The Malaria of Consciousness: Wilhelm Reich and the Pathology of Ideology

From Bangladesh AnarchoSyndicalist Federation

— A Psychoanalytic Reading of Repression, Ideology, and Human Liberation

In modern thought, ideology is often seen as a set of ideas, beliefs, or political doctrines. But Wilhelm Reich — the radical psychoanalyst, Marxist, and revolutionary thinker — understood ideology not merely as thought, but as a disease of feeling, a psychic infection that spreads like malaria through the body of society.

Uncivilized Podcast 56

Original title: Uncivilized Podcast 56-- Evolved Nest: Anarchist Community? with Darcia Narvaez

Darcia Narvaez is a Professor of Psychology Emerita at the University of Notre Dame. Her primary work centers on the relationship between human and ecological well being, driven primarily by what she calls our evolved developmental niche or evolved nest, which we will get into today. Her most recent book is 2023, The Evolved Nest: Nature’s Way Of Raising Children And Creating Connected Communities

Farewell to Sergio Starace Amid the Love & Affection of so Many in Salento

From LecceCronaca.it
June 6, 2023

Sergio Starace, of Lecce, professor of philosophy, essayist, militant environmentalist, musicologist, tireless social and cultural animator, died yesterday at the ominous outcome of cancer.

He was 70 years old.

In these hours there are numerous testimonies of esteem, affection, and participation posted on social media. Below is the remembrance sent to us by the FORUM AMBIENTE E SALUTE.

Case Revisited - Kaczynski's Lingering Influence in 2021

Kelley and I discuss the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, and his life. We discuss how his anti-technology beliefs and extreme outlook resonate with events and radical, anti-government movements in this current day and age. And finally we explore what lessons can be learned by looking at this case in hindsight.

See the full video and transcript below. I edited the text slightly for clarity’s sake, just to remove filler words and put anything I forgot to say in.

The Cost of Power and Hierarchy

from The Commoner

On April 5th, 1887, Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton proclaimed, ‘Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ Obviously, we could poke fun at the evident contradiction of the prestigious position Lord Acton held and the intent and meaning of the quote, and if we were to get into Lord Acton’s politics, it would be incredibly difficult to take his word seriously when speaking on the subject of power. However, this isn’t about Lord Acton, this is about the truism that power corrupts. Yet in contemporary discourse, not everyone sees it as a truism. It is still a highly contested claim in many circles, and I’d like to attempt to settle the issue if I can. I’d like to examine some of the early conceptualisations of consciousness and psychology in the field of philosophy and relate that to current discoveries in modern science. I’d then like to loop back around to show how this is all relevant when considering the claims that have been consistently made by anarchists for as long as the political philosophy has existed.

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