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
[This is Paul Cudenec’s contribution to Nevermore’s Against the Rising Tide of Nihilism series and he reads it here] Many years ago I penned a (never-published) novel entitled The Extremist, which recounted the adventures of an angry and disillusioned lad from the London suburbs who joined an openly nihilist political organisation. He soon discovered that there was nothing that … Continue reading Nihilism: A Modern Sickness
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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