts of defiance cannot replace collective struggle, the distinction between collective and individual tactics may be superficial and their interaction could provide the momentum a movement needs ~ Blade Runner ~ Millions of us share the same pain and anger that likely drove the hand of Luigi Mangione, the assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Can the working class resist “green capitalism”?
December 19th: The ecological critique of capitalism must be firmly embedded in revolutionary theory and practice ~ José Luis Carretero Miramar, Rojo y Negro ~ The party has begun for global investment funds.
Notes from the US: Calculated chaos
December 16th: Trump’s absurd and dangerous cabinet nominations reveal his administration’s plan for dysfunction and strife ~ Louis Further ~ Six weeks after the US election, effectively bought by Donald Trump and MAGA billionaires, a convicted felon and incompetent but vengeful fascist will control all three branches of government: the two Houses of Congress, the presidency, and
Anarchist News Review: Syria, CEO shooting & landlord crimes
December 10th: Pondering the politics of Luigi Mangione and why his generation of young men seem so incoherent in their politics, the fall of Assad and the bind it’s put Syrian Kurdistan in, and the similarities and differences of landlords being scumbags worldwide
