Articles and conversations the creation or presentation of which was made possible by the direct participation of the Antidote Writers Collective in our role as clerks of the revolution! Somebody has to do the dishes, and somebody has to be the notetaker and interpreter. We do what we can.
Most people seem to think California is a bastion of cultural pluralism and progressive policymaking, but California had more Confederate monument than any other free state.
California’s Confederate Past and Present Read More »
A short guide to a simple and transformative way to commune-icate, inspired by practice in Rojava, informed by experience in Mni Sota.
Zine: Tekmîllin’ Like a Villain Read More »
For a brief moment there was hope that the Palestinian question would be revitalized and put center stage for the rest of the region. That could have come to pass had the Arab Spring not been usurped.
Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine Read More »
No passport, no job title, no class position, no achievement will protect us from constantly being seen as outsiders, as those who do not belong. I don’t have to frequent hookah bars to understand the message of the Hanau terrorist and those who stoked his hatred.
And the End Result Is Hanau Read More »
We are in such a dire situation. We’ve tried with peaceful, polite, civil means, with no property destruction involved, just maximum restraint and peaceful civil disobedience. With very few exceptions, that’s as far as the climate movement has dared to go. We haven’t reached far enough by employing only these methods.
Climate Resistance: “The time has come for something different.” Read More »
It is absolutely necessary, and not a luxury, to support struggles for democracy and human rights wherever they happen in the world. That is part of the struggle for socialism.
Against All Empire, Against All Oppression Read More »
If homo sapiens were really selfish individualists, we wouldn’t have survived a few decades. We’re not fast and strong and smooth enough to survive as loners. It’s really communication and collaboration that has allowed us to create worlds and live in them.
Land organizes everything: Our perceptions of gender, our perception of private and public. If there’s still an element of humility within us, it reminds us that we are insignificant and our Earth Mother has her own timetable as far as when and how to revolt.
Power Is Rhizomatic, Power Is in the Land Read More »
Anarchism exposes the lie of liberal democratic thinking which says this is the best we can do. The anarchist says no, we can do better if we simply work together and change the systems that we have.
Anarchism and Optimism Read More »
