"This Is Not Normal!": Reflections on Trump, Capital, and Proletarian Animal Spirits
From George Caffentzis: There is very little 'abnormal' about this crisis of capital or Trump's policies.
Jumping the Gap: Where Green Transphobia Leads
While a genderless society might be the ideal, we don’t live in that society, and until we do, opposing trans rights won’t help us get there. Gender is a social construction, but if we try to eliminate the category of gender outright, then the experience of transgender people living in a cis-normative society is erased.
Class Divides and Cultural Revolutions
When I compare the present moment in the US to China’s Cultural Revolution, it’s not from the perspective of a defender of capitalism or the status quo. It’s from a perspective that seeks class abolition and complete social revolution, not just cultural radicalism.
Class Reductionism and White Identity Politics in a Post-Trump America
Just when White America is starting to wake up to its privilege, to its complicity, and yes, to its guilt and shame, voices on the Left are calling us away from a race-centered analysis.
A binary society: Hegel’s dialectic in a capitalist world
While the master position presents debt as liberating — one can invest the money wisely, pay for education, strive to make a living — it is the ultimate mechanism of economic slavery.
The best thing about social distancing is gardening naked, and privilege
Feeling unworthy of dignity has put many people on a perpetual state of vulnerability, starting much before this outbreak, and continuing well after this whole thing blows over.
Rainreturn
Our land is dying; our neighbors are dying; everything sacred is being hunted down and destroyed. But tonight, at this moment, all I can do is pause to feel gratitude for the rain.
Who's Afraid of "Cultural Marxism"?
“Cultural Marxism,” that neat conspiracy theory that aims to ridicule anyone who isn’t convinced today’s “World Economy” is an organic and beautiful expression of human nature.
Reclaiming Ourselves: The Importance of Self Defence
…this article is about self defence, which can take on many forms besides physical violence. However, as that is where the mind naturally goes when we think about self defence, that is where we shall start…
Urbancentrism
…as if there was a huge dome around the metropolis that prevents access to other places, or that transforms other places into utopias disconnected from reality which can be accessed only from time to time in dream
When They Bought Us Out
From Shane Burley: "white supremacy exists not external to the class, but as a perversion of its own interests."
Against All Oppression
Gods & Radicals supports the right for All to live peacefully, without harm from those in power. There are no ifs and buts nor exceptions to the rule.
The Common Ground Between Anarchists and Maoists
“Brazilian Anarchists and Maoists are both being criminalized for dissent that could undermine the government’s ability to function.”
Songs of a Forgotten Generation
“They don’t believe in their true powers, or the power of this world; they cannot see a world in a grain of sand, nor heaven in a wild flower. Such things are becoming more and more alien to us.”
The Apocalypse Will Be Brought To You by Car, Not Truck
“Cars are bourgeois and trucks are proletarian.” An analysis of the truck-driver’s strike and diesel crisis in Brazil.
On Community
“I truly believe we, especially those of us who consider ourselves witches and occultists, have the power to create our own communities, ones based on mutual trust, aid and respect. Solidarity, if you will.”
Regeneration = Gentrification…
“As we ever expand, as civilisation grows and spreads, the demand for space, for homes and resources increases.”
On Getting Perspective
I don't have the time to waste in these arguments any longer. I can feel the clouds gathering on the horizon. The storm is coming, and when it does, there will be no time left for pointless arguments and accusations.
The Democratic Party Is Not What You Think
Sophia Burns argues that activist nonprofits are front groups controlled by the Democratic Party