The Acorn – 113

Number 113 In this issue: Anarchy, acracy and the rule of the archons Back in the EUSSR Real Left’s Conference: ‘Critical Fronts of the Class War in 2026’ Standing up to zionism Ranchor Prime: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. Anarchy, acracy and the rule of the archons by Paul Cudenec, who reads the article here … Continue reading The Acorn – 113

Real anarchists expose conspiracies!

by Paul Cudenec, who reads the article here I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are currently reading the words of a CONSPIRACY THEORIST! Shocking, I know, but it must be true because it has been stated as a concrete fact in the shadowy and spooky world of pseudo-anarchist thought-policing. An … Continue reading Real anarchists expose conspiracies!

There is nothing negative about revolt

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

Nihilism: A Modern Sickness

[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

Self-Respect: The Radical’s Tool in Dismantling Psychopolitics, Part 1

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