Category Archives: Chat

Short points, follow-up on articles, and general observance of life through my politics.

Privilege, Intersectionality, and the Class Struggle

Posted on 13/10/2013 by floaker

Before reading this piece I highly recommend reading A Class Struggle Analysis of Privelege Theory from the woman’s caucus of the Anarchist Federation, as the discussions that led up to it being written and that have happened since informed this blog … Continue reading →

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Queer Anarchism: Equality or Liberation? Recording from Dublin Anarchist Bookfair 2013

Posted on 28/09/2013 by floaker

A talk looking at the differences between the mainstream LGBT politics of equality and the radical queer politics of liberation (via Automatic Writing). Queer Anarchism: Equality or Liberation? Recording from Dublin Anarchist Bookfair 2013 by Workers Solidarity on Mixcloud

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Unspoken Arguments

Posted on 25/08/2013 by floaker

There are some positions on issues that are implicitly against the dominant views in society that when mentioned automatically begin an unspoken argument with those aren’t on board already: Veganism: The rejection of the comodification of all animals. Atheism: The … Continue reading →

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Antifascism for Beginners

Posted on 09/08/2013 by floaker

I was recently asked why anarchists that take physical action against fascists were not just as bad as those they targeted. To illustrate my answer I’m going to I’m going to “scrub off the serial numbers” and describe three groups … Continue reading →

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A Look at Militant Political Action

Posted on 05/08/2013 by floaker

Political action is where those with an issue and their allies attempt a remedy to the situation that relies on an outside group (usually those causing the problem) undertaking some further change on their behalf. This can be anything from … Continue reading →

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Push the Button?

Posted on 30/07/2013 by floaker

Twitter are taking the reactionary step of introducing a ‘report abuse’ button and I don’t think this is a good thing. The reason for putting the button in place is clear. People do use twitter to harass and threaten others … Continue reading →

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Ask a grown-up: Why are charity bosses so racist?

Posted on 25/06/2013 by floaker

I read this piece in the Guardian and was horrified. Lets look at a translation of what is being said: Paragraph 1 People in Africa are poor because white people haven’t helped them out as much as is our duty (and … Continue reading →

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The Nature of a Blockade

Posted on 20/04/2013 by floaker

(I have written a follow-up to critically examine the ableism and the lazy analysis I feel I slipped into this post. It can be found here. The text bellow remains unchanged to properly document the issues I should avoid in … Continue reading →

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Stewards

Posted on 14/04/2013 by floaker

This weekend has had a series of events arranged by Faslane Peace Camp designed to highlight the case for disarmament of nuclear weaponry. It will cumulate this Monday in a blockade of the base itself. Earlier in the week myself and a few … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of Revolt

Posted on 16/03/2013 by floaker

“There are, however, some things that a revolutionary organisation can do that would be far less likely to happen without it. Anarchist communism is a living working class tradition, but there are times when that life hangs by a very … Continue reading →

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