I finely found one.
Being in the state of poverty that I was in has really made me appreciate my family. If it was not for them I would have been on the streets.
In a capitalist system such as ours where success is largely based on your inheritance whether it be monetary, family or in most cases both. I find it impossible to blame anyone for there economic situation.
I don't think anyone reads this stuff.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
The Moon
Listening to the moon,
Looking at the moon,
under the moon
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I think that I have a job.
Which is a very good thing.
I have many debts and I have been unemployed for about 3 months now.
Looking at the moon,
under the moon
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I think that I have a job.
Which is a very good thing.
I have many debts and I have been unemployed for about 3 months now.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Rough draft
A New Movement
Through out its history one of anarchism’s greatest challenges has been to build a cohesive and effective movement. We have seen many anarchist movements that were once tens of thousands strong, all but die off because of a lack of organization. For example one only has to look at one of the most famous social revolutions of all time; the Russian revolution.
In the early 1900’s the anarchists rivaled the Bolsheviks in numbers but were unsuccessful at generating a real movement due to “Marx Syndrome”. The Bolshevik party (and other Marxist organizations) being so keen on organization and discipline, pushed many anarchists to the other side of the organizational spectrum. After the first attempted revolution of 1905, anarchist groups sprung up like wild flowers but experienced the same problems that some anarchist groups are still facing today; poor coordination between groups and an excess amount of Illegalists#1 within the movement. This of course made for a very ineffective movement. Many of the anarchists that wished to organize ended up working with the Bolsheviks, and then were eventually weeded out of the Soviet Union.
The United States pacific northwest region has posed another organizational challenge. Post leftist ideology runs rampant and the popular anarchism in the PNW seems to regard formal organization as being synonymous with government, party, and hierarchy. There is only but a ghost of Class Struggle Anarchist organizations in the cities of the Pacific Northwest. There are a few isolated collectives in the larger cities, but the PNW is seriously lacking an effective anarchist organization.
A few years back an organization by the name of the Northwest Anarchist Federation (NAF) was founded on the anarchist specific tradition, but due to infighting and differences in tactics the organization collapsed but they left behind hope. A new group called Class Action Alliance (CAA) was just recently founded on June 7th 2008 in Olympia Washington. The group alleys themselves with the Anakismo publishing group and accepts the following as the four main tenets of their anarchist organization:
Theoretical Unity
Tactical Unity
Collective Action and Discipline
Federalism
Class struggle anarchists now have a medium to organize with! But not recruit; specific organizations are not mass organizations. They aren’t trying to recruit everyone into their organization. A specific organization aims at having a group of dedicated politically aligned activists working in mass struggles to put forth an anarchist influence.
If Class Action Alliance is as successful as their sibling organizations#2 have been then I believe that here in the next decade we will see an increasing amount and a different kind of anarchist activity. CAA is aiming to be focused in local struggles such as gentrification issues and the rising cost of public transit for example. The days of summit hopping are over, it’s time to build real connections with the people by helping
change the things that effect them most through direct action, direct democracy and solidarity!
By Brandon Feld
_____________________
#1 Illegalism is an anarchist philosophy the developed primarily in France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland during the early 1900’s as an outgrowth of individualism. The Illegalists openly embraced criminality as a lifestyle. (From www.reference.com/)
#2 Other Anakismo allied groups: Worker Solidarity Movement, North Eastern Federation Of Anarcho- Communists, Common Cause and many others.
Through out its history one of anarchism’s greatest challenges has been to build a cohesive and effective movement. We have seen many anarchist movements that were once tens of thousands strong, all but die off because of a lack of organization. For example one only has to look at one of the most famous social revolutions of all time; the Russian revolution.
In the early 1900’s the anarchists rivaled the Bolsheviks in numbers but were unsuccessful at generating a real movement due to “Marx Syndrome”. The Bolshevik party (and other Marxist organizations) being so keen on organization and discipline, pushed many anarchists to the other side of the organizational spectrum. After the first attempted revolution of 1905, anarchist groups sprung up like wild flowers but experienced the same problems that some anarchist groups are still facing today; poor coordination between groups and an excess amount of Illegalists#1 within the movement. This of course made for a very ineffective movement. Many of the anarchists that wished to organize ended up working with the Bolsheviks, and then were eventually weeded out of the Soviet Union.
The United States pacific northwest region has posed another organizational challenge. Post leftist ideology runs rampant and the popular anarchism in the PNW seems to regard formal organization as being synonymous with government, party, and hierarchy. There is only but a ghost of Class Struggle Anarchist organizations in the cities of the Pacific Northwest. There are a few isolated collectives in the larger cities, but the PNW is seriously lacking an effective anarchist organization.
A few years back an organization by the name of the Northwest Anarchist Federation (NAF) was founded on the anarchist specific tradition, but due to infighting and differences in tactics the organization collapsed but they left behind hope. A new group called Class Action Alliance (CAA) was just recently founded on June 7th 2008 in Olympia Washington. The group alleys themselves with the Anakismo publishing group and accepts the following as the four main tenets of their anarchist organization:
Theoretical Unity
Tactical Unity
Collective Action and Discipline
Federalism
Class struggle anarchists now have a medium to organize with! But not recruit; specific organizations are not mass organizations. They aren’t trying to recruit everyone into their organization. A specific organization aims at having a group of dedicated politically aligned activists working in mass struggles to put forth an anarchist influence.
If Class Action Alliance is as successful as their sibling organizations#2 have been then I believe that here in the next decade we will see an increasing amount and a different kind of anarchist activity. CAA is aiming to be focused in local struggles such as gentrification issues and the rising cost of public transit for example. The days of summit hopping are over, it’s time to build real connections with the people by helping
change the things that effect them most through direct action, direct democracy and solidarity!
By Brandon Feld
_____________________
#1 Illegalism is an anarchist philosophy the developed primarily in France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland during the early 1900’s as an outgrowth of individualism. The Illegalists openly embraced criminality as a lifestyle. (From www.reference.com/)
#2 Other Anakismo allied groups: Worker Solidarity Movement, North Eastern Federation Of Anarcho- Communists, Common Cause and many others.
To do list.
God damn it's hot!
To do list:
1. Later this evening I have a CAA meeting. That is if I can get a hold of some people. I need to report back on the delegate council.
2. I need to apply at Safeway.
3. I need to figure out what my article is going to be about for the CAA publication and write a query for it.
4......
To do list:
1. Later this evening I have a CAA meeting. That is if I can get a hold of some people. I need to report back on the delegate council.
2. I need to apply at Safeway.
3. I need to figure out what my article is going to be about for the CAA publication and write a query for it.
4......
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Some thoughts on marriage
After thinking about it for a very long time I have come to the conclusion that the reason most people get married is for the security of commitment from their spouse. They need that promise that they will be together forever.
The need for security is of course because of insecurities. If the individual is secure enough and is not dependent on another then the need for marriage disappears.
Promise: A declaration assuring that one will or will not do something; a vow. (from dictionary.com)
People change and making a declaration that you are going to be happy with the same person for the rest of your life seems foolish to me. I could never make that promise. That promise seems phony from every way that I look at it. No one can be absolutely sure they will remain with the same person for the rest of their life.
If both people in the relationship are secure with themselves and are not dependent on the other then there is no point in getting a document that legally binds you together.
Don't get mad.
The need for security is of course because of insecurities. If the individual is secure enough and is not dependent on another then the need for marriage disappears.
Promise: A declaration assuring that one will or will not do something; a vow. (from dictionary.com)
People change and making a declaration that you are going to be happy with the same person for the rest of your life seems foolish to me. I could never make that promise. That promise seems phony from every way that I look at it. No one can be absolutely sure they will remain with the same person for the rest of their life.
If both people in the relationship are secure with themselves and are not dependent on the other then there is no point in getting a document that legally binds you together.
Don't get mad.
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