by W.D. James Revolution from below Lead me to the rabbit hole Everyone has fallen asleep Revolution from below Tell me all the things you knowi - Beyond Obsession, Revolution From Below There is debate about what exactly the political implications are of applying MacIntyre’s conceptions of practices, virtues, and practical rationality. With the defense … Continue reading Revolution From Below (Revolutionary Aristotelianism Part 6)
by Paul Cudenec A lot of people in France are unhappy about the prospect of this summer's Olympic (and then Paralympic) Games. Part of this, I suppose, stems from a widespread dislike of anything associated with authoritarian plutocratic president Emmanuel Macron, the diminuitive former Rothschild [1] banker with an ego the size of the Eiffel … Continue reading The Olympic agenda is profit and control
Number 93 In this issue: Losing the labels The Politician/Politicians Questioning Childhood Vaccines – Observations from India J. C. Kumarappa: an organic radical inspiration Acorninfo 1. Losing the labels by Paul Cudenec It's no mean feat to have embedded no fewer than three false assumptions in the title of a single book! And yet this … Continue reading The Acorn – 93
by W.D. James We are the Skyscraper Condemnation AffiliatesGod save Tudor houses, antique tables, and billiards Preserving the old ways from being abusedProtecting the new ways for me and for youWhat more can we do? We are the Village Green Preservation Societyi - The Kinks, The Village Green Preservation Society In the previous essay we … Continue reading The Structure of a Whole Life (Revolutionary Aristotelianism Part 5)
by Paul Cudenec I would love to have been born into a stable society - a calm, healthy, wise society - rather than one rattling chaotically downhill at an ever-accelerating rate towards a doom that is increasingly impossible to ignore. For me, real progress would not be the replacement of human beings by machines, but … Continue reading The world out of kilter: reclaim our lives!
by Paul Cudenec To be modern is to accept that which you should refuse; to adapt to evil rather than to resist it. To be modern is to have been melted down and poured into somebody else's mould. To be modern is to have forgotten how to remember. To be modern is to be more … Continue reading The world out of kilter: being modern
by W.D. James Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Into this house we're born Into this world we're thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan Riders on the stormi - Jim Morrison, Riders on the Storm In the lines above, Jim Morrison lyrically presents an ‘existentialist’ take on … Continue reading Modernity as Fragmentation (Revolutionary Aristotelianism Part 4)
by Paul Cudenec The kind of society I long for is an organic one, in which people live in the way they see fit, guided by their own inclinations, the customs they have inherited and the circumstances of place. As an anarchist, I am obviously opposed to all authority imposed from above, to any kind … Continue reading The world out of kilter: occupation and zombification
by Mike Driver “There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning, boys. How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other … Continue reading What is Propaganda?
by W.D. James A modern-day warriorMean, mean strideToday's Tom SawyerMean, mean pride Though his mind is not for rentDon't put him down as arrogantHis reserve a quiet defenseRiding out the day's eventsi - Rush, Tom Sawyer Aristotle had begun his Politics with the assertion that human activity is aimed at what is at least perceived … Continue reading Good Cities, Good Citizens, and Good People (Revolutionary Aristotelianism Part 3)
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