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A poem in reply to an ineffective bricking of a by-stander in Georgetown, USA.
If you don't need to be a meteorologist to know which way the wind is blowing ( Read more... ) -
The specific failures of the conceit of community organisation
Yesterday we dealt with the failure of conscious organisations, or "Parties". Today we'll deal with the failure of community organisations, or "Movements." Parties are readily susceptable to capture by reactionary non-class elements: the management, intellectuals and in some particularly peverse historical cases, the bourgeoisie. Movements are ( Read more... ) -
My analysis of the RSFSR
"Non-workplace Soviets 1917-19: a front of progressive management and the working class: succeeded for the management elements, rear guard actions for social control fought until late 20s by workers, and for working conditions until 1940. (Both times defeated by a capitulation by the leadership of the Soviet working class ( Read more... ) -
The specific failures of the conceit of conscious organisation
The conceit of conscious organisation covers a large number of structural situations. One could point to the Paris Commune, the Australian IWW of ~1908-1925, The role of the non-workplace Soviets in 1917-19, the CNT-FAI / POUM, the role of the Viet Minh/NFL/PRG in Vietnam, the Autonomia movement up to the mid 1970s ( Read more... ) -
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Lets review a few simple conceptions of how revolution is accomplished ( Read more... ) -
Exegesis and Eisegesis
Exegesis is telling a story, from narrative information ( Read more... ) -
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Why does Dracula like code-breakers?
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My scarf has arrived
Hooray, my scarf has arrived!
It looks good when worn!
Yay! I can knit for others!
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Canca Update: Biopsy
So I got a letter from the hospital ( Read more... )