Sacrificed to the System

by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here) Remembrance Sunday is nearly here again, with that annual rite of rank hypocrisy in London which sees a gang of besuited war criminals and genocide enablers shed crocodile tears for the victims of their System's past wars. Neil Oliver recently made some powerful observations on this subject … Continue reading Sacrificed to the System

Doomsday is Such a Relief!

W.D. James reviews Paul Kingsnorth's new book. Paul Kingsnorth’s Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity (Thesis, 2025), is one of the books we’ve been needing. The book is the record of a personal journey toward a reckoning with Western modernity and the polycrisis it has engendered. Kingsnorth adopts the term, ‘The Machine,’ to identify the origin of … Continue reading Doomsday is Such a Relief!

Leviathan’s Law and the occupation of our lands

by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here) There can hardly be a more blatant and ubiquitous symbol of the industrial-imperialist domination of our world than the roads it keeps on building and enlarging. They scar the landscape both natural and human, cutting through forests, hillsides and communities, as well as allowing the extraction of … Continue reading Leviathan’s Law and the occupation of our lands

Hobbes, Zombies, and the Sheriff

W.D. James continues his Faded Republic series with a seasonal film recommendation There is a stealth republic. For aficionados of low budget horror movies such as myself, Night of the Living Dead has to be among the best of the best. (Note: this essay contains spoilers throughout). George A. Romero’s 1968 cult classic was made for a … Continue reading Hobbes, Zombies, and the Sheriff

Breaking the evil spell

by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here) What can we do when our societies have been taken over by a gang of murderous psychopaths who, rather than stalking the corridors of power, should be confined in padded cells in high-security mental institutions? The first step is to tear away the mask of respectability, even … Continue reading Breaking the evil spell

The psychopaths in power

by Paul Cudenec (who reads the article here) "Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends or even family members. "Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single … Continue reading The psychopaths in power

Of Causes Lost and Lost Again

by W.D. James What is the US South? In 1930, a group of ‘Twelve Southerners’ published a manifesto in defense of Southern culture. They called the anthology of twelve essays “I’ll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition.” The contributors were primarily literary folks, most of whom had connections to Vanderbilt University. They … Continue reading Of Causes Lost and Lost Again