by first-time Winter Oak contributor Harvey Kropotkin "All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished." - Marshall B. Rosenberg Self-respect is to plant the seeds of revolution. Are you being treated by others as you wish … Continue reading Self-Respect: The Radical’s Tool in Dismantling Psychopolitics, Part 1
The Maverick Strain
by Mike Driver Consider the possibility that humanity is divided into three types of people: conformists, who represent the vast majority, plus a relatively small number of Mavericks and psychopaths. As a civilisation rises the Mavericks lead by default. They are the creators of new knowledge, they discover new opportunity, they explore both geographically and … Continue reading The Maverick Strain
Primeval freedom, the anarch and the anarchist
by Paul Cudenec Have I, for the last 30 years, been mistakenly self-identifying as an anarchist? This was the question that flashed momentarily through my mind while I was reading Ernst Jünger's 1977 novel Eumeswil. [1] In this work - a philosophical rumination thinly disguised as post-collapse science fiction - he repeatedly contrasts his own … Continue reading Primeval freedom, the anarch and the anarchist
The Acorn – 95
Number 95 In this issue: Big money versus small farmers The two-way mirror of oppression Fanfare for Anarchism: A Home for the Homeless Renaud Garcia: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. Big money versus small farmers A war is being waged on small farmers by a combination of Big Business and the state, a campaigner … Continue reading The Acorn – 95
Escaping the industrial nightmare
by Paul Cudenec Whatever happens in Sunday's bitterly divisive parliamentary elections in France, we can be sure that the next government will be committed to economic growth and technological progress. As the excellent monthly newspaper La Décroissance ("Degrowth") never ceases to point out, politicians from all sides of the supposedly all-embracing "political spectrum" (including so-called … Continue reading Escaping the industrial nightmare
Marxist doublethink and the disabling of resistance
by Paul Cudenec One of the big questions facing all of us trapped inside today's increasingly totalitarian global system is 'How did we get here?' How was it ever possible that human beings, once as free as every other wild creature on the planet, were able to be captured by a small minority of their … Continue reading Marxist doublethink and the disabling of resistance
The Acorn – 89
Number 89 In this issue: Prisoner 1141183891920 Deep Evolution: Communication, Self-Knowledge, Tribe The Great David Graeber Debate Constantin von Monakow: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. Prisoner 1141183891920 by Paul Cudenec Hey, you there! Prisoner 1141183891920! How dare you dream of a life outside your cell? You were born in here, like your parents and … Continue reading The Acorn – 89
Traditionalism, anarchism and the urgent need for righteous revolt: a dialogue
We present here an in-depth conversation between two regular Winter Oak contributors - W.D. James, who teaches philosophy in Kentucky, USA, and runs the Philosopher's Holler blog, and English dissident writer Paul Cudenec, who also has a personal blog on substack and whose books are all available as free pdfs here. W.D. James: What first … Continue reading Traditionalism, anarchism and the urgent need for righteous revolt: a dialogue
A poet against “this foul industrial epoch”
by Paul Cudenec Today marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Herbert Read, one of the thinkers who has most shaped my own political philosophy. This seems like an appropriate occasion on which to share the profile of him that I wrote for the organic radicals website. The film linked at the end is … Continue reading A poet against “this foul industrial epoch”
The Acorn – 88
Number 88 In this issue: China is globalist BRICS and the bankers Gaza: manufacturing consent for slaughter Leopold Kohr: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. China is globalist It seems that a lot of people out there are still in denial regarding the extent to which China is part of the same global-governance monopoly that … Continue reading The Acorn – 88
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