A QUESTION OF AUTHORITY Often with the topic of anarchy comes the question “But what about authority? Who will be in charge? And how will they stay there and be kept from corruption?” The answer is much simpler than you might think. A nearly perfect example is the cooperative movement. Co-ops are owned by the…
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Religious Anarchy and Social Context
RELIGIOUS ANARCHY AND SOCIAL CONTEXT I thought that the first time I heard of anarchy was when I was 15. I was listening to the Anarchist Collective “CRASS” and had become fascinated by the anarchist symbol. My understanding of anarchy then was simply a world without rules, that was why I thought I’d never heard…
Bellinghamblin Rant
BELLINGHAMBLIN’ MAN by Christ Damitio cdamitio@yahoo.com FUN LOCAL POLITICAL STUFF! Hey, if you’re lookin to read about some wierd long winded guys vacation outta state, you’re in the wrong column. I’m here to talk to you about fun, local stuff in 400 wordsish. How’s this for fun? I was pulled over two weeks ago for…
Anarchist Manifesto
the anarchist manifesto The following is an approximate summation of my beliefs as an anarchist. My system of beliefs is constantly evolving and so it is impossible for me to put down on paper anything more than the basic premises that define my overall worldview. I do not write this to have anyone agree with…
Choices
Choices You can’t really do anything about anything except make the best choice you can and face the consequences. You weigh what you can about the consequences, greaten your odds and go for it. Never look back with regret, there’s no reason to if you made the best decision possible. Learn from your mistakes, but…
Trash
Trash One of the biggest problems our society faces is the amount of waste we produce. Our dumpsters, our landfills, and our landscapes are overflowing with waste. What is waste? Websters defines waste as (1) Using, consuming, or expending thoughtlessly (2) to lose or cause to lose energy, strength or vigor and (3) to fail…
An interview with a candidate for Mayor
Russ Weston Interview …filtering that out and determining whether its critical or important or not or both or neither and uh that just comes down to the bottom line and people get emotional about things and I think its an interesting thing the uh third world country, people deal with things differently, and uh I…
Philosophy of Electromagnetism
Philosophy of Electromagnetism. I The universe is composed of forces. We recognize some. We understand some. We think we understand and recognize others. Electricity, magnetism and gravity are the primary forces of the univers. We have crudely tapped these forces without understanding what they imply or are. Electricity and magnetism are like polar opposites and…
Outline for a movie "Vulgar"
outline for vulgar I. opening with a man and woman eating dinner A. He tells an off color story B. She is highly offended C. run credits with Vulgar as the overdub while we see the man get angry and the woman leave II. the man walks through the streets and reaches his house, he…
How to Start a Magazine
HOW TO START A MAGAZINE (or How to put yourself in the poorhouse) Believe it or not, I had a job 6 months ago. It was a great job by Bellingham standards. I actually had money in my savings account, a nice little place to live, and enough left over to start playing around with…