Transcribing the Past

  From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.    We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's com...

  An Introduction to Anarchist Thoughts on Property This piece explores some historical thoughts on the origin and nature of private property. By examining the texts of John Locke, PJ Proudhon, and Peter Kropotkin, we encounter questions of where private property came from, how it became an accepted standard, and what its philosophical justifications are. All of these historical thoughts echo loudly into the world of today. Mp3 download link I made a transcript of the video to help preserve the work of Audio Anarchy. (Transcript) Hello this is Audio Anarchy Radio, continuing with our series that introduces various concepts from anarchist perspectives. Today we are going to be talking about property.   When speaking of property a good place to begin is with John Locke the 17 th century English philosopher. John Locke Locke was one of the first political philosophers to think about the nature of property. He struggled with the concept of ...

  An Introduction To A Critique Of Technology Mp3 download link (transcript) Hello, this is Audio Anarchy Radio, we’re starting off with a series that introduces a few different concepts from anarchist perspectives. And today we’re going to be talking about technology. The idea isn’t to give you a line about what is right and what is wrong, but to explore some of the aspects and critiques of technology that might not be regularly discussed. We have Javier here, who is going to talk over some of the things that he has been thinking about. So, Javier, let me start by asking how you define technology. “Well a dictionary definition of technology is the general term for processes that which human beings fashion tools and machines to increase their control and understanding of the material environment. The term comes from the Greek words techne which refers to an art or craft and lochia meaning an area of study. So it means the study or science of crafting. For me I us...

  Video link  https://youtu.be/jfCTnXWM_10 The Bombardment Of Baghdad Transcript Introduction: Hello, this is the Witness History podcast from the BBC World Service. And we started broadcasting our first-hand accounts from the past back in 2009, and all this week ten years on we’re bringing you some of our favourite programs from the early days. In 2003 the US and its allies invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein from power. For Iraqis bombardment and struggle would become the norm. Robin Lustig heard from one ordinary Iraqi, Lubna Naji, about her experiences of the war.   Robin Lustig: It’s the evening of March the 19 th and seventeen-year-old Lubna Naji is at home with her relatives in Baghdad. Lubna Naji: Well, actually we were all in the living room, we were watching TV. And the Iraqi TV which was like the government TV at that time, was showing like an American movie about monkeys taking over the earth, yeah. Robert Lustig...

    The Paris Commune of 1871, Thinking about the Commune today  by Jeanne-Patrick Annequin The Paris Commune of 1871 is the reference in the labour movement for the formation of a government and the promises it made. To realise the desired social and democratic republic, it created new methods on the terrain of workers democracy and organisation. I am truly convinced that the principle proclamations of the Paris Commune are still relevant today - and that they are more so now than at any other time - because its outline of a truly new egalitarian and fraternal society remain a concrete utopia. Fundamentally it is necessary that we have a clear awareness of those great principles which cannot be corrupted, and apply them in the spirit desired by the Communards. Let's just stick with the two big tasks that the Paris Commune set itself. Firstly the installation of direct democracy. That of the Communal delegates rested on the imperative and recallable mandate. Th...

  Biografia Leksikono de la Japana Anarkista Movado Eldoniĝis, fine de aprilo, monumenta verko 900-paĝa, nomata "Biografia Leksikono de la Japana Anarkista Movado". Ĝi enhavas ĉirkaŭ. 3000 kapvortojn-nomojn de anarkiistoj japanaj kaj alilandaj, kaj aliaj influintaj al la japana movado. La eldonejo estas komerca eldonejo Paru-Shuppan. La verko estas japanlingva sed ĝi portas ankaŭ Esperantan titolon kaj la antaŭparolo estas dulingva Japana-Esperanta. En ĝia redakta komitato laboris interalie du SAT-membroj-L.L-anoj, k-doj Tomiita Atusi kaj Tezuka Tosio. Inter la 3000 kapvortoj inkluziviĝas, krom la japanaj anarkiistaj pioniroj, Osugi Sakae, Kotoku Shusui, ankaŭ SAT-anoj : Hukuda Kunitaro (la unua SAT-ano japana), Aisaka Tadasi, Yamaga Taizi, Mukai Kou (forpasinta 2003) ; alilandaj esperantistoj kaj aliaj : Sifu, Bakin, Lusin ; Eroŝenko, Lanti, Zamenhof, George Orwell kaj Han Riner, ktp. La nomoj SAT kaj Esperanto aperas plurfoje. ...

    Link  https://youtu.be/oXbyVHE57D8 Here's a short video recorded by three anonymous inmates of the prison in Arles. It details conditions and the grievances of the detained population. Note: The transcription is of the translated subtitles from the video. Though some parts were confusing, so I re-worded some passages to make the meaning clearer. Though some references escaped me so I chose to leave them intact. Arles, Prisoners Statement 2001 This video was released in October 2001 by 3 prisoners from the Arles prison in the South of France. Translation was difficult as the statement often refers to French reality. We hope it is understandable, and we hope this video will be played abroad as much as possible. Statement Before reading this statement we must clarify that we are hooded in order to avoid the personalisation of the current action. We are just long sentenced prisoners among others. The message that we carry is the one...