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Some thoughts on the nature and function of the ALLiance, stemming from our recent internal conflicts: The ALLiance should be welcoming to women, men, trans-women and trans-men, of whatever sexual preference, people of all nationalities […]
Donate to Infoshop
I just got notice that Infoshop.org is in fundraising mode again. Please consider giving something to help keep the site up and running. I just gave my little something.
Really small firm size
In a little less than a month, I’ll voluntarily end my employment at the big box bookstore where I’ve been working for the better part of a year, and strike off again into the realm […]
What I did on my anarchist vacation
It’s been a couple of weeks since we got back from the San Francisco Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair, and I have few excuses to offer for not having posted a report on the trip until […]
A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Reader, etc
Iain McKay (An Anarchist FAQ) has proposed a Proudhon reader to AK Press, and they seem enthused enough to have posted something about it on their UK site. He has posted his tentative ideas about […]
LeftLiberty #1 – (revised) – call for submissions
It was a good day for a variety of reasons. I got a chance to hike around Mt. Tabor, the extinct volcano that sits in the middle of Portland’s eastside, wandering around the top as […]
Deal or No Deal? – II
I’m trying to feel my way around this moment in the politics of the US, which is supposed to be historic and charged with the potential for CHANGE, groping for something in the still-scattered flurry […]
Deal or No Deal?
The media keep talking about Obama’s “New Deal” and/or “stimulus package” with lots of vague references to the past, and often even vaguer explanations of what those labels refer to in practical terms. So far, […]
Looking at the wrong depression, and finding the wrong solutions? – I
The question: If America needs specifically political heroes, and specifically political solutions in the present crisis, why, aside from our general lack of historical memory, are we looking to FDR and the New Deal as […]