by Paul Cudenec [Audio version] A number of rather strange criticisms have come flying my way over the last few weeks. For the moment I am going to address just one of them – the one which strikes me as the most serious. I had always been under the fond impression that freedom was an … Continue reading Anarchists against freedom!
Reclaiming the revolutionary wisdom of the past is the title of a new contribution to the articles page of the orgrad website. The first part of this piece is a general discussion of the relationship between radical politics and tradition. This is largely informed by an interesting critique of Guy Debord and the Situationist movement […] … Continue reading Threads of inspiration — organic radicals
Ελληνικά Español Français by Paul Cudenec The First Industrial Repression saw us thrown off the land, forced into crowded towns and cities, used as human fodder for the dark satanic mills of the new steam-powered capitalist world. The Second Industrial Repression electrified the rule of The Machine. New generations were born who had never tasted … Continue reading Resist the Fourth Industrial Repression!
We have now made the following books available as free pdfs: The Anarchist Revelation (2013) Antibodies and Anarchangels (2013) The Stifled Soul of Humankind (2014) Forms of Freedom (2015) The Fakir of Florence (2016) Nature, Essence and Anarchy (2016) The Green One (2017) No Such Place As Asha (2019) For more information on all these titles, see our Books page. We also recommend … Continue reading Lots of reading…
We have added a new in-depth article to this site: Liberalism: the two-faced tyranny of wealth. This is very much a companion piece to the 2018 article Bringing down the fascist machine. Here’s the list of contents for the new analysis: 1. The rule of money 2. Liberalism as deception 3. Liberalism and fascism 4. […] … Continue reading On liberalism and fascism
This is a translation of the article 'Comment reprendre nos rues' from the Cerveaux Non Disponibles website. They can be followed on Twitter via @CerveauxNon Over ten months, the Gilets Jaunes movement has managed again and again to surprise: to surprise the authorities, the police, the media, public opinion. And even the GJs themselves! Apart … Continue reading How to take back our streets: lessons from 10 months of resistance in France
Anyone who has been following the Gilets Jaunes' struggle since November 2018 will appreciate to what extent France is slipping into 21st century neoliberal-style fascism. From the sheer physical violence of the state's attacks on protesters, through its draconian use of bans on protests and "pre-emptive" arrests, to the cover-up and denial of what is … Continue reading Crushing freedom in Saint Jean du Gard
Here is a quick translation of an important piece on the French lundi matin website, close to The Invisible Committee. Radical ecologists call for a convergence with the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) movement in the struggle against the neoliberal system which is destroying the living planet. [Photos : Nour] For more than five months now, … Continue reading Green and yellow: our common struggle against liberal-fascism
Make no mistake, the Gilets Jaunes are in this for the long haul. Today, April 13, was the twenty-second successive Saturday that they have taken to the streets in huge numbers to revolt against President Emmanuel Macron's neoliberal regime. Five months on, there is still the energy, determination and critical mass to bring about a … Continue reading “This is a turning point in history!”
A new website has been launched which challenges "to the core" the thinking of the industrial capitalist system. It presents the ideological alternative of an "organic radicalism" which it sources from a wide range of thinkers, past and present. This philosophy, it says, is based on the idea of a living community, a social organism … Continue reading Organic radicals: new site launched
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