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This blog is intended to act as a space for ideas and their dissemination, hence the name. We hope to articulate something meaningful here, something representative of our own experience. If it connects with others who feel the same, all the better.

We are a loose collective of individuals. Our views are not homogenous. Amongst us there are a range of different perspectives and ideologies.

Our rallying point is opposition to capitalism. We are inspired by various strands of anti-capitalist thought. Libertarian socialism, autonomism, anti-authoritarian communism, social ecology, anarcho-syndicalism. All these currents and more have something to offer us. We are not dogmatic in our approach. We do not seek to define ourselves according to a specific label or definition, to tie our colours to the mast.

But we will need to structure our ideas around certain organising principles. Opposition towards capital, towards the tremendous inequalities of wealth and access to resources that make a mockery of the pretense towards a civilised society. Opposition to all forms of oppression, whether on the basis of gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality or any other facet of identity. Opposition towards essentialist doctrines.

There is a notion of the irreducible minimum, the absolute bare minimum that all human beings require in order to live a fulfilled life. Food, water, shelter, education, healthcare. The fact that billions of human beings go without these is as damning an indictment as can be imagined. Our species can no longer tolerate this disconnect. Our freedom and autonomy is mutually dependent upon one another. No one of us can be truly free and autonomous unless all are.