General discussion

General discussion

Two anarchy related archives have reached their one year anniversary!

Steal This Wiki and The Library of Unconventional Lives have turned 1 year of age.

There's not much to report I don't think, just that I've enjoyed both archives existing as places I could digitize books that aren't explicitly anarchist, but that still have some value to me. So that I can download them, print them out and link them to people.

I'm excited about the prospect of there potentially being lots more hobby book publishers in the future.

What would your ideal library look like?

If you could magic a library or online archive into existence, where all the work of tracking down texts from various different libraries and hard-to-find corners of the internet was done for you, what would it look like? And what would it be called?

Also, are there any cool existing libraries that come close to your dream library?

I'll quote a few that I know of below.

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Joseph A. Labadie Collection

A Reading List of Analysis of Ted Kaczynski's Ideas & Actions

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Here's a reading list of analysis of Ted Kaczynski's ideas & actions:

https://thetedkarchive.com/library/analysis-of-ted-s-ideas-action

I know Ted's not an anarchist, but I think because Ted thought anarchist political philosophy was the closest philosophy to his own when he wrote his manifesto, and for many other reasons he has maintained a somewhat persistent relevance to a fair few discussions had about anarchy.

LBC New Thing

LBC has had an intern program for many years that involved interns staying in the lbc space, for three months at a time, to learn how we make books.

Since we're not making books anymore, as a legacy from the intern program we're creating a residency program, open to dog-friendly anarchists who want some time away from their normal lives in order to make significant progress on a new or developing anarchist project.

Never happy - A few words about some stands in Amsterdam Anarchist Bookfair

On the 25th and 26th of November, we went to Amsterdam for the anarchist bookfair. It was the first time we took part in the event. We had a good time, went to nice talks, met new people, ate good vegan food, usual stuff in anarchist bookfairs.

There were many stands, and of course among all the publications and the anarchy for sale (t-shirts, scarps…) we found some that pissed us off.

We Live. A Late Night Conversation

We Live.
A Late Night Conversation

Miriah and Cody were up late one night discussing animism, an indigenous, spiritual, philosophical, and existential perspective which views everything as being alive: plants, animals, rocks, streams, clouds, creations, ideas, basically anything you could think of, to grossly oversimplify. The topic began to get heated when Cody wondered if, as they put it: “so-called Artificial Intelligence is also alive".

Inheritance

Weird situation. I’ll try to give all needed details.

Long story short I’m coming into a lot of inheritance due to an early death of a wealthy family member.

Roughly £700,000. I’m going to take some action to secure myself and my extended family financially. But honestly, that’s like £300,000 totally maybe. This is a lot of money. Until I think of better long term use of the money I’m throwing it into a “ethical” investment thing. Basically only better than using a bank because I pay more money and get to make sure none of the money goes to tobacco, weapons, oil ext.

Advice on how to organise an Anarchist Bookfair

from Anarchist Bookfairs of the World
June 3, 2023

1. Check to see if there are any other book fairs or events on that day that would not be good to clash with. Think not just from the organisers point of view but also from the punters and the stallholders interests.

2. Advertise your bookfair well in advance. Consider that if you want people to come from other countries, those with jobs, other responsibilities etc to come the less spontaneous the organisation is the better!

Starting from scratch

Hello,

I have recently moved to a small town that isn't too far from a smallish city in the Midwest. I have been a long time reader of anarchist writers and would like to incorporate more practice in my life. I am currently unsure of how to proceed with starting an affinity group, as I don't yet have a strong understanding of what anarchist inspired groups(if any) exist in my area. Nor do I know of any people that share this interest.

The Ted K Archive's One-Year Anniversary; A roundup of all the archiving work that's been done

The Ted K Archive turns 1 year of age! This roundup shows lots of interesting archival work of green anarchist texts. There's also lots of critiques of Ted K's vanguardism:

https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/various-the-ted-k-archive-s-one-year-anniversary

What are your top picks for Ted Kaczynski related texts that really hooked your interest?

I know this is really niche, but I liked these anarchist library reader lists, so I thought I'd try it out with Ted K related reading.

It feels like Ted's life story and ideas have been used as a touchstone for discussing so many varied issues. So, it would be cool to see what different people's lists of top texts looks like, and reasons why. Also, it doesn't matter if your list is die-hard anti-tech or pro-tech.

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