In the latest part of his retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, editor Paul Cudenec looks back on its content in 2021. The online document covering the entire decade can be found here. “The bad guys are winning” warned Peter Hotez on the Nature website in the USA in the spring of 2021. By this, the propagandist … Continue reading A decade of dissent: tide turning, fog lifting
by W.D. James We like to dislike financiers (and usually lawyers). In a sense, this is odd. Personally, my interactions with bankers have mainly been positive; then again, I’ve never had anything I own foreclosed upon or repossessed. That’s largely because I’m very conservative financially: the only things I have ever financed were vehicles (to … Continue reading Unnatural Economics
In the latest part of his retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, editor Paul Cudenec looks back on its content in 2020. The online document covering the entire decade can be found here. The Acorn began 2020 merrily pursuing the same issues that had interested us in previous years. We reported on a battle in Amsterdam to … Continue reading A decade of dissent: we are the 99%!
In the latest part of his retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, editor Paul Cudenec looks back on its content in 2019. The online document covering the entire decade can be found here. A massive people's uprising in France made the headlines in The Acorn throughout 2019. We explained: "The Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vests, movement in … Continue reading A decade of dissent: the violence of the system
In the latest part of his retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, editor Paul Cudenec looks back on its content in 2018. The online document covering the entire decade can be found here. The Acorn year kicked off in January with a call-out for two big European protests. The first was against the Davos meeting of the … Continue reading A decade of dissent: resistance and psyops
In the latest part of his retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, editor Paul Cudenec looks back on its content in 2017. The online document covering the entire decade can be found here. "We live in a 'representative democracy', but whose interests do our political leaders really represent?" asked The Acorn in January … Continue reading A decade of dissent: parasites in power
In the second part of his retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, editor Paul Cudenec looks back on its content in 2016. The online document covering the entire decade can be found here. Resistance to the industrial system's endless assault on our lives and our world was at the centre of the second … Continue reading A decade of dissent: against corporate dictatorship
In the first part of his retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, editor Paul Cudenec looks back on its content in 2015, the year in which it was launched. The online document covering the entire decade can be found here. Our very first Acorn, which came out on February 6, 2015, was very … Continue reading A decade of dissent: enemies of progress
by W.D. James Where did the folk music go? Popular resistance continues to manifest itself around the world. Even nascent movements have developed. However, one senses that for the most part these movements are still lacking in whatever would provide the inner cohesion and dynamic energy that would make them powerful and successful agents of … Continue reading W.E.B. Du Bois and the Power of People’s Music: Why We Need Another Folk Music Revival
Number 100 In this issue: A decade of dissent: 10 years and 100 Acorns Starmer's regime declares war on nature Zisglom Time to stop and think? Ferdinand Tönnies: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. A decade of dissent: 10 years and 100 Acorns This bulletin is the 100th Acorn to drop from the Winter Oak, ten years … Continue reading The Acorn – 100
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