Worth listening to this @novaramedia.com discussion with @zackpolanski.bsky.social to understand the context for his vision of a bold populist Green Party to attract the left with nowhere to go under Starmer's Labour. He's pretty compelling & it's a good conversation
novaramedia.com/2025/02/21/t...

“Anarchists are simply people who believe human beings are capable of behaving in a reasonable fashion without having to be forced to.”
~ David Graeber

Amidst all the misery, great to hear something positive on the @bbcradio4.bsky.social Today programme this morning - @fruitworkscoop.bsky.social talking about planting community orchards across Leeds.

Here's a novel for now: Paul Lynch's Prophet Song, a powerful, emotional novel that tracks a country's slow descent into authoritarianism, walking us through the emergency legislation, curfews, arrests & murders, all told through the heartbreak and terror of the main protagonist, Eilish.

Whenever anyone laments the state we’re in, they’re met with a chorus of “but what do we do?” As plenty of good options are available, this response might often be wilful impotence*.
I invite you all to nominate in this thread the best proposals and practices, around which we should gather. Thanks

I keep coming back to the idea of republican democracy - that to remain free citizens need to be active and contestatory, with multiple channels for participation available. Without this deeper democratic culture, power can be captured by elites...

It's hard to interpret what's going on - is this the beginning of a new authoritarian Trump regime under the guise of democratic populism or is that an overreaction by
the status quo?

For a clear-sighted analysis, check out this on @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-a-coup/

This is well worth checking out - a collection of speculative short stories about the future of corporate power, all written by Amazon workers. Available as a podcast and online as well as print #anarchism #workerpower afteramazon.world