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TotW: Don't Trust Anyone Under 30!

The other day, at an anarchist gathering, I was talking to some people, and one of them, going through this age transition, was reflection on the phrase and what it meant as an anarchist. We didn't have time to go too deep in the conversation but I thought it was an interesting topic, since some anarchists do reach, and go beyond, the age of 30.

On the Clock

From Commonweal Magazine

Full title: On the Clock, Cyril Schäublin’s anarchist vision of quiet resistance

Given their similar spellings, a young student might be forgiven for confusing the words “anarchism” and “anachronism.” The concepts named by each term, on the other hand, are relatively easy to distinguish. But Unrest—a film based on Russian political philosopher Pyotr Kropotkin’s 1870s travels among the anarchist watchmakers of the Swiss Jura Mountains—mixes together anarchistic opposition to coercive social organization with a refusal of the dictates of time.

TOTW: Are statues statist?

Are statues statist? Can they be useful to anarchists? The statue is an old device, likely as old as society. From folklore artifacts to fallen heroes to deities, they'll always be carrying their load of meaning that brings a narrative of sorts. And they are pervasive, and prevailing through time and context, and across distinct social arrangements.

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