We’re gonna try something a little different this week. We have for you a TV interview and an excerpt from a podcast conversation. Also included are additional materials referenced in these clips. But reading these is completely optional for anyone who wants to dig deeper. How does the State conceptualize the genesis of its enemies?… Continue reading Reading for 9/2
Month: August 2021
Reading for 8/26
From the introduction to the second issue (isiw.noblogs.org): Does insurrectionary anarchism mean the conscious intensification of attack by individuals and groups? Or is it the generalization of revolt its tools and skills-to every part of society? Are these two mutually exclusive? What is the point of the named group? Does this merely invite repression? Does… Continue reading Reading for 8/26
Reading for 8/19
“Anchoring, according to [Peter Wessel] Zapffe, is the ‘fixation of points within, or construction of walls around, the liquid fray of consciousness’. The anchoring mechanism provides individuals a value or an ideal that allows them to focus their attentions in a consistent manner…Zapffe also applied the anchoring principle to society, and stated ‘God, the Church,… Continue reading Reading for 8/19
Reading for 8/12
From a beloved member of our barbarian horde: “Eric Hoffers Book “True Believer” analyzes mass movements, and the people who participate in them. Hoffer defines these people as “True Believers”. This reading is meant to be in conversations with last weeks readings on Eco-Extremists. Here are some potential questions you may want to ask yourself… Continue reading Reading for 8/12