“In any given situation, how might you increase the amount of freedom that’s available to you?” Sophie Scott-Brown’s version of anarchism SOCIO-POLITICS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, BEHAVIOUR, ACTIONpat kane4 October 2023anarchism, anarchy, social anarchism, colin ward, direct democracyComment
So what do we do with underused, empty churches? Turn them into “Lifehouses”, suggests Adam Greenfield, and make communities resilient YES WE CAN, COMMUNITY, LOCALISM, INGENUITYpat kane10 April 2023lifehouse, makarhouse, makerspace, social anarchism, mutual aid, cosmolocalismComment
How anarchist architecture could help us build back better after COVID ACTION, 4TH SECTOR, COMMUNITY, BUILD THE ECONOMY, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, LOCALISM, PRACTICEpat kane30 January 2022anarchism, social anarchism, architecture, urban studiesComment
The authors of The Upswing identify a swing from “I” to “We”. We ask: are you considering how autonomous and localized it needs to be? BIG PICTURE, CREATE THE FEEL, COMMUNITY, LOCALISMpat kane10 March 2021anarchism, social anarchism, United StatesComment
“Like a seed beneath the snow, with the power to push back.” Why we need Colin Ward’s gentle anarchism again ACTION, BEHAVIOUR, COMMUNITY, LOCALISM, POLITICAL CULTURE, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONpat kane6 March 2021anarchism, social anarchismComment
"Anarchism is normal. It is hierarchy and the exploitation of nature that is odd." Localist Adam Lent writes for the Ⓐ-curious BEHAVIOUR, BIG PICTURE, COMMUNITY, FUTURES, SHAPE THE SYSTEMpat kane27 January 2021anarchism, social anarchism, hunter gatheringComment
We now have millions of "lockdown volunteers". How can they be resourced, supported and developed - for the next wave? COMMUNITY, LOCALISM, 4TH SECTORpat kane22 July 2020mutual aid, social anarchism, coronavirusComment
What is a "Nowtopia"? People building community out of practices that counter the current order. Like Copenhagen's Christiania DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, LOCALISM, INGENUITY, 4TH SECTORpat kane7 January 2020urban studies, social anarchismComment
A successful food-coop in Kentish Town points to considerable prospects for an updated, kindly anarchism ACTION, COMMUNITY, 4TH SECTOR, LOCALISM, PRACTICEpat kane5 January 2020anarchism, social anarchismComment
