Confluences
We must acknowledge intriguing connections currently being made between disparate and distant movements. Our task now is to make these confluences much more concrete, combative, and contagious.
IMMUNOLOGY: vital antibodies
The ways in which we resist and counteract, and behave as though we are free, until and because we are. See our About page for more information.
Learning from “Informal” Urban Innovation
It’s not like we need to encourage bottom-up building and community building, because that’s happening without anyone asking or assisting.
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The Failure of Nonviolence
Rebellions give people practice in learning that they can stand up for themselves, and it shows them a further horizon. Within that, there’s going to be conflict about what’s acceptable and what’s not, what’s helpful and what’s harmful. But those decisions can’t be handed down from above.
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On the Road in Late Capitalism
We found the portions of Chuck and Iain’s conversation that centered on place, cities, and our place in cities to be most complementary to topics we cover on Antidote.
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A Politics of No Politics
I’m not an anarchist because I believe Anarchism is the perfect ideology that will make us all happy—but rather because there is no such ideology.
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The Battle of the Story of Taku Wakan Tipi
It strikes me how little is known and appreciated about the Taku Wakan Tipi occupation, which after all resulted in the then-largest police action in Minnesota state history.
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Building Cultural Sustainability in the Digital Age
‘Innovation,’ ‘disruption’ and ‘openness’ are all terms that can be twisted to serve business imperatives.
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Supporting Grassroots Movements in Syria
The starting point for international solidarity should center around two questions. Firstly, is there a popular uprising? And secondly are there people on the ground or elements within that uprising whose vision I share?
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Challenging the Prostitute Imaginary
Most people are doing work they don’t feel really great about, and if they had other options would prefer to do something else—but we wouldn’t describe their boss as a pimp. We wouldn’t describe capitalism as their pimp.
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The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Chicago
Two interview excerpts on the war of maneuver between protesters and police at mass demonstrations.
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