by Paul Cudenec I use the word "authentic" quite a lot in my writing: it describes, for me, an essential quality that is at the heart of everything I consider good. Like many adjectives, it means slightly different things in different contexts, but its most obvious use is as a synonym of "genuine". Its opposite, … Continue reading Authenticity: a quality to defeat quantity
by Paul Cudenec As I have written before, the last few years of reading and researching have left me in no doubt concerning the reach and nature of the dark enslaving empire. On a couple of occasions recently, I have thought to myself that I have pretty much come to the end of the road … Continue reading The strange career of Samantha Cohen
by Paul Cudenec The nature writer Richard Jefferies, a great inspiration for me, explained once why he always went for the same country walk and did not go elsewhere for a change. He wrote: “I do not want change; I want the same old and loved things, the same wild flowers, the same trees and … Continue reading Change for the better?
by W.D. James To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild FlowerHold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour - William Blake, Auguries of Innocence Can we justify being inactive? Byung-Chul Han, in his Vita Contemplativa, speaks of a ‘politics of inactivity,’ a ‘utopia of … Continue reading The Politics of Friendship (Chrono-Politics, Part 6)
by Paul Cudenec It can be a strange feeling, at times, to be putting forward an understanding of the world that differs so radically from that generally accepted by my contemporaries. Recently I found myself wondering, as I tried to summarise my findings to some acquaintances, whether I was really on the right track. The … Continue reading Against the Dark Enslaving Empire! A new book from Paul Cudenec
Number 95 In this issue: Big money versus small farmers The two-way mirror of oppression Fanfare for Anarchism: A Home for the Homeless Renaud Garcia: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. Big money versus small farmers A war is being waged on small farmers by a combination of Big Business and the state, a campaigner … Continue reading The Acorn – 95
by W.D. James O! say can you see by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?And the Rockets' red glare, the Bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our Flag … Continue reading Ritual vs. Porn (Chrono-Politics, Part 5)
[The latest profile to be added to our sister Organic Radicals site] Jennifer Bilek is a contemporary artist [1] and journalist who has led the way in challenging the transhumanist agenda being promoted by the global system. Typically for an organic radical thinker, she finds no place for herself in the usual “political” categories used … Continue reading Transhumanism: capital-driven colonisation of the living
by Paul Cudenec The global criminocracy’s ongoing domination of our societies depends on deceit – constant, blatant deceit in every sphere. Its biggest lie of all is that there is no alternative to the dehumanised, centralised and degraded future it has lined up for us. It depicts never-ending industrial “development” as inevitable and necessary, a … Continue reading Organic radicalism: challenging the system to its core
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