by Paul Cudenec, who reads the article here This anarchy thing probably does not make any sense if you imagine that we really live in a democracy. This anarchy thing no doubt seems destructive if you think that society is basically sound and has been constructed in the interests of the public as a whole. … Continue reading This anarchy thing
by Paul Cudenec, who reads the article here I was rummaging around the other day and came across a folder of articles that I had been lining up in 1985, when I was 22 years old, for a zine called New Renaissance that a friend and I were planning to, but never did, launch. I … Continue reading A youthful cry of revolt
by Paul Cudenec, who reads the article here Art of the modern variety is concerned less with aesthetics than with accumulation. When the cabal owns the art critics, the media and the cultural institutions, artificial value can be ascribed to works endowed with neither beauty nor meaning. Their only meaning is in the making and … Continue reading An A-Z of the modern mega-racket
by Paul Cudenec, who reads the article here Every time that I strike a somewhat fiery note in my writing, as I did recently with 'Our revolt will be raw', [1] a couple of people always seem to step forward to pour cold water on my joyful rage. Probably the most infuriating kind of response … Continue reading There is nothing negative about revolt
by Paul Cudenec, who reads the article here The first thing that springs into your mind when I mention "Chabad Lubavitch" may be the strange affair of the secret tunnel or tunnels discovered under its base in New York in 2024. But be careful not to partake of what Newsweek termed "frenzied speculation" about the … Continue reading A cult both crazed and cruel
by Paul Cudenec, who reads the article here My understanding of what lies beneath the surface of the modern world has vastly increased since I first read the book by Richard Hunt that I described in my last article [1] - and this learning accelerated dramatically six years ago. So it was inevitable that in … Continue reading How England was “colonised”
by Paul Cudenec, who reads the article here An important focus of my work in recent years has been showing how authority, exploitation, empire and industry are all merely aspects of one overall process. Looking back, I should acknowledge that a significant chunk of that understanding came from the late Richard Hunt (1933-2012). In the … Continue reading Centuries of theft: the starvation of the periphery by the core
A book review by Paul Cudenec, who reads it here In July, I mentioned in passing that the legendary counter-cultural artist Robert Crumb, now nearly 83 years old, had spoken out about possible industrial manipulation behind the Covid debacle. [1] Further investigation led me to get hold of his new cartoon book (the first in … Continue reading Paranoia or perceptivity?
by Paul Cudenec, who reads the article here Have you ever dreamed that your work colleagues had turned into literal zombies, or that you had returned to an old job only to be some kind of ghost who was never paid at the end of the month, or that you were being carried out of … Continue reading Dreaming of danger
by Paul Cudenec, who reads it here Something stirs within the seedWhich knows the time has comeTo start to grow into the plantWhose image sleeps ingrained Something stirs within the seedWhich dreams of possibilityWith definite shape and qualityBut which may yet be denied- by the absence of nourishing soil- by climates unconducive- by the appetites … Continue reading The seed
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