by Paul Cudenec The way in which divide-and-rule tactics are continually used to create confusion and control has become increasingly evident since 2020. More people than ever have woken up to the fact that these manufactured horizontal divisions within populations serve primarily to conceal the existence of a split which can be imagined as vertical. … Continue reading A matter of life and death
by Paul Cudenec There are certain things that, even though they very much exist, cannot readily be described in the language available to us. Our attempts to do so therefore risk coming across as contradictory or even nonsensical. As Huston Smith puts it in his book Forgotten Truth: "It is as though, unable to say … Continue reading A yearning with no name
by W.D. James Marx and Engels famously begin The Communist Manifesto (1844) with the provocative invocation: “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.” To stick with the Marxist-Hegelian terminology, I think this is just one manifestation of a more enduring spectre or ghost or spirit that has haunted us for a very long time. … Continue reading What Spectre Haunts Western Political Thought?
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
Number 43 In this issue: Stop the Salzburg summit! Intergalactic week at the zad Thousands block US air base in Germany Returning fire against the industrial capitalist system The Broken Harp: how colonialism crushes culture Organic radicalism: bringing down the fascist machine Acorninfo 1. Stop the Salzburg summit! The call is going out to mobilise … Continue reading The Acorn – 43
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