Recently Majesty of Reason, a philosophical YouTube channel run by a Philosophy PHD student hosted a debate on the philosophy of mind between materialist philosopher David Papineau and dualist philosopher Brian Cutter. The philosophy of mind is the branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of consciousness, it concerns questions
Democratic socialism is a polysemous phrase, that is a phrase with multiple partly related senses. Socialism is polysemous in itself, but in its case it's arguable that only one of those senses is useful for categorizing a real ideological phenomenon. In the case of democratic socialism, the phrase
Long before Nazism became the definitive symbol of antisemitism, despotism, and xenophobia, an earlier generation of far-right ideologues was already constructing conspiracy theories and promoting the expulsion and extermination of minority populations. Today, with the rise of democratic right-wing populism and the normalization of illiberal conservative ideas, an odd ripple
US president Donald Trump recently designated antifa a terrorist organization. Antifa is a loose social movement based around opposition to right-wing politics. For Trump the move is mostly an extension of his attempt to turn the United States into a right-wing autocracy, similar to Orban's Hungary and Putin&
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Reflections on the August-September Wave of Demonstrations in Indonesia
Global south countries have recently experienced an explosion of generation Z unrest. No longer willing to deal with corruption, inequality, and lack of basic services Generation Z has convulsed Peru, Madagascar, Morrocco, Nepal, and the Philippines. They have taken their symbol from the manga One Piece in which a pirate
Recently, Indonesia has been shocked by news of the ban on flying the black flag from the Japanese anime and manga created by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece. One Piece has long been a growing companion for Indonesians. Although it originates from Japan, it is deeply rooted in Indonesian culture. The
I would like to start by quoting one of the most important journalists of today, Julian Assange, who was asked about the character of the state I come from: He said that, like several other countries, Serbia is place where the future happens first. That being said, it is important
Despite massive rejection since it was proposed, the revision of the Indonesia Military Law (RUU TNI) was still enacted on March 20, 2025. After the enactment, the rejection from the people escalated and gave birth to massive #TolakRUUTNI (literally translated to reject the revision of the Indonesia Military Law) demonstrations
Anarchism is the political philosophy that calls for replacing all relations of domination with relations of free association. We call for this because we understand that human beings sustain ourselves through free cooperation. When we dominate each other the dominated experience the domination as an alienating force that excludes them
When the Spanish Section of CIT decided to bring multiple lawsuits against the CNT-AIT some years ago, it was very important how they did it. The Secretary of the CNT-CIT, Enrique Hoz, hired a lawyer who filed these suits – without the mandate of the organization to do it. This says
Anarchism, plain and simple.
Recently, Indonesia has been shocked by news of the ban on flying the black flag from the Japanese anime and manga created by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece. One Piece has long been a growing companion for Indonesians. Although it originates from Japan, it is deeply rooted in Indonesian culture. The
Zohran Mamdani is a Muslim democratic socialist running for New York City mayor. He has been smeared for his pro-Palestinian stance being a Muslim active in US politics where even as Israel's genocide in Gaza unfolds before our eyes, the political establishment of the United States is still
01: Digital Futures Sometime in the near future, data centers will be established in the United States and China to house the many digital nations that were once island nations from around the world. These nations, lost to the rising waters of climate catastrophe, are targeted by digital nationalists and
Historically, social change was fuelled by widespread distress—poverty, class oppression, and economic disparity—leading to peasant revolts. These revolts typically focused on immediate local targets, such as high taxes and exorbitant interest from landlords, but were inherently limited in scope and lacked a comprehensive revolutionary plan to end oppression
Anarcho-Syndicalism is the main revolutionary strategy of the historical Anarchist movement. The oldest Anarchist international organization: International Workers' Association, is Anarcho-Syndicalist. Anarcho-Syndicalism was the framework in which Anarchism achieved its biggest political success in the form of the social revolution which took place during the Spanish Civil War from
On the day this is being written MAGA leader, Trump confidant, and founder of conservative organization Turning Point USA was killed by a shooter during a public Q and A. Political violence in the United States is on the rise with this not being the only political assassination this year
September 5, 2025 This solidarity statement we dedicate to those murdered by the State: Affan Kurniawan, Andika Lutfi Falah, Iko Juliant Junior, Muhammad Akbar Basri, Rheza Sendy Pratama, Rusdamdiansyah, Saiful Akbar, Sarina Wati, Septinus Sesa, and Sumari. Eternal as names, never reduced to mere numbers. The illusion of people’s
05 September 2025 Pernyataan solidaritas ini kami dedikasikan kepada mereka yang mati dibunuh Negara: Affan Kurniawan, Andika Lutfi Falah, Iko Juliant Junior, Muhammad Akbar Basri, Rheza Sendy Pratama, Rusdamdiansyah, Saiful Akbar, Sarina Wati, Septinus Sesa, dan Sumari. Abadi sebagai nama, bukan sebagai angka. Ilusi keterwakilan rakyat lewat parlemen telah terbukti
Donald Trump has repeatedly failed to get the magic deal he wants between Russia and Ukraine enlarging the disturbing prospect that this one, as John Mearsheimer says, will be decided on the battlefield. Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed and over a million displaced by the invasion of
Blockades and Solidarity The MAMO Alliance (First Nations) fights against Bill 97, a colonialist overhaul of the forestry regime A text by the Emma Goldman Collective* Text first published in French on Liberté Ouvrière on August 29, 2025, then in English on Liberté Ouvrière on August 30th, 2025 « … the state,
The basic democratic idea is rule by the people. That is democratic politics is politics under the control of some popularly defined grouping. In liberal democratic nation-states that group in who's name the state rules is the legally defined citizen of the nation who is either a descendent