Originally written August 2022 The more we give to others the more we receive. In seeking theories for arranging our broader social engagements and community structures we often run into a supposed dichotomy between individual liberty and communal support/welfare. However this comes from a misunderstanding, or maybe rather a miss interpretation of what Liberty constitutes […]
Category: Anarchism
Animal Autonomy
Originally Written July 2022 Non-human animals (and human animals) all currently suffer under the exploitation of Capitalism and The State. As Anarchists we espouse an ideology which asserts the primacy of autonomy: people should have as much direct control over their own lives as feasible insofar as their autonomy doesn’t infringe on the autonomy of […]
Hierarchies and Anarchism
Originally Written December 2019. Should anarchism be against all hierarchy or against unjustified hierarchy? Sometimes in Anarchist discourse there will be a minor debate between defining Anarchism as “Against all Hierarchy” vs “Against unjustified Hierarchy”. It seems to me a more effective idea to focus on definitions of hierarchy as opposed to defining justified/unjustified. As […]