Number 86 In this issue: BRICS: same old same old China: a SAFE bet for global finance The Good in Our Hearts Ivan Aguéli: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. BRICS: same old same old The stark reality behind the apparently refreshing rise of the BRICS nations against US/European imperialism is becoming increasingly apparent. The … Continue reading The Acorn – 86
This wide-ranging interview was conducted with Paul Cudenec of Winter Oak by two anarchist pro-freedom campaigners, MA and WS, from Brighton, England. Illustration by Ken Avidor. WS: Please could you introduce yourself and say how you came to be a writer and create the website Winter Oak? Paul Cudenec: I am a former professional journalist, … Continue reading “Where were all the anarchists during Covid 19?”
by Paul Cudenec It sometimes baffles me how the global ruling class, whose core is tiny, manages to hold 99.9% of humankind under its domination. The criminocrats use every weapon in the book to achieve this, from propaganda to police violence, from bribery to blackmail, from dishonesty to debt. But one of their main ways of … Continue reading For a convergence of the uncorrupted
by Paul Cudenec More shocking evidence has emerged of the way in which genuine anti-system dissidents are being maliciously smeared and "cancelled" by pseudo-leftists with a suspicious agenda. The latest target for the trolls is someone whose work I have been enjoying for years, an anti-fascist folk singer/songwriter from the USA who also regularly tours in … Continue reading Phoney anti-fascists target the real thing
by Paul Cudenec A timely condemnation of the way a corrupted "left" is helping to impose the new global dictatorship has been issued by veteran US anarchist Keith McHenry. He warns: "This is a left that has abandoned class struggle and instead embraces the master’s hyped-up divide-and-conquer culture wars. "Many of my left friends have become … Continue reading The people will prevail – with or without the left!
“Impact investment” is the new weapon of exploitation being launched against 99.9% of humankind by the tiny gang of ultra-rich crooks who currently rule the world. Spearheaded by UK venture capitalist “Sir” Ronald Cohen, it basically means privatisation of the public sector pushed further than ever before, in which big businesses make money by “investing” in various sectors … Continue reading Stand up against impact slavery!
Number 85 In this issue: Cogs of corruption and control Fake new world Down with the techno-dictatorship! Georges Lapierre: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. Cogs of corruption and control by Paul Cudenec It is only in the last year or two that I have grasped the reality that our world today is literally ruled … Continue reading The Acorn – 85
The Rothschild banking and industrial dynasty has long used financial leverage to exercise control over governments and thus facilitate massive transfers of public wealth into private hands, explains Paul Cudenec in this latest excerpt from his essay Enemies of the People: the Rothschilds and their corrupt global empire, part of his 2023 book The Great … Continue reading Enemies of the People: privatising power
by W.D. James Marx and Engels famously begin The Communist Manifesto (1844) with the provocative invocation: “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.” To stick with the Marxist-Hegelian terminology, I think this is just one manifestation of a more enduring spectre or ghost or spirit that has haunted us for a very long time. … Continue reading What Spectre Haunts Western Political Thought?
by Paul Cudenec [Text of a talk given on Saturday July 29 2023 to the Resistenze al Nanomondo international conference in the countryside near Alessandria, Italy] In this debased modern world we often find ourselves in the dark. Ours is a society built entirely from artifice and illusion, and so in this labyrinth of lies, … Continue reading Shining light on the climate of manipulation
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