Primitivist and post-left 'anarchism'
It has been said that anarchism has a broad back and its certainly
true that many odd ideologies from free market capitalism through to
fascism have tried to climb up there at one time or another. This
page is an index of articles belonging to the latest such attempt
which goes under the label of 'post-left' although 'post-anarchist'
would probably be more accurate. The background to this tendancy lay
in an even stranger one called primitivism although of course as the
article below reflect there was a falling out. It's an index of
material produced by those promoting this tendency often followed by
discussion of these articles. Many of these articles are on infoshop
but unfortunately the moderator there has taking to deleting points
in reply to them that he finds difficult.
- Civilisation,
Primitivism and anarchism
Over the last decade a generalized critique of civilization has
been made by a number of authors. Facing this challenge anarchists
need to first look to see if primitivism offers any sort of
realistic alternative to the world as it is.
Class
War, Industrial Capitalism, and Civilization
The relationship between class struggle and "civilization" will be
discussed here from the perspective of revolutionary, class-struggle,
pro-organizational, anarchism, in the tradition of anarcho-communism
Wolfi Landstreicher's
Lawrence Jarach's
Alex Trotter's
Jason McQuinn
Derrick Jensen
C.A.L. Press
CrimeINC
Green Anarchy
Primitivists/post left collections
Critiques of post-leftism
Critiques of primitivism
- The
Poverty of Primitivism
- The
question of how we get to a primitivist utopia
Primitivists don't want to go back to the Stone Age, they just
imply they do. They also consider peasant life a "return to a life
of drudgery," but also "argue for" it.
- Technology, Capitalism and
Anarchism
An anarchist analysis of technology.
- Critique
of Green and Black Bulletin no. 1
Letter to Freedom critiquing the first primitivist blulletin
published in its papers. Discusses why primitivism is silly.
- Critique
of Green and Black Bulletin no. 2
Letter to Freedom replying to a primitivist article on why "mass
society" must be destroyed. Exposing its contradictions as well as
its impracticality.
- Wildfire
reply (sent)
Reply to the primitivist Wildfire collective's letters on my
critiques of their Bulletins. Concentrates on the 9 key issues why
primitivism is pants. Sent to Freedom.
- Letter to
Anarchy (1)
Replying to distortions by one of the then two editors of the UK's
"Green Anarchist" magazine on the Scottish Anarchists. Then a
discussion why the unabomber is not an anarchist and why
"primitivism" is flawed. From 2000 (I think)
- Letter
to Anarchy (2)
Replying to the pretty crap responses of Bob Black and the
editor of "Green Anarchist" to my first letter. Discussing the
authoritarian and down-right sick ideas of "Green Anarchist."
Again, from 2000.
- Letter
to Anarchy (3)
Replying to (the just as bad as the first one) response of
Black and the (then) other editor of "Green Anarchist").
Indicating that even their attempts to distance themselves
from their original ideas fails. Again, from 2000.
