Friday, May 15, 2009

Escaping Dystopia: Finding the Path of Least Resistance

Essay by old blog friend, Truth Addict

Whatever happened in the past - and don't get me wrong, I am not saying this to diminish the importance of history - obviously hasn't delivered us from Dystopia. Whatever tactics or strategies we used to try and break the chains that bind us, did not work. The failures of Marxism-Leninism and the ease of which so many movements were co-opted suggest that new ways of organizing and acting are needed. When I read Abel Paz's book on Buenaventura Durruti I couldn't help feel that in Spain the split over the false dilemma of "reform versus revolution" cost them social liberation.
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5 comments:

  1. vMay 15, 2009 at 2:13 PM

    I say as the foundations are crumbling, your future is being given away in trillions of dollars to a select few, and wars are raging around the world...plant a tree :)

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  2. MoyhabinMay 15, 2009 at 2:44 PM

    A very interesting essay!

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  3. thankgodimatheistMay 15, 2009 at 2:49 PM

    It's a great article TA. I hadn't heard the term Dystopia before. Thanks for thgis fantastic contribution.
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  4. truthaddictMay 15, 2009 at 2:57 PM

    thanks for the kind words. this essay is an expanded version of an essay for the reimagining society projects. dozens and dozens of us are submitting essays to discuss what the name says and sometime in sept we will vote on adopting vision and strategy and hope to put stuff like this in practice!

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  5. vMay 15, 2009 at 5:41 PM

    http://www.zearle.com/assets/music/tracks/zearle_class_war_RETAIL/10_zearle_fuck_the_system_class_war.mp3
     
    To "reform" something, you have to know what it is

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