A vision of elsewhen
[Plus audio version] After weeks of reading and writing about psychopaths in power, child murderers and industrial imperialists, I was badly in need of a change […]
anti-industrialism
A world defiled
“I don’t think I’ll come here again”, said my friend as we finished a once-favourite walk on a ridge high about the Cévennes here in […]
Our stolen lives
Where once there was song, now reigns silenceWhere once there grew roots, now run roadsThe dreams of the children are drowned in confusionNo birthright, no […]
A decade of dissent: enemies of progress
In the first part of a retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit on the Winter Oak site, I look back on […]
End industrialism or humankind dies
Opposing capitalism as a whole, including the industrialism which enables it to expand and dominate, is not a very popular position to take. Even at […]
Fleeing the Black Volcano of Industrialism
The monstrous Black Volcano which has loomed and leered menacingly over Happy City since it was founded has finally erupted. Vast rivers of lava are […]
Nature, Essence and Anarchy
My new book, Nature, Essence and Anarchy, is now out! You can read all about it on the Winter Oak website, but I just wanted […]
Anarcho-capitalism and anarcho-industrialism
One of the most annoying terms in the political dictionary is “anarcho-capitalism”. It’s annoying because it describes something that does not exist, cannot exist. I […]