With a record 1 in 8 Americans now receiving food stamps I couldn’t help but share this ingenious little find on Google Maps: A Food Rescue Map! I’ve seen walking tours and other touristy maps on Google but this is a real gem. This Food Rescue Map shows 18 spots in New York City where [...]
Posts Tagged ‘anarchism’
After Pittsburgh G20, an anarchist asks, are we addicted to rioting?
From InfoShop, a major anarchist site
Big media and the police have vested interests in inflating what happens at protests, either to get better ratings or to justify increased funding. Anarchists can do the same. But does this accomplish any actual political goals?
To match these two forces, the protest groups, especially my own comrades in the [...]
Anarchism & Christianity conference
Coming to you from JesusRadicals in August in Memphis.
Anarchism, as a political philosophy holds some promise for Christians because the two share a commitment to critiquing the power structures and working towards a more level playing field.
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Power, resilient communities, and anarchism
(AFP photo: Members of the Lords Resistance Army, accused of hacking 45 civilians to death in Uganda on Friday.)
DJ Mitchell posts about power and why atrocities occur by those wanting it or trying to hold on to it.
The killers call their causes by different names: religious purity, ethnic pride, security, or freedom. But behind [...]
An anarchist view of South Ossetia
Molly Mew takes an anarchist view of the Georgia war, proclaiming neutrality in wars between states, and hopes against hope that the US Left doesn’t do its usual knee jerk reaction and mindlessly back whoever George Bush opposes. Yeah, that’s showing real independent, critical thinking, isn’t it? George Bush is bad so Putin must be [...]
Howard Zinn on anarchism and organizing
If you work through the existing structures you are going to be corrupted. By working through political system that poisons the atmosphere, even the progressive organizations, you can see it even now in the US, where people on the “Left†are all caught in the electoral campaign and get into fierce arguments about should we [...]
