The grotesque wrongness of Marxism
There is something about the mainstream Marxist “Left” that turns the stomach of many an anarchist. It’s not simply the blinkered obsession with “organising in […]
Our timeless thirst for freedom
The thing we call “anarchism” is really just a current form taken by something deep within human nature. When we look back into history, we […]
Nicolai Berdyaev and anarchist Russia
“Anarchism is a phenomenon of the Russian spirit” – such was the opinion of Nicolai Berdyaev, in an article called The Psychology of the Russian […]
Unregulated activity
During a recent walk, I came across a sheep with a magpie sitting on its head. I managed to get close enough to see clearly […]
Anarchy is Life!
We are living today in a corrupt and debased civilization. Shallow and amoral, its vision is built not on any sense of value but merely […]
L’anarchie, c’est la vie!
Nous vivons aujourd’hui au sein d’une civilisation corrompue et avilie. Superficielle et amorale, sa vision est construite non sur quelque sens des valeurs mais seulement […]
The living force of insurrection
In 2007 a group of radicals in France, calling themselves le comité invisible (The Invisible Committee) brought out a book called L’Insurrection qui vient or, […]
The new French resistance
Something very important is happening in France at the moment. The immediate catalyst for this historical turning-point has been the murder, by gendarmes, of a […]
Imprisoned by assumptions
Assumptions are the highest walls of the prison in which the human spirit is currently confined. The most pernicious assumption of all is that industrial […]
Talk at London Anarchist Bookfair
I increasingly feel ill at ease in London, to be honest, but the one thing that keeps pulling me back there is the superb annual […]