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I often find that when I’m trying to have conversations with other anarchists it seems that the more they think of anarchy as politics (by which I mean the practice of organizing society, it doesn’t necessarily have to be within the purview of a government, but certainly an attempt to codify relationships) the more likely they are to dismiss me and my ideas as too radical. I’m told my “solutions” don’t take problems seriously. But I am not in the business of proposing solutions. I’m in the business of trying to figure out how to be and live as though I am already a fully liberated person. For me anarchy is a beautiful idea.

From It's Going Down

In Conversation with Scott Branson on Creating Points of Encounter

We talk about the book, our day to day relationships, and what we can do daily to live our politics. Moreover, we discuss culture and the various points of encounter that can help bring in new people to radical ideas and social movements.

Against Capitalism and Climate Change

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The pandemic has caused many people to question how food is grown and who controls its production and distribution. Capitalist agricultural practices are a major cause of climate change and food insecurity around the world, including the UK. Good quality food, like housing, is a basic necessity and should be available to all.

Construction has begun on a new prison for migrants and refugees in Laval, QC, a suburb just outside of Montreal. As the project has advanced, the struggle to stop it has ramped up as well, with a wide variety of actions being taken to stop its construction. The prison is part of a $138 million plan called the National Immigration Detention Framework (NIDF), announced in 2016 by the government of Canada following a period of resistance against the imprisonment of migrants. The NIDF expands and strengthens the government’s capacity to surveil, imprison, and deport migrants, creating two new migrant prisons as well as new forms of surveillance & control such as mandatory ankle bracelets, voice biometric scans, and halfway houses for migrants.

In the midst of this it can be hard to figure out how to intervene in what’s happening, either as an individual or group. In the spirit of spreading all forms of resistance to Canada’s border and prison regimes we’ve brainstormed a list of (just some of) the ways people might contribute to this fight.